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Answering Two Questions about #Yoga on this #YogaDay2021 !

1. Is it possible to detach your soul from your body?
2. How to differentiate Yoga from Dream?

The answer to 1st question is: yes, it is possible to to separate the soul or jivatma from the body. 1/9
Even one can enter another body through this process:

When the bonds of the mind caused by action have been loosened, one may enter the body of another by knowledge of how the nerve-currents function-
[Patanjali Yoga Sutra- 3.37]

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First is, yoga is that state where all the activity of the mind ceases (PYS - 1.2).

So the idea that in yoga one must be somewhere thinking something is incorrect. If one is thinking something then he might be practicing yoga, but he is not in yoga.

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What is Aį¹£į¹­Äį¹…ga Yōga?

Aį¹£į¹­Äį¹…ga Yōga finds mention not only in the Yōga aphorisms of Patanjali, but also in many other spiritual works. This is mentioned in ŚrÄ«mad BhagavadgÄ«ta also.
Bhāgavata and other Purāį¹‡Äs also propounded Aį¹£į¹­Äį¹…ga Yōga in spiritual practices.

1) Yama,
2) Niyama,
3) Āsana,
4) Prāį¹‡Äyāma,
5) Pratyāhāra,
6) Dhāraį¹‡Ä,
7) Dhyāna, and
8) Samādhi are Aį¹£į¹­Äį¹…ga (Eight limbs).
Aį¹£į¹­Äį¹…ga Yōga ā€“ Explanation - Corroborating from multiple scriptures -

1. Ahimsa - Non-violence - Not hurting anyone with mind, speech, and body.

2. Satya - Truth - Speaking for the welfare of all creatures.
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