Raja-Yoga

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22 RAjA YOGA.
that their bodies were the Self. We have got every,
thing," they said, and both of them returned to their
people and said, We have learned everything that is
to be learned; eat, drink, and be merry; we are the
Self; there is us."
nothing beyond The nature of the
demon was ignorant, clouded, so he never inquired any
further, but was perfectly satisfied with the idea that
he was God, that by the Self was meant the body.
But the god had a purer nature. He at first committed
the mistake of thinking, I, this body, am Brahman,
so keep it strong and in health, and well-dressed, and
give it all sorts of bodily enjoyments." But, in a few
days, he found out that this could not be the meaning
of the sage, their master; there must be something
higher. So he came back and said, Sir, did you
teach me that this body is the Self ? If so, I see all
bodies die; the Self cannot die." The sage said,
Find it out; thou art That." Then the god thought
that the vital forces which work the body were what
the sage meant. But, after a time, he found that if he
if he
ate, these vital forces remained strong, but,
starved, they became weak. The god then went back
to the sage and said, Sir, do you mean that the vital
forces are the Self ? The sage said, Find out for
yourself; thou art The That." god returned once
more, and thought that it was the mind ; perhaps that
is the Self. But in a few days he reflected that thoughts
are so various; now good, now bad; the mind is too
changeable to be the Self. He went back to the sage
and said, Sir, I do not think that the mind is the