There are some yoga and/or buddhism enthusiasts and practitioners and teachers might not be aware of themselves are involving in certain 'spiritual'/'religious'/'cultural' activities that focus on educating/influencing/conditioning/propagating specific set of ideas, beliefs, theory, philosophy, teachings, values, practices, aspirations, and visions into the minds (to influence/condition/manipulate/oppress/suppress/control the minds to think and behave and live life in certain way or not in certain way) towards influencing and building a like-minded community, or a collective uniform world under one same vision, that is in accordance to that particular set of ideas, beliefs, theory, philosophy, teachings, values, practices, aspirations, and visions, while thinking and believing that they are doing something really good and positive and meaningful and purposeful.
The minds that have attained direct self realization towards the truth of Selflessness, Impermanence, Limitation, Conditional, and Non-self, will not have the perception/cognition/idea/sentiment/sense of goodness and badness, positiveness and negativeness, meaningfulness and meaninglessness, or purposefulness and purposelessness, and so on. Not to say, there is absence of aspiration or vision to be building a like-minded community or a collective uniform world under one same vision, via influence/education/schooling/manipulation/suppression/oppression/threat/temptation.
It is a normal and common way of thinking and behavior of the minds to think and feel and act in such way, because the minds aren't aware of there is a fine line between teaching, guiding, and showing the path and pointing the direction towards attaining direct self realization towards the truth of everything, randomly, indiscriminately, and unconditionally, and let it be, allowing the fruit of action to be what it is, or allowing all and everyone to take it or leave it - renunciation and dispassion - mental and emotional independence, and teaching/educating/schooling/influencing/conditioning/suppressing/oppressing/controlling the minds with the intention or vision to build a community/organization/world that think and feel and behave and live life in certain way or not in certain way - a like-minded community/group/organization - mental and emotional dependence).
Such as there are some minds sort of living alone by themselves without the companionship of any other minds (human beings), but then, they want to keep one or more pets with them, as they can't and don't want to be alone by themselves, without any interaction and communication with some other living organisms. Similarly, the minds that don't believe in 'religion', but they need to hold onto 'spirituality', as they can't or don't want to be without any 'ideas, values, aspirations, activities, and practices' that gives them the momentary fleeting sense of goodness, righteousness, positiveness, joyfulness, meaningfulness, or purposefulness.
There is neither bad nor wrong if the minds aren't aware of the fine line due to the presence of the natural veil of ignorance.
Teaching, or disseminating the universal dhamma under certain names and forms to the world randomly, indiscriminately, and unconditionally (that might or might not help to activate the existing inactive/idle seed of the universal dhamma that is already there in all and everyone), by showing the path/pointing the direction - One teaches and guides another mind to become mentally and emotionally independent, to become its own teacher to perform self inquiry to be inquiring towards the truth of itself and everything that it perceives (the modification of the mind that doesn't even belong to the mind itself), under a rendered one-pointed, calmed, and quiet state of mind, to attain direct self realization towards the truth of itself and everything, that gives rise to clarity of thinking and correct understanding in the mind, by the initiative and effort of the mind itself, where the mind knows what and how to act/react/behave under the presence of correct understanding/absolute knowledge/wisdom. The teacher doesn't tell the students about this is right or that is wrong, this is good or that is bad, this is true or that is untrue, this is positive or that is negative, this is meaningful or that is meaningless, or you should behave like this and shouldn't behave like that, and so on. (Right education)
Educating/teaching/preaching/schooling/influencing/controlling/manipulating/conditioning/suppressing/oppressing/nurturing/grooming/culturing - One teaches/preaches/educates/propagates to other minds with a set of teachings/ideas/theory/philosophy/values/code of conducts/threatening painful suffering and comforting pleasurable happiness and enjoyment in return upon death, such as the cultural/spiritual/religious ideas/beliefs/theory/philosophy/teachings/values/practices about the endless reincarnation/infinite rebirth of an eternal individual consciousness/spirit/soul transitioning in countless realms/worlds/spheres in accordance to the ceaseless generation and accumulation of inexhaustible good and bad and neutral karma, or the existence of the judgment and sentence to heaven or hell upon death in accordance to the accumulation of merits and virtues and sins, in order to influence/condition the minds to think, feel, believe, reason, evaluate, aspire, desire, live life, act, react, and behave in a particular way, in accordance to that particular set of ideas/belief/theory/philosophy/teachings/values/practices, even if it appears to be 'the best of the good and meaningful ways' for the minds. (Limited and conditional education)
One is without limiting or conditioning the minds with any particular set of ideas, belief, theory, philosophy, teachings, values, practices, aspirations, and visions, including the existing teachings of yoga and/or buddhism under certain names and forms (that are mostly contaminated), to reason everything, to desire or don't desire, or to behave or not behaving in certain way, while the other one is out of 'good intention' or 'goodwill', limiting (influencing and conditioning) the minds with a particular set of ideas, belief, theory, philosophy, teachings, values, practices, inspirations, aspirations, and visions to reason everything, to desire or don't desire, and to behave or not behaving in certain way.
