The Process of Yoga: 5.7. - Swami Krishnananda.
=================================================================================================== Friday 21, February 2025, 11:45. Yoga and Meditation The Process of Yoga: Swami Krishnananda Chapter 5: The Stages of Practice - 7. ================================================================================ Why are we afraid of detachment and vairagya? We fear them because we think that we lose all centres of pleasure. “If I became a virakta, if I do not enjoy pleasures, I am going to be the loser.” But you are not going to be a loser in the same way, again to give an analogy, as when you wake up into the consciousness of the world from a dream enjoyment of an emperorship, you are not a loser. Suppose you are a king in dream. You have mastery over a vast kingdom, and you wake up suddenly from your dream; do you think you are a loser? “Oh, I was a king. Why did I wake up to this small Mr. so-and-so? This small Mr. so-and-so in the waking state is a better condition than my kingship ...