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LAGHU YOGA VASISTHA
Thereupon Saraswati said thus „Of the three
kinds 28 of Akasa, vis., Chit-Akasa, (Chidakasa or
Spiritual Akasa), Chittakasa, (or mental Akasa) and
Bhutakasa (or elemental Akasa), Chittakasa is that
intermediate state in which the mind is, when it
flits from one object to another in the elemental
Akasa of objects. When the hosts of Sankalpas (in
us) perish, then it is that the light of Chit will shine
in us which is \ quiescent and immaculate and
manifests itself as the universe. If one becomes
convinced of the unreality of the visible objects,
then, through that Jnana, he will attain at once
Chidakasa. May you attain through my grace that
Chidakasa.‟ Through this blessing, Lila went into
Nirvikalpa Samadhi and was able to escape, like a
bird from its cage, out of her body which is
generally replete with stains and desires through
the longing mind. There in the heart of Jnanakasa
(or Chidakasa), she saw, in a large town, a much
beloved valiant prince six teen years old, reclining
on a soft cushion and surrounded and extolled by
innumerable kings, women of intense desires and
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These three kinds of Akasa correspond to the three halls or bodies
referred to in our books, namely the Karana, subtle and gross.
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