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Lesson VI: Gnani Yoga.341
things going, and then left them to run themselves in some mysterious
manner. The average man considers the answer “God did it” as a sufficient
explanation of everything, notwithstanding the fact that such a man’s idea
of “God” is but very little advanced above the idea of Deity entertained by
the savage. Unless we understand something about the nature of God, we
can not understand anything about the nature of the Universe or of Life. Of
course, the finite mind can grasp but little of the Infinite, but still it may grasp
a little, through the channel of the Spiritual Mind, and that “little” is what
the Gnanis state to be the “truth”—not in the sense that it is “true” simply
because it is their belief, but that it is “true” because the knowledge of it
may be obtained by any man who will allow the Spiritual Mind to impart
its knowledge. The mere presentation of the truth often intuitively carries
the evidence of its truth to the minds of those who are ready for it. It may
transcend Intellect, but Intellect does not refuse it when the mind has been
cleared of the rubbish that has been piled into it.
To the student of Gnani Yoga, the teacher always advises that he go through
a course of mental training, discipline and self-examination, with the intent
and idea that he shall “lay aside” former prejudices, preconceived opinions,
dogmatic teachings, inherited tendencies, unreasoned suggestions poured
into his mind in childhood, and similar furniture of the mind. Remember,
we say “lay aside,” not “discard”—merely “lay aside” to be taken up again
and used if need be—but surely laid aside in order that the mind may
grasp the new and full presentation of the truth, without interference and
obstacle, and without danger of having the truth mixed up with old theories,
limitations and misrepresentations. The Gnanis claim that a mind ready for
the truth, if cleared in this way, will intuitively recognize the truth when it
is presented to them, and will know the true metal from the base, without
trouble.
We do not insist upon our students going through this course of
preparation, at this time, but merely ask that they “lay aside” prejudice for
the moment, and give this presentation a “fair field” for thought. If it does