{FN26-7} Patanjali’s aphorisms, I:27.
{FN26-8} “In the beginning was the Word, and
the Word was with God, and the Word was God. . . .
All things were made by him; and without him was not
any thing made that was made."-John 1:1-3.
Aum (om) of the Vedas became the sacred
word Amin of the Moslems, hum of the Tibetans,
and Amen of the Christians (its meaning in Hebrew
being sure, faithful). “These
things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness,
the beginning of the creation of God."-Revelations
3:14.
{FN26-9} aphorisms II:49..
{FN26-10} I Corinthians 15:31. “Our
rejoicing” is the correct translation; not,
as usually given, “your rejoicing.”
St. Paul was referring to the omnipresence of
the Christ consciousness..
{FN26-11} kalpa means time or aeon. SABIKALPA
means subject to time or change; some link with PRAKRITI
or matter remains. NIRBIKALPA means timeless,
changeless; this is the highest state of Samadhi.
{FN26-12} According to the Lincoln library
of essential information, p. 1030,
the giant tortoise lives between 200 and 300 years.
{FN26-13} Shakespeare: Sonnet #146.
{FN26-14} Bhagavad Gita, VI:46.
FOUNDING A YOGA SCHOOL AT RANCHI
“Why are you averse to organizational work?”
Master’s question startled me a bit. It
is true that my private conviction at the time was
that organizations were “hornets’ nests.”
“It is a thankless task, sir,” I answered.
“No matter what the leader does or does not,
he is criticized.”
“Do you want the whole divine CHANNA (milk curd)
for yourself alone?” My guru’s retort
was accompanied by a stern glance. “Could
you or anyone else achieve God-contact through yoga
if a line of generous-hearted masters had not been
willing to convey their knowledge to others?”
He added, “God is the Honey, organizations are
the hives; both are necessary. Any form
is useless, of course, without the spirit, but why
should you not start busy hives full of the spiritual
nectar?”
His counsel moved me deeply. Although I made
no outward reply, an adamant resolution arose in my
breast: I would share with my fellows, so far
as lay in my power, the unshackling truths I had learned
at my guru’s feet. “Lord,”
I prayed, “may Thy Love shine forever on the
sanctuary of my devotion, and may I be able to awaken
that Love in other hearts.”
On a previous occasion, before I had joined the monastic
order, Sri Yukteswar had made a most unexpected remark.
“How you will miss the companionship of a wife
in your old age!” he had said. “Do
you not agree that the family man, engaged in useful
work to maintain his wife and children, thus plays
a rewarding role in God’s eyes?”
