Showing posts with label Awareness is rooted in consciousness. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Awareness is rooted in consciousness. Show all posts

Monday, November 10, 2008

Patanjali Yoga Sutra 47-48


Intelligence shines with consciousness

Nirvichara Vaisharadye Adhyatma Prasadaha

Ritambhara Tatra Pragnya
When an individual becomes proficient in this state
of being where there are no thoughts to deflect the consciousness, he or she naturally becomes an expression of the stillness of the soul. Consciousness is like the sky, well almost. We are that consciousness. When a thought passes by like a cloud, we, who are actually the sky, forget the fact and begin riding on a limited thought or thoughts. When the time of the thought ends, we awaken to the reality that we are the sky and not the cloud.

For one who has managed to identify himself as the sky, then the consciousness distributes itself to all around, usurping the place of the human ego.

Bearing the truth fully and becoming the truth in this manner, the intellect gets firmly rooted and completely identified with this consciousness. - Swahilya Shambhavi. Pic: Deoria Tal.