The path of
religion, the path of yoga, and the path of wisdom were intended for different
classes of people. The wisdom is for the advanced seekers of truth.
The path of
wisdom deals with the nature of the ultimate Truth or Brahman. It is meant for
superior aspirants who have an inner urge to know the truth which is beyond form, time, and space.
In Gita Chap.IV where Lord
Krishna says: ~ "This yoga has been lost for ages" The word yoga
refers to Gnana yoga, not other yogas: the force of the word this is to point
this out.
Gita Chap.IV: "He who achieves
perfection in Yoga finds the Self in time." This means that after his yoga
is finished, he begins the inquiry into ultimate truth, and in due course, this
inquiry produces the realization of the universal spirit as a result.
Meher Baba:~It is all made so
complicated, and books on yoga have made it still more complicated.
Sage Sankara says: ~ Yoga is not the means of
liberation (page
132-133 - Commentary on Brihadaranyakopanishad.
In Sutra Bashya and Manduka: ~ “The Samadhi and sleep are identical.
Brihad Upanishad: ~ does not advocate Samadhi.
Sage Sankara in the
commentary to "Brahma Sutras: ~ " "The highest beatitude is not to be attained by Yoga." (Sacred Books of East Series
page 298 Vol.1.) And he also says Samadhi is the same as sleep (p.312)
~ this indicates that yoga is
not the means to Self-realization. And Yogic Samadhi is not nondual
Self-awareness.
Panchadasi, P.509 v, 109, shows the impossibility of yoga arriving at a successful end to
its practices.
The notions of Self-realization
through yoga are not philosophic. Every yogi who shuts himself in a cave is not
thereby freed from thinking.
Yoga can lead only to temporary peace because the world is subject
to change. Only ‘Self’- knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana can yield
Advaitic awareness in the midst of the form, time, and space. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar
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