THE WORLD-ILLUSION AiNU TM.K KiiAJL SJ^r   ^/ •
change, is a coming into existence of something that was
not, and a passing- out of existence of something that was; even
though that something be mere form, be only conjunction
or disjunction, be simply movement.   We also see that
not until the Seen ceases can we have Peace. And yet it
will not do at all to say that the Seen 'is not, is not/
^Not even by Nirvikalpa-Samadhi(^1) can it be effaced
entirely. For the most rock-like Nirvikalpa-Samadhi has an
end, as is well-knowh to all who have experieuce of it. And
then the Seen wakes up again at the same time as the Seer
wakes. For the true seed and source of the Seen is the Nature of
the Seer himself. As a small mirror holds within its narrow
limits, yojana(^2) after yojana of mountain, forest, ocean, so
does the subtle Self hold all the universal cycling of the Seen
within It-Self. As taste lies hidden in edibles, as oil in the
grain of sesamum, as scents in the hearts of flowers, so lies
the Seen, ever concealed and ever revealed, in the being of
the Seer.
"Not by mere denials may the Seen be abolished, not by
any mere turning away of the face from it; but by the
resolute facing of it, and the grasping of its true nature, may
it be rendered powerless to oppress the Seer. Not by tightly
shutting the eyes may the child escape from the fear of the
phantom, but by looking at it with a light, and understanding
that it was something bred by its own foolish fancy.
^This gigantic goblin of Samsara troubles them no
more who have examined it with the light of Vichara.(^8)
(1) Meditation la which there are no mental images remaining; the
soul reaches union, feeling of identity, with the formless Brahman, and
naught remains but peace, profound ^c supra' or *mere* Consciousness,
something like dreamless slumber, but yet distinguished from it.
(2) A measure of length, about eight milea.        (8) Reflection. •