pg.29 : By Eknath Eswaran
In this text below : Eknath Eswaran : describes "What is Yoga? " as defined by the Bhagavad Gita
Yoga is the discipline , whereby a person disidentifies themselves
with conditions of perception in Maya
and wakes into a higher mode of knowing in which the Unity of Life is apprehended directly!
Yoga is then the state of Union :
comes from the sanskrit word : "Yuj" : To yoke or bind together!
Yoga means you are making yourself : "Whole" - Undivided
which is the goal of spiritual life!
Yoga leads to the experience called : "Samadhi" and the
state attained is called "Moksha" or "Nirvana"
which signifies going beyond the conditioning of Maya - Time, Space and Causality!
In this state : we realize we are not a physical creature
but the Atman - the (True)Self and not separate from the God!