"The very first step in understanding what this is all about is giving up the concept of an active, volitional 'I' as a separate entity and accepting the passive role of perceiving and functioning as a process." - Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

Thursday, January 30, 2014

Drg Drshya Viveka - 2

"The forms are many and varied on account of difference like blue, yellow, gross, subtle, short, long etc. The eye, remaining the same sees (them) all." - Verse 2

Excerpt from the commentary:

The objects perceived change but the eye remains the same. The subject is changeless. The eye remains untainted and untinted by the qualities and hues it sees in objects. It does not become red on seeing blood, or round on seeing the ball. It maintains its own nature despite the differences it registers in objects. Thus the Seer is unaffected by the seen.The eye, in turn, is seen to change with respect to its seer - the mind.

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