"_Knowledge
is power_" is the hope which encourages the disciple on the path of Raja
Yoga. He seeks to master the personal self by meditation, by concentration
of will; by self discipline and sacrifice. When the ego gains complete
control over the mental faculties, so that the mind may be directed as the
individual will suggests, the student has mastered the path of Raja Yoga.
If his mastery is complete, he finds himself regarding his body as the
instrument of the Self, and the body and its functions are under the
guidance of the ego; the mind is the lever with which this Self raises the
consciousness from the lower to the higher vibrations. The student who has
mastered Raja Yoga can induce the trance state; control his dreams as well
as his waking thoughts; he may learn to practice magic in its higher
aspects, but unless he is extremely careful this power will tempt him to
use his knowledge for selfish or unworthy purposes.
Let the student of Raja Yoga bear in mind the one great and high purpose of
his efforts, which should be: the realization of his spiritual nature, and
the development of his individual self, so that it finally merges into the
spiritual Self, thus gaining immortality "in the flesh.
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