Three Gunas and Their Divine Origin in Chivality

Every being in the creation functions through three gunas: Tamas, Sattva, and Rajas. They represent three states of energy working within the human system. In ordinary philosophy, these are understood as darkness, purity, and activity. But in Chivality, the meaning of these gunas takes a much deeper spiritual dimension.

1. Tamas Guna – The Condition of Chivam

During Silentation, the seeker enters the state of Tamas Guna, which is not ignorance or darkness as generally understood, but a condition of absolute stillness and peace. Here, all activities of the mind, intellect, and body come to rest.

This Tamas is divine stillness, the original state of Chivam, which is pure, motionless, infinite consciousness.

In this condition, the seeker experiences nothingness, no thoughts, no desires, no doership.

It is the Pure Spirit which is beyond the qualities of good or bad. From this Tamas, all other gunas emerge. Just as silence is the source of all sounds, Tamas is the source of Sattva and Rajas.

2. Sattvik Guna – The Condition of Brahman

When the seeker comes out of Silentation, his mind and intellect function in the field of Sattvik Guna.

This is the condition of purity, clarity, and positivity. The seeker feels peaceful, contented, and compassionate.

This Sattvik quality represents the Brahman condition, the positive and luminous aspect of the Divine expressed through mind and intellect.

Sattvik Guna is born from the silence of Tamas. When the stillness of Chivam expresses as knowledge, peace, and love, it becomes Sattvik.

Thus, Sattvik Guna is the shining reflection of silence in the field of the mind.

3. Rajo Guna – The Condition of the Human

In the field of action, when the body performs work and interacts with the world, the energy of Rajo Guna operates.

It is the power of movement, creation, and dynamism.

But in human beings, Rajas is mixed with both positive and negative tendencies, because it depends on the mind that drives the action.

If the mind is Sattvik, Rajas expresses as selfless work and service. If the mind is impure, Rajas expresses as greed, anger, or desire.

Hence, Rajo guna represents the human condition, which is active, mixed, and bound by the dualities of pleasure and pain.

From divine silence to enlightened action — the sacred flow of the three Gunas.

4. The Spiritual Integration

In Chivality, the seeker learns to return again and again to the source, Tamas Guna, through Silentation.

From that silence, Sattvik purity and Rajasic balance naturally emerge.

The seeker does not suppress any Guna but understands their hierarchy:

• Tamas: The root, Chivam, pure silence.

• Satva: The mind purified by silence, Brahman.

• Rajas: The activity guided by purity, human in harmony.

When all three function in alignment, silence within, purity in thought, and balance in action, the seeker becomes a divine human being.

Ultimately, by remaining long in Tamas Guna, even Satva and Rajas dissolve into Chivam, the Supreme Stillness, which is liberation itself.