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In the path of Yoga, in the path of liberation, where is there room for trivial insistence on differences in opinions and views? Where is there room for the distinction of a father's doctrine or a stranger's doctrine for the aspiring yogi?
There, the truth, the principle that is free from the influence of what is seen and desired, should be accepted with an open heart and an open throat; whatever way the soul attains its true nature, that is the measure there. (See pp. 397-398, and the verses of Atmasiddhi on p. 436)
"आत्मीयः परकीयो वा का सिद्धांत: विपश्चिताम् ।
દરેણાવાયત્તો ચરતુ ચુસ્તબ્ધ પરિબડ્ડઃ ” – Bindu, Play. 24. Therefore, it is extremely wise for this supreme yogacharya, who has no attachment or insistence on opinions and views, to follow this policy; because they are supremely skilled (Expert) in harmonizing all views (Unity), and they have shown extraordinary skill in bringing together and harmonizing the views of other yogas with their own yoga! Which is worthy of the highest gratitude of all views, without insistence on any particular view! So be it!
Thus, just as the brevity of the narrative is a special feature of this book, so is the special subject of this book another special feature. And that subject is the narrative of the path of yoga from the point of view of different perspectives - that is,
This book is divided into sections according to the development of the yogadristi. As explained clearly in each perspective above, this yogadristi narrative is a "spiritual instrument" that indicates the spiritual development of the soul. As this yogadristi unfolds - opens up, the soul ascends to higher and higher levels, and finally, when it is fully unfolded - developed, it attains the state of supreme yogarudha. As the great and powerful Bhavagi Shrimad Rajchandraji has explained - just as the temperature of the body can be measured from a thermometer (Thermometer), a heat-measuring instrument (parashi), so the state of the soul's development can be measured from this "yogadristi" - a spiritual instrument for measuring the state of the soul. Just as there is the method of fourteen gunasthana for understanding the spiritual development of the soul, so there is also this unique method of eight yogadristi.
So, what is the purpose of this yogadristi book being woven together in brief? What is its...