THE FOUR TYPES OF YOGAS AND ITS USES

 

                                 THE FOUR TYPES OF YOGAS

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                     ❤      KARMA-YOGA

                     ❤      BHAKTI-YOGA

                     ❤      RAJA-YOGA

                     ❤      GNANA-YOGA

                                      👀  KARMA YOGA 👀

                            KARMA-YOGA IS PURIFYING THE MIND BY MEANS OF WORK. NOW IF ANY WORK IS DONE, GOOD OR BAD, IT MUST PRODUCE AS A RESULT A GOOD OR BAD EFFECT, NO POWER CAN STAY IT, ONCE THE CAUSE IS PRESENT. THEREFORE GOOD ACTION PRODUCING GOOD KARMA, AND BAD ACTION, BAD KARMA, THE SOUL WILL GO ON IN ETERNAL BONDAGE WITHOUT EVER HOPING FOR DELIVERANCE. NOW KARMA BELONGS ONLY TO THE BODY A VEIL BEFORE THE ATMAN. THE VEIL CAST BY BAD KARMA IS IGNORANCE. GOOD KARMA HAS THE POWER TO STRENGTHEN THE MORAL POWERS. AND THUS IT CREATES NON-ATTACHMENT, IT DESTROYS THE TENDENCY TOWARDS BAD KARMA AND THEREBYT PURIFIES THE MIND. BUT IF THE WORK IS DONE WITH THE INTENTION OF ENJOYMENT, IT THEN PRODUCES ONLY THAT VERY ENJOYMENT AND DOES NOT PURIFY THE MIND OR CHITTA. 

                     THEREFORE ALL WORK SHOULD BE DONE WITHOUT ANY DESIRE TO ENJOY THE FRUITS THEREOF. ALL FEAR AND ALL DESIRE TO ENJOY HERE OR HEREAFTER MUST BE BANISHED FOR EVER OF RETURN WILL DESTROY THE SELFISHNESS, WHICH IS THE ROOT OF ALL BONDAGE. THE WATCHWORD OF THE KARMA-YOGIS IS NOT I, BUT THOU", AND NO AMOUNT OF SELF-SACRIFICE IS TOO MUCH FOR HIM. BUT HE DOES THIS WITHOUT ANY DESIRE TO GO TO HEAVEN, OR GAIN NAME OR FAME OR ANY OTHER BENEFIT IN THIS UNSELF WORK IS ONLY IN JNANA-YOGA, YET THE NATURAL DIVINITY OT MAN MAKES HIM LOVE ALL SACRIFICE SIMPLY FOR THE GOOD OF OTHERS, WITHOUT ANY ULTERIOR MOTIVE, WHATEVER HIS CREED OR OPINION. AGAIN, WITH MANY THE BONDAGE OF WEALTH IS VERY GREAT, AND KARMA-YOGA IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY FOR THEM BREAKING THE CRYSTALLISATION THAT HAS GATHERED ROUND THEIR LOVE OF MONEY.

                                  👀 BHAKTI-YOGA 👀

                              BHAKTI OR WORSHIP OR LOVE IN SOME FORM OR OTHERS IN THE EASIEST, PLEASANTEST AND MOST NATURAL WAY OF MAN. THE NATURAL STATE OF THIS UNIVERSE IS ATTRACTION, EVEN SO, LOVE IS THE NATURAL IMPETUS OF UNION IN THE HUMAN HEART, AND THOUGH ITSELF A GREAT CAUSE OF MISERY, PROPERLY DIRECTED TOWARDS THE PROPER OBJECT, IT BRINGS DELIVERANCE. THE OBJECT OF BHAKTI IS GOD. LOVE CANNOT BE WITHOUT A SUBJECT AND AN OBJECT. THE OBJECT OF LOVE AGAIN MUST BE AT FIRST A BEING WHO CAN RECIPROCATE OUR LOVE. THEREFORE THE GOD OF LOVE MUST BE IN SOME SENSE A HUMAN GOD. HE MUST BE A GOD OF LOVE. ASIDE FROM THE QUESTION WHETHER SUCH A GOD EXISTS OR NOT, IT IS A FACT THAT TO THOSE WHO HAVE LOVE IN THEIR HEART THIS ABSOLUTE APPEARS AS A GOD OF LOVE, AS PERSONAL 

