In Yoga Sutra 1.24, Patanjali describes the special characteristics of Personal God, Ishvara. Yoga, one must remember, is a part of Nyaya, a system which does not believe in God. However, Patanjali has understood the necessity of God in…
Panajali has explained how and Yogis were reborn in the Yoga Sutra 1.20.
He explained that this is due to the remnants of impressions in one's chitta, though one has been practicing Yoga arduously.
Patanjali goes deep into the cause for this aberration in attaining Samadhi.
This Yoga Sutra lists five causes.
Faith,(Shraddha)
Strength of Will, Energy,( Virya)
Smriti, (Remembrance)
Samadhi, Deep Contemplation and
Prajna,(Cognition,Right Awareness)
Sraddha.
Faith is fundamental.
Whether one likes it or not, one practices it;the only difference between those who have faith and those who do not have is that while the former is aware of and acknowledges it, the latter is either unaware or refuses to acknowledge it.
Those who deny Faith have faith at least in what they believe in or in the Belief that they do not believe.
The rationalists are the funniest lot.
They do not believe in any thing which they can not reason out, forgetting that Reason can nor t be proved except by its results or by Inference, both premises are at fault.
Who can guarantee I will live after I post this Blog or live as I post?
Scientists, not all of them, do not believe in anything excepting what Science tells them to, conveniently forgetting that Science is based on, mainly, two assumptions,
Law Of Uniformity of Nature and
law Of Causation.
Both are axioms, they can not be questioned.
If Faith is Belief is unquestioned trust on something that is proved, then where does this leave Science?
We assume that Nature behaves Uniformly and systematically.
What if it it is not?
There are already Theories of Chaos, Uncertainty Principle in Science.
Law of Causation.
Two events occur.
We connect them by saying one is the Cause of another.
That's all.
So faith is something which drive us whether we acknowledge it or not.
Now we have positive thinking.
Not all positive thinking is probable or even possible.
Still we are advised to follow it.
Why?
Because it delivers.
Patanjali says this.
Have Faith , continue having it and you will get results.
To me so long as it delivers results it is fine, no matter whether it is true or false.
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