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Some of the obstacles to successful practice of meditation have been told by Swatmarama Swami, one of the medieval authorities on yoga in India. He wrote: "Yoga does not succeed when accompanied by excessive eating, by overwork, by overtalking, by carrying out painful vows, by promiscuous society and by fickleness. It becomes successful by energy, initiative, perseverance, reflection and solitude."

-- Notebooks Category 4: Elementary Meditation > Chapter 1 : Preparatory > # 531