Whoever edited this added some very inaccurate comments--presumably a TMer, based on the TM buzzwords used.On Feb 17, 2006, at 2:07 PM, Rick Archer wrote: Shiva Sutras
Translated by Sage Vasugupta
First Awakening
1. Universal Consciousness is one's own nature.
(Swami Lakshmanjoo: Supreme consciousness is the reality of everything.)
2. Knowing the individual consciousness as one's own nature and not knowing
the Universal Consciousness as one's own nature is bondage.
(Swami Lakshmanjoo: Knowing differentiatedly is bondage and not knowing un-
differentiatedly is bondage.)
3. Differentiated perception and the field of individual activities are also
bondage.
[Editor's note: #2 & #3 seem to refer to rishi, devatta, and chhandas in
their non-samhita, differentiated, individual state.]
(Swami Lakshmanjoo: Mayiyamala and karmamala are also bondage.)
[Mayiyamala = yonivargah, differentiated knowledge, intellectual dis-
crimination between pairs of opposites.
Karmamala = kalashariram, the embodiment of action as separate action.]
4. This threefold bondage is attributable to and commanded by the Universal
Mother while She remains unknown. Hence the field of ignorance comes into ex-
istence through Her and not through any other agency.
(Swami Lakshmanjoo: The Universal Mother commands this triple knowledge.)
5. To get rid of this triple bondage, such effort constitutes (the) means,
which is identical with Bhairava [Lord Shiva].
(Swami Lakshmanjoo: That effort, the flashing forth of active awareness
that instantaneously makes universal consciousness shine, is Bhairava.)
6. With deep contemplation on the wheel of energies, the whole differen-
tiated universe comes to an end.
[Editor: Transcendental Consciousness.]
(Swami Lakshmanjoo: By establishing and meditating on the wheel of energies
the differentiated universe comes to an end.)
7. Such a yogi, who has accomplished this stage, experiences Turiya (Tran-
scendental God Consciousness) in the other three states also - jagrat (wake-
fulness), swapna (dream) and sushupti (deep sleep).
[Editor: Cosmic Consciousness.]
(Swami Lakshmanjoo: Such a heroic yogi experiences the expansive state of
turya in the differentiated states of waking, dreaming, and deep sleep.)
8. Common knowledge (arising out of differentiation) constitutes jagrat
(wakefulness).
(Swami Lakshmanjoo: External organic knowledge constitutes the waking state.)
9. Individual differentiated knowledge in the recess of one's own mind is
swapna (dream).
(Swami Lakshmanjoo: Internal perceptions and thoughts comprise the dream-
ing state.)
10. Loss of discrimination in the field of unawareness is sushupti (deep
sleep).
(Swami Lakshmanjoo: Forgetfulness and the negation of awareness is the
dreamless state or maya.)
11. The one who has digested (assimilated) all these three states in God
Consciousness (Turiya) is the Lord of heroes.
[Editor: Cosmic Consciousness.]
(Swami Lakshmanjoo: The one who enjoys the oneness of the three states -
waking, dreaming, and deep sleep - in turiya, becomes the master of all or-
ganic energies.)
12. The yogic powers here (in the state of Being) comprise indescribable as-
tonishment (wonder).
[Editor: practice of the siddhis.]
(Swami Lakshmanjoo: The predominant sign of such a yogi is joy-filled
amazement.)
13. For such a yogi, any desire is identical with the Supreme Energy (Parvati)
of Lord Shiva and hence his desire cannot be checked by any power.
[Editor: end of the siddhis - omnipotence.]
(Swami Lakshmanjoo: His will is the energy of Lord Shiva and it is called
uma and kumari - or -
For such a yogi hiss will is one with the energy of Lord Shiva,
unobstructable, completely independent, always given to play.)
14. For such a yogi, even the body becomes an extraneous object, or the
totality of extraneous objects is (constitutes) his own universal body.
[Editor: God Consciousness.]
(Swami Lakshmanjoo: This entire perceived world is his own self - or -
His own body is just like an object to him.)
15. By establishing one's mind in the heart - the Universal Consciousness -
the whole world of perception appears as one's own nature.
[Editor: Unity Consciousness.]
