धीरो न द्वेष्टि संसारमात्मानं न दिदृक्षति ।
हर्षामर्षविनिर्मुक्तो न मृतो न च जीवति ॥ ८३ ॥IF i am an physical entity, a physical object can collide with me. if i am a body, a stone can hit me. if i space, no stone hits me and i can accommodate all stones as they fly along untouched.
Same way if i am a "mental form" , i may be affected by some events , there is a push and a pull for the mental entity ... mental shape. but if i am Awareness, the space of mind, the various events are all accommodated without any push or pull [raga-dvesha]
The wise one , who is the space of mind in which all events happen ... the space or the presence is unaffected and has no choices. the person has choice. the space has none. wisdom is to be the space, awareness. where there is no possibility of push or pull... even when the entity seems to be pushed and pulled.
The vedantic teaching is not "be the witness". The vedantic teaching is you are the witness. there is no choice here. the entity in the movie continues to be pushed, pulled ... i am not that entity is the teaching. the entity on the screen has birth , death, suffering, excitement etc. the space has none !
निमित्तं मनश्चक्षुरादि प्रवृत्तौ
निरस्ताखिलोपाधिराकाशकल्पः ।
रविर्लोकचेष्टानिमित्तं यथा यः
स नित्योपलब्धिस्वरूपोऽहमात्मा ॥ ३॥
