sciousness is separated from that of other Purusas and pursues its separate individual
ends as in the case of ordinary individuals blinded by illusion of a separate life. Sepa-
rate individuality is perfectly compatible with the closest unification of consciousness,
as every mystic or occultist who has experience of the higher spiritual consciousness
definitely knows. In Kaivalya this paradoxical simultaneity of Individuality and One-
ness reaches its utmost perfection.
- Then, in consequence of the removal of all obscuration and impurities,
that which can be known (through the mind) is but little in comparison with the infin-
ity of knowledge (obtained in Enlightenment).
The second consequence of attaining Kaivalya is the sudden expansion of con-
sciousness into the realm of infinite knowledge. When the last veil of illusion is re-
moved in Dharma-Megha-Samadhi the Enlightenment which comes is of an entirely
new kind. In the different stages of Sabija Samadhi the knowledge which comes at
each successive expansion of consciousness into a higher realm of Citta appears tre-
mendously greater than in the preceding stage. But even the transcendent knowledge of
the Atmic plane which represents the highest reach of the mind in the realm of mani-
festation sinks into insignificance when compared with Vivekajam-Jnanam (III-55)
which comes in the state of Enlightenment of Kaivalya. A million and a billion are
increasingly tremendous magnitudes as compared with one, but they all sink into in-
significance when compared with infinity as the following mathematical equations will
show