The great natural law embodied in the above two Sutras is applicable not only
to physical phenomena but to all kinds of phenomena in the realm of Prakrti. For ex-
ample, the nature of our actions, good or bad, does not make our life. It merely deter-
mines the direction of our future lives. The current of our life must flow on inces-
santly, its direction being continually determined by our actions, thoughts and feelings.
The student may well ask: “What has this law to do with Yoga?” Everything. As has
been pointed out before, the Yogi has to work out his liberation with the help of the
laws which operate in the realm of Prakrti and he, therefore, ought to have a clear idea
of this fundamental law which determines the flux of phenomena taking place around
him and within him. As he has to destroy completely, and for ever, certain deep-seated
tendencies in his nature he ought to know their root causes which give rise to different
forms of those tendencies. He ought to know that mere suppression of a tendency does
not mean its removal. It will lie low in a potential form for an indefinite period and
then again raise its head when suitable conditions present themselves. It is no use
merely removing the exciting causes. The predisposing causes must be removed. The
modern tendency is to deal only with the superficial causes and to get over the present
difficulties somehow. This leads us nowhere and continually brings before us the old
troubles in new and different forms.
- Artificially created minds (proceed) from ‘egoism’ alone.
The two previous Sutras should prepare the ground for understanding the modus
operandi of the method by which any number of additional ‘minds’ can be artificially
produced by the highly advanced Yogi. Citta, as pointed out in I-2, is the universal
principle which serves as a medium for all kinds of mental perceptions. But this uni-
versal principle can function only through a set of vehicles working on the different
planes of the Solar system. These vehicles of consciousness, or Kosas as they are
called, are formed by the appropriation and integration of matter belonging to different