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The Seven Spiritual

Laws of Yoga

If you can cease all restless activity, your integral

nature will appear.

—Lao Tzu

W

e have reviewed the theoretical frameworks pre-
sented by two of the greatest yogis the world has
known, Shankara and Patanjali. These closely related
classic approaches remain as the cornerstones of yoga
philosophy. In this chapter, we will apply the Seven Spir-
itual Laws of Success to the principles and practice of
yoga. The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success are the laws of
nature applied to the human experience. They are the
principles through which the unmanifest becomes the
manifest; through which spirit becomes the material uni-
verse. We believe there is value in applying the seven

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