22/01/2026
Some texts define Yoga as the union of the Self and the Divine.
The goal of Yoga is freedom. The Divine represents the state of freedom. Attainment of this state of freedom, of union with the Divine, requires an inner movement, for the Divine is within us. Yoga is not a movement here or there. It is a movement into ourselves because freedom is within. The Divine is not the object of any search, but the very subject of the search. It is because of the presence of the Divine within that the very search is possible.
Yoga is a means to return to the Divine, the abode of the Self, and to stay there. It is a means to return home and stay home, a means to stay in one’s own abode (svastha).