Spirituality · Foundations
The seven values
A ladder of seven qualities I was taught, and the idea that being good is a need of the soul, not a choice.
In an early class we drew a ladder with seven rungs. In Rajyoga these are called the soul's original qualities, and I wrote them down in this order:
- Knowledge
- Purity
- Happiness
- Peace
- Love
- Power
- Bliss
We were asked, "What are the situations in which you get angry?" Then came the sentence I wrote on my page: being good (satoguni) is not a choice, it is a need of the soul. In Rajyoga we learn that peace and love are the soul's own nature, so anger is not who we are.
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— Ravi