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Aptavani-2
Chit
Chit means gnan and darshan, which is knowledge and
vision respectively. These two attributes belong to the chit. If
these two attributes are impure then the chit is referred to as
impure chit (ashuddha chit) and if they are pure, then it is called
shuddha chit.
Shuddha gnan + shuddha darshan = shuddha chit =
Shuddhatma
(Pure knowledge + pure vision = pure chit = pure soul)
Ashuddha gnan + ashuddha darshan = ashuddha chit
= ashuddhatma
(Impure knowledge + impure vision = impure chit =
impure soul)
While one is sitting here, that which visualizes the home
overseas and knows all the things inside the house, is the
attribute of the chit, whereas the attribute of the mind is to show
pamphlets, thought cues. The mind will show you one pamphlet
after another. When one says ‘my mind wanders,’ really it is the
chit that wanders, not the mind. The mind can never leave the
body to wander outside, it is the chit that leaves and wanders
outside the body. Most people have no understanding of what
the mind, the chit, the buddhi, and ahamkar (ego) are. They talk
about the antahkaran, but they do not even understand what it
is. When a glass breaks, it first breaks in the antahkaran (activity
within) and then it breaks outside.
No scriptures have explained the mind, the intellect, the
chit, and the ego in this way.