Raja-Yoga

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RAjA YOGA.
9. Verbal delusion follows from words having no
(corresponding) reality.
There is another class of Vrittis called Vikalpa.
A word is uttered, and we do not wait to consider its
meaning; we jump to a conclusion immediately. It is
the sign of weakness of the Chitta. Now you can
understand the theory of restraint. The weaker the
man the less he has of restraint. Consider yourselves
always in that way. When you are going to be angry
or miserable, reason it out, how it is that some news
that has come to you is throwing your mind into
Vrittis.
10. Sleep is a Vritti which embraces the feeling of
voidness.
The next class of Vrittis is called sleep and dream.
When we awake we know that we have been sleeping;
we can only have memory of perception. That which
we do not perceive we never can have any memory of.
Every reaction is a wave in the lake. Now, if, during
sleep, the mind had no waves, it would have no percep
tions, positive or negative, and, therefore, we would
not remember them. The very reason of our remem
bering sleep is that during sleep there was a certain
class of waves in the mind. Memory is another class
of Vrittis^ which is called Smriti.