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| The Fourfold Yoga I |
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G Kumar |
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The Fourfold Yoga - Part I - An Introduction
Yoga is derived from the word "Yuj" which means to unite.
Union with Cosmic Creative Intelligence is the aim of Yoga.
The Fourfold Yoga has been prescribed for Cosmic Union in
Oriental Philosophies. They are
1. Union via Action ( Karma Yoga ) 2. Union via Psychic
Control ( Raja Yoga ) 3. Union via Universal Love ( Bhakthi
Yoga ) 4. Union via Wisdom ( Jnana Yoga )
Union via Action is for the person of active temparament.
Union via Psychic Contro is for the person of adventurous
temparament Union via Universal Love is for the person of
emotional temparament. Union via Wisdom is for the person
of intellectual temparament.
These four paths are not different from one another. They
are all part of the Fourfold Yoga.
Certain qualities are to be inculcated in the seeker if he
is to achieve the Ultimate Goal.
Prajna has been defined as the discriminative intellect.
When the intellect discriminates between the Real & the
Unreal. The intellect which discriminates between Being and
Non-Being. This quality should be incorporated by the
Intellectual Man if he is to progress in the path of Jnana
Yoga.
Love is defined as the greatest of all the positive
qualities of man. This quality is to be incorporated by the
Emotional Man if he is to progress in the field of Bhakthi
Yoga.
Control of Mind or Psychic Control through Raja Yoga should
be incorporated by the Adventurous Man if he is to progress
in the field of Raja Yoga.
Selfless Service should be incorporated by the Active Man if
he is to progress in the field of Karma Yoga.
In other words, since the Fourfold Yoga has been prescribed
for mankind , all these four great qualities - Selfless
service, love, psychic control & the discriminative
intellect should be incorporated by the spiritual aspirant
to develop in the field of Yoga.
Yoga was defined by Aurobindo as a methodic process towards
self-perfection through a development of the latent
potential at the five levels of Being - physical, vital,
mental, intellectual & spiritual. Normal man lives only in
the first three sheaths - physical, vital & mental. Only
when we use our hidden spiritual potential - the
intellectual & the bliss sheaths - can be unfold our full
mental potential.
The Seven States of Consciousness
Man lives in 3 relative states of Consciousnes- waking,
dreaming & Dreamless sleep known in Sanskrit as Jagrata,
Swapna & Sushupti. Now there is a Transcendental state of
Consciousness known as the Fourth ( Tureeya ) & there are
still higher states of Consciousness.
These are the seven states
1 .Waking 2. Dreaming ( REM sleep ) 3. Dreamless Sleep (
non- REM ) 4. Transcendental Consciousness ( T C) 5.
Cosmic Consciousness ( C C ) 6. Glorified State of Cosmic
Consciousness ( G C ) 7. Unified State of Cosmic
Consciousness ( U C )
In his Phd Thesis "The physiological effects of
Transcendental Meditation, a Proposed Fourth Major state of
Consciousness " Dr Robert Keith Wallace proved the existence
of a fourth major state of Consciousness ( T C ).
Cosmic Consciousness is a state where TC & the 3 relative
states coexist. More information about Transcendental
Philosophy & Yoga can be had from
http://www.astrologiavedica.com/html/yogamain.htm
The way to achieving Higher States of Consciousness- The
Triune Meditation
Meditation is threefold
1. Physical Meditation
2. Verbal Meditation
3. Mental Meditation.
Reverence to preceptors & Yogis, worhsip of one's Tutelary
Deity, observance of Continence, non-violence - all these
constitute Physical Meditation. Speaking kind words and not
hurting anyone, Observance of Truth, Self-Study ( serious
study of the Self ) - all these constitute Verbal
Meditation.
Mental Meditation - Mental cheerfulness, humility,
observance of Silence, mastery of the sense organs, purity
of heart - all these constitute Mental Meditation.
The aim of Nature is to effect Super-Nature and the aim of
Yoga is Self_ Actualisation. The Goal of Life is
Self-Realisation, and in order to unfold our true potential,
we have to follow the Fourfold Path.
He still keeps to the high & difficult road That sole leads
to the Eternal's peaks!
Without Knowledge, without service, without psychic control
& finally Love, who have ever realised his Self ?
And what is prerequisite for this Self_Realisation ?
Sacrifice !
Only by hard sacrifice is high heaven earned ( Aurobindo ).
Attachment to the sensory world is Bondage. Sacrifice alone
can give us Liberation or Self_Actualisation and the
Ultimate Bliss.
Earth's pains are the ransom of its prisoned delights For
Joy and not for sorrow was earth made ( Aurobindo )
By sacrifice, we become the Self_Actualising person of
Abraham Maslow living in the widest possible frame of
reference.
He who to none and nowhere overbound By ties of flesh,
takes evil things and good Neither desponding nor exulting
such Bears Wisdom's plainest mark ! ( The Song Celestial )
About the Land of Wisdom, extolled by Western scholars
Walt Whitman said
To India, to primal thought To Reason's early paradise Of
Wisdom's birth and innocent intuitions Of a fair creation.
Mark Twain said: " India is, the cradle of the human race,
the birthplace of human speech, the mother of history, the
grandmother of legend, and the great grand mother of
tradition."
Will Durant said " India is the mother of us all; through
Sanskrit, the mother of Europe's languages, through the
Buddha, of the ideals embodied in Christianity, through the
Arabs, of higher mathematics & algebra; through the village
community, of self-government and democracy. Mother India
is, in many ways, the mother of us all"
Article by G Kumar, Astrologer, writer & programmer of
www.eastrovedica.com. He has 25 years psychic research
experience in the esoteric arts. His Free Ebook, Yoga can be
downloaded at http://www.eastrovedica.com/html/yoga.zip. To
subscribe to his free Ezine, the Z Files
mailto:info@eastrovedica.com?subject=SubscribeZF. His Astro
blog is up at http://www.zodiacastrology.blogspot.com & his
marketing blog is at http://marketingwisdom.blogspot.com.
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