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The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali - Book 1 - The Problem of Union
21. The attainment of this stage (spiritual consciousness) is rapid for those whose will is intensely alive.

This would naturally be so. As the will, reflected in the mind, becomes dominant in the disciple, he has awakened that aspect of himself which is en rapport with the will aspect of the Logos, the first or Father aspect. The lines of contact are as follows:

  1. Monad or the Father in Heaven, the will aspect,
  2. Atma or spiritual will, the highest aspect of the soul,
  3. The mental body or intelligent Will, the highest aspect of the personality,
  4. The head center.

This is the line followed by the raja-yogins and it brings them to a realization of the spirit and to adeptship. There is yet another line:

  1. Monad,
  2. The Son or Christ aspect,
  3. The love aspect, or wisdom aspect,
  4. Buddhi or spiritual love, the second aspect of the soul,
  5. The emotional body, the second aspect of the personality, [43]
  6. The heart center.

This is the line followed by the bhakti, the devotee and the saint and brings him to a knowledge of the soul and of sainthood. The former line is that to be followed by our Aryan race. This second line was the path of attainment for the Atlanteans.

If students would follow these tabulations with care much light would come. The necessity for a strong energetic will becomes apparent if the path of Initiation is studied. Only an iron will, and a steady, strong, unswerving endurance will carry the aspirant along this path and out into the clear light of day.
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