THUS SPAKE VASISTHA
VI.1-35
The infinite consciousness alone is fit to be adored and worshipped. However there is no use inviting it for the worship, no mantra are of any use in its worship; for it is immediate (closest, one’s own self) and hence does not need to be invited. It is the omnipresent self of all. The realisation of this infinite consciousness (which is totally effortless) is alone the best form of worship.
VI.1-37
The natural order is free from excitement but not purified of its limitation: that (the natural order) is what dances a dance-drama known as the world appearance.
VL.1-S3
api kutsitam apyanyadapyadharmamayakramam Srestham te svam yatha karma tatheha ‘mrtavan bhava (14)
The performance of action appropriate to you — even if it is despicable and unrigh- teous — is the best. By its due performance become immortal here.
VL.1-56 The mind makes a moment appear like an epoch, it makes a little look like very much, it makes the unreal appear real instantly: thus has this delusion arisen. Vi.2-1 gamyadesaikanisthasya yatha panthasya padayoh spando vigatasankalpastatha spandasva karmasu (15) When one has made up his mind to go to a certain place, his feet function without any mental activity. Function like those feet, and perform action here. VI.2-2 The mind continues to exist as long as the body continues to live, whether the embodied person is enlightened or ignorant. VL2-11
He in whom the contact of sharp weapons and the contact of a naked woman pro- duce the same experience — he is established in the supreme state. One should dili- gently engage oneself in spiritual practice until one reaches the state in which one’s contact with the objects provokes the same reaction that it would if one were asleep.
VL.2-12
This world appearance is like an empire painted on canvas. Just as the canvas is made attractive by the use of different colours, this world appearance seems to be attractive with diverse sense-experiences.