                      THE LOWER FORMS OR WORSHIP, WHICH EMBODY THE IDEA OF GOD AS A JUDGE OR PUNISHER OR SOMEONE TO BE OBEYED THROUGH FEAR, DO NOT DESERVE TO BE CALLED LOVE, ALTHOUGH THEY ARE FORMS OF WORSHIP GRADUALLY EXPANDING INTO HIGHER FORMS. WE PASS ON TO THE CONSIDERATION OF LOVE ITSELF. WE WILL ILLUSTRATE LOVE BY A TRIANGLE, OF WHICH THE FIRST ANGLE AT THE BASE IS FEARLESSNESS. SO LONG AS THERE IS FEAR, IT IS NOT LOVE. LOVE BANISHES ALL FEAR. A MOTHER WITH HER BABY WILL FACE A TIGER TO SAVE HER CHILD. THE SECOND ANGLE IS THAT LOVE NEVER ASKS, NEVER BEGS. THE THIRD OR THE APEX IS THAT LOVE LOVES FOR THE SAKE OF LOVE ITSELF. EVEN THE IDEA OF OBJECT VANISHES. LOVE IS THE ONLY FORM IN WHICH LOVE IS LOVED. THIS IS THE HIGHEST ABSTRACTION AND THE SAME AS THE ABSOLUTE.

                                    👀   RAJA-YOGA  👀

                      

                      THIS YOGA FITS IN WITH EVERY ONE OF  THESE YOGIS. IT FITS INQUIRERS OF ALL CLASSESS WITH OR WITHOUT ANY BELIEF, AND IT IS THE REAL INSTRUMENT OF RELIGIOUS INQUIRY. AS EACH SCIENCE HAS ITS PARTICULAR METHOD OF INVESTIGATION, SO IS THIS RAJA-YOGA THE METHOD OF RELIGION. THIS SCIENCE ALSO IS VARIOUSLY APPLIED ACCORDING TO VARIOUS CONSTITUTIONS. THE CHIEF PARTS ARE THE PRANAYAMA, CONCENTRATION, AND MEDITATION. FOR THOSE WHO BELIEVE IN GOD, A SYMBOLIC NAME, SUCH AS OM OR OTHER SACRED WORDS RECEIVED FROM A GURU, WILL BE VERY HELPFUL. OM IS THE GREATEST, MEANING THE ABSOLUTE. MEDITATING ON THE MEANING OF THESE HOLY NAMES WHILE REPEATING THEM IS THE CHIEF PRACTICE.

                                     👀  JANA-YOGA  👀

                     THIS IS DIVIDED INTO THREE PARTS. FIRST: HEARING THE TRUTH- THAT THE ATMAN IS THE ONLY REALITY AND THAT EVERYTHING ELSE IS MAYA (RELATIVITY).      SECOND : REASONING UPON THIS PHILOSOPHY FROM ALL POINTS OF VIEW. THIRD : GIVING UP ALL FURTHER ARGUMENTATION AND REALISING THE TRUTH. THIS REALIZATION COMES FROM (1) BEING CERTAIN THAT BRAHMAN IS REAL AND EVERYTHING ELSE IS UNREAL,

                      2. GIVING UP ALL DESIRE FOR ENJOYMENT

                      3. CONTROLLING THE SENSE AND THE MIND

                      4. INTENSE DESIRE TO BE FREE. MEDITATING ON THIS REALITY ALWAYS AND REMINDING THE SOUL OF ITS REAL NATURE ARE THE ONLY WAYS IN THIS YOGA. IT IS THE HIGHEST, BUT MOST DIFFICULT. MANY PERSONS GET AN INTELLECTUAL GRASP OF IT, BUT VERY FEW ATTAIN REALISATION.

