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Editorial

The True Centre of Integration

the physical consciousness.

Indian spiritual tradition experientially
demonstrated that one could be master
of oneself if one identified with the status
of the Purussa for then one could observe
the movements of Prakrrti and exert a will
to be detached from the disharmonious
movements of Prakrrti. At a certain point,
One of the greatest values of yoga is the even Prakrrti can consent to help the Purussa
development of the capacity to view Nature consciousness to consolidate itself.
or Prakrrti from the poise of the Self or the
Purusha. Prakrrti is the manifestation that The Higher Nature and the Lower Nature
comprises the cosmos. It also includes
that poise of the being which we study as For practical purposes, except for a few yogis
personality. who opted solely for the Great Void, it was not
possible to be completely de-linked from the
The many poises of the Purussa manifestation, for terrestrial survival could
not be maintained without the manifestation.
Purussa on the other hand is the Unmanifest The yogis also found a way to tackle with this
Self who presides over the manifestation. problem. If one transcended the ego, then
Obviously, there are many poises of the it could be easier to detach from Nature, as
Supreme Self who is the Supreme Purussa then one could differentiate between needs
or Purussottama. The Supreme Purussa is and desires. Desires are invariably linked to
equally present in poises that preside over the ego, but needs are survival issues even
the great planes of consciousness. There when desires are surpassed. This poise of
is the Manomaya Purussa or True Mental nature which one could interact with after
Self that presides over the mental plane transcending the ego was called Higher Nature
of consciousness. There is the Pranomaya or Paraa Prakrrti in contrast to the lower Nature
Purusha or True Vital Self that presides or apara Prakrrti.
a
over the vital plane of consciousness that
holds our Life-Energy and is the emotional At the realm of the lower Nature, the manifes-
repertoire. There is the Annomaya Purussa tation had to maintain its infinite variation
or true Physical Self that presides over and uniqueness of each manifested unit,

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