CHIDAKASHA GEETHA
OF THE SOUL

PART ONE

1. Jnanis are mindless. To Jnanis, all are the same. They have no slumber, no dreams, nor sleep. They are always in sleep. The sun and the moon are the same to them. To them, it is always sunrise. The glass of a chimney lamp, when covered with carbon, is not transparent. Similarly, the carbon of the mind should be removed.

2. There are three nerves in the body: the sun or the Sushumna; the moon or the Ida; the star or the Pingala. The first is red in color, the second, blue, and the third, green.

3. Where these three nerves met, is the heart space. As we go on practicing yoga, the Bindu-sound (like that of a harmonium, or a drum or a fiddle, the ten sounds) is heard in the head. This sound is one, indivisible.

4. Just as camphor is consumed by the flames of fire, so also, mind must be consumed by soulfire.

5 . The copra, detached from the shell, makes a dull sound when shaken; so also the body and soul must be thought of as separate. The first is light; by that light, all vices are consumed.

6. Just as we draw water from a well, we should draw breath; when we breathe out, it should be like letting down the bucket into the well. When we breathe out, it is the carbon (the impurities of the body); when we breathe in, it is the breath of Omkar. Breath of Omkar is the manas (mind).

7. Manas is Jeeva; but their positions are different. Jeevatman is Paramatman.

8. A man or woman should be educated. What is education? Jeeva should know the secret that He is the Paramatman.

9. Paramatman is in Jeevatman. The real Mukti is to know the subtle in the gross.

10. We should leave off the gross sleep and sleep the subtle sleep. We should enjoy the sleep obtained from the practice of Pranayam.

11. The upgoing breath is like the wheels inside a clock. Its movement is inside; when the movement of the breath is internal, one will see the world in himself.

12. Just as we see the sky reflected in the water in an earthen pot, so also, to the internal vision, the sky of consciousness becomes visible.

13. If food is prepared in a gold vessel, the dog eats it. If it is prepared in an earthen vessel, then also the dog eats it.

14. The sun-light is reflected in the salt water of the sea. It is also reflected in the clear water of a tank at the top of a hill. It is not enough if we see with the eye but we should experience it.

15. On a tree grow numberless flowers; the flowers all perish; but the tree does not perish for a long time. The visible is like flowers, the invisible is like the tree.

16. There are matches in a match-box. Fire is produced only when the match is rubbed against the side of the box. So also, the Manas is the match; intelligence (Budhi) is the side of the box. We should rub the Manas against Budhi and then we get the kingdom of Self which is the same as the liberation from the cycle of birth and death.

17. A man should be quite indifferent to honor and dishonor. He should not have the least love for his body; such a man will see the Supreme Being in everything and everywhere.

18. The Supreme Light and the Universal Light are identical.

19. From a plank, are manufactured tables, chairs, etc., etc. So also, Brahman is the primoridal substance (tatwa) from which numberless worlds are formed.

20. Manas and the Atman are the same to all people. At the final stage of the universe, all is one. At the present stage, there is difference in their mode of breathing, thinking, and their mental tendencies.