Microsoft Word - Taimni - The Science of Yoga.doc

If we have grasped the nature of the process indicated by the two words Ksana
and Kramah it should not be difficult to understand the meaning of the Sutra under
discussion. It means simply that the Yogi can become aware of the Ultimate Reality
only when his consciousness is liberated from the limitations of this process which
prdduces Time, by performing Samyama on this process as indicated in III-53. As long
as his consciousness is involved in the process he cannot know his Real nature. It is
only when he steps out of the world of the unreal into the Light of Reality that he real-
izes not only the true nature of Reality but also of the Relative world of Time and
Space which he has left behind.
The thoughtful student may find in the profound idea adumbrated in this Sutra
the clue to the nature of Time and Energy and the Quantum Theory which has proved
so helpful in the development of modern Science. It is not possible to go into these
profound and fundamental problems here but the following two ideas should prove
suggestive to the student who is interested in these subjects.
If the fundamental process underlying the phenomenal world is discontinuous
then all apparently continuous processes which we can observe and measure must also
be discontinuous. Take for example, the radiant energy which comes to us from the
Sun. Does this energy flow to us continuously or does it come in discrete portions or
quanta? If all the changes in the Solar system are discontinuous and the Solar system,
as it were, comes into being and then disappears alternately from moment to moment,
then the flow of energy from the Sun must be a discontinuous process. This conclusion
which follows from the doctrines of the Yogic philosophy is in general accord with the
basic idea underlying the Quantum Theory.
The two Sutras III-53 and IV-33 also throw some light on the nature of Time.
As the perception of phenomena is the result of the impressions produced in con-
sciousness by a succession of mental images it is the number of mental images which
will really determine the duration of the phenomenon which we call Time. There can-
not thus be an absolute measure of Time. Time must be related to the number of im-
ages which pass through the mind. This idea will throw some light on the different
measures of Time which are known to exist on the different planes of the Universe.