making the restless mind stay still and alert

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THE ESSENCE OF RIBHU GITAThe following verses constitute the teachings of Siva to Ribhu,who in turn transmits those teachings to his disciple Nidhaga Rishi.The treatise goes by the name Ribhu Gita.Sat-Chit-Ananda-Self Siva and His worship14. On the eternal and infinite screen of Sat-Chit-Ananda-Self Siva, by His own power, Sakti is projected as the movingshadow picture of the universe in manifestation and into thatagain it is absorbed in dissolution.All luminaries like the sun, moon, fire, stars and lightning derivetheir luminosity as a gracious gift from the Sakti inherent in thatscreen of Self-Siva only. Though bright in themselves, they can onlyobscure and cannot reveal the Siva-Screen which they cover up.Out of fear of that Siva, their creator, Devas and Asuras (godsand demons) are ever alertly engaged in their ordained duties.That Siva must be meditated upon and realised to be theSelf, by making the restless mind stay still and alert after it hasbeen adequately restrained, and completely prevented from thepursuit of sense objects, namely, the shadow pictures on the screenof the Self. All shadow pictures removed, what remains is pureAwareness, the spotlessly effulgent screen. Thus, Siva revealsHimself spontaneously as the sole eternal Sat-Chit-Ananda-Self,the very essence of the nature of the worshipper. (Ch.7, v.35)