Theos-Talk Archives (July 1996 Message tl00190)

>So you are right saying that "you will never find union with the
>Self until you silence the body and personality", but silencing the body 
>and personality is not in itself sufficient for the union in raja 
>yoga--it is a preparation for preparation for preparation for the union.

	Consciousness is always focusing somewhere.  Silence
the lower self, and it automatically focuses in the higher Self.  But
without preparation, it may seem only like a blank coma.  What
is actually discovered, when you do this, is that the union is already
done, and has been from the beginning.

	Jerry S.
	Member, TI