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452 Chapter 6.1.011 continued - Yoga Vasishta

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Tags: 'I am' appreciation awareness Brahman course empiricism hypothesis notions omnipotence realisation recognition

(NOTE THIS IS THE LAST YOGA VASISTHA VIDEO FROM ME UNTIL APRIL 2009. BYE FOR NOW. X) Awareness is mixed up with the objects of awareness. Non-recognition of awareness is ignorance. A gold bracelet is regarded as simply gold when it is recognised as such. Realisation is about recognition, the...

451 Chapter 6.1.011 continued - Yoga Vasishta

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Tags: assumptions awareness Brahman death dislikes identity imagination likes notions pain personal preconceptions sentient

Things are as weve learnt to assume they are. Likes and dislikes are our response to our assumptions and hence are described here as having been conjured up in our imagination. Once conviction in our dislikes and likes wanes we are closer to freedom. Brahman becomes established in Brahman....

450 Section 6.1, Chapter 11 - Yoga Vasishta

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Tags: avidya beliefs Brahman consciousness conviction enlightened gods ignorance reality self-enquiry self-knowledge world

Ignorance avidya = not-knowing = conviction in our beliefs, a major belief being in a reality that is not Brahman or consciousness. Certain knowledge of Brahman is not an intellectual belief but a realisation. All this is Brahman.Self-enquiry needs to be continually practised. Apply it to...

449 Chapter 6.1.010 continued - Yoga Vasishta

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Tags: 'What atma cit cognitive I' is practise process realization Self self-enquiry shakti spiritual truth

The YV has been veering into some philosophical considerations but gets back on track.Cit-shakti can be understood here as the cognitive process which leads to involvement in concepts. Realise this as consciousness. This is atma-shakti leading us back to realisation of the Self.Enquire What is...

448 Chapter 6.1.010 continued - Yoga Vasishta

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Tags: addiction attachment awareness bondage cit deep meditation moksha notions rebirth rocks shakti sleep turiya vasana

Rama suggests that rocks might be close to liberation. The description of a rock is not so different from the description of a liberated yogi!Vasishta replies that moksha is not about existence as an immobile object. Liberation arises after self-enquiry reveals the limited nature of all notions...

447 Section 6.1, Chapter 10 - Yoga Vasishta

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Tags: conviction deep energy forces heart illusion inert killing liberation mind notions passion rocks Self sleep solidity

Mobile and immobile beings. What is the scientific evidence that the word is material? What about forces? E=mc2. The world is essentially energy. We think things are solid but there is simply a sensation of resistance (limitation) upon which we conceptualise solidity. And of course, we...

446 Section 6.1, Chapter 9 - Yoga Vasishta

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Tags: absolute ananda avidya cit enlightened field force gods ignorance nature prakriti rajas sages sat satva tamas truth

Rama asks why the gods are also part of the ignorance or avidya. Are the gods enlightened? Brahmas creation was a lapse.The role of the gods does not usually pertain to spiritual understanding. The gods have their use.Sat-cit-ananda. Existence-consciousness-bliss is not a god. The cognitive...

445 Section 6.1, Chapter 8 - Yoga Vasishta

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Tags: avidya belief creeper fetish ignorance modes notions profile psychological self-inquiry self-knowlege vicara world

The creeper of ignorance. We are adrift on an ocean of notions. This is dependent on psychological tendencies. Vicara self-enquiry - is what eats away at this creeper. The world-appearance is the result of this creeper.We create stories about our experience and substitute the stories for the...

444 Section 6.1.007 continued - Yoga Vasishta

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Tags: avidya belief imagination judgment Kali moral notions pain passing psyche sorrow suffering superiority trees universe

A description of the sea of sorrow. It represents the ignorance and pain at the heart of our psyches.Mobile and immobile creatures.The fruits of past evil actions. Are our life circumstances determined by the actions in a previous life? Is there any merit in such a belief or is it simply the...

443 Section 6.1.007 continued - Yoga Vasishta

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Tags: chatter conditioning energy evolution forces insubstantial materialism matter physics senility senses suffering youth

The net of suffering, first as it applies to youth. Youth gets entrenched in delusion.Speech is often used to avoid communication. A lot of talk, like ostentatious wealth, is perhaps used to cover up an inner emptiness.Poverty spreads and greed entrenches itself.And then theres the prospect of...