The Yogis say that the part of the human energy which is expressed as sex energy, in sexual thought, when checked and controlled, easily becomes changed into ojas. Ojas is stored up in the brain, and the more Ojas is in a man's head, the more powerful he is , the more intellectual, the more spiritually strong. One man may speak beautiful language and beautiful thoughts, but they do not impress people; another man speaks neither beautiful language nor beautiful thoughts, yet his words charm. Every movement of his powerful. That is the power of Ojas.
It is only the chaste man or woman who can make the Ojas rise and store it in the brain; that is why chastity has always been considered the highesty virtue. That is why in all the religious orders in the world which have produced spil giants, you will always find absolute chastity insisted upon. There must be perfect chastity in thought, word, and deed.
THE POWER OF THE MIND
The science of Raja-Yoga in the first place, proposes to give us such a menas of observing the internal states. The instrument is the mind itself. The power of attention, when properly guided, and directed towards the internal world,will analyse the mind, and illumine facts for us. The powers of the mind are like rays of light dissipated; when they are concentrated,they illumine. This is our only means of knowledge.
The world is ready to give up its secrets if we only know how to knock, how to give it the necessary blow. The strength and force of the blow come trough concentration. There is no limit to the power of the human mind. The more concentrated it is, the more power is brought to bear on one point; that is the secret.
THE MIND AND ITS ASPECTS
The internal organ or mind has four aspects:
First: Manas, the cogitating or thinking faculty, which is usually almost entirely wasted, because uncontrolled; properly governed, it is a wonderful power.
Second: Buddi the will (sometimes called the intellect).
Third: Ahamkara(Ego), the self-conscious egotism (from Aham).
Fourth: Chitta, te substance in and thourgh which all the substance in and through which all the faculties act, the floor of lthe mind as it were; or the sea in which the various faculties are waves. Yoga is the science by which we stop Chitta from assuming, or becoming transformed into, several faculties. As the reflection of the moon on the sea is broken or blurred by the waves, so is the reflectio of the ATMAN, The true Self, broken by the mental waves. Only when the sea is stilled to mirror-like calmness, can the refelction of the moon be seen, and only when the 'mind-stuff', the Chitta is controlled to absolute calmness, is the Self to be recognized.
It is only the chaste man or woman who can make the Ojas rise and store it in the brain; that is why chastity has always been considered the highesty virtue. That is why in all the religious orders in the world which have produced spil giants, you will always find absolute chastity insisted upon. There must be perfect chastity in thought, word, and deed.
THE POWER OF THE MIND
The science of Raja-Yoga in the first place, proposes to give us such a menas of observing the internal states. The instrument is the mind itself. The power of attention, when properly guided, and directed towards the internal world,will analyse the mind, and illumine facts for us. The powers of the mind are like rays of light dissipated; when they are concentrated,they illumine. This is our only means of knowledge.
The world is ready to give up its secrets if we only know how to knock, how to give it the necessary blow. The strength and force of the blow come trough concentration. There is no limit to the power of the human mind. The more concentrated it is, the more power is brought to bear on one point; that is the secret.
THE MIND AND ITS ASPECTS
The internal organ or mind has four aspects:
First: Manas, the cogitating or thinking faculty, which is usually almost entirely wasted, because uncontrolled; properly governed, it is a wonderful power.
Second: Buddi the will (sometimes called the intellect).
Third: Ahamkara(Ego), the self-conscious egotism (from Aham).
Fourth: Chitta, te substance in and thourgh which all the substance in and through which all the faculties act, the floor of lthe mind as it were; or the sea in which the various faculties are waves. Yoga is the science by which we stop Chitta from assuming, or becoming transformed into, several faculties. As the reflection of the moon on the sea is broken or blurred by the waves, so is the reflectio of the ATMAN, The true Self, broken by the mental waves. Only when the sea is stilled to mirror-like calmness, can the refelction of the moon be seen, and only when the 'mind-stuff', the Chitta is controlled to absolute calmness, is the Self to be recognized.
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