STUDY GROUP on SPIRITUAL INSTRUCTION Ch2v13 (3rd attemop!!)

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STUDY GROUP on SPIRITUAL INSTRUCTION

 

CHAPTER 2

PRACTICE

Abhyasa

 

V13.

Q. How can there be a connection between the Self which is pure

knowledge and the triple

factors (i.e., knower, known and knowledge), which are relative

knowledge?

 

M. This is, in a way, like the working of a cinema as shown below:-

 

CINEMA SHOW

1.The lamp inside (the apparatus)

2.The lens in front of the lamp

3.The film which is a long series of (separate

photos).

4.The lens, the light passing through it and the

lamp, which together form the focused light.

5.The light passing through the lens and falling on

the screen.

6.The various kinds of pictures appearing in the

light of the screen.

7.The mechanism which sets the film in motion.

 

SELF

1.The Self

2.The pure (sattvic) mind close to the Self.

3.The stream of latent tendencies consisting of

subtle thoughts.

4.The mind, the illumination of it and the Self,

which together form the seer or the Jiva.

5.The light of the Self emerging from the mind

through the senses, and falling on the world.

6.The various forms and names appearing as the

objects perceived in the light of the world.

7.The divine law manifesting the latent tendencies

of the mind.

 

 

Just as the pictures appear on the screen as long as the film throws

the shadows through the lens, so the phenomenal world will continue to

appear to the individual in the waking and dream states as long as

there are latent mental impressions. Just as the lens magnifies the

tiny specks on the film to a huge size and as a number of pictures are

shown in a second, so the mind enlarges the sprout-like tendencies

into tree-like thoughts and shows in a second innumerable worlds.

Again, just as there is only the light of the lamp visible when there

is no film, so the Self alone shines without the triple factors when

the mental concepts in the form of tendencies are absent in the states

of deep sleep, swoon and samadhi. Just as the lamp remains unaffected

despite illuminating the lens, and so on, the Self remains unaffected

despite illuminating the ego [chidabhasa].

 

 

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anu

 

PS decided to keep it simple..apologies re repeated failed attempts

to present comparisons bet 'Cinema show' & 'Self' alongside !