Sage Dattatreya
KING JANAKA said:
As soon as I had decided on and attempted to turn my mind inward, another bright idea struck me:
What confusion I am in! Although I am always in the perfection of Bliss, what is it I want to do? What more can I acquire? What do I lack? When and whence can I get anything? Even if there were anything new to be gained, would it endure? How can I who am Infinite Consciousness-Bliss know effort?
Individual bodies, their senses, minds etc., are similar to visions in a dream: they are projected from me. Control of one mind leaves all other minds as they are. So what is the use of controlling my mind? Minds, controlled or uncontrolled, appear only to my mental eye.
Again, even if all minds are controlled, mine remains free. For my mind is like infinite space, the receptacle of all things. Who is to control it and how?
How can samadhi be brought about when I am already in the perfection of bliss, for the Self is Bliss-Consciousness, even more perfect than infinite space?
My own light manifests diverse activities all about the world which is again my own manifestation. What does it matter if one should manifest as action or inaction? Where is the gain or loss in such manifestation? Similarly what does it matter for the perfect blissful Self if it falls into nirvikalpa samadhi? Samadhi or no samadhi, I am the same Perfection and eternal Peace.
Let the body do what it likes. Thinking thus, I always abide in my own Self as the Perfect fountainhead of Bliss and pure uninterrupted consciousness. I am therefore in the state of perfection and remain unblemished.
My experience is typical of the best aspirants.
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