This divine and human prerogative is enshrined in the doctrine of Jnana Yagna, the practice of Buddhi Yoga, and the spiritual powers of Kriyashakti and Icchashakti. All this is abstruse, a statement of principles and possibilities. By drawing the ethical corollaries of the metaphysical truths given. To do this we require a firm position, growth in dispassion to displace the power of tanha and the desire for externalization through attachment and repulsion, and a knowledge of the soul as distinct from all else. This exercise is a firm position observed out of regard for the end in view, and perseveringly adhered to for a long time without intermission.
Dispassion is the having overcome one's desires.
Dispassion, carried to the utmost, is indifference regarding all else than soul, and this indifference arises from a knowledge of soul as distinguished from all else. To prevent these, according to aphorisms 32 and 39 of Book I, any one truth which one appreciates should be dwelt upon until the mind is steadied. Further, the mind must be purified through the practice of benevolence, tenderness, complacency, disregard for objects of happiness, grief, virtue and vice. Hence the enormous importance of detachment and resignation and forbearance, the essential and universal duties, and special religious observances or ascetic rules. Forbearance consists in not killing, veracity, not stealing, continence, and not coveting.