- Karma and Upasana Yoga purifies and tranquil the mind. Raja Yoga transcends the mind. Mind remains even after you have transcended it, but it is a different mind altogether, it is a mind cleansed and stilled and saturated with the beyond, consciousness. With a stilled and saturated mind one is eligible for Gyan Yoga, knowledge of self, Know Thyself.
- The moment you understand yourself, you will understand the purpose also, without any effort. Understanding your unique individuality will give you an insight into your purpose in life, but you cannot find the purpose directly without finding yourself. The purpose is secondary; You are basic. Hence, Know Thyself. Gyani uses the powers of the mind to discriminate between the real and the unreal, the permanent and the transitory.
- What is it that prevents us from knowing our real nature and the nature of the world around us? The veil of maya. Gyan Yoga is the process of tearing the veil directly from three things. Prameya is the object of knowledge, Pramata is the knower and Pramana is the means of knowledge. Pramanas which we employ consciously or unconsciously to gain the knowledge of various things we come across. They are Pratyaksha, Anumana, Upamana, Arthapathi, Anupalabdhi, and Sabda.
- Pratyaksha (Perception): Whatsoever we see is limited, whatsoever we feel is limited, all perceptions are limited. But if you can become aware, then every limited thing disappears into the unlimited. In that moment one will be aware of self, which is unlimited and body is limited.
- Anumana (Inference): Contradictions are our creations – remember it – because we cannot see the total, because we can only see the partial. We can see only the aspect, never the whole – hence the contradiction. One can see either body or soul. When the mind is dropped, and the meditation has arisen, then you see the total. Then you see the whole as it is, all the aspects together.
- Upamana (Comparison): Comparison is a disease, one of the greatest diseases. And we are taught from the very beginning to compare. A man who understands the uniqueness of everybody can be religious because he feels immense gratitude for whatsoever God has given to him.
- Arthapathi (Postulation): Postulation means knowing the fact, fact of our purity. If someone speaks of “viewing purity,” then I would say that man’s nature is of itself pure, but because of false thoughts, true reality is obscured. If you exclude delusions, then the original nature reveals its purity. Dilution means temporary, changing and purity means permanent, unchanging.
- Anupalabdhi (Non-apprehension): Non-apprehension means total trust. No trace of doubts are there. Key to trust is acceptance. Remember: madness exists only in rejection, and the more you reject, the madder you will be. The foolish man goes on rejecting his foolishness and becomes more of a fool. The ugly man goes on rejecting his ugliness and becomes uglier. And the madman goes on rejecting his madness and becomes more and more mad. Accept – and ugliness disappears, grace arises. Accept – and sin is transformed into saintliness. Accept – and madness is no longer madness.
- Sabda (Authentic word): The authentic man means one who has come out of his personality. You have two words: personality and individuality. Personality is the false identity given by society to you. And individuality is what nature has given to you. One cannot deceive oneself.
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