sparaig wrote: > The sentience of the Whole may be so incomprensible as to be > undetectable by any of the sentient parts, so it may not matter, > but why assume that there is or isn't such a "thing?" > It's not at all that complicated. If you read the Yoga Sutras, Patanjali makes it dirt simple:
"The Master [Ishvara] is the spiritual man [Purusha], who is unaffected by hindrances [klesha], actions [karma], and the fruition and seed of works." YS I.24
