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THE IDEAL OF THE KARMA YOGIN
ing on the divine altar ;-when he gets rid of fear and hatred, repulsion and disgust and attachment, and works like the forces of Nature, unhasting, unresting, inevitably, perfectly ;-when he rises above the thought that he is the body or the heart or the mind or the sum of these and finds his own and true self;-when he becomes aware of his immortality and the unreality of death ;-when he experiences the advent of knowledge and feels himself passive and the divine force working unresisted through his mind, his speech, his senses and all his organs ;-when having thus abandoned whatever he is, does or bas, to the Lord of all, the Lover and Helper of mankind, he dwells permanently in Him and becomes incapable of grief, disquiet or false excitement,--that is Yoga. Pradayam and Asans, concentration, worship, ceremonies, religious practice are not themselves Yoga but only a means, towards Yoga. Nor is Yoga a difficult or dangerous path, it is safe and easy to all who