THE KARMA CHARACTER!

 

                             THE EFFECT OF KARMA

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                                AGING AND DEATH

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                     TOWARD THE END OF A PERSON'S LIFE, AS THE ALLOTTED KARMA REACHES COMPLETION, THE ENERGY BODY BEGINS TO GROW FEEBLE. AS A RESULT, THE PHYSICAL BODY GROWS INCREASINGLY FEEBLE AS WELL, AND THE CAPACITY OF THE ENERGY, OR PRANIC, BODY TO HOLD ON TO THE PHYSICAL BODY RECEDES. AS THE INFORMATION RUNS OUT, LIFE SLOWLY PETERS OUT. PHYSICAL LIFE BEGINS TO LOSE ITS INTENSITY.

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                    THIS IS WHY YOU MAY NOTICE THAT EVEN A PERSON WHO HAS LIVED A VERY BASE, MATERIAL LIFE OFTEN SEEMS IN THE LAST FEW DAYS BEFORE THEIR DEATH TO CARRY AN AIR OF ETHEREAL PEACE, MATURITY, AND WISDOM. SUCH A PERSON IS MUCH LESS ATTACHED TO PEOPLE AND LESS SHAKEN BY EXTERNAL SITUATIONS.

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                       WHEN THE PRANIC (ENERGY) BODY IS FEEBLE, IT WILL SLIP OUT OF THE BODY. THIS IS WHAT WE CALL DEATH OLD AGE. THE DOCTORS INCARIABLY DIAGNOSE THIS AS AN ORGAN FAILURE OF SOME SORT,  BUT THE FACT IS JUST THAT THE PERSON HAS SLIPPED OUT OF THE BODY BECAUSE OF THE FEEBLENESS OF THE ENERGY BODY. THIS IS THE IDEAL WAY TO DIE BECAUSE YOU ARE NOT BEING FORCED OUT OF THE BODY, YOU ARE NATURALLY MOVING OUT. THIS IS A GOOD WAY TO GO.

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                  SUCH BEINGS EXIST NOW NOT ON THE BASIS OF DISCRETION OR CONSCIOUS VOLITION BUT ON THE BASIS OF THEIR TENDENCIES, WHICH BUFFET THEM ABOUT WITHOUT ANY VOLITION ON THEIR PART. SINCE THEY ARE RULED ONLY BY TENDENCIES AT THIS POINT, THE KARMA TAKES MUCH LONGER TO WORK ITSELF OUT.

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                      BASICALLY , THIS MEANS THAT IF YOU FUNCTION UNCONSCIOUSLY, YOUR KARMA RULES YOU ABSOLUTELY. AS SOON AS YOU FUNCTION WITH SOME AWARENESS, THE POWER OF KARMA OVER YOURLIFE WEAKNESS. IN LIFE BEYOND THE BODY, DISCRETION DOES NOT EXIST, SO KARMA RULES ABSOLTELY. IF YOU HAVE PLEASANT KARMA WITHIN YOU, IT GETS MAGNIFIED, AND IF YOU HAVE UNPLEASANT KARMA WITHIN YOU, IT GETS INTENSIFIED. IT IS THESE INTERNAL CONDITONS THAT ARE REFERRED TO AS HEAVEN AND HELL IN MANY TRADITIONS.

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                    THIS IS WHY IT IS SO IMPORTANT TO ADDRESS YOUR KARMA WHEN YOU ARE IN THE EMBODIES STATE. AT THIS POINT, YOU CAN WORK OUT IN TEN YEARS WHAT MIGHT TAKE A HUNDRED YEARS IN THE DISEMBODIED CONDITION.

                    

                        EVEN TODAY, THERE ARE TENDENCIES THAT ARE PUSHING AND PULLING YOU. THIS IS WHY THE WORD RESPONSIBILITY IS SO IMPORTANT. IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO EXERCISE THE CHOICE EVERY MOMENT OF YOUR LIFE, EITHER TO FOLLOW YOUR TENDENCY OR TO MAKE A CONSCIOUS DECISION. IF YOU LIVE WITH THIS SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY, YOUR TENDENCIES WILL NOT RULE YOU, AND YOUR FUTURE WILL NOT MIMIC THE PAST.

