What is Knowledge : Ch-4. Part-22.

Chapter 4 : Yoga – An Integration of Consciousness-22.

Often it is said that this is equivalent to the establishment of the consciousness in its own self.

This is a very pithy statement that is often made in yoga parlance :-

"Yoga is the establishment of consciousness in its own self."

You would be wondering, "Is it not established now? Is my consciousness not established in itself just now? Is it outside me?"

It is certainly outside you.

It is not in itself.

It is 'outside' itself, in the sense that it is conscious of something outside it.

The consciousness of anything outside consciousness is the aberration of consciousness and the non-resting of consciousness in itself.

As long as you, as a consciousness or centre of awareness, are aware of that which is not yourself, your consciousness is not in a state of yoga.


Swami Krishnananda
To be continued  .....