Two Methods for Practicing the Yoga of Works

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There is no clear line of
demarcation between the three

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major Paths of yoga.
That are based in the primary

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aspects of development, The Yoga
of knowledge, The Yoga of

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devotion, and The Yoga Works.
As they proceeded down there

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somewhat different paths, they
must necessarily gain aspects

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of, and bring the results of the
other two, as one, gains in

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knowledge, one recognizes the
inherent necessity of love and

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devotion.
And works take on a new meaning.

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Similarly, as one focuses
intensely on The Yoga of

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devotion.
It brings a state of Oneness

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between the devotee and the
object of devotion, which brings

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with it, a deep knowledge.
As The Yoga of Works develops

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and it becomes necessary to
observe and remove the vestiges

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of the ego and desire from the
action.

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The practitioner must
necessarily adopt methods that

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harken back to the yoga of
knowledge, or The Yoga of

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devotion.
SRI aurobindo makes this clear

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when he describes two primary
methods for developing The Yoga

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of works.
One of which relies on the power

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of knowledge.
The other on the power of

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devotion coupled with the vital
and physical action of work in

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the external world.
SRI aurobindo notes, quote.

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One of the two ways towards yoga
by works is the separation of

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the purusa.
From the prakruti, the inner

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silent being from the outer
active one.

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So that one has to
consciousnesses or a double

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Consciousness, one behind
watching and observing and

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finally controlling and changing
the other which is active in

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front.
But this also means living in an

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inner peace and silence and
dealing with the activities as

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if they were Thing on the
surface, the other way of

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beginning, The Yoga of works is
by doing them for the Divine,

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for the mother and not for
oneself, consecrating and

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dedicating them to one
concretely.

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Feels the Divine Force taking up
the activities and doing them

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for one.
In quote, reference SRI,

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aurobindo and the mother growing
within the psychology of inner

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development.
Chapter 5 growth of

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Consciousness means and methods
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