A follower of another spiritual system objected to yoga practices, saying that they distract her from her devotional practice. "Iwish I was just in love with God," she said. "To use techniques to discover Him repugns me, seems very mechanical to me."

"It is wonderful to be in love with God" - approved the master - "but it is a mistake to think that the practice of authentic Yoga involves mechanism. On the spiritual path a superemotion is an obstacle. If you're not going to stop blowing in the candle, how do you allow it to burn? Likewise, if you do not aim to order your feelings, you will end up emotionally intoxicated and then how will you be able to experience the much deeper state of "intoxication" with divine bliss? God never comes if we call on Him in a state of inner disorder, of mental chaos.

His true essence is silence, silence; He speaks to the soul in silence. With this I do not mean that it is bad to weep for God, to shed tears of love for Him, but often, an intense feeling, expressed too ardently, quickly runs out. After you have sung for the Most Beloved and wept, asking Him to come, it is important to control your feelings and sublimate them, in order to achieve the tranquility of the deep inner communion. The feelings expressed when the heart is restless are like a storm in a thimble. If you keep the bud of devotion too tight, he will not be able to open his petals to receive the sunshine of divine love. Only when you calm the feelings of your heart will you be able to receive the embrace of the Infinite.

Reflect a moment: after shouting a person is it not normal to shut up and wait for an answer? After you have prayed and sung God's name, why not wait in silence for His answer in your heart? Meditation corresponds exactly to this phase of listening. For this it is necessary to become inwardly receptive to His silent response.

The essence of the Yoga system is the silence and receptivity, which the practice of a certain number of techniques induces to the mind; so it is good to be in love with God, but more and more pay attention to the love he gives you. Do not intoxicate yourself with your own feelings, but with the ecstasy you perceive as a result of communion with Him."