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Sixth Fundamental-Path and Means of Liberation
the body. But he does not forsake the taste of the truthful state while attending to the physical aspects. He remains aware of the blissful state even while undertaking the routine activities, e.g. eating, conversing, making movements, etc. His involvement in all such activities is analogous to an actor playing a given role on stage. In other words, the aspirant continues to remain aware of his true state.
Being the embodied soul, one might also get more involved in physical aspects. He needs to sleep; the experience and awareness of the Self might not be maintained that time. But his conviction about being soul would not disappear. It is a fact that we remember our name even during sleep. As such, if some one calls by that name, we wake up and respond to the call. That happens because our identification with the body continues during the sleep. Similarly a spiritual aspirant with pure perception stays convinced of his true nature during sleep.
A spiritual aspirant of high level thus maintains three streams within himself. While staying tuned to soul he experiences his true nature; while being involved in physical activities, he remains mindful of his true nature; and during sleep, he retains its conviction. In spiritual terminology these three streams are called Anubhavdhärä, Lakshadhärä, and Pratitidhärä. The first stays while one remains absorbed within the self, the second stays during the period he is awake, and the third stays all the time. In other words, he never forsakes his true nature and his tendency continually remains towards that nature. That is termed here as Paramärtha Samakit, meaning the right perception in the absolute sense. That is the third phase
eption, which is also known as Nisho experiential Samakit.
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