Raja Yoga (the yoga of wisdom) does not, after the unpardonable manner of the modern scientists, deny the existence of facts which are difficult to explain; on the other hand, it gently, yet in no uncertain terms, tells the superstitious that miracles, and answers to prayers, and powers of faith, though true as facts, are not rendered comprehensible through the superstitious explanation of attributing them to the agency of being, or Beings, above the clouds. It declares that each man is a only a conduit for the Infinite ocean of knowledge and power that lies behind mankind. It teaches that desires and wants are in man, that the power of supply is also in man; and that wherever and whenever a desire, a want, a prayer has been fulfilled, it was out of this Infinite magazine that the supply came, and not from any supernatural Being. The idea of supernatural Beings may rouse to certain extent the power of action in man, but it also brings supernatural decay. It brings dependence; it brings fear; it brings superstition. It degenerates into a horrible belief in the natural weakness of man. There is no supernatural says the yogi, but there are in natural gross manifestations and subtle manifestations. The subtle are the causes, the gross the effects. The gross can be easily perceived by the senses; not so the subtle.
Posted on: Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:10:51 +0000
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