Patanjali Yoga Sutras - By Swami Prabhavananda

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We are all dimly aware of the presence of the Atman within us. We are all looking for the peace and freedom and security of perfect union with the Atman. We all long desperately to be happy. But ignorance misdirects us. It assures us that he Atman cannot really be within us, that we are nothing but individuals, separate egos. And so we start to search for this dimly conceived, external happiness admist the finite and transient phenomena of the external world. Like the fabled musk deer, we search all over the earth for that haunting fragrance which is really exuded from ourselves. We stumble, we hurt ourselves, we endure endless hardships- but we never look in the right place.