(Swami Lakshmanjoo: When his thoughts are diverted to the center of God
consciousness, then he feels the existence of God consciousness in oneness
in the objective world and in the world of negation.)
16. Or, by establishing uninterrupted awareness of pure supreme Nature, the
energy of Shiva is experienced.
(Swami Lakshmanjoo: Or by aiming at the pure element of Shiva he possesses
Shiva's unlimited energy.)
17. For such a realized soul, any ordinary thought becomes the means of
realizing one's own Self.
[Editor: The growth of Brahman. See last sukta of Rig Veda - "By virtue
of unitedness, and by means of that which remains to be united, I perform
action to generate Wholeness of life."]
(Swami Lakshmanjoo: Any inference of such a yogi is knowledge of his own
real self.)
18. His being in the ecstatic state of samadhi bestows bliss and happiness to
the whole humanity or the totality of enjoyment in the universe constitutes
(or comprises) his ecstatic state of samadhi.
[Editor: Brahman.]
(Swami Lakshmanjoo: The joy of his mystical trance (samadhi) is bliss for
the whole universe.)
19. By putting one's mind on universal energy, any body, internal or external,
is formed by his mere will. (Such power is attainable by him in the two other
states also - dream and deep sleep).
(Swami Lakshmanjoo: By infusing his energy of will, the embodiment of that
which is willed occurs at once.)
20. Such a yogi is capable of:
a. helping humanity unbounded by space and time,
b. casting off his body for specified time periods,
c. manifesting his body at various places simultaneously by remaining
in God Consciousness.
(Swami Lakshmanjoo: By the greatness of this achievement of the energy
of will, the yogi can focus his awareness and heal the sick and suffer-
ing, separate elements from his body, and be free from the limitations of
space and time.)
21. When such a yogi abstains from such powers, he attains lordship over
the wheel of universal energies through the rise of pure knowledge.
(Swami Lakshmanjoo: (When this yogi does not desire limited powers and is
eager to attain the knowledge of universal being then) ... pure knowledge
rises and by that knowledge he becomes the master of the universal wheel.)
22. By contemplating on Supreme Ocean, Self experience of the Universal-I occurs.
(Swami Lakshmanjoo: By the attentive continuity of meditation on the
great ocean of consciousness, the power of supreme I is attained.
Second Awakening
1. Here the mind of a yogi becomes mantra.
2. The cause of attaining this mantra is one's own effort.
3. The state of totality of knowledge is the secret of mantra.
4. When a yogi's mind remains satisfied in cosmic powers, his samadhi is as
good as ordinary dreaming.
5. At the rise of natural (pure) supreme knowledge, the state of Shiva, re-
siding in the ether of God Consciousness, is attained.
6. For such attainment, the means is the Master - the Guru.
7. When the Master is pleased, the disciple attains the knowledge of the wheel
of Universal Mother.
8. For such attainment a yogi has to offer all his three bodies of wakeful-
ness, dreaming, and dreamlessness [deep sleep] as oblations into the fire of
universal God Consciousness.
9. For him the differentiated knowledge is the food he assimilates into un-
differentiated knowledge or the undifferentiated knowledge constitutes his
food yielding him fullness and peace in his own nature.
10. By out-stepping his own nature of True Knowledge, at the time of entering
into God Consciousness - Turiya, he ill-fatedly enters into dreaming state.
Third Awakening
1. Here the mind is the nature of individual being.
2. Differentiated knowledge of pain and pleasure is bondage.
3. Ignorance of the essence of universal action and universal knowledge is
illusion - maya.
4. So one has to absorb the individuality of principles (tattvas) in one's own
body successively - absorb the five elements into five tanmatras, those in
turn into the five organs and finally integrate them in the supreme God Con-
sciousness.
5. A yogi must develop the powers of absorbing prana and apana into sushumna -
the middle path, of Lordship over five elements, of isolating one's Self from
the five elements and residing in the field beyond the five elements.
6. Such powers appear only when the veil of ignorance falls in the way of en-
tering into pure God Consciousness.
7. By obtaining victory over such an illusion of cosmic powers and by enjoying
the state of limitless being, the pure and supreme knowledge manifests.
