Sage Vasishtha
The world exists in each jiva in a seed state and becomes manifest like the tree sprouting from the seed. The world is thus falsely fancied by each individual. The world neither arises nor sets; all this is nothing but the fancy of the deluded mind. Within each one there is a fancy world. Even as one's dreams are unknown to others, one's world is unknown to others. There are goblins and demi-gods and demons, all of which are embodiments of delusion. Even so have we come into being. O Rama, out of pure thought-force, we consider the false to be real. Such indeed is the origin of creation in the infinite consciousness. Materiality is not factual though it is perceived in emptiness. Everyone thus fancies his own world; when this truth is realized, the world thus fancied comes to an end. This world exists only in appearance or imagination and not because one sees the material substances. It is like a long dream or a juggler's trick. It is the post to which the mind-elephant is tied.
The mind is the world, the world is the mind; when one is realized as not true, both of them vanish! When the mind is purified it reflects the truth, and the unreal world appearance vanishes. The mind is purified by persistent contemplation of truth.
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