Chapter 18 stage 1-20: Most excellent spiritual indicator of spiritual knowledge of inner self.

 It has been explained in this chapter how to live life beyond sense of duty for self-pleasures, family, society, nation and world and also sense of duty for virtuous acts and specific religion faiths while performing seedless physical actions involving, business, service, possessions, honor, powers to exhaust the remaining karma impressions carried from past lives and also how to enjoy tranquility, serenity and calmness state of inner self in conscious mind by living in profound meditation. 

Astavakra conscious spoken communication to Disciple King Janaka: - 

Stage 18.1

Transliteration of original classic  Literature: -  

Yasya bodhae-udayae taavat-savpan-vat-bhavti bharam: |
tasymai sukhai-krupaaya nama: shaantaaya tajsae || /18.1/

Yasya = of which, bodhae=consciousness, udayae= with dawn of, taavat = all, savpan= dream, vat = like, bhavti = become or is, bharam= delusion, tasymai= to that,  sukhai= happy,  krupaaya= natural state, nama = salutation, shaantaaya= calm , tajsae= self enlightening

Translation: Salutation to consciousness with dawn of which, all delusions become dream like and to that happiness is natural state, is calm and is self-illumination. /18.1/.

Central Communication: Guru Astavakra suggests disciple Janaka for saluting that consciousness which is itself eternal happiness state of conscious mind, is calm and is self-illuminating itself and with dawning of spiritual knowledge of which, all delusions becomes like a dream.

Guru tells disciple Janaka that if one wants to worship or salute to any supernatural cosmic power, celestial being, lord, cosmic power, prophet or any other being ness in universe, consider it as creation of consciousness itself and salute that consciousness through him.

It is correct that the universe with its endless objects appears real and consciousness appears mere belief to normal person with normal senses. But on stabilization of spiritual knowledge of consciousness in conscious mind by profound meditation, yoga disciple feels endless objects as mere delusions of thoughts created by senses in unaware mind as dream thoughts are created during sleeping. Consciousness also appears not mere belief but as eternal happiness state of conscious minds that is devoid of thoughts and in which inner self is calm and glowing spiritual knowledge itself.

The world that appears so real to normal people changes its nature with the realization of the spiritual knowledge of consciousness in conscious mind by profound meditation and appears unreal as a dream. On stabilization of spiritual knowledge of inner self in conscious mind by profound meditation, all illusion thoughts feel as a dream. It then loses all its charms and attractions as well as its terrors to consciousness-realized person, just as the alluring vision of a dream, or the terror of a nightmare, fade on waking. Consciousness is having ever no change and is calm .It is glowing spiritual knowledge itself in conscious mind

Salute to consciousness that is eternal happiness state of conscious mind, is calm and with the dawning of cosmic radiance of which, all delusion and illusions of phenomenal universe appears like dreams.

Guru tells disciple Janaka that on realization and stabilization of spiritual knowledge of inner self in conscious mind, the yoga disciple should salute and welcome only to that consciousness which is eternal happiness state in conscious mind and glowing in tranquility, in deep conscious mind itself. He should consider all else in matter world as mere illusion creation by senses and thoughts of unaware mind. All supernatural cosmic powers, celestial being, lords, cosmic powers and prophets and other being ness in universe are creation of nature essence and draw eternal happiness and glowing of tranquility, serenity and calmness from consciousness itself.