What is Knowledge : Ch-4. Part-14
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Chapter 4 : Yoga – An Integration of Consciousness.
Part-14.
The Real is not ultimate in the sense of a distant or remote object.
It is logically remote, but not physically remote.
The distance that we feel between ourselves and that which we wish to achieve in yoga is logical, not geographical.
It is not far away in the sense of several millions of kilometres or light years. I
t is as far away from us as the waking state is away from dream state.
There is a large distinction, of course, and a difference between dream and waking – a world of difference.
Yet, we know the difference is logical, not physical. Dream and waking are not two different locations physically.
Therefore, inasmuch as the distance between our present consciousness and the state which yoga wishes to attain is only logical, and not physical, there is a great hope for us.
It is in this sense that we say that Reality is immanent in every one of the degrees of its expression.
It is immanent in the sense that there cannot be a real distance between the aim – the goal, the end – and the means.
The distance is not like between Rishikesh and Delhi; it is like the distance between our childhood and our present state of maturity.
There is a distance, of course.
We were small babies many years back, and now we are grown-up individuals.
There is a distance, but that distance is not measurable mathematically by foot rulers or any kind of measuring rods.
It is a different kind of distance altogether, the distance between ignorance and knowledge.
What is the distance?
There is a large distance, of course, but yet we know what sort of distance it is.
Swami Krishnananda
To be continued .....
Chapter 4 : Yoga – An Integration of Consciousness.
Part-14.
The Real is not ultimate in the sense of a distant or remote object.
It is logically remote, but not physically remote.
The distance that we feel between ourselves and that which we wish to achieve in yoga is logical, not geographical.
It is not far away in the sense of several millions of kilometres or light years. I
t is as far away from us as the waking state is away from dream state.
There is a large distinction, of course, and a difference between dream and waking – a world of difference.
Yet, we know the difference is logical, not physical. Dream and waking are not two different locations physically.
Therefore, inasmuch as the distance between our present consciousness and the state which yoga wishes to attain is only logical, and not physical, there is a great hope for us.
It is in this sense that we say that Reality is immanent in every one of the degrees of its expression.
It is immanent in the sense that there cannot be a real distance between the aim – the goal, the end – and the means.
The distance is not like between Rishikesh and Delhi; it is like the distance between our childhood and our present state of maturity.
There is a distance, of course.
We were small babies many years back, and now we are grown-up individuals.
There is a distance, but that distance is not measurable mathematically by foot rulers or any kind of measuring rods.
It is a different kind of distance altogether, the distance between ignorance and knowledge.
What is the distance?
There is a large distance, of course, but yet we know what sort of distance it is.
Swami Krishnananda
To be continued .....
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