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the Self; it can only see the non-self, whereas the pure chit can see both the Self and the non-self.
Questioner: If the mind tells the chit not to wander, will it? Is the mind superior to chit?
Dadashri: No, all are independent. There are no thoughts in chit and the chit is not in thoughts. Man will die if the mind leaves the body. It is the chit that wanders off.
Questioner: Why does the chit wander?
Dadashri: The chit wanders because it is searching for happiness. The senses are under the influence of the mind. The word‘ chetan’ comes from the word‘ chit’. Chit means gnan and darshan i. e. knowledge and vision respectively. You are sitting in satsang here, and a blurry vision of the table in your office is called darshan and a clear vision of that table is called gnan. The chit goes out there and sees it. When you can see things in general, the chit is in the form of darshan and when you see things in details, the chit is in the form of gnan.
You become what you contemplate on. If a college graduate spends all his time tending to bullocks in the farm, he will become like one because the bullocks become the subject of his contemplation( niddidhyasan). Therefore, if you contemplate on whatever you encounter, you will become like the object of your contemplation.
The chit is a fraction of chaitanya( pure consciousness). The chaitanya comprises of chit.
Only the chit becomes stuck Questioner: Is the chit more powerful than the mind?
Dadashri: The mind cannot leave the body. The chit can go out side and it also works within the body. If your shoulder hurts, it will keep going there; it will go wherever you want to