Friday, October 31, 2014

SAMADHI PAD SUTRA 36

                                                   VISHOKA VA JYOTISHMATI

        OR SORROW LESS STATUS (OF MIND OR CHITTA)WHICH IS (SOURCE OF )LIGHT

(CAN CALM THE MIND)

           In the Patanjali Yoga Sutra the sage Patanjali does one liners and they are related to each other. They can not be read separately at times as each one is related to the previous one and the next one . So this Sutra is related to the previous one . In the last one we were told that we can think of a subject (related to any of the senses) and we will perceive it . And in future we can have ability to 'feel' the special smell or taste any thing that we want without having the smell or the substance that we are tasting. In a higher level,So we at lower level can see a subject when it is in front of our eyes..In the next level we can see it without the subject in front of us. But this one is related to not the senses or even the lower level mind.So if one thinks about the process of seeing, the question comes to mind is who is the seer ?Is it the eyes , is it the retina or is it the nerve that carries the impulses or is it the brain center ? The answer is none of these things is real seer.Sometimes we have things in front of our eyes but we are lost in thought and we don't seethe subject that is in front of our eyes.The thing that 'sees' is beyond the physical level. So is it the MIND? Well yes and no . There is something beyond the mind.If I have never seen an aeroplane , I will not recognise it when I see it . So I have to nor only 'receive ' the information, but I have to analyse it and 'match' it with preciously collected information(with the intellect).So this part of the MIND-INTELLECTS -OR CHITTA is the one which is the source of the light,or the Knowledge. But one beyond is the one which is real seer and it has no sorrow(or pleasure) So when the devotee gets to this level, it is sorrow less and full of knowledge so this will calm the mind .So the higher level of mind that calms the mind is this sorrow less level of source of knowledge.
      Just an additional note. The' gross ' objects are gross and the senses that perceive them are also 'gross'. But the mind that thinks or 'senses' them is subtler than the senses themself. But the intelect which 'recognises ' the perception is still subtler than the mind.And the one beyond it is still subtler. So in short we are talking about different levels of Samadhi.i.e. Sawichar(one with though -one related to mindt), Sanand(one with bliss-related to intelect) and the Sasmit(one related to Ego).

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