Philosophy of Yoga
Philosophy of Yoga The Yoga system assumes the same cosmological doctrines as set forth in the Samkhya system. The only difference between the two is that the Samkhya system pertains to the universal condition of nature, and the Yoga system pertains to the individual condition of nature. The process of evolution and involution of both is the same. Both are based on the fundamental logical premise that something cannot come out of nothing, that every shadow must have its substance. Therefore, the Yoga system maintains that the gross individual must have a subtle aspect from which it manifests itself and to which it will return. This subtle aspect is but a spark of the divine, and is the sole concern of Yoga. Before it is possible to understand man fully, it is necessary to examine first the forces which sustain him and cause him to be what ·he is. The energies of nature operate in him according to the necessities of survival, yet man has the inherent quality of dissolution, for he is a