8. For him the state of wakefulness (jagrat) is secondary (beam) of God Con-
sciousness.
9. For him, the actor, who plays in the drama of the universe, is his own
Self.
10. Movement attributed in this totality of cosmic dance, is nothing other
than the Supreme Being.
11. The spectators in this cosmic dance, are one's own cognitive and active
organs.
12. Purity and completion of this dance is accomplished by establishing the
supreme subtle awareness of intelligence.
13. For him the state of utter freedom exists spontaneously.
14. This kind of freedom obtains for him within and without.
15. Even after such achievement one has to remain aware in contemplating on
the sea of Universal Being.
16. So by being established in such a state one sinks into the ocean of God
Consciousness - joyously.
17. Such a yogi can create or destroy anything by his supreme will.
18. When the supreme knowledge is well established in an uninterrupted way,
the pangs of recurring births and deaths are avoided for good.
19. When the awareness of God Consciousness slackens a bit, the universal en-
ergy disintegrates into innumerable individual energies to carry one away from
the kingdom of universality.
20. So the fourth state of Universal Being - Turiya, must be made to permeate
the three other states - waking, dreaming, and dreamlessness [deep sleep].
21. By developing the awareness of one's own nature, he enters and is lost
into the universal God Consciousness.
22. After being well established in that state he breathes out that state into
the universal activities. Hence the differentiation between the Self and the
universe is not recognized.
23. If one proves a failure in infusing the state of Self in the universe, he
ill-fatedly remains satisfied in his own internal nature.
24. When a yogi, after developing awareness of God Consciousness, transcends
the state of Turiya, he enters into Transcendental God Consciousness.
25. Such a yogi becomes one with Shiva.
26. For him the austerity is nothing else than the normal routine of physical
life.
27. And for such a yogi the daily routine talk becomes the recitation of real
mantra.
28. Such a yogi gives as alms to humanity his own knowledge of the Self.
29. The yogi, who commands the entire wheel of cognitive and active organs, is
the only means of attaining knowledge of Transcendental God Consciousness.
30. For him the whole universe is the totality of his own energies.
31. Living in this world of ignorance or remaining in the Transcendental God
Consciousness is the totality of one's own energies of consciousness.
32. Such a yogi, though apparently engrossed in the daily routine of life, is
in no way separated from God Consciousness.
33. Because such a yogi perceives the states of pain and pleasure only super-
ficially, they, in no case, affect his state of Supreme-Being-Consciousness.
34. Hence he is liberated from the states of pain and pleasure and is uniquely
established in his own nature.
35. On the contrary, the one who feels the absence of God Consciousness in the
states of pain and pleasure, is an individual soul and a victim of recurring
births and deaths.
36. The one who stands aloof from differentiatedness becomes the creator and
destroyer of the entire universe.
37. The energy of creating and destroying the whole universe comes within the
experience of such a yogi just as an ordinary soul possesses the power to
create and destroy during his dreaming state.
38. The state of Turiya God Consciousness, that comes into experience in the
beginning and at the end of the other three states (waking, dreaming, and deep
sleep), should be infused and transmitted into these three states by firmly
establishing one's own awareness during these intervals - beginning and end
thereof.
39. And by developing such a process, a yogi must transmit the God Conscious-
ness not only into the three states of individuality but into the entire uni-
verse.
40. By the slight appearance of individual desire, one is carried far away
from the state of God Consciousness.
41. By firmly establishing one's own Self in the state of Turiya, all desires
disappear and individuality is lost into universality.
42. Such a yogi is liberated in life and as his body still exists, his is
called bhuta-kanchuki - having his physical body as a mere covering just like
an ordinary blanket. Hence he is supreme and one with the universal Self.
43. After remaining in this state of universal Transcendental God Conscious-
ness, the functions of inhalation and exhalation automatically take place with
the object that this whole universe of action and cognition is united in God
Consciousness.
44. When one contemplates on the center of Universal Consciousness, what else
remains there to be sought in the practice of prana, apana, and sushumna?
45. When a Shiva-yogi is completely established in God Consciousness, he ex-
periences this state spontaneously within and without or both.
Jai Guru Dev
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