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The Sutras are here brief to obscurity; only a few words, for example, are given to the great triune mystery and illusion of Time; a phrase or two indicates the sweep of some universal law. Yet it is hoped that, by keeping our eyes fixed on the spiritual man, remembering that he is the hero of the story, and that all that is written concerns him and his adventures, we may be able to find our way through this thicket of tangled words, and keep in our hands the clue to the mystery. THE SUTRAS ARE HERE BRIEF TO OBSCURITY ONLY A FEW WORDS FOR EXAMPLE ARE GIVEN TO THE GREAT TRIUNE MYSTERY AND ILLUSION OF TIME A PHRASE OR TWO INDICATES THE SWEEP OF SOME UNIVERSAL LAW YET IT IS HOPED THAT BY KEEPING OUR EYES FIXED ON THE SPIRITUAL MAN REMEMBERING THAT HE IS THE HERO OF THE STORY AND THAT ALL THAT IS WRITTEN CONCERNS HIM AND HIS ADVENTURES WE MAY BE ABLE TO FIND OUR WAY THROUGH THIS THICKET OF TANGLED WORDS AND KEEP IN OUR HANDS THE CLUE TO THE MYSTERY
g marvellously enlarged.” 55. When the vesture and the spiritual man are alike pure, then perfect spiritual life is attained. The vesture, says the commentator, must first be washed pure of all stains of passion and darkness, and the seeds of future sorrow must be burned up utterly. Then, both the vesture and the wearer of the vesture being alike pure, the spiritual man enters into perfect spiritual life. INTRODUCTION TO BOOK IV The third book of the Sutras has fairly completed the history of the birth and growth of the spiritual man, and the enumeration of his powers; at least so far as concerns that first epoch in his immortal life, which immediately succeeds, and supersedes, the life of the natural man. In the fourth book, we are to consider what one might call the mechanism of salvation, the ideally simple working of cosmic law which brings the spiritual man to birth, growth, and fulness of power, and prepares him for the splendid, toilsome further stages of his great journey home. NTRODUCTION TO BOOK FOUR OF THE YOGA SUTRAS OF POTANTELLI THE BOOK OF THE SPIRITUAL MAN AN INTERPRETATION BY CHARLES JOHNSTON THIS IS A LIBERVOX RECORDING ALL LIBERLOCKS RECORDINGS ARE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO VOLUNTEER PLEASE VISIT LIEBERVOX STODORG RECORDING BY MAGGIE RUSSELL NEW YORK NEW YORK THE YOGA SUTRAS OF POTATANDRIE THE BOOK OF THE SPIRITUAL MAN AN INTERPRETATION BY CHARLES JOHNSTON INTRODUCTION TO BOOK FOUR THE THIRD BOOK OF THE SUTRAS HAS FAIRLY COMPLETED THE HISTORY OF THE BIRTH AND GROWTH OF THE SPIRITUAL MAN AND THE ENUMERATION OF HIS POWERS AT LEAST SO FAR AS CONCERNS THAT FIRST EPOCH IN HIS IMMORTAL LIFE WHICH IMMEDIATELY SUCCEEDS AND SUPERSEDES THE LIFE OF THE NATURAL MAN IN THE FOURTH BOOK WE ARE TO CONSIDER WHAT ONE MIGHT CALL THE MECHANISM OF SALVATION THE IDEALLY SIMPLE WORKING OF COSMIC LAW WHICH BRINGS THE SPIRITUAL MAN TO BIRTH GROWTH AND FULLNESS OF POWER AND PREPARES HIM FOR THE SPLENDID TOILSOME FURTHER STAGES OF HIS GREAT JOURNEY HOME
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