Guest guest Posted January 29, 2004 Report Share Posted January 29, 2004 D. I would like to put my question in slightly different words. Can the place between the eyebrows be said to be the seat of the Self? Maharshi: You accept that the Self is the ultimate source of consciousness and that it subsists equally during all the three states of the mind. But see what happens when a person in meditation is overcome by sleep. As the first symptom of sleep his head begins to nod, which however could not happen if the Self were situated between the eyebrows or at any other place in the head. If during sleep the experience of the Self is not felt between the eyebrows, that center cannot be called its seat without implying that the Self often forsakes its own place, which is absurd. The fact is the sadhaka may have this experience at any center or chakra on which he concentrates his mind. But for that reason that particular place of his experience does not become ipso facto the seat of the Self. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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