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We are coming to a vitally important part of the teaching of Yoga: namely, the spiritual man's attainment of full self consciousness, the awakening of the spiritual man as a self conscious individual, behind and above the natural man. In this awakening, and in the process of gestation which precedes it, there is a close relation with the powers of the natural man, which are, in a certain sense, the projection, outward and downward, of the powers of the spiritual man. WE ARE COMING TO A VITALLY IMPORTANT PART OF THE TEACHING OF YOKA NAMELY THE SPIRITUAL MAN'S ATTAINMENT OF FULL SELF CONSCIOUSNESS THE AWAKENING OF THE SPIRITUAL MAN AS A SELF CONSCIOUS INDIVIDUAL BEHIND AND ABOVE THE NATURAL MAN IN THIS AWAKENING AND IN THE PROCESS OF JUSTATION WHICH PRECEDES IT THERE IS A CLOSE RELATION WITH THE POWERS OF THE NATURAL MAN WHICH ARE IN A CERTAIN SENSE THE PROJECTION OUTWARD AND DOWNWARD OF THE POWERS OF THE SPIRITUAL MAN
the great time-dial of the sky. But the moon also symbolizes the analytic mind, with its divided realms; and these, too, may be understood through perfectly concentrated Meditation. 28. By perfectly concentrated Meditation on the fixed pole-star comes a knowledge of the motions of the stars. Addressing Duty, stern daughter of the Voice of God, Wordsworth finely said: Thou cost preserve the stars from wrong, And the most ancient heavens through thee are fresh and strong— thus suggesting a profound relation between the moral powers and the powers that rule the worlds. So in this Sutra the fixed polestar is the eternal spirit about which all things move, as well as the star toward which points the axis of the earth. Deep mysteries attend both, and the veil of mystery is only to be raised by Meditation, by open-eyed vision of the awakened spiritual man. 29. Perfectly concentrated Meditation on the centre of force in the lower trunk brings an understanding of the order of the bodily powers. IME DIAL OF THE SKY BUT THE MOON ALSO SYMBOLIZES THE ANALYTIC MIND WITH ITS DIVIDED REALMS AND THESE TWO MAY BE UNDERSTOOD THROUGH PERFECTLY CONCENTRATED MEDITATION SUTRA TWENTY EIGHT BY PERFECTLY CONCENTRATED MEDITATION ON THE FIXED POLE STAR COMES A KNOWLEDGE OF THE MOTION OF THE STARS ADDRESSING DUTY STERN DAUGHTER OF THE VOICE OF GOD WORDSWORTH FINALLY SAID THOU COST PRESERVE THE STARS FROM WRONG AND THE MOST ANCIENT HEAVENS THROUGH THEE ARE FRESH AND STRONG THUS SUGGESTING A PROFOUND RELATION BETWEEN THE MORAL POWERS AND THE POWERS THAT RULE THE WORLDS SO IN THIS SUTRA THE FIXED POLE STAR IS THE ETERNAL SPIRIT ABOUT WHICH ALL THINGS MOVE AS WELL AS THE STAR TOWARD WHICH POINTS THE AXIS OF THE EARTH DEEP MYSTERIES ATTEND BOTH AND THE VEIL OF MYSTERY IS ONLY TO BE RAISED BY MEDITATION BY OPEN EYED VISION OF THE AWAKENED SPIRITUAL MAN SUTRA TWENTY NINE PERFECTLY CONCENTRATED MEDITATION ON THE CENTRE OF FORCE IN THE LOWER TRUNK BRINGS AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE ORDER OF THE BODILY POWERS
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