The Equinox (Volume I, Number IV)

THE EQUINOX which will teach him how to control his mind. Little by little, as the body comes under control, does the mind assert its sway over the body; and little by little, as the mind asserts its sway, does it come gradually, little by little under the rule of the Atman, until ultimately the Atman, Augoeides, Higher Self or Adonai fills the Space which was once occupied solely by the body and mind of the aspirant. Therefore through the death of the body as it were is the resurrection of the Higher Self accomplished, and the pinnacles of that Temple, whose foundations are laid deep in the black earth, are lost among the starry Palaces of God. In the “ Hatha-~Yoga Pradipika” we read that “there can be no Raja Yoga without Hatha Yoga, and vice versa, that to those who wander in the darkness of the conflicting Sects unable to obtain Raja Yoga, the most merciful Swatmar4ma Yogi offers the light of Hathavidya.” * In the practice of this mystic union which is brought about by the Hatha Yoga and the Raja Yoga exercises the conditions necessary are: 1. Yama: Non-killing (Ahinsa); truthfulness (Satya); non- stealing (Asteya); continence (Brahmacharya); and non- receiving of any gift (Aparigraha). 2. Miyama: Cleanliness (S’ancha); contentment (Santosha); mortification (Tapasaya); study and self surrender (Swadhydya) ; and the recognition of the Supreme (I’s'wara pranidhana). 3. A’sana: Posture and the correct position of holding the body, and the performance of the Mudras. * “ Hatha-Yoga Pradipika,” p. 2. 78