The philosophy of Yoga offers a kind of knowledge that may help us to reflect on our subjective and collective concepts of reality in a broader context. It offers us the opportunity to become more aware of our individual patterns as well as on a societal level. Philosophy gives us a clearer understanding of who we are, what the world is, why we are here–and how we can behave in harmony with our environment according to this insight. Practicing Yoga means being aware of who I am and why I am here. Yoga can therefore be understood as an invitation to become fundamentally more conscious–to be more aware. Yoga is the development of consciousness. Three hundred million people worldwide now practice Yoga. What is the percentage of practitioners who are completely aware of the actual purpose of Yoga? Should Yoga evolve into a mass trend in this sense–as a contribution to the collective evolution of consciousness–this could be a great step towards the dawn of a “Golden Age.”
