Srila Rupa Goswami gives the example of a man watching a play , the gentleman is so absorbed in the play that when the main hero dies , he also dies .
Yoga means a shift in identity .
Perhaps you may experience yourself being carried away by a beautiful piece of music on occasions , music is also a type of yoga .
One critically disabled person was asked how she coped with such a what appeared a limited life , she answered thst she had the freedoms of her inner life , and in her inner self takes herself to innumerable places and carries out innumerable activities. It’s a fact our life is only partially led with a body and immediate senses , the mind and intelligence are providing what some will argue as the essence, and the spiritual meditation takes that concept incalculably further .
Our immediate circumstances are very fast flowing. fleeting and limiting experiences within a set time in our current bodies that are always changing . Everyone’s differing because of differences of individual karmic synchronicities , nevertheless, no one should feel themselves limited in any way .
The instant communication spoken of in quantum physics , according to the Vedas, can be taken further , to an instant transportation and the devoted and well practiced yogi can live simultaneously in fullness both within the material worlds and the higher realms of spiritual dimensions and ultimately with Divinity along with his associates. These yogic aspects are described in the Vedas , in Bhagavad Gita krishna tells of who the best of the Yogis .
The Darwinian mechanic scientific materialism is dismissed in the Bhagavad Gita, wherein Krishna speaks of those in the lower speculative modes who consider themselves matter.