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Namah The Evolutionary Leap
and the blind forces that govern the earth. he is born with this thirst to know and seek
Whatever be the temporary conclusions of the meaning of life, to probe and explore the
this longstanding debate, man cannot rest beyond. He is therefore the most dissatisfied
permanently in this halfway home, where of all creatures, yet, and for this very reason
he must choose between a blind mechanical he is the greatest of all. In the fragile heart
determinism of nature or a fatalism that of man, so prone to hurt and pain, there is
believes we are slaves and pawns in destiny’s the might of a Love that knows not defeat,
hands. a love that can bear the pain of a million
creatures and return them hope and strength
Man is much too conscious to accept this and joy and peace, a love that can uplift and
position for long. He is bound to search, transform.
is already searching for a way to master
nature and conquer the forces that weave Within the grey groves of his mind driven by
his fate. He carries within him the intuition uncertainty and fear, there flash sometimes the
of greater and higher worlds from which he lightning of an intuitive ray and the splendour
came or from where he fell. He has within of the occult flame that reveals the truths
him an inbuilt faith of a deeper and higher hidden to reason. In his ignorant, unsure,
possibility, that eons of scepticism and the precarious life, there runs as an undercurrent
stark refusals of a strictly rigid materialistic a luminous force that can overtake in moments
thought has been unable to curb, let alone of intense crisis and transmute the dangerous
destroy. This faith and intuition embedded game into a game of Delight. Hidden to his
within man is bound to take over our current surface view and the bitter wine of love-hate,
paradigms, leading to the emergence of a there is the deep well of sweetness and joy
new and higher species or sub-species out of and the nectarious wine of immortality.
man, a being less burdened with animality
and beginning to show up even on the Yoga is a means to thus exchange and upgrade
surfaces of life the torch of divinity hidden our old version of life, that which we presently
within his cloak of a dense, obscure body. are, into a new and diviner version. Yoga
teaches us how to live beautifully, luminously,
Conscious collaboration peacefully, joyously, above all harmoniously.
It also teaches us the science behind life, the
The question still remains: is there something subtle laws that govern our existence, the
we can do about this or else will it all happen occult forces that move our thoughts and
automatically as with other species? Well, speech and feelings. These forces push us
each species must follow its own law from behind, implanting suggestions in the
of evolution. While evolution in animals mind or stinging the heart with jealousy and
is largely an unconscious process driven hate, igniting in the fuel reserves of our life
by instincts, the law of man is to choose the crude and polluting fire of anger and
and grow consciously. For him is given the lust. They enter stealthily in our house of
greatest of all burdens, the urge to improve life through the backdoors of subconscient
and progress without knowing well the nature. Identifying with them, we think
means and the process. He is given this urge, we are these impulses and impulsions. We
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