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sense of vision. To Air are due the qualities and sense of touch and the qualities of touch. To Ether are due the sense of hearing, the ear and sounds. In physics, Ether is defined as an all-pervasive, infinitely elastic, massless medium formerly postulated as the medium of propagation of electromagnetic waves. 24 The practices of shama and dama are not meant for self-affliction, but rather, for cultivating a discriminative intellect. The mind does not control our life as a master—drifting from one desire to another. But we take control our life and lead it to the ultimate realization. 25 Mircea Eliade explains the terminology: "The meanings of the term Samadhi are union, totality; absorption in, complete concentration of mind; conjunction." (Yoga: Immortality and Freedom)
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