Ome, Akhandam, Satchidhanandam, Avang Manasagoceram, Atmanam Akhila Dharam, Ashranam, Akhila Dharam, Ashrayhraibhishra Siddhai. I take refuge in the self, I take refuge in the self, the indivisible,

the existence, consciousness, bliss absolute,

beyond the reach of words and thought,

and the substratum of all,

for the attainment of my cherished desire.

So we are on text number 137.

137.

We're talking about superimposition and desuperimposition.

The Sanskrit words for that, we remember, where

Adhyaropa, Appavada.

Adhya Ropa is superimposition and

Aparada is the superimposition.

This is a portion which we started long back.

If you recall, in text number 32, in text number 32, a long time back,

if you refer back, you will see, to see the rope, which is not a snake, to make a mistake and to see it as a snake, that is called

Adhyar rope, a superimposition. You see what is not there or to think of something which

is not that, Shankaracharya calls it, Atasmin Tadbundi. What is not there you see there, or

what is not there you think that is there?

Just like a movie, for example.

You see lots of stuff there and yet there's only light and a screen.

Similarly, in a dream, you see lots of people and places places but all that is there is the dreaming mind

and the classic example of a rope which you see as which one makes a mistake and thinks that it's a snake

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