THE NATURE OF YOGA.

THE QUICKENING OF THE PROCESS OF SELF-UNFOLDMENT.

Educated and thoughtful men and women you already are; already you have climbed up that long ladder which separates the present outer form of the Deity in you from His form in the dust. The manifested Deity sleeps in the mineral and the stone. He becomes more and more unfolded in vegetables and animals, and lastly in man He has reached what appears as His culmination to ordinary men. Having done so much, shall you not do more? With the consciousness so far unfolded, does it seem impossible that it should unfold in the future into the divine?

As you realise that the laws of the evolution of form and of the unfolding of consciousness in the universe and man are the same, and that it is through these laws that the Yogī Sanskrit: A person who practices Yoga to achieve spiritual union and mastery over their inner nature. brings out his hidden powers, then you will understand also that it is not necessary to go into the mountain or into the desert, to hide yourself in a cave or a forest, in order that the union with the Self may be obtained—He who is within you and without you. Sometimes for a special purpose seclusion may be useful. It may be well at times to retire temporarily from the busy haunts of men. But in the universe planned by Īshvara Sanskrit: The Supreme Lord or Ruler of the universe., in order that the powers of the Self may be brought out—there is your best field for Yoga, planned with Divine wisdom—