Month: March 2012

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The divine objective of the Fourfold Yoga


The object of our Fourfold
Yoga is self-perfection, as Yoga is the Art of Conscious Self finding
!

We are the centers and knots of Divine Consciousness, as this world is
a movement of Brahman in His own being. The Universe is one of the rhythms of
Brahman, His play with His own conscious delight, with the infinities of
existence and the splendours ofKnowledge. He alone exists in se, free, absolute,
eternal and perfect, He who is self ruler ( swarat ) and all ruler ( samrat ).
We are the self multiplications of that conscious Delight, thrown into being to
be His playmates in the eternal Vrindavan, which is the Universe. This world is
merely a formula, a rhythm and a symbol system expressing the Lord to Himself in
His own self consciousness. We are like Him, in our outward being, terms of that
formula, symbols of that system and notes of that rhythm and in our inward
Being, one with His eternal essence, with Absolute Being-Knowledge-Bliss, with
Sat Chit Ananda. Let us lead forward the Lord’s movement, play out His play,
work out His formula, execute His harmony and express Him through ourselves in
His grand system, by His Grace. This is our joy and self fulfillment and the
culminating point of the Evolution of Consciousness of humanity.

We have
to work out perfection and accomplish harmony. But we find that here we are
confronted by the negative qualities. Ignorance, imperfection, gried,
limitation, matter etc are merely the first terms of that formula. We have to
reinterpret the formulary to find out the inner esoteric meaning. Why the
negative qualities, when He has been defined as Positive ? These negative
qualities are merely the initial discords of that Grand Musician’s harmony.

Our aim is to construct perfection out of imperfection, to find infinity
out of limitation, immortality in lieu of death, Bliss out of this sorrow of the
temporal, Self Knowledge out of this welter of Ignorance and to discover Spirit
out of this ocean of inconscient Matter. The noble objective of the
Fourfold Yoga, therefore, is to work out this divine end for ourselves and for
our brethren, so that this Earth becomes a Paradise of Bliss.

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The Science of Logic in Indian Wisdom

Bhagavan Gauthama founded the Science of Logic, Nyaya Sastra, for the establishment of Vedic concepts and for the refutatation of non-Vedic arguments.

Nyaya Sastra is the one of six main sciences.

“The Science of Logic is that which illumines all Learning, the instrument of all actions and is the refuge of all moral ethics analysed completely for the purpose of Knowledge”

 Pradeepa sarva Vidhyanam
Upadhi sarva karmanam
Ashraya sarva dharmanam
Vidhy dhese pareekhithah

 This is in line with the Western definition of Logic, that it is the science of the regulative principles of thought.

It is said that the Lord, in His Timeless Eternity, fed up with the illogical events happening on earth, wondered why human beings are so illogical and incarnated as Bhagavan Gauthama to reveal the Science of Logic, the Wisdom of Nyaya Sastra to mankind !

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The 25th Principle is He !





Bhagavan Kapila, who gave humanity the Wisdom of Nature, Sankhya Sastra, one of the six main sciences of Indian Philosopy. He postulated that there are two components of the Ultimate, Purusha and Prakrithi. We are in the state of Prakrithi and we have to transcend to the level of the Eternal Purushua.

Kapila was an incarnation of the Lord. The Lord revealed the mysteries of the Universe to His Mother, Devahoothi.

Prakrithi mahad ahamkara tan matra bhooyan
Hridi dasapi dasakshee purusha Pancha vimsa
Ithi vividha vibhogo muchyathe sau prakrithya
Kapila thanu riththvam deva hootyai nyagadi

Nature, Cosmic Mind, Ego, the Five Subtle Essences, the Five Elements, Heart, the five organs of perceptions and the five organs of action – all these are the 24 principles of the Universe. This is Nature Almighty, Prakrithi in action.

Transcending these 24 principles is the Mighty Purusha, the 25th Principle and the Ultimate Principle.

He who knows all these 25 principles, he will be liberated eternally!

So Thou, in Thy incarnation as Bhagavan Kapila, revealed to Thy mother, Devahoothi !

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Self instructs the Intellect


The Symbology is that Lord Krishna ( Self ) revealed Divine Wisdom to Arjuna ( Intellect ). In other words, the Holy Geetha is the direct instruction of the Self Divine to our discriminative intellect.

And what is the discriminative intellect ? It is Prajna, that which discriminates between the Real and the Unreal.

Atma Anatma Vivekam ithi Prajna

That which differentiates between the Self and the Non- Self is Prajna.

And what is the Self ?

