The ultimate essence of yoga is the contact and the union between the individual consciousness and the divine consciousness. – Raphael, Essence and Purpose of Yoga: The Initiatory Pathways to the Transcenden
We are aware of yoga only as a technique to gain physical strength, flexibility, or increased health. And indeed these are potent side effects of the practice. But that is what they are: side effects. To focus on these largely insignificant manifestations is to miss the point entirely. – John McAfee