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Yoga Vashishtha 3.81.47–57
(These verses teach the illusory nature of Time and Creation within Pure Consciousness)
राजोवाच।
निमेषांशावबोधो हि चिदणोः प्रतिभासते।
यतः कल्पसहस्रौघः स्वप्ने वार्धकबाल्यवत् ॥ ४७॥
ततः सोऽपि निमेषोणुः कल्पकोटिशतान्यलम्।
सर्वसत्ताविलासेन प्रतिभैका विजृम्भते ॥ ४८॥
अभुक्तवत्येव यथा भुक्तवानहमित्यलम्।
जायते प्रत्ययस्तद्वन्निमेषे कल्पनिश्चयः ॥ ४९॥
अभुक्त्वा भुक्तवानस्मीत्येवं प्रत्ययशालिनः।
दृश्यन्ते वासनाविष्टाः स्वप्ने स्वमरणं यथा ॥ ५०॥
जगन्ति परितिष्ठन्ति परमाणौ चिदात्मनि।
प्रतिभासाः प्रवर्तन्ते तत एव हि जागताः ॥ ५१॥
यदस्ति यत्र तत्तस्मात्समुदेति तदेव तत्।
आकारिणि विकारादि दृष्टं न गगनेऽमले ॥ ५२॥
चिति भूतानि भूतानि वर्तमानानि संप्रति।
भविष्यन्ति च भूतानि सन्ति बीजे द्रुमा इव ॥ ५३॥
निमेषकल्पावेतेन तुषेणान्नकणाविव।
वलिता वेषचेत्याभ्यामणुः स्वात्माङ्गकं श्रितः ॥ ५४॥
उदासीनवदासीनो न संस्पृष्टो मनागपि।
एष भोक्तृत्वकर्तृत्वैः स्वात्मा सर्वजगत्यपि ॥ ५५॥
जगत्सत्तोदिते यं हि शुद्धचित्परमाणुतः।
परमाणोश्च भोक्तृत्वकर्तृत्वे केवलं स्थिते ॥ ५६॥
जगन्न किंचित्क्रियते सर्वदैव न केनचित्।
विलीयते च नो किंचिन्मानुष्याद्दृश्यखण्डनम् ॥ ५७॥
The King continued:
3.81.47–52
> The Awareness of even a tiny moment by the atom of Consciousness appears as thousands of world-ages, just like childhood and old age in a dream.
> That very tiny moment contains hundreds of millions of World-ages. Through the play of all Beings, a single appearance expands greatly.
> Just as one feels "I have eaten" even without having eaten, in the same way, the conviction of a full World-age arises within a single moment.
> Those filled with mental impressions who think "I have eaten without eating" appear in dreams as if experiencing their own death.
> The Worlds exist within the Supreme atom of Pure Consciousness. All appearances of the waking World arise only from that.
> Whatever exists emerges from that very Source. Forms and changes are seen in the shaped one, but not in the pure sky.
3.81.53–57
> Beings that exist now, and those that will exist in the future, are all present in the seed of Consciousness like trees in a seed.
> These moment and World-age are like husk and grain. Wrapped by appearance and thought, the tiny Self rests in its own body.
> Remaining like one who is indifferent, the Self is not touched at all. This Self is the enjoyer and doer in the entire world.
> The existence of the World arises from the Pure Consciousness atom. In the atom itself rest the states of enjoyer and doer.
> Nothing at all is created in the World by anyone ever. Nothing dissolves either. The appearance of human experiences is merely an illusion.
Summary of the Teachings:
Even the smallest unit of Time perceived by the mind can expand into vast cosmic cycles, similar to how dreams distort Reality. The World we experience is not solid but a projection of consciousness, where moments contain eternities because everything is mind-made appearance.
The Self is the Unchanging Pure Consciousness that underlies all. It remains untouched and indifferent like a Witness, yet appears as the doer and enjoyer due to ignorance and mental impressions. Beings, Worlds, and experiences arise and seem Real only within this Consciousness, much like trees hidden in a seed or events in a dream.
No real Creation or destruction happens. The Universe is a play of appearances without affecting the fundamental Reality. Changes and forms belong to the perceived World, but the Pure Essence remains untouched, like the sky without clouds.
One who Realizes this understands that hunger, eating, life, and death are mere convictions of the mind. True Knowledge dissolves these illusions, leading to freedom from the cycle of Becoming. Ultimately, the teaching points to non-dual Awareness: the world exists only as vibration in Consciousness. By recognizing the Self as the atom of Pure Being, one transcends Time, action, and suffering, resting in Eternal Peace.
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