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LAGHU YOGA VASISTHA
„I,‟ since the former is perceived through the inert
inclined-nose only and is inert. Now have I
cognised my Reality as shining both within and
without, as the one pure Jnana of pure Sat and
without re-birth, being freed from all ideas of „I‟
and „mine‟ from all Sankalpas and from all the
delusions of the five organs, without the least
despondency of heart. This is perfectly certain. Ha,
Ha, now have I known my true Self. Is this the
Atmic Reality which shines, in the path of spiritual
knowledge, in the intelligence of one divested of all
diversities? In the one Tatwa Jnana which is no
other than the „I‟ pervading everywhere without
fluctuation, all the universes from the sun down to
a pot shine. Like sparks of fire which shine through
the heat in the burning fire, so I find, in my present
illuminated state, that all the organs performed
diverse actions through me only. All Jivas from
Brahma downwards will shine as my Reality alone
in the one space at the end of a Kalpa when the
entire universe goes into Pralaya; how then can
exist the ideas of „I‟ or „he‟ which pertain to the
mind? How can „I‟ which now shines as the one
full Jnana throughout this illimitable universe,
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