Yoga Practice

You have to know enough theory for a working basis; there is no need to read the subtleties of the intellectual background yet. THEORY Read Part I, Introductory Read the following sections of Part II (a) Chapter II, Supreme Self(b) Chapter III, Yoga-s of the Self.(c) Chapter IV, Action and Arjuna’s Disbelief(d) Chapter V, Knowledge(e) Chapter VI, Meditation and The Thinker, East and West MEDITATION PRACTICE The teaching given in the Bhagavad Gītā is for crisis. Read Part IV, Pointers for Practice Establish a daily rhythm of study, meditation, self-discipline and devotion as explained in the readings. The following is an outline: …

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Experimental religion is the method of Self-realization presented in the ancient sacred text called Bhagavad Gītā. Here faith is not blind. Its conclusions, provisional at first, are to be confirmed fractionally in the early experiments; on that basis, faith stretches out to further experiments, in the reasonable expectation that these too can bring confirmations. The method is called yoga, and one who practises it is a Gītā yogin. The practice centres round mind-control in outer life, and meditation within. In time, there is a general inner tranquillization; automatic reactions become fewer and fewer. Free from the tangle of fruitless associations, …

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