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The Yoga of the Sunrem Person
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roots up. In other words, the tree of this material world is only a reflection of the real tree of the spiritual world. This reflection of the spiritual world is situated on desire, just as the tree's reflection is situated on water. Desire is the cause of things' being situated in this reflected material light. One who wants to get out of this material existence must know this tree thoroughly through analytical study. Then he can cut off his relationship with it.
This tree, being the reflection of the real tree, is an exact replica. Everything is there in the spiritual world. The impersonalists take Brahmā to be the root of this material tree, and from the root, according to  sāṅkhya  philosophy, come  prakṛti ,  puruṣa , then the three  guṇas , then the five gross elements ( pañca-mahābhūta ), then the ten senses ( daśendriya ), mind, etc. In this way they divide up the whole material world. If Brahmā is the center of all manifestations, then this material world is a manifestation of the center by 180 degrees, and the other 180 degrees constitute the spiritual world. The material world is the perverted reflection, so the spiritual world must have the same variegatedness, but in reality. The  prakṛti  is the external energy of the Supreme Lord, and the  puruṣa  is the Supreme Lord Himself, and that is explained in  Bhagavad-gītā . Since this manifestation is material, it is temporary. A reflection is temporary, for it is sometimes seen and sometimes not seen. But the origin from whence the reflection is reflected is eternal. The material reflection of the real tree has to be cut off. When it is said that a person knows the  Vedas , it is assumed that he knows how to cut off attachment to this material world. If one knows that process, he actually knows the  Vedas . One who is attracted by the ritualistic formulas of the  Vedas  is attracted by the beautiful green leaves of the tree. He does not exactly know the purpose of the  Vedas . The purpose of the  Vedas , as disclosed by the Personality of Godhead Himself, is to cut down this reflected tree and attain the real tree of the spiritual world.
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