VRITTI SWARUPAM ITARATRA
(WITHOUT THE CONTROL OF CHITTA-TENDENCIES)
SEER APPEARS TO BE ONE WITH CHITTA-TENDENCIES.
In the last one it was stated that the seer is in it's original state, when all the tendencies and inclination and all the waves in the mind are nor there (not suppressed) , then the seer is in it's original 'bliss' status. So when the waters are quite , we can see the bottom. But when the water is muddy we can not see anything. So now they are stating that when we have all the different thoughts or thought waves , then the seer appears to be one with them. I could give one old example. Water has no color. So it will take the color of whatever color one adds to it.But when no color is added,it is of original color, which is no color. Other example is that of a light covered by glass, we may see some of the light. If the the glass is very dark , we will not be able to see the light at all. But if the glass is very clean and transferent, then the light is bright and shining and almost as it would be without the covered by glass.
So the mind and it's thoughts are driven by the 3 Gunas . And based on the balance in the 3 Gunas , our thoughts are either Satwic or Rajasic or Tamasic But even though there may be GOOD thoughts, they are still thoughts and they cover the real SEER . So it tends to act as if it is mind-body-ego-Intellect etc.So We start saying that I am happy or 'I am sad' or I am rich or I have no money. We are not really referring to the seer. but we are talking about bodily function or related to mind or intellect. But the SEER is independent of all these things . So until we control the tendencies or thoughts of chitta , we can not realise the seer.
(WITHOUT THE CONTROL OF CHITTA-TENDENCIES)
SEER APPEARS TO BE ONE WITH CHITTA-TENDENCIES.
In the last one it was stated that the seer is in it's original state, when all the tendencies and inclination and all the waves in the mind are nor there (not suppressed) , then the seer is in it's original 'bliss' status. So when the waters are quite , we can see the bottom. But when the water is muddy we can not see anything. So now they are stating that when we have all the different thoughts or thought waves , then the seer appears to be one with them. I could give one old example. Water has no color. So it will take the color of whatever color one adds to it.But when no color is added,it is of original color, which is no color. Other example is that of a light covered by glass, we may see some of the light. If the the glass is very dark , we will not be able to see the light at all. But if the glass is very clean and transferent, then the light is bright and shining and almost as it would be without the covered by glass.
So the mind and it's thoughts are driven by the 3 Gunas . And based on the balance in the 3 Gunas , our thoughts are either Satwic or Rajasic or Tamasic But even though there may be GOOD thoughts, they are still thoughts and they cover the real SEER . So it tends to act as if it is mind-body-ego-Intellect etc.So We start saying that I am happy or 'I am sad' or I am rich or I have no money. We are not really referring to the seer. but we are talking about bodily function or related to mind or intellect. But the SEER is independent of all these things . So until we control the tendencies or thoughts of chitta , we can not realise the seer.
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