On the Confuson due to lack of Union with the Self
Sri Vasista
O Rama, 'asanga' (nonattachment) yields happiness. Active people who abide in that 'asanga' due to intense practice will be expansive in their heart and will be free of fear and grief.
Wise people, who know the truth, display brilliant faces since they are totally contented inside. They are not deceived by any turbulence or lack of it in their body.
People are propitiated by the people whose mind is free from any feverishness, whose mind rests on consciousness and is object-free.
A 'jnani' who is always steeped in Self-knowledge is healthy indeed even if looks fickle. He merely looks agitated like a reflected sun (in water).
Great people of experience, wisdom and awakening who delight in their Self may look externally, shaking like a peacock tail. They are, howevery, steadfast like 'Meru' mountain.
When mind attains Selfhood, it is not stained by joys and sorrows. It is like a clear and smooth crystal which is not amenable to colouring.
The mind of a person who knows (the truth about) the worlds far and near will not be stained by anything in the mutable world. It is like a lotus which is not touched by the water (in which it stays)
One is said to be united with himself, when he is totally free from all apprehensions and seizings and when he is vigilant about the Supreme Self whether immersed in contemplation of the Self or not.
Because of delight in Self a being attains total detachment. Because of knowledge of Self, attachment thins away, not otherwise.
O Raghava, when one becomes like one in deep sleep even when he is awake, such a person attains nonduality and becomes eternal with birth and death.
When one attains such maturity, he achieves self-luminosity like sun. It is like a moon on an 'amavasya' day when moon changes into sun.
The state of immense peace is called the deep sleep state while in waking state when mind ceases its mental (consciousness) state.
-14 . A person who has attained such deep sleep state is never pulled by happiness or grief even while being active in the world. He is like a robot without any idea of joy or grief.
The tormenter of mind is the feeling about existence and nonexistence, (of having or not having etc). When one attains Self why is mind harrassed by such feeling?
One who is in the state of deep sleep does works with a sense of contempt and desire. And so a being is not bound by actions. He abides as one liberated while in life.
O sinless one, be in such a state of deep sleep (while in waking) and perform or not works that arise out of nature and fate.
A jnani does not relish either performing of works or not performing works. He performs works as they come, being established in the knowledge of Self.
If your mind abides in the deep sleep state, you are as if not acting even though you are active. Even if you are not active you are as if active. Do as you please.
O Raghava, a child is vibrant with action without understanding or comprehending the fruits of his action. You also act like him without any thought of fruits of action.
One who is happily settled in the state of objectless state of the supreme, his mind is in a state of deep sleep even in the waking state. Whatever such a person, who has gained the Self, has done, he has no ownership of it. It is as if he has not done it.
A jnani, who is free of vasanas and has reached the state of deep sleep in his mind, will attain coolness in his heart resembling the nectar of moon.
A person who abides in the deep sleep state shines with great effulgence. He is fulfilled and perfect. He is like the full moon. He is equal in all states of existence. He is like a mountain steady and still in all seasons.
A strong and wise soul (dhiratma) may appear externally to be unsteady and wavering. He does not shake or quiver in his actions. He remains steady like a mountain (in his heart).
Establishing yourself in that deep sleep state, make your body free of all impurity and pollution. Then either abandon it or stay for long like a steadfast mountain.
O Rama, such is the state of deep sleep which can be gained by practice. Knowers of truth call this the 'turiya' state when it is fully developed.
A jnani will experience beatitude with his mind fully dissolved, with all diseases completely eliminated. He will be full of bliss in his heart.
A jnani who is established in that (turiya) state will reverberate with supreme bliss and delight. For him all this world will appear to be a play.
-31 . He will never fall from that state, free of all attachments and sorrows and free of all perplexities of this mutable world. He will smile at this world like one who looks at the world from the peak of a maintain. This state is indestructible. A person in 'turiya' state is always immersed in a state of bliss. That state is incomparable.
One who has crossed even this state of high bliss is called a yogi, one who is in the state beyond the 'turiya'.
Such a great soul has shed all ropes of births. All darkness of attachments is dissolved. He attains a state of supreme enjoyment. He will then live like a salt piece dissolved water in completely united with the Absolute.
