baked-seeds

Updated: July 11, 2025

Then the pupil is instructed in the nature of Desire, and shown how desires invariably spring into plant, blossom and fruit, the life of the person being the soil in which they flourish. But Desires understood, and set off from the Real Man, are akin to baked-seeds they have been subjected to the heat of spiritual wisdom and are thus robbed of their vitality, and are unable to bear fruit.

William Walker Atkinson - A Series of Lessons in Gnani Yoga

The Yogis express this thought by the illustration of the baked-seeds. They show their pupils that while ordinary seeds sprout, blossom and bear fruit, still if one bakes the seeds their vitality is gone, and while they may serve the purposes of a nourishing meal still they can never cause sprout, blossom or fruit.

William Walker Atkinson - A Series of Lessons in Gnani Yoga