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                       THERE IS MUCH TERROR IN THE WORLD AROUND THE IDEA OF GHOSTS. SINCE THE ALLOTTED KARMA IS STILL STRONG, THEIR PRESENCE IS FELT A LITTLE MORE STRONGLY FOR A LITTLE WHILE. THE MORE SENSITIVE MAY BE ABLE TO SENS THIS. BUT THERE IS NOTHING TO FEAR ABOUT THEIR PRESENCE. THINK OF A GHOST SIMPLY AS A PERSON, LIKE YOU, WHO HAPPENED TO LOSE THEIR BODY. YOU ARE ALSO A GHOST, BUT WITH A BODY. NOT MUCH OF A DIFFERENCE, REALLY! A GHOST WITH A BODY CAN CAUSE MUCH HARM, AS YOU KNOW, BUT A GHOST WITHOUT A BODY HAS MEAGER CAPABILITIES.

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                        THE WORD KARMA IS DERIVED FROM THE SANSKRIT KRI, TO DO, ALL ACTION IS KARMA. TECHNICALLY, THIS WORD ALSO MEANS THE EFFECTS OF ACTIONS. IN CONNECTION WITH METAPHYSICS, IT SOMETIMES MEANS THE EFFECTS, OF WHICH OUT PAST ACTIONS WERE THE CAUSES. BUT IN KARMA-YOGA WE HAVE SIMPLY TO DO WITH THE WORD KARMA AS MEANING WORK. THE GOAL OF MANKIND IS KNOWLEDGE. THAT IS THE ONE IDEAL PLACED BEFORE US BY EASTERN PHILOSOPHY. PLEASURE IS NOT THE GOAL OF MAN, BUT KNOWLEDGE. PLEASURE AND HAPPINESS COME TO AN END. IT IS A MISTAKE TO SUPPOSE THAT PLEASURE IS THE GOAL. THE CAUSE OF ALL THE MISERIES WE HAVE IN THE WORD IS THAT MEN FOOLISHLY THINK PLEASURE TO NE THE IDEAL TO STIVE FOR. AFTER A TIME MAN FINDS THAT IT IS NOT HAPPINESS, BUT KNOWLEDGE, TOWARDS WHICH HE IS GOING, AND THE BOTH PLEASURE AND PAIN ARE GREAT TEACHERS, AND THAT HE LEARNS AS MUCH FROM EVIL AS FROM GOOD. AS PLEASURE AND PAIN PASS BEFORE HIS SOUL THEY HAVE UPON IT DIFFERENT PICTURES, AND THE RESULT OF THESE COMBINED IMPRESSIONS IS WHAT IS CALLED MAN'S "CHARACTER". IF YOU TAKE THE CHARACTER OF ANY MAN, IT REALLY IS BUT THE AGGREGATE OF TENDENCIES, THE SUM TOTAL OF THE BENT OF HIS MIND, YOU WILL FIND THAT MISERY AND HAPPINESS ARE EQUAL FACTORS IN THE FORMATION OF THAT CHARACTER. GOOD AND EVIL HAVE AN EQUAL SHARE IN MOULDING CHARACTER, AND IN SOME INSTANCES MISERY IS A GREATER TEACHER THAN HAPPINESS. IN STUDYING THE GREAT CHARACTERS THE WORLD HAS PRODUCED, I DARE SAY, IN THE VAST MAJORITY OF CASES, IT WOULD BE FOUND THA IT WAS MISERY THAT TAUGHT MORE THAN HAPPINESS, IT WAS POVERTY THAT TAUGHT MORE THAN WEALTH, IT WAS BLOWS THAT BROUGHT OUT THEIR INNER FIVE MORE THAN PRAISE.