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Guru Patanjali Preaching in Sadhana Yoga

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Part 6
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self-ego is the visible capability or strength of the power of seeing to appear in same manner as the insight vision of self-conscious.

Ability or power of instruments of thoughts that are self-sense, intelligence or individual self with the pure self that is self-conscious is self-ego or egoism or the concept of duality. When there is an apparent identification of the perceiver sense with the insight faculty that egoism or self-ego gets born. The presence of self-ego in a person indicates that there is an apparent identification of the perceiver faculties and the perception faculties in him. It is when egoism identifies itself with the seer that is mere insight visionary that self-ego gets born. This is due to the predominance of lack of spiritual knowledge. When the power of bearing of senses of mind and the power of insight vision of self-conscious become one by getting intermingled and appear as one form only, it tantamount to the presence of self-ego or egoism.

It is when a person develops believe in the identification of the power of insight vision of self-conscious with the power of senses of mind that hear, smell, taste, touch or see matter world that self-ego or egoism gets born. The self-conscious that is outer part of soul is endowed with the power of a spectator or a seer or insight visionary. It is by this power that subtlest nature essence states that is conscious mind can always be vision by the self-conscious. The self-conscious or soul itself, however, cannot be seen. It is not possible to vision the spectator or the seer or the perceiver without conscious mind or subtlest nature essence. It is not possible to see one’s own soul by one’s own –self-ego. When a disciple tries to see his own soul or self-conscious by his self-ego, he sees only the subtlest nature essence that is conscious mind or subtle elements of nature or matter elements of nature or matter forms or things of universe.

Matter and subtle elements state of Nature and its mind that is subtlest essence state are a perceived power. As such it cannot see. The soul or self-conscious that is perceiver power can see it. Nature states of subtlest, subtle or matter or forms, however, cannot see itself by itself. Mind of human being is a power of the self-ego or self-ego created by subtlest nature essence. The powers of the self conscious that is outer part of soul essence and the powers of mind that is subtlest nature essence are different. Their goals are different. The self conscious of soul essence is the master power and the mind of nature essence is the submissive power. Experiencing both self conscious of soul essence and mind of nature essence as one, seeing them as one, seeing one’s soul as nature, tantamount to seeing some form of matter subject or feeling one’s mind. Experiencing with the unconscious mind and thinking of the insight vision with the unconscious mind tantamount to having self-ego or egoism.

The mind is that subtlest state of nature essence when nature essence after wrapping itself on the self conscious of soul essence, appears in the form of servant. Conscious mind acquires the awareness that soul and nature are two separate and distinct entities. It makes the self conscious of soul experience self-ego and sense of being the doer. Whatever is seen by the unconscious mind due to lack of spiritual knowledge is on account of the presence f the self-ego. When a living being attains knowledge of lack of spiritual knowledge, it is then that lack of spiritual knowledge disappears and vanishes from that living being’s unconscious mind. With the disappearance of lack of spiritual knowledge, self-ego or egoism also disappears.

With the disappearance of self-ego, the unconscious mind gets vanquished or defeated and finally annihilated. It is then that the thoughts of the unconscious mind and the sorrow provoking thoughts become thought free, sorrow free and craving free and thereafter they get eliminated. The mind of living being that is one of all living being of universe does not have an independent existence. The mind is that subtlest state of nature, which creates a situation, or a condition on account of lack of spiritual knowledge over the self conscious of soul and the presence of self-ego. Nature has the means to keep the formless ball of lack of spiritual knowledge and self-ego wrapped on self conscious of the soul essence.

It is due to the predominance of lack of spiritual knowledge that self-ego flourishes. And it is due to self –ego that the unconscious mind exists and functions as such. It is due to the functioning of the mind that there is flowing together of self conscious of soul essence and mind of subtlest nature essence. self conscious of Soul is inner true part and mind of nature is outer true part of oneness of formless God essence of universe. Over the above, subtle and matter atoms of living and non-living being and their forms world in universe is mere illusion creation by lack of spiritual knowledge of self-conscious of soul.

It is by coming together of the personified self conscious of soul and mind of living being of subtlest nature essence that expansion of subtle and matter states of nature essence and endless forms thereof takes place. The expansion of the universe results in the expansion of subtle and matter elements of nature essence. This expansion takes place for the insight vision of the self conscious of the embodied soul in endless living being in universe. The insight vision of the embodied self conscious of soul is according to the karma embedded in the past lingering subliminal impressions of mind of endless living being of universe and expansion of subtle and matter nature state of subtlest of nature is not possible without the embodied soul in endless living being of universe. This is because mind of living being that is subtlest nature essence gets cosmic energy and spiritual knowledge from inner formless seed God essence through the embodied self conscious of soul essence.

The connection of the essence of nature with the true one essence of formless God essence is only through the essence of the self conscious of soul. The inner part of this oneness of reality and essence is God. The middle part is the self conscious of soul essence. The outer part is the nature essence. There is one single non-dual essence, which is static on the inside. This same single and non-dual essence is in motion on the outside. It is formless and subtlest on the inside. On the outside it may, however be subtlest, subtle, matter or form state. There is no limit to the depth and vastness of the one single true essence of God. On the inside there is only one oneness of formless God essence that is the God of all the living beings. On the outside, all the living beings are the created or perception parts of God’s essence.

Inner oneness of formless God himself is Almighty God. By creating self-ego and mind in the living beings, outer part of God essence is playing and enacting a role. In this way he keeps on playing a game whose opposing partners are spiritual knowledge and lack of spiritual knowledge. Spiritual knowledge is hidden treasure in lack of spiritual knowledge of unconscious mind in all-living being of universe. Inner end of conscious mind of all living being of universe have one root over one consciousness of one soul of universe. Outer end of unconscious mind of individual living being have independent branch for the self-ego of individual living being. Inner mind of all living being is one conscious mind and outer end of all living being is unconscious mind. lack of spiritual knowledge of individual living being only flows in outer unconscious mind. Spiritual knowledge of individual living being only flows in inner conscious mind.

Yoga Tip: - Select any one spiritual form & remain above any blind worship or superstition attached to it. Meditate on it with devotion regularly and consciously. Here is offered an icon of spiritual image of Ammon Lord, The Egyptian Ram God. According to murals at the ancient temple of Luxor, this fertility god assumed the form of the king in order to procreate divinity. The transformation of horned beast to Ammon Lord reflects the animal's crucial importance in Neolithic herdsman culture. In Ammon Lord name we find the universal sound (amen, amen, aum) whose utterance is considered holy. Ammon Lord Hellenized mask (c. 100 CE) hangs in the Vatican museum.