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D.: Is the study of science, psychology, physiology, philosophy, etc.

helpful for this art of yoga-liberation and the intuitive grasp of

the unity of the Real?

 

M.: Very little. Some knowledge is needed for yoga and it may be

found in books. But practical application is the thing needed, and

personal example, personal touch and personal instructions are the

most helpful aids. As for the other, a person may laboriously

convince himself of the truth to be intuited, i.e., its function and

nature, but the actual intuition is akin to feeling and requires

practice and personal contact. Mere book learning is not of any great

use. After realization all intellectual loads are useless burdens and

are thrown overboard as jetsam. Jettisoning the ego is necessary and

natural.

 

-- Ramana Maharshi

 

Hari Aum !!!