Guru Patanjali Preaching in Sadhana Yoga

Part 28
Translation: - The meditation practice of the stages of spiritual union leads to the removal of impurities and the attainment of luminous knowledge, which further leads to attainment of discriminative intelligence and conclusion.

The practice of the various stages of spiritual union results in the exterminated of impurities, where upon spiritual knowledge starts becoming more and more luminous? There after a stage gets reached when the disciple attains supreme spiritual knowledge. It is by an intelligent meditation practice of the eight stages of yogic discipline that impurities, which becloud the vision of truth, get eliminated. With the elimination of inner psychic impurities, self-conscious shines with the light of intelligence, in the disciple. The undertaking with faith of the meditation practice of all the eight limbs of yogic discipline, leads to the removal of impurities caused by lack of spiritual knowledge. The strength of theses impurities diminishes as the yoga practice advances.

On the perfection of the yoga practice, these very impurities get finally eliminated. It is then that the lamp of spiritual knowledge of inner self-conscious of soul essence in conscious mind of human being gets illuminated. It is then that the pure knowledge starts getting a grip on the conscious mind of the disciple. It is then that spiritual knowledge about lack of spiritual knowledge gets realized and attained. It is then that pure knowledge about conjunction of the mind with conscious and awareness gets attained. It is then that the imaginary conjunction of nature's essence with the self-conscious of soul's essence is realized. This conjunction is created by nature's essence . This conjunction has taken place on account of seven layers of lack of spiritual knowledge. It is here that spiritual knowledge about this aspect gets attained.

The Great Guru Patanjali preaches that the lamp of the spiritual knowledge regarding conjunction between subtlest nature essence and self-conscious of soul which is called discriminative discernment and truth bearing intellect and consciousness of inner God essence gets lighted. The lamp of spiritual knowledge gets lighted only on the elimination and eradication of impurities, which are embedded in the inner psychic of the disciple on account of the seven layers of lack of spiritual knowledge in unconscious mind. As such it is imperative to constantly meditation practice the eight limbs of yogic discipline. The eight limbs of yogic discipline are YAMA (restraint); NIYAMA (culture); ASNA (posture); PRANA (psychic breath control); PRATIHARA (withdrawal of the senses); DHARNA (conscious and attention); DHYANA (meditation and meditation) and SAMADHI (perfect self conscious or spiritual union resulting in super-conscious mind experience).

The practice of these eight limbs of yoga is to be undertaken in a sustained manner and with unflinching faith. The yoga practice is to be undertaken with grim determination and a firm resolves to make the impossible become possible. Defeat in yoga practice is to be imaginatively converted into victory. The yoga practice is to be undertaken with abiding faith. The yoga practice is to be undertaken after the eradication of self-ego of human being. The meditation practice is to be based on the bedrock of unwavering aversion and in obedience to oneness of formless God’s command.

Oneness of formless God’s command is to be obeyed by constantly keeping in conscious mind the seven supreme characteristics and qualities of the supreme essence , which is God essence itself. These seven supreme characteristics and qualities of God essence are: -He is the Doer, He is enmity free, He is fear free, He is indestructible, He is imperishable, He is Almighty and He is timeless. It is by adopting these supreme God’s characteristics and qualities that the yogic practice is to be undertaken in fulfillment of God’s bidding and command. The entire practice is to be undertaken with determination and imaginative resolve.

The yoga practice of the eight limbs of yogic discipline leads to the eradication of the impurities. This in turn leads to the effulgence of radiance of spiritual knowledge in the disciple, which gets surfaced. This is the supreme spiritual knowledge, which is known as the discriminative discernment. As information or logic or arguments knowledge flowing in form of thoughts in mind about the seven layers of lack of spiritual knowledge gets eliminated, the radiance of knowledge gets spread simultaneously. The Great spiritual guide Patanjali says that discriminative knowledge does not get attained from the outside world or from the Holy Scriptures or from a saint or a sage or a guru. They can only point out to the direction in which the spiritual knowledge lies. The fact is that such knowledge, in truth, lies buried deep under the seven layers of lack of spiritual knowledge in mind of all human being of universe.

It is only on the elimination of lack of spiritual knowledge that the radiance of such knowledge gets spread in all directions in human mind. The disciple who crosses beyond the barrier of the seven layers of lack of spiritual knowledge in human mind is the one who is called a discriminative learned human being. He is also called the human being with a true bearing intellect and consciousness. He is called a human being capable of grasping the supreme spiritual knowledge. A detailed mention of the eight limbs of yoga is given in the succeeding parts.

Yoga Tip :- Select any one spiritual form & remain above any blind worship or superstition attached to it. Meditate on it with devotion regularly and consciously. Here is offered an icon of spiritual image of Uriel, Angel of conscious. Uriel, Angel of conscious is Light of God. Uriel, Angel of conscious color green has rises up from Earth's vegetation and is symbol for protection to the humanity.