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Jnana
Yoga
by Sri Swami Satchidananda
“Jnana
Yoga is the path of wisdom. It is suitable for people of an
intellectual nature. A Jnani Yogi acts with the feeling, "I
am not the doer; Nature is doing everything. The body and
mind are moving among the objects. I am the silent witness
of all that is happening. The work does not bind me, I am
free." All of creation is seen as the play of Maya, or
illusion. The Jnana Yogi constantly discriminates between
the unreal and the Real, the not-Self and the Self. This
path requires a sharp and subtle intellect.
Deep in the middle of the
ocean of the mind there is no pollution. It is absolutely
pure. That part is always contented. It never likes or
dislikes. It accepts everything; it is not proud. And this
is the real nature of your true Self. Only knowledge of this
true nature will free you from the turmoil of this world. It
will free you from the petty-mindedness which divides
humanity into thousands of names: "I am this; he is that. He
is different from me." People kill each other because they
group and divide themselves. They fail to see and know that
they are above all these differences.
By knowing your true
identity you can also know others. We come together in that
knowledge. This goal is expounded by all great philosophies
and by all teachings in Yoga. Contemplating and analyzing
these points is another form of meditation, called Jnana
Yoga or the Yoga of Wisdom that comes of self-analysis. It
is well-suited to the temperament of analytical people. In
this practice you simply sit and analyze everything that has
happened and everything that is happening. That way you
detach yourself and rise above your limitations. "Who am I?
How do I know all these things? I know that I am disturbed.
Yet my knowing doesn't seem to get disturbed. If I am
disturbed, who is it that knows something is disturbed in
me?”
Jnana
Yoga by Sri Swami
Satchidananda
http://www.yogaville.org/Integral_Yoga/Jnana/Jnana.php
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