Practicing Yoga in the Age of Quarrel
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the human form of life, and the topmost stage in all yoga systems.
For a perfect yogi there are eight kinds of superachievements:
1. One can become smaller than an atom.  2. One can become bigger than a mountain.  3. One can become lighter than the air.  4. One can become heavier than any metal.  5. One can achieve any material effect he likes (create a planet, for example).  6. One can control others like the Lord can.  7. One can freely travel anywhere within (or beyond) the universe.  8. One can choose his own time and place of death, and take rebirth wherever he may desire.
But when one rises to the perfectional stage of receiving dictation from the Lord, one is above the stage of the material achievements above mentioned.
The breathing exercise of the yoga system which is generally practiced is just the beginning of the system. Meditation on the Supersoul is just a step forward. Achievement of wonderful material success is also only a step forward. But to attain direct contact with the Supersoul and to take dictation from Him is the highest perfectional stage.
The breathing exercises and meditational practices of yoga are very difficult in this age. They were difficult even five thousand years ago, or else Arjuna would not have rejected the proposal of Kṛṣṇa. This age of Kali is called a fallen age. At the present moment, people in general are short-living and very slow in understanding self-realization, or spiritual life. They are mostly unfortunate, and as such, if someone is a little bit interested in self-realization, he is misguided by so many frauds. The only actual way to realization of the perfect stage of yoga is to follow the principles of the  Bhagavad-gītā  as they were practiced by Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu. This is the simplest and highest perfection of yoga practice.
Lord Caitanya practically demonstrated Kṛṣṇa consciousness yoga simply by chanting the holy names of Kṛṣṇa, as they are mentioned in the  Vedānta , the  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam , and many important  Purāṇas . The largest number of Indians follow this yoga practice, and in the United States and other countries also it is gradually growing in many cities. It is very easy and practical for this age, especially for those who are serious about success in yoga. No other process can be successful in this age.
The meditational process in right earnest was possible in the Golden Age, Satya-yuga, because the people at that time lived for a hundred thousand years on the average.