Viewed in time the most permanent object or mood
of the great knower at any moment represents the knower, and in a sense
binds it with limitations. In fact, time itself is one of these infinite
moods, and so is space. The only progress in Nature is the realization
of moods unrealized before.
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Q. What is impermanent?
A. That which does not exist in one and the same state in the three
divisions of time [namely, present, past and future.]
Q. What is inanimate (jada)?
A. That which cannot distinguish between the objects of its own
cognition and the objects of the cognition of others....
Q. What are the three states (mentioned above as those of which the
Spirit is witness)?
A. Wakefulness (jagrata), dreaming (svapna), and the state of dreamless
slumber (sushupti).
Q. What is the state of wakefulness?
A. That in which objects are known through the avenue of [physical]
senses.
Q. Of dreaming?
A. That in which objects are perceived by reason of desires resulting
from impressions produced during wakefulness.
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