Matter and Consciousness🔗

Let us enter into the Truth one by one.

'The one who does not know the difference between matter and consciousness, jata and chaitanya, won't be able to practice restraint, samyama. Only the one who knows matter and consciousness can practice restraint.'

This is a beautiful sutra. Here he is giving a technique to be in consciousness all the time, to go beyond the materialistic needs. See, only the person who knows the difference between matter and consciousness, jata and chit, will be able to practice samyama, means restraining himself, or leading the pure life.

See, there are two things in your being. One is consciousness, your atma, enlightened energy, soul. The other is matter, your body. There is something called chit jata granthi means the matter and consciousness, chit and jata, are connected like a knot. We call that as chit jata granthi. This connection only is called ignorance. This connection only is called the cause of maya.

One important thing, if you look little deep and try to find out where it is connected, you will see it is not connected at all. When you are superficially looking, now you will feel as if your soul and your body are connected. That is why your body is functioning. But if you look inside and see where it is connected, both of them were never connected. You will realize you are liberated.

Understand this one example. You go and stand in the corner of a room and you think you are in prison because both the sides are closed. You stand in the corner of a room, facing the corner and you shout, 'Please liberate me, liberate me'. Somebody from your behind you shouts, 'Fool, on the third side there is no wall, turn.' When you turn back, you see, 'God, I don't have to be liberated, I am already free!'

You will realize you were never in bondage. You were always free. You go to the corner, you corner yourself and think you are bound. In the same way, here when you look deeply into the chitjatagranti, where the consciousness and matter are connected, suddenly you will realize it was never bound, it was never connected.

The beauty of Mahāvīra is he is pure Truth, 24 carat gold. You can't add any stories or jokes or any examples to him because any joke added, any story added, any example added will dilute the Truth. That is why I am not using many examples, because many times these so-called commentators spoil the whole Truth.

People sometimes feel the original sutras are clearer than the commentary. I do not want that mistake to happen. That is why I am not using any examples. I am not using any stories. I am not using any other references. He is so clear, if you understand or try to look where the chit and jata are binding each other, touching each other, getting knotted, you will suddenly see you are free by your nature. There is no knot.