VII. VISION OF AWARENESS
Awareness is one and unconditioned indeed,
There is also the conditioned.
Awareness without egoism etc.
That is the unconditioned.
There is also the conditioned.
Awareness without egoism etc.
That is the unconditioned.
That which is accompanied by egoism as if inside,
And which again as qualified by this-ness is
Accompanied by conscious activity,
Such awareness is to be understood as conditioned.
And which again as qualified by this-ness is
Accompanied by conscious activity,
Such awareness is to be understood as conditioned.
That by which are experienced all things
Of the non-Self, such as egoism, etc.
And even by which immortality is enjoyed,
As the Witness, is Self-awareness.
Of the non-Self, such as egoism, etc.
And even by which immortality is enjoyed,
As the Witness, is Self-awareness.
As innumerable effects of egoism,etc.
What as pertaining to the non-Self
Attains to awareness, that is said to be
Awareness of the non-Self.
What as pertaining to the non-Self
Attains to awareness, that is said to be
Awareness of the non-Self.
Knowing things as they really are,
As when one attains to the truth of the rope,
What makes for such is true awareness,
Wrong awareness is what is otherwise.
As when one attains to the truth of the rope,
What makes for such is true awareness,
Wrong awareness is what is otherwise.
By the very presence of which everything looms
In consciousness by itself,
That awareness is indicated as empirical awareness,
And also as non-transcendental awareness.
In consciousness by itself,
That awareness is indicated as empirical awareness,
And also as non-transcendental awareness.
That function of awareness by which
The means to an end is appraised,
And which arises out of associative innate disposition,
That is inferential awareness.
The means to an end is appraised,
And which arises out of associative innate disposition,
That is inferential awareness.
On going near to an object to be ascertained,
What - in the form of "this is the animal known by such marks"-
Is the functional bassis for certitude,
That is said to be analogical awareness.
What - in the form of "this is the animal known by such marks"-
Is the functional bassis for certitude,
That is said to be analogical awareness.
That awareness of "I" and "mine"
And that other as "this" or "that"-
The former as vital awareness, and the latter
As sense awareness, is declared.
And that other as "this" or "that"-
The former as vital awareness, and the latter
As sense awareness, is declared.
Designated as AUM, THAT EXISTS,
Attained to unity of Absolute and Self,
Devoid of willing and other functions -
That is said to be the ultimate awareness.
Attained to unity of Absolute and Self,
Devoid of willing and other functions -
That is said to be the ultimate awareness.
VIII. VISION BY CONTEMPLATION
Meditation on the Self is contemplation,
Because the Self consists of bliss,
A knower of the Self meditates by the Self,
Upon the Self, for ever.
Because the Self consists of bliss,
A knower of the Self meditates by the Self,
Upon the Self, for ever.
The Absolute is meditated upon
Because it consists of bliss.
Constant meditation on the Absolute
Is thus known as contemplation.
Because it consists of bliss.
Constant meditation on the Absolute
Is thus known as contemplation.
It is even bliss that all do meditate,
No one at all meditates suffering.
That which is meditation of bliss,
As contemplation it is thought.
No one at all meditates suffering.
That which is meditation of bliss,
As contemplation it is thought.
It is the Self alone that contemplates the Absolute;
The knower of the Self meditates on the Self, and not on any other.
That which is meditation on the Self
Is said to be contemplation.
The knower of the Self meditates on the Self, and not on any other.
That which is meditation on the Self
Is said to be contemplation.
Bliss, the Self and the Absolute
Are said to be the names of this alone.
In whom there is such sure awareness,
He as a contemplative is well known.
Are said to be the names of this alone.
In whom there is such sure awareness,
He as a contemplative is well known.
"I am Bliss, I am the Absolute, I am the Self."
In whom, in such forms,
There is always creative imagination,
As a contemplative he is well known.
In whom, in such forms,
There is always creative imagination,
As a contemplative he is well known.
The wife does not merely adore the husband,
Nor the husband merely adore the wife,
It is self-bliss alone that they adore,
As lodged within every sensuous object.
Nor the husband merely adore the wife,
It is self-bliss alone that they adore,
As lodged within every sensuous object.
For the wise man who sees
Thus at any place whatever,
There is nothing at all other than Self-bliss.
Such contemplation verily is the highest.
Thus at any place whatever,
There is nothing at all other than Self-bliss.
Such contemplation verily is the highest.
Towards the Father of the World, to one`s
Spiritual teacher, father, mother,
Towards the Founders of Truth, and
Towards those who walk in the same path;
Spiritual teacher, father, mother,
Towards the Founders of Truth, and
Towards those who walk in the same path;
Towards those who put down evil,
And those who do good to all -
What sympathy there is, is devotion here,
While what here belongs to the Self Supreme is the ultimate.
And those who do good to all -
What sympathy there is, is devotion here,
While what here belongs to the Self Supreme is the ultimate.