Summary of Witnessing Your Thoughts

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Summary of Witnessing Your Thoughts

by Swami Jnaneshvara Bharati

Yoga meditation systematically leads us to the realization that:

"I am not my thoughts! Who I am, is the Self who is Witness of the thoughts!"
In which state is my mind currently?

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Kshipta, disturbed, troubled

Mudha, dull, heavy
Vikshipta, distracted, partly focused
Ekagra, one-pointed, focused
Nirrudah, highly mastered, regulated

Which of the qualities or gunas is

dominant with this thought?

1. Sattvas, illumined, light, spiritual

2. Rajas, active, stirring, moving
3. Tamas, static, stable, inertia
Which type of thought is this?

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Pramana, clear, correct, valid

Viparyaya, misconceived, unclear
Vikalpa, conceptualization, fantasy
Nidra, sleep, focus on non-being
Smriti, memory, recalling

How do I know this is true?

1. Pratyaksha, perception or experience

2. Anumana, inference or thinking
3. Agamah, written or oral testimony
How do the four functions of mind
interact with this thought?

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Manas: driving actions and senses

Chitta: storehouse
Ahamkara: I-maker
Buddhi: decides, judges, discriminates

Is this thought colored or not colored?

1. Klishta, colored, afflicted

2. Aklishta, not colored, not afflicted
Is this thought useful or not useful?

1. Useful to growth
2. Not useful to growth
If the thought is colored, which colorings
are dominant?

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2.
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Avidya, spiritual forgetting, veiling

Asmita, associated with I-ness
Raga, attraction or drawing to
Dvesha, aversion or pushing away
Abhinivesha, resistance to loss, fear

What is the current stage of the coloring

of this thought?

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2.
3.
4.

Udaram, active, aroused

Vicchinna, distanced, separated
Tanu, attenuated, weakened
Prasupta, dormant, latent, seed

How is this thought operating at the four

levels of consciousness?

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2.
3.
4.

Vaishvanara, waking, conscious

Taijasa, dreaming, unconscious
Prajna, deep sleep, subconscious
Turiya, fourth, witness, consciousness

Is this thought pattern who I am?

1. Yes, it is who I am.

2. No, it is not who I am.
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