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Chapter 6
Eimer call it equanimity or call it disconnection of union with pain in the form of the world—both are one and the same. It means that by getting established in equanimity, there will be disunion from the union with the world, and by the disunion of the union with the world, a striver will get established in equanimity. By anyone of these two, the eternal union with God will be realized. If we see from the subtle point of view that `tam vidyadduhkhasamyogaviyogam yogasanjnitam' is the first stage and `samatvam yoga ucyate' is the later stage in which there is attainment of 'naisthikisanti' (everlasting peace), 'paramasanti' (supreme peace) or 'atyantika sukha' (eternal bliss).
Equanimity is being attained naturally and sufferings are also disappearing naturally. Only that is attained who is ever attained and only that is renounced which is ever renounced. The attainment of the ever attained is called Yoga and renunciation of the ever renounced is also called yoga. The pleasures that are derived from the contact with sense-objects, persons and actions are only sources of pain viz., they cause sufferings (Gita 5/22). Therefore union with the world rather than disunion causes sufferings. There is no disunion of the joy (bliss) which is attained by disunion (renunciation of affinity) from the world because it is eternal. When there is disunion in both union and also disunion, it means that disunion is eternal. This eternal disunion is called 'Yoga' in the Gita.
God being ever-existent is called 'Is' and the world being never really existent is called 'Not'. A vital fact is that while we try to perceive 'Is' then pure 'Is' is not perceived but if we observe `Not' as negation, pure `Is' to intuited. The reason is that while we perceive 'Is' we make such perception through the mind, intellect and other such 'Vntis' then 'Is' to be perceived. 'Is' associated with such 'Vntis', but while we perceive 'Not' then our Vrttis' themselves being 'Not' will be also shunned and pure 'Is' will be intuited. As while removing ntbbish, the broom is also discarded after removing ntbbish as it is also rubbish and the (clean) house remains. It means that 'God pervades everywhere'—by reflecting upon it with the mind and --by determining it with intellect, our connection with `Vrtti will persist. But `the world is separating from as every moment'—thus by perceiving the world as non-existent, our affinity with the world and the ' Vnti' will be renounced and pure Supreme Reality (Gad) will remain.
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