Sage Dattatreya
KING JANAKA continued:
Although consciousness is unknowable, it is still realizable by pure mind. Even the learned are perplexed on this point. External perceptions of the mind are dependent on two conditions. The first is elimination of other perceptions and the second is fixation on the particular item of perception. If the mind is simply turned away from other perceptions, the mind is in an indifferent state, where there is absence of any kind of perception. Therefore concentration on a particular item is necessary for the perception of external things. But since consciousness is the Self and not apart from the mind, concentration on it is not necessary for its realization. It is enough that other perceptions (namely, thoughts) should be eliminated from the mind and then the Self will be realized.
If a man wants to pick out one particular image among a series of images passing in front of him, as reflections on a mirror, he must turn his attention away from the rest of the pictures and fix it on that particular one. If on the other hand, he wants to see the space reflected, it is enough that he turns away his attention from the pictures and the space manifests without any attention on his part, for space is immanent everywhere and is already reflected there. However, it has remained unnoticed because the interspatial images dominated the scene.
Space being the supporter of all and immanent in all, becomes manifest of one the attention is diverted from the panorama. In the same way, consciousness is the supporter of all and is immanent in all and always remains perfect like space, pervading the mind also. Diversion of attention from other items is all that is necessary for Self-realization. Or do you say that the Self-illuminant can ever be absent from any nook or corner?
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