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It is, therefore, vital for us to realize that the Yoga system, like every true system of spiritual teaching, rests on this broad and firm foundation of honesty, truth, cleanness, obedience. IT IS THEREFORE VITAL FOR US TO REALIZE THAT THE YOGA SYSTEM LIKE EVERY TRUE SYSTEM OF SPIRITUAL TEACHING RESTS ON THIS BROAD AND FIRM FOUNDATION OF HONESTY TRUTH CLEANNESS OBEDIENCE
 he who reads may understand and practise. The second part of the second book is concerned with practical spiritual training, that is, with the earlier practical training of the spiritual man. The most striking thing in it is the emphasis laid on the Commandments, which are precisely those of the latter part of the Decalogue, together with obedience to the Master. Our day and generation is far too prone to fancy that there can be mystical life and growth on some other foundation, on the foundation, for example, of intellectual curiosity or psychical selfishness. In reality, on this latter foundation the life of the spiritual man can never be built; nor, indeed, anything but a psychic counterfeit, a dangerous delusion. Therefore Patanjali, like every great spiritual teacher, meets the question: What must I do to be saved? with the age-old answer: Keep the Commandments. Only after the disciple can say, These have I kept, can there be the further and finer teaching of the spiritual Rules. T HE WHO RUNS MAY READ AND HE WHO READS MAY UNDERSTAND AND PRACTISE THE SECOND PART OF THE SECOND BOOK IS CONCERNED WITH PRACTICAL SPIRITUAL TRAINING THAT IS WITH THE EARLIER PRACTICAL TRAINING OF THE SPIRITUAL MAN THE MOST STRIKING THING IN IT IS THE EMPHASIS LAID ON THE COMMANDMENTS WHICH ARE PRECISELY THOSE OF THE LATTER PART OF THE DECALOGUE TOGETHER WITH OBEDIENCE TO THE MASTER OUR DAY AND GENERATION IS FAR TOO PRONE TO FANCY THAT THERE CAN BE MYSTICAL LIFE AND GROWTH ON SOME OTHER FOUNDATION ON THE FOUNDATION FOR EXAMPLE OF INTELLECTUAL CURIOSITY OR PSYCHICAL SELFISHNESS IN REALITY ON THIS LATTER FOUNDATION THE LIFE OF THE SPIRITUAL MAN CAN NEVER BE BUILT NOR INDEED ANYTHING BUT A PSYCHIC COUNTERFEIT A DANGEROUS DELUSION THEREFORE PATANGELI LIKE EVERY GREAT SPIRITUAL TEACHER MEETS THE QUESTION WHAT MUST I DO TO BE SAVED WITH THE AGE OLD ANSWER KEEP THE COMMANDMENTS ONLY AFTER THE DISCIPLE CAN SAY THESE HAVE I KEPT CAN THERE BE THE FURTHER AND FINER TEACHING OF THE SPIRITUAL RULES
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