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A model for yagic psychosynthesis today
Consciousness plays an important part in man's life and especially in the life of an aspirant. It is the balancer of many functions of the psyche. It balances extroversion and introversion; it creates balance between diffcrent functions, feelings, thought and even virtues, This is so because it is threshold of the superconsciousness. It is the power of conscience that establishes balance between all the pairs of opposites in life. It creates a power of endurance as well as the power of insight by which all pairs of opposites are endured and balanced. It is conscience that leads man to Prajñā and establishes him there. It is conscience that gives insight to man not only in knowing things but in doing things and even creating articles of Art. It is by the guiding power of conscience that man's creativity is directed in the right channels. The creative power of man is not to be choked even in Sadhanā. If it is inhibited the very source of the power that lifts up min in sadhanā is choked. Creativity has to be given full play in life, as well as in sadhanā. Sādhanā is nothing but the creation of a new psyche out of the evolving one. The best creation is the creation of a pure and perfect psyche and that can be done only by the right use of one's creativity guided by conscience.
Creativity and Manifestation We have till now tried to understand the meaning and purpose of all important means of Sadhana like Japa, Tapa etc, and saw that the best means and even guide is conscience. Conscience does two functions (1) of integration and balancing and (2) helps and guides creative actions of man. Man is a creative animal and the creative faculty and function are parts of his nature. He is an epitome of universal manifestation of supremo consciousnes and as such he contains within him the same potentiality of manifestation though on a very small scale. It is not the measure of manifestation that matter, but the potency and creative power that matters in his life and evolution. Creativity is an eternal urge and that urge has to be given vent in the right direction. It depends on the potential power that its manifestation can take place. As a man rises in his sādhana, his potential power of the psyche increases and soon he channelizes them into higher forms of sādhana. But even then his potency for creation is there and he has a natural urge for creation as he marches abead on his path of sādhanā So the manifestation of such creativity becomes equally useful in his sādhana as are the means of sādhanā like Japa, Tapas etc. So, the sādhanā assumes two forms (1) inner ascending of the Supreme consciousness by Yogic means and (2) manifestation of the power realized as on the ladder of spiritual ascent and to make the potential powers Kinetic in order to give vent to one's increasing creativity. Reverting to one's original vision, of universal manifestation, it is the
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| SR No. | 001262 |
| Book Title | Haribhadras Yoga Works and Psychosynthesis |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | S A Desai |
| Publisher | L D Indology Ahmedabad |
| Publication Year | 1983 |
| Total Pages | 106 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English & Yoga |
| File Size | 7 MB |