Friends, we can understand the illusion of senses with one more example. When we listen to the sound of a television placed far away through Bluetooth earbuds, we feel that the sound is being produced in the television, whereas it is being produced in our ears. The more we are attached to a scene on television, the more we feel that scene inside the television. When we start watching without attachment or get bored, or our ears get tired, then we feel that sound inside our ears. Meaning, the sounds produced in the ears and the images formed in the eyes together had created the Pancha Mahabhutas present in the scenes shown on television. When we got bored or tired, we did not pay much attention to the scenes on TV, due to which only the sounds and images remained, as if the Pancha Mahabhutas merged into Tanmatras. When we got bored of the sounds in our ears and the images in our eyes, we stopped paying attention to them. Our ears and eyes were tired, that is why we were feeling tired. Or you can say we fell asleep or switched off the TV. Due to this, the tanmatras also vanished, and only the ears and eyes remained. It means that the tanmatras merged with the senses. After waking up, the senses became fresh, but those sounds and images were no longer there. The senses did not have the strength to start working immediately, because they were still compensating for themselves. When the senses became calm, the prana vayu started flowing properly. When the senses were busy watching TV, the attention was diverted from the breath and was on the TV. You must have noticed that when we are watching an entertaining program on TV, our breaths get stuck. If at that time we try to take long and regular breaths while concentrating on the breath, then watching TV becomes less enjoyable and we feel like switching it off. This also proves the importance of breathing and pranayam for becoming introvert. This also gives the message that when the senses are tired, one should do pranayam. This also relaxes the senses, and when the mind becomes active, happiness and light remain in life. Yes, so when the senses became calm, the sensations that were being felt by them, got merged in the prana. Prana is just the breath and those sensations cannot remain in it for long. Prana in a way takes the sensations from the senses to the mind. It does not feel those sensations. We can understand it like a postman who carries letters from here to there, but does not read them himself. The mind comes into action with support of the prana. The sensations felt by the senses start overflowing in it, although now in the form of the mind, because now the TV scenes that helped in the creation of those sensations are no longer there. This is like remembering. Then along with those sensations, other various thoughts also start overflowing in the mind. This is the merging of prana in the mind. Then after getting lost in the dream world of such thoughts for some time, the man realizes that he should also do some worldly work. Meaning the intellect becomes active. The mind does not get destroyed but it starts transforming into intellect or starts merging into intellect. Meaning his intellect will start working in the same way as his mind was. That is why it is said that if you keep your mind good, then only your work will be good. Children of today who watch and play video games full of horrific violence day and night, how will they be able to do good work in future. They must be taught and explained this post. With a good intellect, he maintains good worldliness for some days, and also makes good progress. Then he gets tired, and also gets bored of worldliness. Due to this his intellect starts becoming calm, due to which darkness starts increasing inside his soul. Meaning his intellect gets transformed into his ego. Then if any Kundalini Yogi wants, he can attain the soul after this. But the common man returns from here. After spending a few days comfortably and restfully in the darkness of ego, he returns to worldliness, and with the help of intellect, he again establishes his foothold. Then after making some progress, he takes the refuge of the mind again followed by harboring hundreds of desires. It means that the intellect merges with the mind. Then, under the instigation of the mind, he goes to the cinema theatre to watch a movie. He would like to watch a movie that is similar to his intellect and worldliness, because the intellect itself appeared in the form of the mind. The farther the cinema hall is from home, the more enjoyable it is, because the mind also needs time to transform into the form of life by force or prana. On the way to the cinema, he breathes very nicely, long, regularly and pleasurably, because the mind’s desire to watch a movie is ending as the goal is near, meaning the mind is ending, and its power is being given to the prana. Even then, the subtle thoughts of the mind remain in the prana, because the cause is never destroyed, but remains present in the form of the effect. As soon as he starts watching the movie, his breath comes to near halt, and he starts enjoying the sweet sensations in his eyes and ears. It means that his prana transforms into the senses. As long as the advertisements are running on the screen, he does not observe those scenes deeply. It means that he feels the sensations in his eyes and ears only, they do not seem to be coming from anywhere outside. This is the state of expression of the senses. After a while, when the movie starts and he starts understanding the movie, then he feels those sensations as coming from the cinema screen. It means that his senses dissolve into tanmaatras. Later, when he gets deeply immersed in the film, the mountains, palaces etc. shown on the screen start appearing real to him. It means that the tanmatras appear in the form of the five elements. It means that the creation of his universe is complete.
Now the film ends. All the scenes end. Means the pralay or holocaust of his personal mini universe is set up. Advertisements start appearing on the screen. Now the mountains and palaces shown in those advertisements do not seem real to him, because he does not watch them carefully. He is just seeing something with his eyes and hearing with his ears. Man likes to watch them for a while. Because everyone likes to come and go from grossness to subtlety in a sequential manner. It means that the five elements have merged into tanmatras. Then after a while, man starts feeling those sensations in his senses only, not outside. Getting bored of that too and feeling tiredness in his eyes and ears, he comes out of the cinema hall. It means that the tanmatras have merged into the senses. He refreshes himself by drinking some tea. Then his breathing becomes good, deep and regular. When attention is drawn to the eyes and ears by rubbing them, the breath starts moving on its own to give them strength. However, they can only be refreshed by this, but cannot work again. Because they are repairing their damage after doing so much work. Then the extra power of the breath gets applied to the mind. It means that the senses have merged into Prana and prana into mind. Then the mind starts running here and there due to the power of Prana or breath. By chasing away the mind, the breath again becomes shallow and irregular. It means that Prana has transformed into the mind. Inspired by the hustle and bustle of that mind, he enters the shopping mall. There, while checking the quality of various things with bargaining scope, his intellect becomes active and the mind becomes lethargic. It means that the mind has transformed into the intellect. When the darkness of ego starts increasing in his soul due to the intellect also getting tired, then he sits in the car with his family and leaves for home. It means that the intellect has transformed into the ego. In that ego, the outline of his entire day’s activities gets recorded in a subtle form. Coming home, he illuminates the darkness of his soul with tantric Kundalini meditation through Kundalini Yoga. It means that the ego dissolves in the soul. Of course, if not the complete soul, then at least a part of it. The next day, even if he does not want to, he has to gradually fall down from the soul, so that he can once again live the worldly life properly. This all continues in a cyclic manner. This happens with all kinds of experiences, all kinds of activities, all kinds of worldliness, all kinds of people, all senses and all kinds of bodies. This is a general principle. Many such principles have been described in the scriptures with great subtlety and depth, to the extent that I doubt modern psychology has not been able to reach even today. The above example of a movie or television is just a small point to explain. Whatever a man does, he does it under the influence of his nature i.e. ego, although he may feel that he does it freely. This is ego, this is nature, this is subconscious mind, this is sanskar. All this is a play of words. The thing is the same. The one who has not conquered the ego, he always remains under its control. Complete freedom is attained only by the yogi.