Nirguno Nishkriyo Nithyo
Nirvikalpo Niranjanah
Nirvikaro Nirakaro
Nithyor Mukthosmi Nirmalah !

He who Attributeless, Actionless, Eternal, Formless and ever liberated, the divine component in us !

And what is the Non Self ?

Dehendriya Prana sukhonamadya
Sarve Vikara Vishaya Sukhadaya
Vyomahi Bhootani Akhilam cha Visvam
Avyakta Payanta midham Hya Anatma

From the Macrocosm to the Microcosm, from Universe to Man, all emotions, all enjoyments, all this is Non- Self !

May the Discriminative Intellect, the Arjuna in us, obey the Divine Self in us, the Lord Krishna in us and may we experience Bliss !

And let us say like Bhagavan Sankara

By Whose Grace I know that I am the Absolute Self and all this is verily a superimposition upon Me, the Transcendent Reality !

Yasya prasadath Aham eva Vishnu
Mayyeva Sarvam parikalpitham cha

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Integral Knowledge – Integration of Vedantic and Tantric Knowledge


This is another opportunity to explain the symbolism of the yet
another
misunderstood concept, the Left Handed Fivefold Worship, the Pancha
Makara
Pooja.




Pancha Makara Puja means the fives Ms are used for
worshipping Deity.


The pramana is this


Madyam Mamsam cha Meenam
cha
Mudra Maidhunameva Cha
Eka Pancha Makarasyur
Naranam Moksha
Dayaka


Wine, Meat and Fish
With copulation and Yoga Mudra
These
Five can liberate Man
These Five Ms !


where


Madyam –
Wine
Mamsam – Flesh
Meenam – Fish
Mudra – A Yogic Pose
Maidhuna –
Copulation


We have said that Sir John Woodroffe was a Sunday lawyer.
After practising
Tantra, he became a Siddha. The West knew Tantra through him
!


What made him a Siddha Purusha ? The Five Ms !


There is a saying
in Latin ” In Vino Veritas ” ( There is truth in Wine ).


Bacchus’
blessings are a treasure
And drinking is the soldier’s pleasure
!


Alcohol, taken in small quantities is the exciter of the “Yes” function
in
man. It can make man one with Truth. Mudra is a Yogic Pose. Yoga is
derived
from the word Yuj which means to unite. Meena means fishes. Mamsa
means
flesh. Traditionally, in other systems which are considered divine
like
Yoga, non veg food is eschewed. But not so in Tantra.


Maidhuna is
Copulation. Sex was considered as Lust in puritan philosophies.
But not so in
Tantra. “Sex is spiritual, it is something that comes out of
the depths of
your being ” says Dr Maxwell Maltz, founder of
Psycho-
Cybernetics.


These 5 Ms are the five elements which are used
by Tantra for Cosmic Union.


Atharva Veda has been isolated, as some
puritans think that it deals with
Black Magic. Anton La Vey, wrote the
Satanic Bible and there are many Satanic
Churches in the West. Tantra is
practised everywhere, even in Africa where it is
known as Voodoo.



In
the West, there are two types of Witchcraft, knows as Alexandrian Witchcraft
and Dianian Witchcraft. Alex Sanders founded Alexandrian Witchcrat. The
word is derived
 from the German word ” Wicca ” which means Wisdom and Witchcraft is the
craft of the Wise.
They are all different forms of Tantra.


The Symbolic Meaning behind
the Five Great M’s


It is to be noted that Mamsam ( Flesh ) is symbolic. The Sanksrit Soham

means ‘ I am He ‘. Mamsa means the same Mam ( I am ) and Sah is He. Mamsa is

nothing but SOHAM reversed ! The Wine referred to here is the Wine of Bliss,
the
Bliss which cometh from Union with the Self. The Copulation referred here
is the Divine Copulation, the copulation between Purusha and Prakrithi, whose result is the Universe.
No doubt sex is the microcosmic representation of Cosmic Union. We must take
the macrocosmic meaning, the union of Purusha and Prakriti. Yoga Mudra is a great pose, which can give
Liberation.
In this sense Tantra becomes sacred and divine. It is the Sacred Art &
hence the holiest of all Holy Sciences.

It is only when we approach the Supreme through His double aspect – double
but inseparable –
that the Truth becomes known to the inner experience. The Vedantins have
developed the concept
of Absolute Being ( Sat ). The Chit aspect, the aspect of the Absolute as
Consciousness, have been developed by the Shakta Tantrics. ( The Absoute is Being, Knowledge and
Ananda, Sat Chit Anandam Brahma ).Only a blend of both ( Vedanta and Tantra )  can pave the way for
Integral
Knowledge or Poorna Jnana. Vedanta sastra Tantra sastrasya samanvayah ithi Poorna Jnanah
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Who is a Hindu ?

