WHAT IS THE LANGUAGE OF
OF OUR LIFE
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PARINAMA-TRAYA-SAMYAMAD-ATITA-ANAGATA JNANAM
FROM SAMYANA OR A UNIFED VIEW OF THESE THREE STATES OF ARISING, RESTING AND IN-BETWEEN, THE KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT THE PAST STATE WAS AND WHAT THE FUTURE IS GOING TO BE ARISES.
WITH AN INTIMATE KNOWLEDGE OF THE MIND AT REST, THE MIND THAT IS ACTIVE AND THE IN-BETWEEN STAGE, ONE IS ABLE TO UNDERTAND ITS PAST INFLUENCES AND WHAT THE RESULTS WILL BE IN THE FUTURE.
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SABDA-ARTHA-PRATYAYANAM ITARA-ITARE ADHYASAT
SAMSKARAS TAT-PRAVIBHAGA-SAMYAMAT SARVA -BHUTA-
RUTA-JNANAM
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SAMKARA-SAKSAT KARANAT PURVA-JATI-JNANAM SAMSKARA
FROM PERCEIVING THE SAMSKARAS, ONE'S ATTITUDES AND TENDENCIES, ONE CAN COME TO AN UNDERSTANDING OF PREVIOUS BIRTHS.
FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN A CHILD BEHAVES TOTALLY OPPOSITE TO HIS PARENT'S BEHAVIOUR OR UPBRINGING, ONE BEGINS TO UNDERSTAND THAT THESE ARE ASPECTS OF PAST BIRTHS. PRAHLADA BORN TO HIRANYAKASHIPU IS A CASE IN POINT.
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PRATYAYASYA PARA - CITTA- JNANAM
FROM THE CAPACITY TO SEE CLEARLY THAT COMES FROM SAMYANA, ONE SEES OTHER'S INTENTIONS AND THERE IS THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE OTHER'S MIND.
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NA CA TAT SALAMBANAM TASYA AVISAYI BHUTATVAT
BUT THIS IS NOT WITHOUT BASIS, FOR NO CONDITIONS APPLIES TO THE PHYSICAL ELEMENTS.
WHAT IT COULD MEAN IS THAT ALL THIS IS ON THE SUBJECTIVE LEVEL AND DOES NOT APPLY TO THE PHYSICAL WORLD OF ELEMENTS. OF ALL OF PATANJALI'S SUTRAS, THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST DIFFICULT SUTRAS TO TRANSLATE.
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KAYA-RUPA- SAMYAMAT, TAD-GRAHYA-SAKTI-STAMBHE
CAKSUH PRAKASA ASAMPRAYOGE ANTARDHANAM
FROM SAMYANA - CONCENTRATION OR DHARANA - COMES THE CAPACITY TO PREVENT THE LIGHT RAYS FALLING ON THE FORM OF THE BODY FROM BEING REFLECTED IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER AND HENCE, THE FORM IS CONCEALED.
THIS REQUIRES A DETAILED COMMENTARY.
THE POPULAR INTERPRETATION OF THIS SUTRA IS, THE YOGI, WHO HAS LEARNT HOW LIGHT IS REFLECTED OFF THE BODY, SEES THE LIGHT IN THE EYE OF ANOTHER HUMAN BEING WITHIN THE YOGI'S VISION. AN ACCOMPLISHED YOGI CAN STOP THE LIGHT FROM BEING REFLECTED AND THUS BECOME INVISIBLE.
LIGHT RAYS CANNOT ACTUALLY BE CONTROLLED BY THE YOGI, BUT THE CELLS ON THE SURFACE OF THE BODY CAN BE MADE TO ABSORB ALL THE LIGHT RAYS, AND IN THE ABSENSE OF REFLECTION, THE EYES OF OTHERS CANNOT PERCEIVE THE BODY.
IN PRACTICAL TERMS, EVEN IF ONE REMAINS STILL AND WEARS CLOTHES WHICH ARE DIFFERENT FROM ONE'S USUAL DRESS, AND THEREFORE UNIDENTIFIABLE BY KNOWN PEOPLE, IT'S OFTEN QUITE POSSIBLE TO REMAIN INVISIBLE. REMAINING TOTALLY STILL, THOUGH, IS NOT SO EASY.
THEN THERE IS ALSO THE FACT THAT IN HYPNOSIS, THE SUBJECT DOES NOT SEE WHAT HE OR SHE IS TOLD DOES NOT EXIST, EVEN THOUGH THE OBJECT IS RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE EYE. IN SUCH A CASE, THE BRAIN DOESN'T REGISTER ITS EXISTENCE.
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SOPA- KRAMAM NIRUPAKRAMAM CA KARMAN TAD SAMYAMAT
APARA- NTA-JNANAM ARISTEBHYOVA
FROM SAMYAMA ON ACTION OR KARMA SET IN MOTION AND FROM OBSERVING PHENOMENA THAT IS CONSIDERED UNNATURAL, THERE COMES THE KNOWLEDGE OF APPROACHING DEATH.
THIS MEANS CONTEMPLATING ON ACTIONS, WHETHER PERFORMED OR NOT, THE YOGI GETS A FAIRLY CLEAR IDEA OF HOW FAR DEATH IS FROM HIM. TRADITIONAL TEXTS ALSO DESCRIBE THE VARIOUS OMENS, INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL, THAT OCCUR, AND BY CONTEMPLATING ON THIS, A YOGI KNOWS WHEN DEATH IS NEAR.
AN EXAMPLE IS THE RHYTHM OF ONE'S BREATH.
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