Guide To Advanced Yoga Techniques.pdf

Guide To Advanced Yoga Techniques

CONTENTS

PART 1

A SERIES OF LESSONS IN RAJA YOGA

LESSON I. The "I"

LESSON II. The Ego's Mental Tools

LESSON III. The Expansion of the Self

LESSON IV. Mental Control

LESSON V. The Cultivation of Attention

LESSON VI. Cultivation of Perception

LESSON VII. The Unfoldment of Consciousness

LESSON VIII. The Highlands and Lowlands of Mind

LESSON IX. The Mental Planes

LESSON X. Sub-Consciousing

LESSON XI. Sub-Conscious Character Building

LESSON XII. Sub-Conscious Influences

PART 2

A SERIES OF Lessons in Gnani Yoga (The Yoga of Wisdom.)

LESSON I. The One

LESSON II. Omnipresent Life

LESSON III. The Creative Will

LESSON IV. The Unity of Life

LESSON V. The One and the Many

LESSON VI. Within the Mind of the One

LESSON VII. Cosmic Evolution

LESSON VIII. The Ascent of Man

LESSON IX. Metempsychosis

LESSON X. Spiritual Evolution

LESSON XI. The Law of Karma

LESSON XII. Occult Miscellany

PART 1

THE FIRST LESSON.

THE "I."

In India, the Candidates for Initiation into the science of "Raja Yoga,"

when they apply to the Yogi Masters for instruction, are given a series

of lessons designed to enlighten them regarding the nature of the Real

Self, and to instruct them in the secret knowledge whereby they may

develop the consciousness and realization of the real "I" within them.

They are shown how they may cast aside the erroneous or imperfect

knowledge regarding their real identity.

Until the Candidate masters this instruction, or at least until the truth

becomes fixed in his consciousness, further instruction is denied him,

for it is held that until he has awakened to a conscious realization of

his Actual Identity, he is not able to understand the source of his

power, and, moreover, is not able to feel within him the power of the

Will, which power underlies the entire teachings of "Raja Yoga."

The Yogi Masters are hot satisfied if the Candidate forms merely a clear

intellectual conception of this Actual Identity, but they insist that he

must feel the truth of the same--must become aware of the Real

Self--must enter into a consciousness in which the realization becomes a

part of his everyday self--in which the realizing consciousness becomes

the prevailing idea in his mind, around which his entire thoughts and

actions revolve.

To some Candidates, this realization comes like a lightning flash the

moment the attention is directed toward it, while in other cases the

Candidates find it necessary to follow a rigorous course of training

before they acquire the realization in consciousness.

The Yogi Masters teach that there are two degrees of this awakening

consciousness of the Real Self. The first, which they call "the

Consciousness of the 'I'," is the full consciousness of real existence

that comes to the Candidate, and which causes him to know that he is a

real entity having a life not depending upon the body--life that will go

on in spite of the destruction of the body--real life, in fact. The

second degree, which they call "the Consciousness of the 'I AM'," is

the consciousness of one's identity with the Universal Life, and his

relationship to, and "in-touchness" with all life, expressed and

unexpressed. These two degrees of consciousness come in time to all who

seek "The Path." To some it comes suddenly; to others it dawns gradually;

to many it comes assisted by the exercises and practical work of "Raja

Yoga."

The first lesson of the Yogi Masters to the Candidates, leading up to the

first degree, above mentioned, is as follows: That the Supreme

Intelligence of the Universe--the Absolute--has manifested the being that

we call Man--the highest manifestation on this planet. The Absolute has

manifested an infinitude of forms of life in the Universe, including

distant worlds, suns, planets, etc., many of these forms being unknown to

us on this planet, and being impossible of conception by the mind of the

ordinary man. But these lessons have nothing to do with that part of the

philosophy which deals with these myriad forms of life, for our time will

be taken up with the unfoldment in the mind of man of his true nature and

power. Before man attempts to solve the secrets of the Universe without,

he should master the Universe within--the Kingdom of the Self. When he

has accomplished this, then he may, and should, go forth to gain the

outer knowledge as a Master demanding its secrets, rather than as a slave

begging for the crumbs from the table of knowledge. The first knowledge

for the Candidate is the knowledge of the Self.

Man, the highest manifestation of the Absolute, as far as this planet is

concerned, is a wonderfully organized being--although the average man

understands but little of his real nature. He comprises within his

physical, mental and spiritual make-up both the highest and the lowest,

as we have shown in our previous lessons (the "Fourteen Lessons" and the

"Advanced Course"). In his bones he manifests almost in the form of

mineral life, in fact, in his bones, body and blood mineral substances

actually exist. The physical life of the body resembles the life of the

plant. Many of the physical desires and emotions are akin to those of the

lower animals, and in the undeveloped man these desires and emotions

predominate and overpower the higher nature, which latter is scarcely in

evidence. Then Man has a set of mental characteristics that are his own,

and which are not possessed by the lower animals (See "Fourteen

Lessons"). And in addition to the mental faculties common to all men, or

rather, that are in evidence in a greater or lesser degree among all men,

there are still higher faculties latent within Man, which when manifested

and expressed render Man more than ordinary Man. The unfoldment of these

latent faculties is possible to all who have reached the proper stage of

development, and the desire and hunger of the student for this

instruction is caused by the pressure of these unfolding latent

faculties, crying to be born into consciousness. Then there is that

wonderful thing, the Will, which is but faintly understood by those

ignorant of the Yogi Philosophy--the Power of the Ego--its birthright

from the Absolute.

But while these mental and physical things belong to Man, they are

not the Man himself. Before the Man is able to master, control, and

direct the things belonging to him--his tools and instruments--he must

awaken to a realization of Himself. He must be able to distinguish

between the "I" and the "Not I." And this is the first task before the

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