Mental development is a by-product of hard work and effort.

It seems to me if I would want to access the special, mysterious, mystical, powerful and most important, I simply need to live my life more fully.

Everything is natural and nature is the whole of everything of which I am apart of and so are you.

From inanimate object, to microorganism, to plant, to insect, to animal, to human, there is an evolving level of intelligence.

Conscious evolution means having the desire to evolve.

The goal of yoga according to Patanjali I am told is citta vrtti nirodha, which means to be silent or free from mental fluctuations.

Without challenges we would literally wither and die (which also would be perfect).