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Part IV: The Way.1525
Part IV: The Way.
Till Study should not allay in thee the sense of separateness, the mind
cannot take on the form of that essence, and thou canst not realize The
Real Self. Four indeed, are the gatekeepers at the entrance of the palace
of liberation:—(1) Self-restraint, (2) Contemplation, (3) Contentment, (4)
Company of the Wise.
Yogavasishtha.
He alone escapes from the web of illusion, in this world, (even like the lord
of beasts from the trap which holds him fast,) who, with all acts, all pleasures,
attuned to the Supreme Aim, puts forth strong personal effort in that behalf.
Yogavasishtha.
Trees continue to vegetate, and so do live on beasts and birds; he alone lives
whose mind lives not in consequence of taking on a variety of forms. All holy
writ is so much burden to him who has no discrimination, all philosophy is so
much burden to him whose germ of desire is not destroyed; the mind is so
much burden to him who has not acquired self-control, the body is so much
burden to him who knows only the anatman (non-self.)
Yogavasishtha.