“We often fool ourselves that we are concentrating because we fix our attention on wavering objects”

Source: Light on Life: The Yoga Journey to Wholeness, Inner Peace, and Ultimate Freedom, p. 13

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Indian yoga teacher and scholar 1918–2014

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