VIBHUTI PAAD DUTRA 35

        SATTWA  PURUSHORATYANTA  ASANKIRNAYOH  PRATYAYA  AVISHESHO 


               BHOGAH   PARARTHAT  SWARTH  SAIYAMAT  PURUSH  DNYANAM

THE CHITTA OR THE ANTHKARAN  AND  THE PURUSH  ARE TOTALLY DIFFERENT.BUT

THE PERCEPTION PF THE IDENTITY OF BOTH LEADS TO ENJOYMENT OR

EXPERIENCE.BY MEDITATING ON THE PERCEPTION OF SELF DIFFERENT FROM THE

NON-SELF, LEADS TO THE KNOWLEDGE OF SELF-SPIRIT.

      In this Sutra there are several words that have meaning that can not be fully conveyed in English.But we can go round about and I think we can get to the real meaning of the Sutra.

     So there is PURUSH or also called SPIRIT by some and there is PRAKRUTI or NATURE . These two are separate from each other . Some say that the GOD SPLITS in to these two at the BEGINNING of the universe . Since in Hindu philosophy the cycles of BEGINNING and the END -PRALAY have continues for ever- just like the screen of the video game -the screen never ends. But the main point is that the PURUSH or the SPIRIT is the energy and the NATURE or the PRAKRUTI is the matter . Conceptually the PURUSH has no GUNAS or QUALITIES , while the NATURE or PRAKRUTI has no energy. So the SPIRIT can not DO ANYTHING as it has no GUNAS as the GUNAS are responsible for all the actions . The PRAKRUTI has the 3 GUNAS but lacks the spirit or the energy and so it can not do anything . But when these two come together then the Universe begins.
    So this can be compared to blind and an amputee coming together as each is not able to go places or enjoy. But together they can do it. Even though the SPIRIT comes together with the PRAKRUTI , it itself has no desire or any qualities . IT is INDEPENDENT OBSERVER . But due to lack of KNOWLEDGE , when it is encased in body, it FEELS that it is part of the body.
     The CHITTA or the ANTAHKARAN can be loosely translated as MIND STUFF. The 3 Gunas -namely the SATWA, RAJAS AND TAMAS - are part of PRAKRUTI or nature or matter. The laziness, addiction to alcohol or drugs etc are due to TAMASIC Guna, the activating or the Rajasic Guna leads us to do Action with desires -greed , attachment , anger etc , while the SATWIC Gunas will lead to compassion , mercy , devotion etc.
    When one starts meditation and gets better at it , the Rajasic and the Tamasic Gunas become weaker. One does not get angry easily , or engages in drinking alcohol or smoking , or is not greedy . So out of three Gunas , two become weaker and we have the preponderance of SATWIC GUNA. This the purification of the MIND STUFF or ANTAHKARAN..
   As mentioned before the PURUSHA which is imprisoned in the body which is made up of matter or PRAKRUTI, makes us feel that it is PURUSHA which is having experience . In reality one can not have the experience without PURUSH OR THE SPIRIT .But the SPIRIT OR THE PURUSHA continues to be independent observer . IT DOES NOT ENJOY OR HAS EXPERIENCE. My be like the chaperon who attend the PROM. The CHAPERON has to be there for the PROM to take place , but he/or she does not take part in it or enjoys it.

     So now we come to the SUTRA. When one reduces the effects of Rajasic and the Tamasic qualities , the mind stuff or the CHITTA / ANTAHKARAN becomes purer. But the one has to drop the effects of SATWIC quality to know that the SPIRIT /PURUSHA is different than the MIND STUFF /CHITTA. So when one concentrates upon the PURUSH-SPIRIT- ALL SEER -INDEPENDENT OBSERVER- he gets the knowledge of the SELF -PURUSHA-SPIRIT-MAY BE THE REFLECTION OF THE GOD OR UNIVERSAL CONSCIOUSNESS.    

VIBHUTI PAAD SUTRA 34

                                                  HRUDAYE  CHITTA  SAMVITAM 

      BY  CONCENTRATING  ON HEART  ONE GETS  THE KNOWLEDGE  OF CHITTA

         This Sutra is the continuation of last some of the Sutras . We are told as to what happens when one concentrates on different things . So in this Sutra , we are told about the concentration or meditating on the Heart , one gets the knowledge of the CHITTA or mind stuff. There is no English equivalent word for the CHITTA. The best that we can say is it is mind stuff. But Chitta is not mind . It is more than that.The Chitta is the origin of the desires. So when one concentrates on the heart area he knows about the chitta and the then when we know about Chitta , we know about the desires. We know that the desires are related to impressions that were created by actions. -The circle of mind -action leads to impressions . impressions lead to desire and the desires lead to action again .

   The location of the Chitta is thought to be the Heart . We often say 'I don't know what is in his Heart (mind). So we tend to feel that the location of the Mind Stuff or Chitta is HEART . So concentrating on Heart area , one knows about the Chitta. 

VIBHUTI PAAD--SUTRA 33

                                                    PRATIBHAD  VA  SARWAM

                                              OR THIS   ALL IS BY  INTUITION

     This Sutra  is somewhat difficult at least for me. The beauty of these Sutra is that they are all very short and so sometimes open for interpretation. In this Sutra the word PRATIBHA is used . And there are 2 different interpretations . One is what I wrote above. i.e. "All the powers come to Yogi  due to development of intuition. The other one is that when one concentrates on PRATIBHA , he gets all the knowledge.
      So we have to know what is meant by the word PRATIBHA. Sometimes we also use word PRATIBHA SHAKTI. -the power of Pratibha. Pratibha is not physical power. But it is mental power. We all see the same things in life , the falling in love , weddings , having kids , getting divorce , loosing job , death of loved one etc . But we do not write story . play or novel. But the one with the Pratibha for literature will write a story or play or novel. We all see the fruit falling of the tree or the ball when thrown up , comes down . But it took one with Pratibha - NEWTON to realize that it i.e. due to gravity. So he had Pratibha for science.
     So one of the meaning of this Sutra is , when one concentrates on the Pratibha , knows everything . This is continuation of the theme from last several Sutras , where we are told about the powers that we get when we achieve the perfection of the concentration at various things or points .But it is also possible that the Rhushi wants to tell us that this all due to the INTUITION. Why did Einstein come with a formula of E=MC square. Some one may say it is due to hard work and the calculations , but why did he ever think that there may relationship between the energy and the mass and the speed of light ? It is the  intuition or the Pratibha.

   So in any case the intuition that one develops with meditation , will give the Knowledge about all the things .