June 21, 2026
Yoga philosophy seems to suggest the contrary of the word “denial”. It tells us not that life is like a shadow, but that the ego is a shadow.; not that the world is unreal, but that unworldliness is. This tape recorder is a tape recorder. Nobody can say it is nonexistent. I cannot claim the wall here is an illusion and walk through it.
The yogi is not a dreamy wool-gatherer. What yoga philosophy demands is, “Look within. See, observe your ego.” Why should I abolish it? What must I abolish? The thing to be eliminated must be real. I cannot destroy a nonexistent entity. I cannot fight a shadow.
Therefore yoga philosophy, yoga practice, teaches me merely how to look at this “me”.
The “I” is the measure with which we measure all else. If the weighing scale is not set properly, it will only give us a wrong reading!
Know thy self!