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Synopsis Through his counseling spread over two thirds of the work, Vasishta prepares the mind of the work, Vasishta prepares the mind of Rama to accept the final truth, that the world does not exist, that the avidhya does not exist and the non-dual blissful Brahman is ever manifest.  The beautiful aspect is that at the end, it is the disciple who proclaims so.  A distraught Jiva tossed about like a straw by the rough waves of the ocean of life floats now at the end of the discourse as a happy being on the surging waters of the bliss of the ocean of truth.  "Indeed, nothing is born and nothing is destroyed.  The world is Chit and there is only Brahman" says Sri Rama….  This supreme realization of Rama is the result of the unique mode of instruction Vasishta employs and this spiritual technique is the secret of the Yoga Vasishta.  Vasishta interacts with Rama through out the discourse at two levels.  His intellect addresses the intellect of Rama and his spriti communes with Rama’s spirit…