THE POINTS YOU HAVE TO KNOW

                                                      KNOW THE FACT

  

           1. WHAT A MAN "LEARNS" IS REALLY WHAT HE DISCOVERS, BY TALKING THE COVER OFF HIS OWN SOUL, WHICH IS A MINE OF INFINITE KNOWLEDGE.

           2. MOST OF US MAKE OUR MINDS LIKE SPOILT CHILDREN, ALLOWING THEM TO DO WHATEVER THEY WAN. THEREFORE IT IS NECESSARY THAT KRIYA-YOGA SHOULD BE CONSTANTLY PRACTISED, IN ORDER TO GAIN CONTROL OF THE MIND, AND BRING IT INTO SUBJECTION. THE OBSTRUCTIONS TO YOGA ARISE FROM LACK OF CONTROL, AND CAUSE US PAIN. THEY CAN ONLY BE REMOVED BY DENYING THE MIND, AND HOLDING IT IN CHECK, THROUGH THE MEANS OF KRIYA-YOGA.

         3. INDIA IS AT ONE WITH THE MOST PURITAN FAITHS OF THE WORLD IN HER DECLARATION THAT PROGRESS IS FROM SEEN TO UNSEEN FROM THE MANY TO THE ONE, FROM THE LOW TO THE HIGH FROM THE FORM TO THE FORMLESS, AND NEVER IN THE REVERSE DIRECTION. SHE DIFFERS ONLY IN HAVING A WORD OF SYMPATHY.

       4. EVEN AS THE LION NOT TREMBLING AT NOISES, EVEN AS THE WIND, NOT CAUGHT IN A NET, EVEN AS THE LOTUS-LEAF, UNTOUCHED BY THE WATER-SO DO THOU WANDER ALONE LIKE THE RHINOCEROS!

      5. ANYTHING THAT IS SECRET AND MYSTERIOUS IN THESE SYSTEMS OF YOGA SHOULD BE AT ONCE REJECTED. THE BEST GUIDE IN LIFE IS STRENGTH. IN RELIGION, AS IN ALL OTHER MATTERS, DISCARD EVERYTHING THAT WEAKNESS YOU, HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH IT.

     6. WHEN YOU STEP BEYOND THOUGHT AND INTELLECT AND ALL REASONING, THEN YOU HAVE MADE THE FIRST STEP TOWARDS GOD, AND THAT IS THE BEGINNING OF LIFE.

    7. THAT WHICH THE IGNORANT DO WITH DESIRE FOR RESULTS AND GAIN, LET THE WISE DO WITHOUT ANY DESIRE FOR RESULTS AND GAIN.

    8. IF HE DOES NOT DESIRE ANY HAPPINESS, IF HE IS FREE OF ALL (ATTACHMENT) OF ALL FEAR, OF ALL ANGER.

   9. AS THE TORTOISE CAN DRAW IN HIS LEGS, AND IF YOU STRIKE HIM, NOT ONE FOOT COMES OUT.

   10. THEN YOU WILL BECOME A MAN OF FIRM WILL.

   11. FREEDOM IS THE FIRST CONDITION OF GROWTH. WHAT YOU DO NOT MAKE FREE, WILL NEVER GROW.

  12. THE ORGANS ARE THE HORSES, THE MIND IS THE REIN, THE INTELLECT IS THE CHARIOTEER, THE SOUL IS THE RIDER, AND THE BODY IS THE CHARIOT. THE MASTER OF THE HOUSEHOLD THE KING, THE SELF OF MAN, IS SITTING IN THIS CHARIOT.

  13. RITUALS ARE THE KINDERGARTEN OF RELIGION. THEY ARE ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY FOR THE WORLD AS IT IS NOW, ONLY WE SHALL HAVE TO GIVE PEOPLE NEWER AND FRESH RITUALS. A PARTY OF THINKERS MUST UNDERTAKE TO DO THIS. OLD RITUALS MUST BE REJECTED AND NEW ONES SUBSTITUED.

  14. THERE IS NOTHING, HOLIER IN THE WORLD THAN TO KEEP GOOD COMPANY. BECAUSE THAN TO KEEP GOOD IMPRESSIONS WILL THEN TEND TO COME TO THE SURFACE.

  15. THIS HUMAN BODY IS THE GREATEST BODY IN THE INIVERSE, AND A HUMAN BEING THE GREATEST BEING. MAN IS HIGHER THAN ALL ANIMALS, THAN ALL ANGELS, NONE IS GREATER THAN MAN. EVEN THE DEVAS (GODS) WILL HAVE TO COME DOWN AGAIN AND ATTAIN TO SALVATION THROUGH A HUMAN BODY. MAN ALONE ATTAINS TO PERFECTION, NOT EVEN THE DEVAS.