Yoga enables us to unite the ‘jivanatma’ (divided individual soul) with the ‘parmatma’ (ultimate eternal, undivided consciousness). This union is the chief purpose of human life and in our endeavor to achieve this we are faced with innumerable obstacles.
Maharshi Patanjali has recognized nine obstacles on the path of this unity. The nine impediments can happen to block the success of any work that we undertake. In fact, success in anything is ultimately a union with the goal - success for an athelete is union with the gold medal, success for a writer is union with his or her published work. Likewise, success in Yoga is realising permanently the one consciousness.
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