Yoga Sutra

The Yoga Sutra describes what happens when the five behaviors outlined above become a part of a person's daily life. For instance, if we become kind and considerate, our presence will create pleasant and friendly feelings in people around us. If we remain true to the idea of satya, everything we say will be truthful and we will become reliable. The Yoga Sutra also states that a person who is firmly anchored in asteya will receive all the jewels of this world. Such a person may not be interested in material wealth, but he or she will have access to the finest things in life.

The more we recognize and search for the meaning of the essential truth, the less we will be distracted by other things. Certainly, it requires great strength to take this path. The Yoga Sutra teaches that the more faith we have, the more energy we have. At the same time, we also have more strength to pursue our goals. So the more we seek the truth in the sense of brahmacharya, the more vitality we will have to do so.

Parigraha is the increasing orientation toward material things. If we reduce parigraha and develop aparigraha, we are orienting ourselves more inwardly. The less time we spend on our material possessions, the more we have to spend on investigating all that we call yoga. We will learn to enjoy what we have rather than constantly seeking things we don't have and never getting satisfied in life. It is a scientific fact that the more money and material possessions we have, the more stressful we become.