The path of knowledge is said to be difficult in that it is the path of Samadhi.
The yoga of discrimination is only practiced once you have started to go into Samadhi.
In India and other places, there are people who fool themsleves. They walk around all day saying, "Who am I? Who am I?"
It is impossible to know who you are until you enter into Samadhi.
Samadhi is the absorption of God. There's no sense of time, place or condition.
Samadhi is the actual awareness of what you really are.
It is only in Samadhi that you'll begin to get an inkling of who you are; and finally, it is only in nirvana that this perfect truth will become clear.
There won't be emptiness. Emptiness is just another idea, another illusion.
You find yourself in this world, you find yourself out of this world and there's no one to find the Self. There's no Self to find.
I wouldn't really worry to much about practicing the yoga of discrimination at this point in your evolution.
Until you've reached that point where you've perfected your lower nature and cleansed your emotional being, jnana yoga will have to wait.
Each day when you meditate, you should devote the first few minutes of your meditation to concentration. This will develop the power of the intellect.
All those moments spent in concetration will give you a terrific strength and with that strength you will cut aside all illusions.
Jnana yoga is practical.
If you practice a little jnana yoga in your daily life, it will help you tremendously.
Where is truth? Is there truth in what I am doing now?
Don't try and understand this with your mind. There will be no absolute knowing, no certainty in these thoughts and philosophies and ideas.
The yoga of discrimination can never be put into words, since the entire yoga exists beyond words.
There are four principal pathways that lead to enlightement: The yoga of love, the yoga of service, the yoga of knowledge, and the yoga of mysticism.
When you love, you should always watch the quality of your love.
If you really love, then you're willing to step outside of your own love to do that which is right.
Ask youself: "Am I loving as deeply as I am capable of loving?"
While we all have a great capacity to love, very few of us will love the proper way.
You can love infinity, eternity, Scotty dogs, sports, work, play, the feelings of being alive, the earth, the sky, the fire, the wind ... there's a lot you can love.
If there's no one in your life to love right now, love yourself. A large part of the path of love is learning to love yourself.
