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 nec leeper 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 Avarana Ignorance ;— Darkness eiling
SS
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 fy the questioners.
Sahasrara Ether = Jnana
(cranium) Such is the representation of the subtle body. The
Kantham Air = Mind senses and other organs
(throat) act separately, whereas the inner organs and the Hridaya \ |; Intellect Vital airs can work only in (Heart) ~ unison. Therefore the former are vyashti (individualistic) | Water = Memory and the latter are samashti
(navel) “ (collective).
labhi
Mula (Solar plexus) !