I can vaguely remember reading Arthur Koestler’s The Lotus and the Robot. As I remember it, his conclusion was that the real goal of the practices in Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras was to gain powers of various sorts. Needless to say, these powers would enable one to benefit at other people’s expense. All this stuff about yoga being noble or “spiritual” was just part of the smokescreen. Caveat emptor.
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