Lakṣmī Tantra—Chapter 14 Insights: The True Nature of Śakti
Channel: Consciousness Research Centre
Date: 2020-12-04

This series is classified Vivartha-vāda | Rāja-yoga | Suśupti | Viśuddhi-cakra
"Vāsudeva is the absolute Brahman... Consciousness, consisting of Myself, evolves into both sentient and insentient objects. Absolutely pure and sovereign consciousness is, indeed, My real form... Polarized thinking, aware of objects such as blue, yellow, happiness, sorrow etc., distinguishes undifferentiated pure consciousness by its variegated wealth of limiting conditions... That Self of Mine, which is beyond all polarized knowledge, free from the taint of words, and unaffected by any limiting condition, undergoes evolution in the form of perceptible material objects. When the mind is free of polarized thought, those perceptible material objects that attain the madhyama-vṛtti (middle mode) become identified with consciousness... When the object is related to cognition by the knower (cognizer) and he reflects upon it, it is then Myself, consisting of knowledge and ever revealed, who is in fact perceived as that object... When in the ocean of consciousness the only foothold left on the flooded island is the term connoting idaṁpada (‘this’) and perceptible material objects are almost submerged, I then provide them with a support to hold on to. Those whose vāsanā (impressions) have all been washed away, removed by the nectar-like flow of meditation upon Me, realize Me, who am pure consciousness engulfing the multitudinous variety of objects, as identical with themselves... I manifest Myself as such (in the true presentation of My Self) to those who are able to discern Me with a calm mind devoid of polarized experience even in the waking state. But even when perceived by those who seek to know Me while still influenced by polarization, I make them forget Me... Just as a person desirous of understanding some particular object, stills every other movement of his mind and through deep concentration, grasps it immediately, similarly, even during empirical existence, pure-souled persons realize My ever-manifest and sovereign Self, embodying pure knowledge... Thus, although in essence I am pure and independent, still after assuming one form and then passing on to another, I retain My pure nature during the intermediate state. I am always transcendental, and none of My modifications affect this fundamental trait. Also, even while undergoing all these modifications I revert to My essential form in every intermediate state between two successive modifications. Thus each modification is directly linked with My essential form. My true state of existence, illuminated by Agni and Soma, manifests itself as padam, My abode in the suṣumna, when passage through the iḍā and piṅgalā is checked. Although in essence I am pure and independent, still after assuming one form and then passing on to another, I retain My pure nature during the intermediate state... Totally unattached I-consciousness, revealed in the mind of the adept who completely renounces all craving for objects, and whose mind delights in devotion to Me, is indeed My true body."

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