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LAGHU YOGA VASISTHA
the Chid-Akasa of Atman. Then encased in the
several bodies of well, etc., which he created
himself, he again and again subjected himself to
pains. With his body, he contracted the thought
arising from Bhutakasa that he imprisoned the
Chidakasa Atman. Through it, he rendered himself
obnoxious to all sufferings. Therefore, oh lotuseyed
Rama, do not render yourself liable to pains,
like Mithya-Purusha who, being imprisoned in the
different bodies of house-Akasa. etc., identified
himself with Bhutakasa. The imperishable Siva
who is more all-pervading than Akasa, stainless
and immaculate and cannot be gauged by the
mind, is the natural Atma-Tatwa. Can this Atma-
Tatwa be easily visited or attained by all? Such
being the case, the ignorant despond that the „I‟,
the heart-Akasa perishes while the body perishes.
Will the indestructible Akasa disappear when pots
and others which seem to limit it are destroyed?
Akasa will never vanish with the disappearance of
the pot? So with the destruction of the body,
Atman will never be destroyed. It is only through
direct spiritual vision that Brahmic-Reality which
is the transcendental Chinmatra and Sat, more
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