A scientist sets out to conquer nature through knowledge-ex
ternal nature, external knowledge. By these means he may split the
atom and achieve external power. A yogi sets out to explore his own
internal nature, to penetrate the atom (atma) of being. He does not
gain dominion over wide lands and restless seas, but over his own re
calcitrant flesh and febrile mind. This is the power of compassionate
truth. The presence of truth can make us feel naked, but compassion
takes all our shame away. It is this inner quest for growth and evolu
tion, or "involution," that is the profound and transformational yogic
journey that awaits the seeker after Truth. We begin this involution
with what is most tangible, our physical body, and the yogasana prac
tice helps us to understand and learn how to play this magnificent in
strument that each of us has been given.
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