Core-Self Segregation (Kaivalyam)

Core-Self Segregation (Kaivalyam)

The high point of ashtanga yoga of Patanjali is the segregation of the seer from its perception equipment. This is technically called kaivalyam which is aloneness (not oneness). It is the core-self experiencing itself, by itself, without being hitched to the intellect and kundalini lifeforce psychic mechanisms.

Because it is unnatural for the core to be by itself, and because the psychic nature has an involuntary adhesion with the core, there must be an effort to segregate the core from its adjuncts.

In meditation, a yogi may achieve kaivalyam but due to the naturalness of the core being linked to adjuncts, the meditative state does not remain as a permanent condition. For that matter, as soon as the yogi is shifted out of a deep meditative state in which he experiences the isolated core, everything shifts back to the normal state of the self being in the influence of the adjuncts, giving consents to their urges and psychic actions.

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In an afternoon session of meditation, Srila Yogeshwarananda explained the following:

The core-self must remain neutral as it is, always parting itself away from the other tenants in the psyche. These tenants are:

·       the argumentative intellect

·       the emotionally unstable kundalini

·       the maliciously inquisitive senses

·       the demented memories.

However consider one weakness of the core-self, a weakness that is permanent, which is that the core needs support. Because it is not the absolute, it will like any other relative existence, requires support.

Where to go for support?

Use naad sound resonance. If not the core-self will fall back to its reliance on the adjuncts. These in turn will abuse the core.