Raja-Yoga

194 RAJA YOGA.
15. The succession of changes is the cause of manifold
evolution.
16. By making Samyama on the three sorts of changes
comes the knowledge of past and future.
We must not lose sight
yama.
of the first definition of Sam
When the mind has attained to that state when
it identifies itself with the internal impression
of the
object, leaving the external, and when, by long practice,
that is retained by the mind, and the mind can get into
that state in a moment, that is Samyama. If a man in
that state wants to know the past and future he has to
make a Samyama on the changes in the Samskdras.
Some are working now at present, some have worked
out, and some are waiting to work ; so by making a
Samyama on these he knows the past and future.
17. By making Samyama on word, meaning, and
knowledge, which are ordinarily confused,
comes the knowledge of all animal sounds.
The word represents the external cause, the meaning
represents the internal vibration that travels to the
brain through the channels of the Indriyas, conveying
the external impression to the mind, and knowledge
represents the reaction of the mind, with which comes
perception. These three confused, make our sense
objects. Suppose I hear a word; there is first the
external vibration, next the internal sensation carried
to the mind by the organ of hearing, then the mind
reacts, and I know the word. The word I know ic- a