The Doctrine and Practice of Yoga by A. P. Mukerji
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speech and action. The latter are objective expressions of the subjective
self. The study of Phrenology and Physiognomy are good things to start with in your efforts to acquire knowledge of human nature. _Mind is One_ and at the same time, _Many_. Subjectively, it is ONE. Objectively; many. So by looking _impartially_ into "yourself" in the calm light of the intellect and through silent introspection, you will always find a clue to the working bases of other minds. Each man is a puzzle and most of all are _YOU_ a puzzle unto yourself. Solve either and you have solved both. "MAN, KNOW THYSELF." THE MYSTERY OF THE WILL-FORCE. Will-Force is the power of Re-action. It can render all the other mental functions _active_ or _passive_. It is the DETERMINATIVE faculty and is affected most of all by the JUDGMENT. On the lower plane of mind, Will-Power manifests as Desire and is reciprocally influenced by outside attractions as well as repulsions. On this plane the Will is not free. But when it draws the volition for externalizing itself from _Within_ in the light of the Higher Reason, then indeed is it _Will-Power. On the material the human will is a slave; on the spiritual plane it is the sovereign. It may then be called the "awakened" will_. It is my conviction that the eternal crossing of swords between the Determinists and the Libertarians can be set at rest only by a right understanding of the _spiritual_ makeup of man, otherwise the arguments of both sets of thinkers are equally strong. Each side has got hold of half the truth, but requires the reconciling light of transcendental Psychology in order to enable us to see the _whole_ truth as it is. However, the point I am driving at is that your will is free only when it is _self-determined_ i.e., when it has risen above the impulses of the |
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