Chapter 2Sortileges of May and June 1912

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Brih. Up. 552. D[itt]o of present state of siddhi with regard to mental & ideal thought & action, error & truth & the replacement of manas by vijnanam or satyam. 1. aT t n y vopFZ mAt

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f to be taken for sortilege as with drishti). Brih. Up. 574. Note. The chief difficulties now experienced are the habit of judging by past experience and association (mAt ) and that of judg- ing by present indications ( vAt mAEnk) and the insufficient power of judging by inner vision directly straight on the vishaya. This again is due to the insufficient realisation of the jnanam Brahma, anekadarshi ekam. 2. ydAEdyAEdEvlZ

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Brih. Up. 552. All inner light effected, not of the vijnana, is asat & must be got rid of even if it seem to be intuition. While thinking of the enormous difficulties of the sadhana; happened to open the drawer & saw on a stray piece of paper (R’s [Ramaswamy’s] Latin translation) “a su surmonter toutes les difficult´es et s’assurer une vie durable.” 5t.h. June 1912 Thesis R.F. I p. 147 1. De nombreux accidents eurent lieu. (Subsequent to “Titanic”)

2. Toute usurpation a un cruel retour et celui qui usurpe de- vrait y songer, du moins pour ses enfants qui presque toujours portent la peine. 3. (p. 290) On a d´ej`a vu que les membres de cette noblesse ´echapp´ee de France ´etaient divis´es en deux partis; les uns[,] vieux serviteurs, nourris de faveurs, et composant ce qu’on appelait la cour, ne voulaient pas, en s’appuyant sur la noblesse de province, entrer en partage d’influence avec elle et, pour cela, ils n’entendaient recourir qu’`a l’´etranger; les autres comptant davantage sur leur ´ep´ee, voulaient soulever les provinces du Midi en y r´eveillant le fanatisme.