The essential basic foundation or the core teachings and practice of yoga and/or buddhism, is about inquiring towards the truth of all and everything, towards the existing inherited/adopted set of ideas, beliefs, values, and practices in the mind, including all kinds of reading and hearing and watching materials related to the teachings and practice of yoga and/or buddhism coming from anyone and everyone and everywhere, including the direct first-hand teachings/guidance coming from any enlightened minds, under the presence of the selfless impermanent limited and conditional conscious freewill/initiative/effort/yearning towards liberation in the mind upon coming in contact with doubts and painful suffering, and the fleeting momentary pleasurable enjoyment and all kinds of uncertainty, via self inquiry and self realization under a rendered one-pointed, calmed, and quiet state of mind, under the observation of renunciation, dispassion, solitude, seclusion, and silence, under the absence of grasping.
Such as there has been the mentioning of the terms of 'Selflessness', 'Impermanence', 'Limitation', 'Conditional', and 'Non-self', as well as some other terms in the teachings of yoga and/or buddhism, however, the practice is not about to believe in and follow, or to glorify and worship, or to recite the sutras, or to practice all these terms blindly, or to live life and behave in certain way in accordance to all these terms without direct self realization towards what is the real meaning of all THAT, such as the basic essential self inquiry towards "Who/What am I?", but it is about to be diligent to perform self inquiry to be inquiring towards the truth of those terms (sutras/scriptures) that the minds come in contact with, under a rendered one-pointed, calmed, and quiet state of mind, via the help of certain regular and persistent practice and observation, of specific practical and effective methods and techniques, such as observing the incoming and outgoing breath or the random sensations, that help to develop concentration/attentiveness/one-pointedness, and that gives direct experience/reflection/insight towards Selflessness, Impermanence, Limitation, Conditional, and Non-self, under the essential observation of renunciation, dispassion, solitude, seclusion, and silence, to be effectively freeing the mind from being conditioned by any particular set of ideas/belief/theory/philosophy/teachings/values/practices to reason everything, to be practically quieting the restless thought current (regardless of good or bad/positive or negative ideas/thoughts/feelings/emotions/intentions/desires), to attain direct realization to know the real meanings of all those terms under certain names and forms, that are also limited and conditional, that could be misinterpreted, misunderstood, or misused (for physical/mental/emotional/sexual exploitation and abuse), and that there is nothing wrong or bad with that too, due to the presence of the natural veil of ignorance in all minds, just by being existing and functioning as what they are.
There are minds would refer 'nature', or 'humanity', or 'the sustainable environmental friendly self-reliant and self-sufficient way of living' as something 'spiritual', even if they don't practice any form of religion, but they still hang onto the 'spiritual' idea/belief/theory/philosophy/values/practice of 'spirituality' of 'the existence of an eternal individual spirit/soul/consciousness residing in the body and mind as well as in all and everything' of what the minds think and believe is 'who I really am', where they want to connect or reconnect with 'that spiritual connectivity/communication' with nature, where they believe that if they manage to connect/communicate with nature, they can 'take control of' or 'interfere with' many things, to 'change and control' the world to be in certain way that they desire, that they think and believe is 'good and meaningful'.
That is the freedom of the thinking, belief, understanding, values, practices, desires, and visions of all minds, and there is nothing wrong or bad, especially about nature, or humanity, or the sustainable environmental friendly self-reliant and self-sufficient way of living, however, the minds are not free, being limited and conditioned by the 'spiritual' idea/belief/values/practice of 'spirituality'. But it doesn't matter.
Even the presence of 'positive thinking' and 'goodwill' to be influencing certain names and forms to become 'positive' and 'good', indicates that the mind is not free.
Upon the direct self realization towards the truth of Selflessness, Impermanence, Limitation, Conditional, and Non-self, the mind can mix and mingle freely with the other minds that are ceaselessly and restlessly changing under many different impermanent states, to be performing necessary actions that benefit oneself and all and everyone and everything randomly, indiscriminately, and unconditionally, without intention or desire or vision to build a like-minded community or to influence and build a world in certain way, without being determined or disturbed by all and everything being what they are, as they are, under the presence of clarity of thinking and correct understanding, devoid of the egoistic cognition/sense/sentiment/idea/identification/association of goodness and badness, positiveness and negativeness, meaningfulness and meaninglessness, or purposefulness and purposelessness, powerfulness and powerlessness, superiority and inferiority, pride and shame, accomplishment and non-accomplishment, contribution and non-contribution, selfishness and unselfishness, and so on.
The mind that understands all THAT, it is undetermined or undisturbed or unhurt by all kinds of selfish ignorant activities, actions, reactions, or behaviors of the other minds, including immediate family members and all kinds of direct personal and community ties and connections, not to say, all the other minds that don't have any direct personal and community ties and connections with oneself, even though all and everyone and everything are inter-affecting one another, directly or indirectly.
