Kathopanishad : ( 04/03/2013. )

Saturday, June 13, 2020. Chapter 4: Overcoming the Limitations of Space and Time -7.  1. Thus, many things are involved in the practice of yoga. The road has to be well laid. The objects are the roads. Whatever we see with our eyes is the road along which we have to move. This world is a passage to God. It is not an obstacle; it is not a hell that God has created for us. Along the very objects that are visible to the eyes, this chariot has to be driven. Here is a great secret which may easily escape our notice: how the objects of the senses, which are considered as evils from which we have to restrain ourselves, are also considered as the way or the road along which we have to move. We shall consider this matter shortly. 2. Self-control is the meaning of this description given in the Upanishad. What does the driver of the motorcar do except practise self-control? What vigilance does he exercise? He cannot be wool-gathering when he drives the vehicle along a winding road. The people who

================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Wednesday, June 03, 2020. Chapter 4: Overcoming the Limitations of Space and Time -6.  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. #Yoga is a miracle: ascaryavat pasyati (Gita 2.29).  People speak of yoga, that it is a miracle. It is a miracle because it is not a physical object that can be seen or experimented upon with instruments.  ##Says the Kathopanishad :  *Atmanam rathinam viddhi, sariram ratham eva tu:  buddhim tu saradhim viddhi, manah pragraham eva ca; (Katha 1.3.-3) # *Indriyani hayan ahur visayams teshu gocaran,  atmendriya-mano-yuktam bhoktety ahur manishinah. (Katha 1.3.- 4) # We are moving towards the goal through the process of the evolution of the universe. Our participation in this cosmic movement is yoga. We are driving a vehicle in this direction of the great purp