Raja-Yoga

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146 RAjA YOGA.
in the Chitta rise and cover the Soul, and we only see
a little reflection of the Soul through these waves, so,
if the wave is one of anger, we see the Soul as angry;
I am angry,"
we say. If the wave is a wave of love
we see ourselves reflected in that wave, and say we are
loving. If that wave is one of weakness, and the Soul
is reflected in it,
we think we are weak. These various
ideas come from these impressions, these Samskdras
covering the Soul. The real nature of the Soul is not
perceived as long as there is one single wave in the
lake of the Chitta, this real nature will never be per
ceived until all the waves have subsided; so, first,
Patanjali teaches us the meaning of these waves;
secondly, the best way to repress them; and thirdly,
how to make one wave so strong as to suppress all
other waves, fire eating fire as it were. When only one
remains it will be easy to suppress that also, and when
that is
gone,
this Samddhi of concentration is called
seedless; it leaves nothing, and the Soul is manifested
just as It is, in Its own glory. Then alone we know
that the Soul is not a compound, It is the only eternal
simple in the universe, and, as such, It cannot be born,
It cannot die, It is immortal, indestructible, the Ever
living Essence of intelligence.