The Yoga of Patanjali

Lesson - 4 65ego has its centres as the lower egos, each located in the notselfof every one, which serves the purpose of living until thehigher ego of his is opened in the realms of the lower self. Thephysical sheath which we call the physical body is fabricatedwith the earth, air, water, fire and ether of the earth plane. Theyare called the five Bhutas or the five states of existence. For allpractical purposes of the lower nature we call the ninth natureby the name, God. What we call God is nothing but our ownimpression of God and not the original God. Since the impressionis formed in the lower nature, it is the higher nature (the ninthone) which serves the purpose of God from the level of personalGod to the level of God the Absolute. To remember the realGod from this God, this ninth nature is called the Mother-God,while the tenth one is called the Father. The utterance or therespiration of the tenth one forms the means of communicationand is called the Guru or the Holy Ghost. This is about thesame thing but expressed in the symbols of religion. ReligiousGod is no one but the Yogic Concept of Ishwara garbed inreligious apparel.Religious discipline is less scientific train the Yogic discipline.Religious terminology calls the soul-light our God while Yogicterminology names it as Ishwara, the Lord. So religions showus the same God and call Him our God. Since the religiousteachers had to deal with the emotional aspect (Astral Plane)of the people they have to teach about Him as my God andyour God. Yogic seers have no such obligation and hence theycall Him, Ishwara, the Lord of all, who exists in every heart.Religious teachers, take to the thankless duty of tackling theemotional aspect and scavenging humanity of the emotion.The Masters of Wisdom are there only to recruit disciples fromthe selected pupils who have prepared themselves and shownthe readiness. The religious teachers have to plunge themselvesinto the stinking world to clean the souls. Buddha was no