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Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi
In a cinema show the room is first darkened, artificial light is
introduced; only in this light are the pictures projected.
For differentiation a reflected light is thus necessary. A sleeper dreams,
he is not out of sleep: only in the darkness or ignorance of sleep can
he see the unreal dream objects.
Similarly the darkness of ignorance gives rise to the knowledge of
the perceptions of the world.
Ajnana
Ignorance
Darkness
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Avarana
Veiling
This veiling is a characteristic of ignorance; it is not of the Self: it
cannot affect the Self in any manner; it can veil only the jiva.
The ego is insentient: united with the light from the Self, it is
called jiva. But the ego and the light cannot be seen distinct from
each other; they are always united together. The mixed product is
the jiva, the root of all differentiation. All these are spoken of to
satisfy the questioners.
Sahasrara
(cranium)
Kantham
(throat)
Hridaya
(Heart)
Nabhi
(navel)
Mula
(Solar plexus)
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Ether = Jnana
Air = Mind
Light = Intellect
Water = Memory
Earth = The Ego
Such is the representation
of the subtle body. The
senses and other organs
act separately, whereas
the inner organs and the
vital airs can work only in
unison. Therefore the former
are vyashti (individualistic)
and the latter are samashti
(collective).