The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali

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The Yoga Sutras

of Patanjali

Paraphrased by Djwhal Khul

with commentary by Alice

Before the soul can see,

the harmony within must be attained,

and fleshly eyes be rendered blind

to all illusion.

Before the soul can hear,

the image (Man)

has to become as deaf

to roarings as to whispers,

to cries of bellowing elephants

as to the silvery buzzing

of the golden fire-fly.

Before the soul can comprehend

and may remember,

she must unto the silent speaker

be united,

just as the form

to which the clay is modelled

is first united

with the potter's mind.

For then the soul will hear,

and will remember.

And then to the inner ear will speak

the voice of silence.

From: Helena Blavatsky

The Voice of the Silence