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PrakritiandPurusha:
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Prakritiisthesummationofallenergyandmatterintheuniverse.The Follow 8
ego,themind,thefiveelements,thefivesenses,thebody,andallmatter
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static whereas Prakriti is dynamic. What we are now is the seeming
combinationofPurushaandPrakriti.
 Prakriti

Prakriti is that which brings the whole picture and presents it to

Purusha. In short, Prakriti works for Purusha. Why does it work? Now
thisisthefundamentalquestion.Whyallthis?Whyallthismobilityinthe
universe?Whyisallthishappening?Whyareweborn?Whydowelive?
and Why do we die? Why are we swayed by emotions? Why are we
sometimes happy and sometimes not? Why there is a body? Why do we
actinfury?Whydoweeatandliveatall?Whythislife?etc.

ThereasonwhyallthisishappeningisfortheliberationofPurusha.
Wewillseemoreindetail.

Samyoga:

The seemingly joining together of Prakriti and Purusha is called

'Samyoga' or simply bondage. It is a seeming bondage situation. The
conditionofPurushaunderPrakritilooksasifitisinastateofbondage,
but actually not. Why did this bondage happen? It is a more
primordial question. The best answer is, Why did you come
yourself into bondage? It is because we are ignorant of our
realnatureandthatispureconsciousness.Wehaveconjoined
ourselveswithPrakriti.

So,whatistheresultofSamyogaorbondage?Simple,itisthepain.It
issuffering. In fact, Samkhya begins with the attestation of the fact that
there are pain and suffering in this world. Remember, this is said much
earlierthantheBuddha.

NowwhythereisPain?ItisbecauseofGunas.

TheThreeGunas:

GunasarethemodesofoperationofPrakritionPurusha.For
example, Sun is considered as a Purusha and the lake as Prakriti. Now,
whenthelakeisquietandcalm,itreflectsthesunasitis.But,whenthe
lake is in waves, that is when energy acts upon matter, the sun is not
clearly reflected in the lake. When there is turbulence in the lake, this
reflectioniscompletelylost.Now,thesearethethreestatesofPrakritior
thethreemodesofoperationofPrakriti.

One is calm and quiet, without any influence of Prakriti,

and it is called Sattva, and this is the state in which the pure
consciousness is reflected clearly. The second one refers to
Rajas or restlessness, indicated by waves, the state in which
energy acts upon matter. It distorts the view of pure
consciousness.Thethirdoneisturbulence.ItiscalledTamas.
Theviewofpureconsciousnessiscompletelylostinthisstate.

Calmness,restlessness,andstupidityrefertoSattva,
Rajas and Tamas. As long as we are under the influence of Prakriti,
Gunas continue to change and confer suffering upon Purusha. Sattva is
theonlystatewhichisdevoidofsuffering,becausethewavescease,and
thepureconsciousnessisseenclearly.TheRajasandTamascontinueto
inflictpainuponpain.

Howlongthisdramahappens?Aslongasweneed.Itis
justlikeplayingwithatoy.Wefeelhappywiththetoybutatonepointwe
getboredandthrowitalltogether.Thenwearewithoutatoy,inrestand
peace.

Aslongasweneed.

Liberation:

TheonegreatestthingaboutSamkhyaisthatitdoesntcondemn
Prakriti as evil. The greatest positive thing ever uttered by any
religion is this that Prakriti acts for the liberation of
Purusha.Whenwefacedarkmomentsinourlives,knowforsurethat
weareprogressingtowardsliberation.Whenwearehappy,knowthatwe
areonit.Whenweareinastateofremorse,knowthatweareontrack.

Whenwefeeltheneedforliberation,wegiveupthe
Prakritialtogether.TillthenhaveaniceexperienceofGunas.
When we dont feel the need to windup, dont look for
spirituality,itisuseless.Itistheexperiencethatmatters.

The message is this: Knowingly are unknowingly

everyoneistowardsliberation.Rememberwearebynatureof
pureconsciousnessandnotsoiledbyanything.
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