7 Chapter Concerning the Uselessness of Measurements (Alavai Yavalat Tiran)
- The measurer, the measure [i.e. the standard or scale of measurement], the measured and the measuring — all these seem to exist and shine because of the shin- ing of existence-consciousness [sat-chif] in the heart. What measure is there to measure It [Self, the existence-consciousness]?
Sadhu Om: Everything is measured by the mind, having the imagi- nary measures [dimensions or standards of measurement] of time and space. Those things which are thus measured [including time and space], the act of measuring them, and the measurer [the mind] — all these seem to have existence only because of and in the presence of Self, the existence-consciousness. Other than this, they have no real existence of their own. Therefore, how can Self be measured by any of these — mind, time, space and so forth?
- Only so long as the measurer [the mind] exists will the measure and the measured also seem to exist as real. But when the measurer [the mind] sees Self, the really existing Thing, and is thereby lost in It, all other things such as the measure, the measured and the measuring will automatically become unreal.
8 Chapter Concerning Indirect Knowledge
(Paroksha Jnanat Tiran)