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Yoga Sutras 4.22

Patanjali, explained by Swami Vivekananda

द्रष्टृदृश्योपरक्तं चित्तं सर्वार्थम् ॥

draṣṭṛdṛśyoparaktaṃ cittaṃ sarvārtham

Coloured by the seer and the seen the mind is able to understand everything.

In plain words: The mind reflects two things at once: the outside world that is seen, and the Self who sees. Because of this, the mind can know everything.

Yoga Sutras 4.22
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Swami Vivekananda explains

On one side of the mind the external world, the seen, is being reflected, and on the other, the seer is being reflected. Thus comes the power of all knowledge to the mind.