I'm

Oam

Akhandam

Satchidhanandam

Avang Manasagocharam

Aitla Dharam

Aksraibhishasidhai 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 towards the end of the book where we are discussing the result of all of this,

that is twofold, Jivan Mukti, Videha Mukti, which means liberated while in this body, while living in this life, you are free, liberated, enlightened and therefore free. And after the passing of this

body, you are the bodiless liberation, the final liberation. So we are discussing what is an enlightened person like?

And we were told that if the person is immersed in samadhi, of course the person will not be aware of, the enlightened one will not be aware of the world.

But when the interesting thing happens is that when the person comes out of

samadhi, what happens? Does that person experience the world like we do? And the answer is yes and no.

Yes, just like we see things here, smell, taste, touch, so does the enlightened person. Because

all these sense organs are present and the objects manifest themselves. Just as we have thoughts and feelings, so does the enlightened person.

Just as we experience pain and suffering, so does the enlightened person.

But with this very crucial difference is that the enlightened one sees the reality,

sees through all of these experiences to the underlying

reality that it is one existence consciousness place, which I am.

I am that.

And therefore, from that perspective, the entire world is an appearance.

Appearance of what?

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