Theos-Talk Archives (April 2003 Message tt00025)

Wednesday, April 09, 2003

Dear Gopi:

May I break in ?

As I understand it the several types of "yogas" are given out for
purpose of the Lower Mind ( Kama-Manas) to understand and to quell
arguments. If carried out spiritually, they all resolve back into the
ONE.

You are right, I think, and Sri Krishna says that those who are
proficient in one "Yoga" will also be found proficient in the rest.

It is inevitable as he and we are then dealing with SPIRITUAL
KNOWLEDGE or ATMA-VIDYA.

If proficient in that then the others are seen as aspects of that ONE
and SINGLE vidya-yog.

Best wishes,

Dallas

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-----Original Message-----
From: Gopi Chari [mailto:ekcvv@juno.com]
Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2003 8:18 PM
To: study@blavatsky.net
Subject: [bn-study] Re: MAY THE "LIST" CONTINUE - WRY to Reed

Dear Leon,

I wish to address what you said as "chosen yoga path". I do realize
that
in ULT this is a common usage. But I wish to discuss from the point of
Patanjali's Yoga Sutras. Patanjali does not agree with this. There is
only one Yoga either one is it or not! From that point there is only
one,
not many paths. In particular Gnyana Yoga is not one of the paths. In
order to be a Gnyana Yogi, one must already be a Karma Yogi (one that
is
union with his Karma) as well as a Bhakthi Yogi as well as Raja Yogi.
Then only one can go on the Gnyana yogi path. A gnyana yogi is not one
that is studying the books and so suddenly one becomes a Gnyana Yogi.
This misunderstanding is in most of the Theosophical groups. I have a
feeling that I might have touched a hornets nest by saying this. Pure
reading of the books and discussions might lead one to scholarship in
that subject but not be a Yogi. Yogi is one in the Union.

Gopi