There is a misunderstanding about the word Hindu.

Max Muller, Monier Williams and other missionary scholars want us to believe that since our ancestors lived near the river Sindhu, we are called Hindus, because the Persians could not pronounce the word Sindhu. This is utter nonsense.

Sat Prem, a French intellectual, in his book ” Aurobindo, the Adventure of Consciousness” remarks that “the term Hinduism is an invention of the West. The Indian speaks only about the Eternal Law, the Sanathana Dharma. Now India, who could understand the Eternal Iconoclast that God is in His Cosmic March, did not have the strength to support Her Wisdom” So true, we were invaded by the Mughal Empire and the British Empire.

The Eternal Law, this Sanathana Dharma, is called by many as Christianity, Islam, Sikhism, Buddhism etc. ” The Name of this Causality is Divine Law ” said Aurobindo. ” “The Law rules all and is all’ said Cheiro. This Eternal Law pervades the Universe, ruling all.

The real meaning of the word Hindu is that he who is sorrowful in violence is a Hindu, himsayam dhooyathe yasya saha hindurithyabhideeyathe.

Vivekananda wrote

‘ The Hindu believes he is Spirit. Him the fire cannot burn, him the water cannot wet, him the sword cannot pierce nor the wind dry. He is the Absolute Self, center everywhere, circumference nowhere”.

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The Supramental Dialectic

Bhagavan Aurobindo, staunch nationalist that he was, prayed for India’s liberation !

” The athiest is in me, the agnostic is in me, all I want O Lord, is my country’s freedom “

Then suddenly He heard the Voice.

” This is the Eternal Law, the Sanathana Dharma, the Eternal Religion which I have perfected through the saints, the Yogis, the Rishies and the Avatars. When you go forth, say that it is for Dharma India exists. At the moment I am giving India her freedom”

No wonder India’s Independence and Aurobindo’s birthday coincided !

The Voice continued ” I am seated deep in the hearts of all and I overrule their actions and words. It is what I SHALL and not what others may. It is for Dharma India exists. Whatever be the impossibilities and difficulties that come, know that there is nothing impossible, there is nothing difficult. “

Aurobindo knew that all his steps were divinely ordained and founded the Supramental Dialectic and Integral Yoga, after this Vision he got in jail !

Who can describe Bhagavan Aurobindo ?

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The Science of the Absolute

The Lord milked the cows ( Upanishads ) and created a master treatise, the Geetha. The Geetha is the Lamp lit by Him at the altar of humanity. It is the Upanishad sung by Him, the Science of the Absolute and the Scripture on Yoga. 

In the Upanishads, Reality is indicated by a series of negatives, because the Negative is less limiting than the Positive.

Aurobindo wrote ” The ancient sages spoke indeed of Brahman negatively. They said It is not this, It is not that”. At the same time, they took care to speak of it positively. They said It is this, It is that, It is all. Brahman, the Absolute, they said is Life, is Matter, is Life, is Supermind, is Cosmic Delight, is Sat Chit Ananda ( Being, Knowledge, Bliss ). But Brahman, the Absolute, cannot be defined by any of these terms, not even by our broadest definition of Sat Chit Ananda”.

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Metempsychosis

Some doubt the Law of Metempsychosis or Reincarnation. 

The Law of Conservation of Matter states that Matter or Energy can never be created nor destroyed.

Matter exists in three forms – solid, liquid and gaseous.

Ice (solid ) when heated becomes water. Water when heated becomes vapour, which when cooled, becomes water. In other words, Substance knoweth no destruction. It merely undergoes a transformation into conditions which preexisted in other conditions.

Imagine yourself as ice. Ice had preexisted in other conditions as water. Water had preexisted in other conditions as vapour. It is only logical to assume that we had preexisted in other conditions !

Physical Life, therefore, does not begin to be. It merely enters physical conditions and assumes physical guise.

The Law of Conservation of Matter is in other words, the Law of Conservation of Being, where Being is all in all – Matter, Mind and Life !

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Sai as Avatar !

In the communiion of Yoga, Aurobindo felt that the Overmind is descending on Earth. He exclaimed ” Lord Krishna will be reborn in India” ( On Nov 23 ). After that Aurobindo retired into solitude. 

To fulfill that prophecy, Bhagavan Baba was born.

Adorned with the sixteen divine graces
And resembling the orb of the Autumn Moon
The Sovereign of this Universe
Was born as Easwaramba’s beloved son
To the delight of the three worlds !