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72 YOGA SŪTRAS
44. By restraining his response to the mental and emotional
energy, which is universal, a yogi achieves the great
bodiless state. From that, the great mental darkness which
veils subtle light is dissipated.
45. By restraining his mind and emotions, while linking the
attention to gross forms, real nature, subtle distribution
and supersubtle states of matter, a yogi gets conquest
over them.
46. From the assumption of minuteness and other related
mystic skills, come the perfection of the subtle body and
the non-obstruction of its functions.
47. Beautiful form, charm, mystic force, diamond-like
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definition come from the perfection of the subtle body.
This is attained by mastership of kundalini yoga.
From supernatural linkage to sensual grasping, to the form
of the sensual energy, to its identifying powers, to its
connection instinct and to its actual worth, a yogi acquires
conquest over his relation with the sensual energy.
49. Subsequently, he progresses into conquest over the
influence of subtle matter and over the parting away or
dispersion of the mental and emotional forces, having the
required swiftness of mind.
50. Only when there is distinct discrimination between true
perception of material nature and the spiritual personality,
does the yogi attain complete disaffection from the same
nature and all-applicative intuition to whatever he
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encounters.
By a lack of interest, even to that skill, when the cause of
that defect is eliminated, the absolute isolation of the self
from the lower psyche, is achieved.
52. On being invited by a person from the gross or subtle
mundane place one would attain, if the body died, a yogi
should be non-responsive, not desiring their association
and not being fascinated, otherwise that would cause
unwanted features of existence to arise again, and he
would again take birth in this world or appear in a
dimension near to this one, from which he would be
transferred here again.
53. By supernatural linkage of his attention to the moment in
time and to the sequence of moments, the yogi has
detailed supernatural information.