Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, Book III · 26 of 55 · tr. Charles Johnston
Sutra 26
By perfectly concentrated Meditation on the sun comes a knowledge of the worlds. This has several meanings: First, by a knowledge of the constitution of the sun, astronomers can understand the kindred nature of the stars. And it is said that there is a finer astronomy, where the spiritual man is the astronomer. But the sun also means the Soul, and through knowledge of the Soul comes a knowledge of the realms of life.
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Correspondencecosmology
The Hermetic axiom that the structure of the cosmos is reflected at every scale — 'as above, so below; as within, so without' — making each level a legible map of the others.
The passage links the knowledge of the sun's constitution to an understanding of the kindred nature of stars and the realms of life.
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Disciplined inward attention — sitting, focused, or open-awareness practice — as a stand-alone term that umbrellas active_contemplation, inner_silence, and dhyana-style sitting.
The passage explicitly defines the practice as 'perfectly concentrated Meditation' that leads to knowledge of worlds and the soul.
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e.
The material things (cf.
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e.
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