Samkhya Atheism and Yoga Theism

Granted that the interchange of the positions of the infinite number of reals produce all the world and its transformations; whence comes this fixed order of the universe, the fixed order of cause and effect, the fixed order of the so-called barriers which prevent the transformation of any cause into any effect or the first disturbance of the equilibrium of the prakriti? Read more

A Candidate becomes an Initiate

As Man advances in the scale, he begins to have a somewhat higher conception of the “I.” He begins to use his mind and reason, and he passes on to the Mental Plane–his mind begins to manifest upon the plane of Intellect. He finds that there is something within him that is higher than the body. He finds that his mind seems more real to him than does the physical part of him, and in times of deep thought and study he is able almost to forget the existence of the body. Read more