Synthesis of Yoga
The Synthesis of Yoga is the principal work of the method of the Integral Yoga of Sri Aurobindo; he presents a most detailed and thorough explanation, as well as an examination of traditional yogas.
This reading completes Chapter 15 The Soul-Force and the Four-Fold Personality, mid-page 744 through page 751.
” The crude external idea that a man is born as a Brahmana, Kshatriya, Vishya or Shudra and that alone, is not a psychological truth of our being. … there are these four active powers … tendencies of the Spirit … the predominance of one or the other … our main tendencies … they are more or less present in all men … manifest … latent … developed … subdued … in the perfect man will be raised up to a fullness and harmony …”
“Our life itself is at once an inquiry after truth and knowledge, a struggle and battle of our will with ourselves and surrounding forces … finally … to bear the yoke of the Master… self-surrender of the whole being to the Master of our being … his work in the world.”