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The Light of the Soul - Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (Paperback, New edition)
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The Light of the Soul - Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (Paperback, New edition)
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- The Sutras have a power and a timelessness about them which
demonstrate the accuracy with which they pinpoint the basic truths
of human evolution from subservience to personality clamours to the
serene freedom of the soul. Most human problems today originate in
selfish desire; the prostitution of the feeling nature to
self-centred physical appetites. This is also brought out clearly
in the teaching of the Lord Buddha, the treading of the Noble
Eight-Fold path providing the only way out of the maze: "Right
Values; Right Speech; Right Mode of Living; Right Thinking; Right
Expression; Right Conduct; Right Effort; Right Rapture or True
Happiness". These are attributes of the soul. Patanjali explores
exhaustively the means, the techniques and the mental posture which
create the connecting thread between the form- centred personality
and these stages towards spiritual achievement and soul fusion. The
four parts of the book develop: 1. The Problem of Union (51
sutras). 2. The Steps to Union (55 sutras). 3. Union Achieved and
Its Results (55 sutras). 4. Illumination (34 sutras). Many
different training techniques have been available over the
centuries, depending on the condition of human consciousness and
the phase of spiritual growth to be accomplished. Each "Yoga" has
had its place, fulfilled its function, and become an absorbed part
of human experience. In this book the factor of mind in meeting
present-day needs is again given prominence as the agent of the
soul, and the key to personality release. These Yoga Sutras of
Patanjali are based on Raja Yoga, the "kingly science of the soul":
"Through the science of Raja Yoga the mind will be known as the
instrument of the soul and the means whereby the brain of the
aspirant becomes illuminated and knowledge gained of those matters
which concern the realm of the soul." The soul is concerned with
the working out of planetary purpose and plan; so again we find
that mental training, and the self-achievement of the individual,
lead to cooperation and service on a scale far more comprehensive
and of far greater evolutionary significance than merely the
individual effects on the life of the disciple. Sutra 31 of Part IV
rings out like a bell and a clarion call to those who venture on
the path of union with the soul. "When through the removal of
hindrances and the purification of the sheaths, the totality of
knowledge becomes available, naught further remains for the man to
do." The books of Alice A. Bailey, written in cooperation with a
Tibetan teacher between 1919-1949, constitute a continuation of the
Ageless Wisdom--a body of esoteric teaching handed down from
ancient times in a form which is always suitable to each period.
Intended to precede and condition the coming era, the Alice A.
Bailey writings offer an unparalleled spiritual approach to such
subjects as the teaching on Shamballa and the Path of spiritual
evolution; the spiritual Hierarchy; the new discipleship and
training in meditation as a form of service; the teaching on the
seven rays and the new psychology of the soul; the teaching on
esoteric astrology; and the new world religion, which emphasizes
the common thread of truth linking all the major world faiths. Many
translations have been made from the original Sanskrit of the Yoga
Sutras of Patanjali. They have become well loved, well used, and
well applied by many in all parts of the world and of all religious
beliefs.
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