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But they too had brains to understand hints or signs. It is the mind alone that can think. But the word Brahman means big or one that grows big. The passage of time brought about this change in the meaning. So the cosmic mind is Brahman and individual mind is Jeeva. It is heavenly mind, and this is earthly mind. It is one and these are many. It is the sum total of all, these are separate pieces. The Jiva is stupid and ignorant. The Jiva can remain fickle in spite of its becoming gnostic (wise – Jnani).Brahman is stupid and ignorant. He is gnostic and fickle. If these qualities were not found in Him, they would not have been found in Jiva also.
The Brahman, too, has body. When He is called Cosmic Mind, the mind itself becomes a body. How can it be devoid of the qualities of the body? This material body of yours is gross body. All this creation or universe is the gross body of the Brahman, from the point of view of matter (substance). This mind is your subtle body. The knot formed by the sum total of the ideas of this creation is the subtle body of the) Brahman. This soul, the true place of repose, the seed, is your causal body. The base on which the entire universe rests, or the seed of the state of merger in the Brahman, is the causal body of the Brahman. These are the forms of both. They must also be having names.
The Jiva which is related to the gross body is termed Vishwa in the Scriptures, the suggestive meaning of which is earthly. The Jiva which is related to the subtle body or mind is called Taijas in .the scriptures, the suggestive meaning of which is fickle. TheJiva related to the soul or causal body is called Prajna in the scriptures, which can be roughly translated as peace. The meaning of Prajna in this context is not ‘wise’ (gnostic). The soul or the causal body has no know¬ledge in it. These are the names of the Jiva related to the three kinds of bodies. Now the names of the Brahman are as follows:
(1) The Brahman related to the gross body is called Virat in the scriptures, the meaning of which can be suggested by the word ‘voice of a high pitch’.
(2) The Brahman related to the subtle body is called Avyakrita or ‘pervading’ (Antaryami) in the scriptures. The meaning of Antaryami is conveyed by the word ‘internal journey’. The meaning of Avyakrita is suggested by the idea ‘ the Invisible Doer.’
(3) The Brahman related to the causal body is called Hiranya Garbha in the Shastras, the meaning of which is suggested by the words ‘lying peacefully or steadily in the form of golden egg’. Here also wisdom or knowledge is not concerned.
These are the names of the Brahman in relation to the three bodies from the point of view of Jivas. The Cosmic mind, or the heart of creation of the