Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Patanjali Yoga Sutra - 45


After mind, it's emptiness

Sukshma Vishayathwam Cha Alinga Paryavasanam

The mind can observe the body which is gross - made up of cells, atoms, molecules, sub-atomic particles and quarks floating in space. The mind and intellect are a form of energy that travels as a communication channel between these particles, forming thoughts, concepts and ideas. Beyond these forms of thought, nature is empty, without a name and form to describe it.

The capability of the mind to understand and comprehend anything ends with the concepts. When the

mind embraces the last element of nature called consciousness, it loses its own identity and dissolves into a vast that has no name or form or idea to express itself. - Swahilya Shambhavi.

(Pic. This is yet another of my many pictures of the sky above the clouds taken on an Air France flight from Chicago-Paris-Chennai. The world of thoughts here are the clouds. The last bits of contemplation are the colours of the rainbow. Beyond that is just emptiness where nature is nothing but pure consciousness.)

4 comments:

venuss66 said...

Thank you for sharing this write up here. I badly need to read something like this at this very moment. Thank you again.

Swahilya Shambhavi said...

Welcome Venus.

Mark said...

Great picture. True words.

Swahilya Shambhavi said...

welcome Mark!