Raja Yoga Selection Number 80, for Tuesday, May 29, 2012

[from Discourse II: "Sadhana Pada- On Spiritual Disciplines"]
II.19. VISESAVISESA-LINGAMATRALINGANI GUNA-PARVANI
'The states of the three gunas are gross, fine, manifest and unmanifest'.

Commentary:
The three qualities pervades all of nature, whether in the elements
of the earth or in the subtler matters of mind and spirit.

II.20. DRASTRA DRSIMATRAH SUDDHO 'PI PRATYAYA-NUPASYAH.
'The Seer is pure consciousness only, and though pure, he appears to see
through the mind'.

Commentary:
The Seer is the Self, or Purusha. It is untainted, pure, and without
qualifications, but is reflected through the intellect of individual
consciousness and is colored by 'sattwa', 'rajas', and 'tamas'. It is
veiled, appearing to have attributes, but in fact, it is Absolute
Consciousness itself.

* More Patanjali Yoga Sutra verses with
commentary by Swami Vishnu-devananda
available at:
http://www.sivananda.org/publications/quotes/rajayoga_quote.html