Richard, I agree that at one stage of development, Purusha is isolated from
Prakriti. But I think at more developed stages they are united. It says in the
Veda: Brahman proclaims, "My indestructible maya!"
On Sunday, June 1, 2014 9:59 PM, "'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com
[FairfieldLife]" <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
On 6/1/2014 8:49 PM, Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote:
Richard, yoga comes from root meaning yoked or union. Are you saying that the
goal of union is to separate?!
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You *isolate* the Purusha from the prakriti and then the Self stands
all by itself. According to Patanjali, Raja Yoga has nothing to do
with 'union with the gods', but has everything to do with 'isolation from
prakriti', that is, the 'cessation of the fluctuations of the mind-stuff'. To
Patanjali, the 'Royal Yoga' is the attainment of freedom, based on the sheer
willpower of the individual. The Sage Kapila said that success in attaing
freedom from suffering is found in individual willpower to knowledge;
individual freedom is not the result of any source of power outside one's own
body-mind.
"Confusion arises from erroneously identifying words, objects, and
ideas with one another; knowledge of the cries of all creatures
comes through perfect discipline of the distinctions between them"
(Y.S. 3.17).
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