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अहंगजोगो
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Pratyahara, the fifth stage of Yoga which is acquired in this (fifth] Drishti, Drishti, means withdrawal of senses from all phenomenal objects. The inner perception [sukshma-bodha] which first arises under this aspect [Sthira). is clear [free from doubts].
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To those who are enlightened by discri mination through the destruction of Karmic knot, worldly activity appears like a sport of children erecting a structure of sand.
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Under this aspect, [to those who are spiritually advanced] the natural state of Soul is known as the highest truth and everything else, phenomenal. Thus worldly enjoyments are felt as a dreadful expanse of the hood of the serpent in the form of Sansara.
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Henceforth the enlightened soul passes on to the stage of Kanta where the perception. is like the lustre of a star. Dharana which is the characteristic of this stage, means fixing the mind steadily on an object.
