Atma Bodha (Self-Knowledge): What is Consciousness? (Self) – Formless, Unborn, Undivided - 6B
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Atma Bodha, Verse 33: As the Self beyond mind, one is inherently free from emotional states like sorrow, attachment, hatred, and fear. The teaching emphasizes not recreating a “fearless mind” but managing it by discriminating between natural fears (īśvara–sṛṣṭi) and self-imposed burdens (jīva–sṛṣṭi). While the body-mind continues experiencing attachments and emotions, buddhi recognizes pure Awareness as that which illumines these experiences.
Atma Bodha, Verse 34: The Self is nirguṇaḥ (attributeless), niṣkriyaḥ (actionless), nityaḥ (eternal), nirvikalpaḥ (undivided), nirañjanaḥ (pure), nirvikāraḥ (unchanging), and nirākāraḥ (formless). While modifications occur at all three body levels – including the causal body's karma dynamics (sancita, prarabdha, agami) – the Self remains unaffected. Prarabdha karma unfolds daily experiences, requiring responses that generate new karma (agami), yet the Self remains ever-free (nityamukta).
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