The Yoga of Patanjali

102 Lessons on The Yoga of Patanjalisecondary meaning of the word. The craze to find who is areal Avatar has no place here. The secondary meaning of Avatarindicates “The Avatar of Synthesis, who is to come” but thereal Avatar is a continuous process in the creation and evolution.In the language of Master C. V. V., the Avatar is in everyone ofus who can be known through “the Higher Bridge beginning”.The Higher Bridge is what D. K. calls the ‘Anthahkarana.’The Law of Polarity produces the “Law ofDifferentiation”. We begin to feel different from one anotherand also we begin to feel the male different from the female.This is the process of “Constructing the southern half of theearth globe” (the material plane and the activity of the lowerpole where the genitals serve nature by reproducing). When ithas become an absolute necessity to use the grosser vehiclesfor the marking of the objective plane there is the phenomenonof differentiation. In the higher consciousness this imparts usthe power of discrimination. This produces paired activitieslike inhalation-exhalation, learning-teaching, talking-listening,giving-receiving. Similarly, we have assimilation - excretion,accepting - rejecting, shining-relicting etc.When we apply our knowledge of these pairs to therespiration we understand the significance of our respirationas positive-negative activity. Inhalation is positive-negativebecause it is positive to the Deva Kingdom, while negative tobiological kingdom. The Deva of air transmits and the livingbeing receives the air. Hence our inhalation is a positive-negativeactivity, our exhalation is a positive-negative activity to the Devakingdom. When a person speaks, while you hear, it is a positiveactivity to him and a negative activity to you. A growing awarenessof these activities will be produced by practising Pranayama,the art of breathing. The higher principles in us are positive,whereas the mind is essentially negative. It receives and reflectsimpressions and hence the process is negative.