(YOGA OF PERCEPTION)
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By
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KAUSHIK
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DARSHAN YOGA
(Yoga of Perception)
by
Dr. R. P. KAUSHIK
First edition
Second edition (Revised)
March 1~73
Mare-h l9H
Otlur publications
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race as well, this achievement is no answer to their discontent. In such a state, the ego has not completely
ended, and so the highest truth is still far away, and perception of this trutb is a matter of prime urgency.
Who can 'see' ?
Anyone can 'see' who seriously and earnestly wants
to 'see', This seriousness always comes out of a total
discontent which is insatiable. A mind seeking satisfaction will soon find it. A satisfied mind is a shallow
mind. Unless one is not thoroughly dissatisfied with what
one has or knows, one is incapable of 'seeing'. One must
be ready to kick everything one has accumulated in the
form of dogmas, beliefs and creeds, outward riches and
name and fame before one can really be eligible to see
truth.
Human mind is repetitive, mechanical and inert.
Ordinarily it has no inherent energy of its own. It
derives its energy by attachment and identification. It
tends to become that to which it is attached. In its
complete identification it becomes one with the object of
its identification. It can be attached to material things
like money and personal property. If it is more sensitive
it becomes attached to living things, such as plants,
animals or humans. It may go a step further and get
identified with concepts and images. In some cases, it
may become less mechanical than in others. But in every
case it still remains mechanical.
If mind is to lose its mechanical nature and discoTer
its own inherent energy, it must kick every form of security which binds it down to its mechanical existence
and prepare itself to become a fit and refined instrument:
for perception alone will set the mind free and transform it.
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Who
caD be a teacher
At one level, anyone who is a keen and eerious student can be a teacher ( acharya). The basic point to
understand is that a true teacher is always a true student.
At the highest level. a teacher or guru is one who has
found his freedom and perceives truth and lives it. The
teacher or guru then communicates this truth and freedom, not necessarily by word of mouth, but by living it in
his own life. In such a state he performs the function of
guru,but does not identify himself with this function
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and so he does not build any status out of it. Any identification at ~:~.ny level destroys freedom and dietorts perception. So from the standpoint of the man who has discovered his freedom and who lives in a state of non-duality
or love, the otherness does not exist and so there are no
disciples. For the seeker who lives in a state of duality,
and who accepts so many other relationships, denial of
gurudisciple relationship alone will not bring freedom or
enlightenment but only add to the already existing confusion.
Teaching in Darshan Yoga cannot really be planned
or systematised. It has to evolve in an interpersonal relationship. In this teaching, there is no authority. The
teacher does not impose his authority on others. His function is to awaken intelligence in the disciple. This can
only be done by a teacher who is always willing to learn.
He who realises the destructive role of authority, for himself and for others, except at the basic minimum level, can
alone be a true teacher. Authority destroys intelligence,
not only in the disciple, but also in the teacher.
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