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LAGHU YOGA VASISTHA
Jnana (wisdom), etc., that the bliss will become
replete. This illuminated Jnana is beyond the reach
of all Sastras. It is the Satta- Samanya which is
common to, and occupies, the intermediate state
between Sat and Asat in all internal thoughts. God
is the great Satta-Matra alone. Should this Jnana
subject itself to Vikalpas, then it abandons its real
form and becomes individualized and separate.
The one Chit (Consciousness) contracts Sankalpa
through the contemplation in regular succession
upon the different states of Avidya (or matter.)
Then conditioned by space, time and other powers
(and having conceptions of the same), it becomes
the ignorant Jiva fulfilling the functions of Buddhi,
Ahankara and Manas. With this Manas (mind), it
will long for birth and death and cling to them.
With the thought of the environment of the body, it
will be sunk in the mire of the great delusion.
Excessive pains will make it to go lower and lower
along with its endless trail. These will go on
afflicting it, so long as there is Sankalpa; otherwise
not. San kalpa itself is pains; its absence is Brahmic
bliss. If through the tempestuous gate of your
discrimination, you dispel the cloud of Sankalpa,
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