Mind is the divine eye of the Self

A #MustRead: A glimpse from the commentary on Chandogya Upanishad which offers profound insights, exploring the enigmatic nature of the Mind and the universal path to liberation through Self-knowledge.

Mind is the divine eye of the Self - divine means 'extraordinary,' unlike the other organs; All the other senses function only at the present time; hence they are not divine; while the mind is an organ of perception extending over the three periods of time, free from discrepancies, and is the organ for perceiving all subtle and distant; objects; and as such, it is called the ! divine eye.' The Liberated One having reached his own form, freed from the body and organs proceeding from Ignorance, having reached the state of the universal Self, becoming pure like the A'kasa, the Lord of all, with the sole limitation of the mind, sees all desires, by means of this Lord of the mind, whose vision extends like the light of the Sun, and thereby rejoices. Desires that are in the world of Brahman - hidden, like golden treasure, beneath the false attachment to external objects, such are the desires that the Liberated One obtains. And because this Self was explained by Prajapati to Indra, therefore the gods, having heard of It from Indra, even now, meditate upon that Self. And because they meditate upon It, therefore, all words and all desires are obtained by them.

The meaning is that the result for which Indra dwelt with Prajapati as a student, for a hundred and one years - that result was obtained by the gods. It may be urged that such may be the lot of the lucky gods, but it cannot belong to human beings of the present day, because these latter have short lives, and little understanding ; ' hence it is added : He obtains all worlds and all desires, even now-adays, one who knows that Self, like Indra etc and understands It. Thus in general did Prajapati say. Therefore the knowledge of Self, and the acquiring of the results thereof, belong equally to all. - An extract from The Chandogya Upanishad based on Sri Shankara's commentary, a translation by Sri Ganganath Jha

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