Words on the Way - Muz Murray Mantra Yoga Master

T—WORDS on the WAY
Tadvana (tad-vah-nah)
Var:
Sense: ‘That which is most adored.’
This is with reference to the Brahman in the Kena Upani‚had.
Taijas (tie-jahz—as in ‘old school tie’)
Sense: ‘The visual aspect of the Supreme as Light.’
Taijasa
(tie-jassa)
Var:
Synon:
Sense: ‘The perceiver of the dream, who is part of the dream
and therefore only a dream person himself,’— as distinguished
from the waking individual, which is known as viçva (viçhva
viçhva).
Other:
a) Taijasa is also described as the second ‘quarter’ or aspect of
Brahman, really meaning the universal aspect of dreaming
consciousness in every being.
b) The kundalini life-force energy which is continuously
running from Muladhara to Sahaçrara at every moment is
called taijasa.
Tamas (tammas)
Var: thamas,
Sense: ‘The binding element in consciousness and in all other
aspects of manifestation characterised by inertia, dullness,
stagnation, solidification, passivity, darkness, stupor and
stasis.’
One of the three gu~as—attributes or conditionings,
governing every aspect of existence, together with Rajas and
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