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.92.Therefore, Prince, realise with a still mind yourown true nature which is the one pure, undivided Con-sciousness underlying the restless mind which is composedof the whole universe in all its diversity.93.If one is fixed in that fundamental basis of theuniverse (i.e., the Self), one becomes the All-doer.I shall tellyou how to inhere thus.I assure you  you will be That.94.Realise with a still mind the state between sleep andwakefulness, the interval between the recognition of oneobject after another or the gap between two perceptions.[Note: The commentator compares the rays of lightproceeding from the Sun before they impinge on materials.They are themselves invisible, but capable of illuminingobjects.This explains the third statement above.He also saysthat consciousness is like water flowing through a channeland later assuming the shape of the beds watered.]95.This is the real Self, inhering in which one is nolonger deluded.Unaware of this Truth, people have becomeinheritors of sorrow.[Note: The commentator adds that a Sage realising theworld as the reflection of the mind treats it as such and isthus free from misery.]96-97.Shape, taste, smell, touch, sound, sorrow, plea-sure, the act of gaining, or the object gained  none ofChapter IX 79these finds place in that Transcendence which is the supportof all there is, and which is the being in all, but is bereftof everything (does not contain anything).That is theSupreme Lord, the Creator, the Supporter and the Destroyerof the universe and the Eternal Being.98.Now let not your mind be outgoing; turn it inward;control it just a little and watch for the Self, always remem-bering that the investigator is himself the essence of beingand the Self of self.[Note: The Commentary on this sloka says: This slokacontains what is not to be done (namely, the mind shouldnot be permitted to be outgoing), what is to be done (themind is to be turned inwards) and what is to be engagedin (watchfulness).Just a short control is enough; no longcontrol is necessary for the purpose.The question arises:how to look? The investigator, investigation, and the objectinvestigated are all one.The mind should be brought tothe condition of a newborn baby.Then he feels as if hewere separate from all gross materials and only the feeling I am persists.When the mind is controlled a little, a state will beevident at the end of the effort in which the Self can berealised as pure being, underlying all phenomena butundivided by them, similar to the baby-sense.]99.Be also free from the thought  I see ; remain stilllike a blind man seeing.What transcends sight and nosight, That you are.Be quick and be That.[Note: Here the Commentary says: The Self transcendsalso the feeling  I see.Adherence to that sensation divorces80 Tripura Rahasyaone from the Self.Therefore, let that feeling also vanish, forthat state is absolutely unstained by will, sensation or thought.Otherwise, there will be no perfection in spite of innumerableefforts.Again the word  sight includes the waking and dreamstates and  no sight signifies deep sleep.That which isthreading through these three states and even surpassesthe sense  I am is what you are.This is the fourth stateTuriya (which is the string on which all the diverse objectsof the universe are strung and the whole is a garland to SriRamana! Tr.).]100.Hemachuda did accordingly, and having gainedthat state referred to by his wife, he remained peaceful along time, unaware of anything beside the Self.[Note: The commentator says that he was in nirvikalpasamadhi.]Thus ends the Chapter on  Peace in the Section onHemachuda in Tripura Rahasya._______CHAPTER XOn Further Instructions by His Beloved, HeGot Samadhi in spite of His ExternalActivities and Remained in the State ofEmancipation even While Alive1-5.Hemalekha noticed that her husband had attainedsupreme peace and so did not disturb him.He awoke in anhour and a half, opened his eyes and saw his wife nearby.Eager to fall into that state once more, he closed his eyes;and immediately Hemalekha took hold of his hands and askedhim sweetly: My Lord, tell me what you have ascertained tobe your gain on closing your eyes, or your loss on openingthem, my dearest.I love to hear you.Do say what happenson the eyes being closed or left open.6.On being pressed for an answer, he looked as if hewere drunk and replied reluctantly and languidly, as follows:7-14.My dear, I have found pure untainted happiness.I cannot find the least satisfaction in the activities of the world,as sorrow increases when they finish.Enough of them! Theyare tasteless to me like a sucked orange, only indulged in bywastrels, or like cattle incessantly chewing their cud [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]