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LAGHU YOGA VASISTHA
are lessened gradually, then this Chit-Samanya is
itself Satta-Samanya. When all the visible things
vanish away from one s mind as unreal as the
horns of a hare, and when Vritti-Jnana (the actions
of the lower mind) is merged into Atmic
Consciousness, then this Consciousness is itself
Satta-Samanya, When all external and internal
objects as well as diverse things and bodies are
annihilated (off the mind) and when the mind
exists as Consciousness itself, then this Chit-
Samanya is Satta-Samanya. Without any thought of
the visibles though they appear before him, if one
dies (or withdraws himself) into Atman like the
head of a tortoise in its carapace, then such an ego
is Satta-Samanya. That supreme vision in which
the transcendental Jivanmuktas and Videhamuktas
are, is the Satta-Samanya. It is also termed the state
of Turyatita 92. This divine vision arises in those
who have developed Samadhi through knowledge
and discrimination or arises voluntarily in persons
through the memory of previous workings; but not
in the case of the ignorant. Such a divine vision is
92 the slate beyond the fourth
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