Re: A bit more light...
hariḥ oṁ
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namaste
Originally Posted by
yajvan
This Self ( that is none other then our-Selves, it is nothing else) is behind the mind, aware but of little involvement ( unconcerned) with the throws of daily life. This is why this level of Being is so stable and worthy of merit.
But the person asks maharāj-ji, how to reach this Self ?
He responds , you are the Self here and now. Leave the mind alone, stand aware and unconcerned...
This notion is continued by him saying, discover all that you are not - body, feelings, thoughts, ideas, time, space, being and not being this or that ( referring to one's career, position in life, etc) - nothing concrete or abstract you can point to is you (meaning Self).
What takes some getting use to is the notion of this SELF. Many think there is this lower self ( of me, I ) and this higher SELF that is to be acquired as if a transaction will occur and one purchases it. This is not the case. This SELF is here all the time, we experience a sliver of it as self, 'me', I.
Ramaṅa mahaṛṣi gave an example of looking up at the sun from the base of a tree. One looks though the braches and the leaves. We see some part of the sun but not its full luster. As we move out from under the tree ( ego, me-ness) the sun becomes more and more visible. It always was shining 100% all the time (even from behind the clouds a.k.a. tamas). It shines on all with no restrictions.
The only difficulty with this analogy is there is you and there is the sun 93 million miles away. The SELF is not away but within and without every thing there could be - it depends on nothing for its existence. It is totally and completely independent.
It is said (in kaśmir śaivism) this supreme independent (svātantrya¹) state of God Consciousness (caitanya) is the form.
But the form of what? We can say it is the ~form~ of one's true SELF.
And the wise say It is the 'form' of everything i.e. the basis, the core, the foundation.
This implies that solid ( body) or spiritual ( non-body) , material or non-material however subtle, has this form. It is the essence of everything, and this is the Supreme, Brahman or our true SELF.
praṇām
1. svātantrya the following one's own will , freedom of the will , independence
Last edited by yajvan; 17 July 2014 at 10:22 PM.
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