MIND : ITS MYSTERIES AND CONTROL : 12-5.2

Chapter-12. THEORY OF PERCEPTION : 5-2.

5. THE VEDANTIC THEORY-2.

A ray of the mind actually goes out, assumes the shape and form of the object and envelopsit.

Then only perception takes place.

The perception of a book is possible only when the mind has assumed the actual shape of the book.

Mental image plus external something is the object.

Whatever objects you see outside, have got their own images in the mind.


When you pass through a mango garden, a ray of the mind comes out through the eye and envelops a mango.

It assumes the shape of the mango.

The ray is termed Vritti.

The enveloping process is called Vritti-Vyapti.

The function of a Vritti is to remove the Avarana (veil) that envelops the object and the Upahita Chaitanya.

The veil that envelops the mango is removed by the Vritti or the mental ray.

Swami Sivananda
To be continued  ...