Chapter 13Water and Bodies of Water · Pond, Lake, River

When the water is symbolic [it is a plane of consciousness] and here it is a big expanse of water — but a river or a pond are not large enough to symbolise a plane. It may be an actual experience in another world — or it may be the symbol of a particular movement in the sadhana.

It is not from dreams that you can know what plane of consciousness you are living in; it is by an observation of your condition.

* Sometimes a part of the consciousness is seen in the image of a pond, lake or sea. The fish must be the vital mind.

* The lake is the being in its individual consciousness, the sea is the same being with a universalised consciousness which can hold the universe and its cosmic forces in itself — the one (individual) merges into the other (the universal). The boat is the formation of the Mother’s consciousness in you in which you are preparing to sail on this sea.

* The river represents some movement of the consciousness. All these are images of the vital plane.

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