"Do not mix. Do not build ashram. Do not hoard disciples. Live alone. Eat alone. Walk alone. Meditate alone." - Swami Sivananda
Don't just follow, or propagate, or glorify, or worship, or pray to all those terms coming from Swami Sivananda, but to inquire and find out what does all THAT mean, or what was Swami Sivananda showing to everyone repeatedly, randomly, and indiscriminately, and why is all that so important, that he kept repeating again and again in many of his books/teachings?
Siddhartha Gautama Buddha never tell others to believe or disbelieve in this or that, where he never comment towards all kinds of beliefs/ideas/theories/philosophies/teachings/values/practices in the world (where that itself, alone, is a great enlightening teaching), but he only gave guidance or showed direction on how to perform self inquiry to be inquiring towards the truth of everything, and attain direct self realization towards the truth of everything, as it is, emphasizing on non-blind believing, non-blind agreeing/disagreeing, non-blind practicing, non-blind propagating towards all and everything, including everything that he himself taught/spoke directly to anyone, not to say, everything that was transmitted second-hand or countless-hand, as well as non-following, non-glorifying, non-worshiping towards him or any enlightened minds, not to say, non-blind following, non-blind glorifying, and non-blind worshiping towards anyone or anything.
The limited and conditional ability of being able to perceive, or recognize, or discriminate pain and pleasure, or the presence of doubts/ignorance/unknown/vulnerability/powerlessness/limitation/painful sorrow and suffering, or the coming in contact with undesirable and unpleasant experiences, are indeed the supportive elements that activate the seed of dhamma that is already there in all minds, naturally. It is the beginning of the path of self inquiry that is available and existing in all minds.
Before the mind understands all THAT, it is natural that the ignorant egoistic impure restless mind will have aversion towards the perception towards pain (the mind only wants to perceive/experience pleasure), or the presence of doubts/ignorance/unknown/vulnerability/powerlessness/limitation/painful sorrow and suffering (the mind only want to be all perfect/pure/knowledgeable/strong/powerful/limitless/devoid of painful sorrow and suffering), or the coming in contact with undesirable and unpleasant experiences (the mind only wants to come in contact with desirable and pleasant experiences). Where the mind perceive and project all those as something 'bad' and 'negative' and 'undeserving', or 'bad karma or sins', or 'I am not good enough or I must be terribly bad', or 'something wrong or bad about the world, or life existence, or everyone and everything, that is why I am perceiving/experiencing all these', or 'I am a failure and useless', and so on.
Upon the mind understands all THAT, or knows Thyself, or realizes the truth of Selflessness, Impermanence, Limitation, Conditional, Non-self, and "Who/What am 'I'?", there is nothing good or bad, right or wrong, positive or negative, meaningful or meaningless, superior or inferior, deserving or don't deserving, powerful or powerless, ordinary or extraordinary, and so on, including the limited and conditional existence/creation of all kinds of 'floating objects', or 'mental and emotional refuge', or 'imaginary friend, or savior, or superhero' for the minds to hang onto while drifting along the current of 'the ocean of ignorance and suffering' in the mind itself, of certain worldly egoistic spiritual/religious/cultural ideas, beliefs, values, justifications, fairy tales, story making and telling, practices, desires, inspirations, aspirations, or visions.
It is the freedom of all minds to be what they are, as they are, even if the minds behave in the way that is hurtful and destructive unto itself and others and the surrounding environment, due to the influence of the veil of ignorance in the mind itself, that is ceaselessly being fed by the existing ignorance and empowered by the surrounding minds that are also under the influence of the veil of ignorance. It has to come from the minds themselves to realize the presence of the veil of ignorance in themselves and their own hurtful destructive behavior, and be initiative to do something about that, or to be free from that.
It is the freedom of all minds to think or don't think, to feel or don't feel, to believe or don't believe, to practice or don't practice, to desire or don't desire, to act or don't act, to react or don't react, to behave or don't behave in certain way, to inquire or don't inquire, to be free or not free, and so on.
The universal dhamma/truth of Selflessness, Impermanence, Limitation, Conditional, and Non-self is always there and everywhere, within and without, effortlessly, timelessly, and changelessly, as it is. It is never hidden. It is not a secret. It is not something unreachable or untouchable.
It is not something spiritual, or religious, or mystical, or magical, or super extraordinary, or ancient, or new age. It is not a theory or philosophy.
It is merely the universal truth of all and everything as it is, about the perceiver and the perceived, or the thinker and the thinking process, or the experiencer and the experiences, or the mind and the modification of the mind, or the ignorance and the consequences/by-products of ignorance. All these names and forms exist together, and ceased existing together.
It is merely whether the minds see it or don't see it, under the presence or absence of clarity, a.k.a. under the absence or presence of the veil of ignorance (the selfless impermanent limited and conditional egoistic impure restless modification of the mind, that is non-self, that doesn't even belong to the mind itself).
Just be kind and generous, without desire to influence/change anyone or anything to be or not to be in certain way.
Just give, and let go.
Inquire the truth of everything, including all that is here, and be free.