The Process of Yoga: 7.3. - Swami Krishnananda.
===================================================================================================== Thursday 03, Sep 2026, 17:20. Books Yoga and Meditation The Process of Yoga: Chapter 7: The Spirit of Sadhana - 3 Swami Krishnananda. ===================================================================================================== Humanity has to grow into a different state of experience. We do not know how many stages we have to pass through but, broadly speaking, the Upanishads give us an idea of the stages of growth that we have to undergo. We have come from the lower stages to the stage of humanity. According to the scheme of evolution, from inanimate matter experiences rise to the plant kingdom, and higher up we grow into animal life, and from animal life we have come to the consciousness of manhood – humanity, or manavata. But from the state of humanity there are higher stages still into which we have to grow. These are symbolically described in the Upanishads as the s...