The Yoga of Patanjali

32 Lessons on The Yoga of Patanjaliand process is wrong. In the previous case, the use of the measureis wrong whereas in this third case, my imagination brings thewrong conclusion and not the wrong use of the measures. Thisis called the third activity of the senses and mind.The fourth activity is the non-application or absenceof the measure. When the process of applying is absent thenthere is the non-application which we call sleep or absentmindedness.This is the absence of awareness on the arena ofthe mind and the senses. It is not possible for us to use thismethod but nature makes us use this method and we call itsleep. You cannot do it if you want. Sit silent without doinganything. Does the mind keep quiet? It is not possible. So it isnot possible to have the non-application of the measureexperienced by anyone who is conscious. Nature made it possibleso that the machine of the human constitution may not breakdue to continuous use. Nature does not allow us to go on applyingthe instrument continuously lest it goes to pieces. It makes asudden non-application for a duration of time that is requiredfor a repose or rest. Then again it allows you to apply and wecall it awakening.Now it is clear that we sleep and that the mind and thesenses sleep everynight. If the real I AM in you sleeps, youcannot wake up again. In that case, sleep means death, andthe body is to be buried as soon as one sleeps. During sleep,our lungs are breathing, the heart is beating, the blood is circulatingand the digestive system is functioning. The real I AM with allhis workers is not sleeping in you, while you are asleep in termsof the mind and the senses. It is only a switch off of a particularroom in the house. Since people know themselves only as mindand senses, they believe that they sleep. Suppose I was bornin this room, and brought up here, not allowed to come out ofthe room. My idea of the house is only this room and nothing