The Yoga of Patanjali

Lesson - 6 107desirable to leave our­selves to the care of a doctor. If we beginto experiment upon ourselves the responsibility lies with us.Now there is the fourth step. As you follow the previousstep you will find that your respiration becomes more and moreuniform, and it begins to identify with the music which producedrespiration on the background of space. It is what the learnedones call the Law of Pulsation. Now you are under the directcare of a Universal Law which knows the Law of Periodicityaccording to which, it knows when to exercise the phenomenonof re-absorption (which is ignorantly called death). Your awarenessis turned more and more with the music of your backgroundwhich produced your respiration. Then the mind merges in thepulsation and there are no two items existing. The mind that isobserving respiration is no more different from the activity ofrespiration. See how the musician, while singing in a concert,becomes more and more aware of music and less and lessaware of the anatomy of music. The beat is conducted betterwhen the musician forgets the beat. Do you know why thenovice of a musician fails to maintain the beat? It is because ofhis careful awareness of the beat. The careful driver is moreaware of the detail of his driving and you know the result. Thedriving is a big hell and it is exposed to risk. As the driverbecomes less and less aware of the detail of driving he findsthat himself and the driving are not two. This is the experienceof a driver who has become, a Master. A musician who is areal artist is passively aware of the totality of what he produceswhile he is not at all aware of the detail he has to work out. Hewill be one with the music and there are no two items like themusic and the musician.Similarly you will be one with your respiration and thereare no two things Like your awareness and your respiration.Prana and respiration are one in nature. Now your mind and