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Namah Vol. 32, Issue 2, 15th July 2024

first; it does not participate in the waves
of emotions and thoughts. The first step is to
centre one’s consciousness in this region and
keep it there: this is mukti. In us, beyond our
personality, the Purusha is seen, with many
attributes which are successively unveiled.

First of all, he appears as the witness of actions
and sensations, untouched, unalterable.

Then he manifests as the giver of sanctions:
he approves or refuses his consent to a
movement of Prakriti: desire or thought or
even action. When such an order is given,
as for instance, the refusal to take part in a Consciousness with us, all the time. It is our
certain emotion, though the past is yet strong, dusting-cloth, only if we wish to use it. Our
the being turns away from that emotion (3).” consciousness is what makes us conscious of
the contents of consciousness, because of its
Awareness or being conscious of my inner presence. I know what am I thinking right
movements of — thinking, content of thoughts, now, what am I feeling right now, etc. It is
my interpretations of things and happenings, functional all the time; without it I would not
and feelings, etc. — gives me the power to be be able to navigate at all in this world. And
responsible for my inner space. When I see yet, most often this consciousness is masked
harmful and negative affirmations in loops behind the content of consciousness which
going on in my head, and I become conscious is our thoughts, feelings, sense-perceptions.
of those default affirmations (which look like
just some random thoughts), I can ask myself When we become conscious of this presence
— Do I want to continue affirming the same of consciousness, then we can see that it
or do I want to affirm something else which is a Light given to us, to clean and sort
is beneficial and uplifting? and organise our being, I can become
conscious of the garbage within, and keep
“ ‘We are always surrounded by the things of which constantly cleaning it, just like I clean my
we think.’ ” house regularly. The only catch here is,
most often, the garbage doesn’t say ‘I
“This is very important. am garbage’, it holds promises for us,
and hence we have to use this Light of
“If you think of nasty things, you will be discernment (Prajñaa/Wisdom), which goes
surrounded by nasty things (4).” along with consciousness, which will tell me
what is garbage and what is not.
The evergreen dusting-cloth given to us
Like our material houses, our inner house
All of us human beings have this Light of also requires regular dusting and cleaning

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