Superconsciousness
“The Supersoul, being present within everyone, situated everywhere, is con-
scious of every existence. The theory that the soul and the Supersoul are one is
not acceptable, because the individual soul’s consciousness cannot act in
superconsciousness. This superconsciousness can only be achieved by
dovetailing individual consciousness with the superconsciousness; and this
dovetailing process is called surrender, or Krsna consciousness.” —
Krsna consciousness is the highest yoga performance by trained devo-
: tional yogis. The yoga system, as is stated in the standard yoga practice
formula given by Lord Krsna in the Bhagavad-gita, and as recommended
in the Patafijali yoga discipline, is different from the nowadays practiced
hatha-yoga, as is generally understood in the Western countries.
Real yoga practice means to control the senses and, after such control
: is established, to concentrate the mind on the Narayana form of the
Supreme Personality of Godhead, Sri Krsna. Lord Krsna is the original
Absolute Personality, the Godhead, and all the other Visnu forms—with
four hands, decorated with conch, lotus, club, and wheel—are plenary
_expansions of Krsna.
In the Bhagavad-gita it is recommended that we should meditate upon
| the form of the Lord. For practicing concentration of the mind, one has
to sit down in a secluded place sanctified by a sacred atmosphere, and the
yogi should observe the rules and regulations of brahmacarya—to live a
life of strict self-restraint and celibacy. No one can practice yoga in a con-
gested city, living a life of extravagance, including unrestricted sex in-
; dulgence and adultery of the tongue.
We have already stated that yoga practice means controlling the
senses, and the beginning of controlling the senses is to control the
tongue. You cannot allow the tongue to take all kinds of forbidden food
and drink, and at the same time improve in the practice of yoga. It is a
very regrettable fact that many stray, unauthorized so-called yogis now
come to the West and exploit the leaning of the people toward yoga. Such
unauthorized yogis even dare to say publicly that one can indulge in
drinking and at the same time practice meditation.
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