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(12) lndrajalaTie the hands and legs of a man with iron chains and shuthim in a room. Before you lock the room he will be standing beforeyou. No doubt this is very astonishing. But it is a mere trick.It is a kind of Jalam. Aman throws a rope in the airand ascendsin the air. All people are actually witnessing. But when photographed,there will be no picture on the plate. This is a trick anda Jalam. Some people can sit on a plank studded with sharp=ened nails and can chew snakes like ch8colates. lf you pierce along needle in their ?ffiS, no blood will come out. Some candraw water from stone. A real Yogi and a Yogic chartatan canperform all these things. A real Yogi does through his yogicpowers for certain good purpose in view but a charlatan doesthrough some trick or Jalam for the sake of little money, nameor fame.(13) Pseudo YogisThe public will take a man to be spiritual only if he exhibitssome Siddhis. lt is a sad, serious mistake. They must beover-credulous. They will be easily duped by these yogic charlatans.They must use their power of discrimination and reasoning.They must study their nature, ways, habits, conduct,Vritti, Svabhava, antecedence, etc., and test their knowledge ofscriptures, before they come to any definite conclusion. Bewareof Yogic charlatans!(14) lmportance of YogaPractice of Yoga annihilates all the pains of Samsara.Yoga and Jnana are the two wings of the bird of Moksha. Jnana(book knowledge) without Yoga (direct intuitive perception) isuseless. Yoga (mere knowledge of Asanas, Mudras, Neti,Dhauti, etc.) without Jnana (Anubhava Jnana) is not perfect.Jnana arisesthrough Yoga (union with Supreme Self). Jnana isthe fruit of Yoga. Jnana without Yoga is useless. Yoga withoutJnana is dry and barren. Raja Yoga is the Science of sciences.Lord Krishna says: "Kingly science, kingly secret, supreme purifielthis. lntuitional according to righteousness, very veryeasy to perform, imperishable.'(23)