The Yoga of Patanjali

74 Lessons on The Yoga of Patanjaliis there is no verification before experience. Doubters are quitefree to keep off from practising Yoga. They can as well eat andenjoy for some time more through some more births. Our doubtis not cleared by nature, our confidence clears the doubt. Thisis because nature has no obligation with you to convince youand clear your doubts. This is really a bitter experience to anOccident mind and a mind of the westernised Indian.. The shellof the personality capsule is too resistent to the Occidentalmind, as hard as stone. The trouble of the Oriental is withregularity, continuity of purpose, and systematised procedure.The trouble with the white man is his personality shell. To submithis Personality to another person is worse than suicide to anOccidental. The secret is that you have to accept the successionof events occurring to you because the Guru knows them. Youwill understand gradually that nature is wiser than you and it isleading you. The less is the resistance of your lower mind, themore efficient is the operation of nature to help you.After making a total surrender the next step is to makethe way clear by invoking the Lord. It is the direct, effectivemethod. You have to call the Lord directly and you shouldknow the way. You should make a cry from the not-self so thatit may reach the one who is dwelling in the higher self, the ninthnature. How to cry is the next question. You should know thetelephone number of the Lord before you can cry. Patanjaligives us the telephone number. It is OM. The utterance of OMmakes you cry for the Lord because the telephone numberitself is the name of the Lord. When you are in your lowernature, His utterance means His name which you have to utter.In fact it is His utterance to call you but you will know it onlyafter you have entered the higher nature. A call from Him reachesyou in the form of your necessity to call him. For the presentyou should remember that you have to make the cry with Histelephone number. When you utter OM, remember that youare uttering the name of the Lord.