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pose a situation or object has in our life and to what degree they are capable of fulfilling this mission.
We perceive this, - irrespective if we accept this perception or not, - irrespective if we like our perception, - and also independent of our intention to show a reaction or not. Our consciousness impartially takes in the entire content, meaning and purpose of the manifested elements(s). It is solely our own decision how much of this splendid abundance of information we want to use for our life.
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Quouffrique: ll 96 Il Vyanjanasyavagrahah (18) Apprehension (avagraha) perceives objects and events in an indistinct way. (18)
Apprehension (avagraha) is the first step of senseperception (mati). On this first step of perception we apprehend objects and events in such a vague, uncertain way that we neither can form an idea of what we perceived (iha), nor evaluate or further process it.
Our apprehension functions independently of whether we process (interpret, store, etc.) what we perceive at a later time or not. This means that much of what we perceive never passes the threshold to our attention.
This process is an additional filter between reality and our consciousness. But it functions on a completely different level than darshana (see sutra 15). darshana basically determines whether a tendency towards an object will arise in
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