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No because
there is nobody who is not practicing yoga, everybody is practicing yoga
haphazardly
when we say or when we use the word Yoga we are not talking about a particular practice
there is nothing in the existence which is not Yoga
the word Yoga means
everything has become one
the word Yoga means union
so it's a grand unification
of the existence
when we say Yoga
we're talking about
a level of perception where you have seen everything as one
so
you're sitting here
this is a kind of Yoga
just being able to sit in one place is a kind of Yoga and that's what most of the yogis did
isn't it?
just sit in one place
you're breathing is another kind of Yoga, but are you doing Yoga
systematically
or are you doing it haphazardly, that's the only question
but you are doing some Yoga isn't it?
your heart is beating
it is a kind of Yoga
but is it happening
in the best possible way, that's the only question isn't it?
so
if I do not do Yoga
can I
does it mean to say
I have no possibility? No
because
Yoga does not mean twisting your body or tying yourself up into knots
or holding your breath or something like this
see what you call as myself right now
is only four fundamental realities - your body
your mind
your emotion
and the energies which make these things happen
so for these four fundamental aspects we have four basic yogas
this is known as Gnana Yoga, Bakthi Yoga, Karma Yoga and Kriya Yoga
Gnana means Yoga of intelligence, Bakthi means Yoga of emotion or devotion
Karma means Yoga of action
Kriya means Yoga of transforming your energies
is there anybody here
who is not doing these Yogas
all of you are doing it
to what extent is the only question, isn't it?
so
now we're talking about approaching these four activities which you are anyway performing
with better understanding, in a more systematic way
so that it yields the necessary result
so can there be realisation without Yoga? No