But this self-knowledge, once acquired, grows day by day....Behold the self-luminous self which pervades everything. The very moment this omnipresence of consciousness is realized, one crosses the ocean of samsara.
Wednesday, January 28, 2015
August 7
Abandon these two [the physical and the mental] and resort to the supreme which is the reality--pure unmodified consciousness. This is the cosmic being. Remain established in it, firmly rejecting the former two.
August 8
Rama asked: Pray, describe the state of turiya which runs through the waking, dream and deep sleep states without being recognized.
Vasistha continued: That pure and equanimous state which is devoid of egosense, of the real and the unreal, and which is free is known as turiya (the fourth state)....When the egosense is abandoned, there arises the state of perfect equilibrium in which turiya manifests itself.
Vasistha continued: That pure and equanimous state which is devoid of egosense, of the real and the unreal, and which is free is known as turiya (the fourth state)....When the egosense is abandoned, there arises the state of perfect equilibrium in which turiya manifests itself.
August 9
He is void within, void without void like an empty vessel; at the same time he is full within and full without, like a full vessel immersed in the sea.
August 10
This is the conclusion of all scriptures: there is no avidya (ignorance) and no Maya (illusion) in reality; Brahman alone exists. Some call it the void, others pure consciousness, others the Lord; and they argue among themselves. Abandon all these notions. Rest in nirvana without movement of thought, with the mind greatly "weakened" and the intelligence at peace; rest in the self as if you are deaf, dumb and blind. Inwardly abandon everything; externally engage in appropriate actions.
August 11
Enlightenment is characterized by the pure inner light....You are deluded because you do not recollect repeatedly and frequently the truth concerning the infinite consciousness, but you partake of the poison of self-limitation and the consequent psychological conditioning.
August 12
Dive deep into the inner peace, not into the sea of diversity....After that you will be established in the contemplation of the absolute. Then behold, even for an instant, the inner self with the self, in the inner light.
August 14
Investigate that method by which you know the source of the body, the senses, the mind, and the buddhi (intelligence) and let them return to their source. First rest in the cosmic manifest being. After this rest in the unmanifest and then in the supreme cause of it all.
August 16
For it is the will to do or not to do that binds, and its absence is liberation....Remain forever what you are in truth. The awareness of the "I" and "mine" is the root of sorrow; its cessation is emancipation. Do waht appeals to you.
Saturday, January 24, 2015
August 17
The knower of the self is totally unaffected by mental illness or distress....They are not perceived in the self any more than the feet of a snake are perceived in darkness.
August 18
Though he is the all, he is yet devoid of all these things....For the reality or the infinite consciousness is totally free from the subject-object division, from the least trace of gross substantiality; it is pure void, with the infinite unconditioned consciousness alone as its reality.
August 20
But veiled by its identification with the elements it does not see its true nature, even as a man born blind does not see his way. Emancipation or moksa is the destruction of this ignorance and the realization of the independence of the jiva from these elements and the egosense.
August 21
Who is a pseudo-jnani? He who studies the scriptures for pleasure or profit like a sculptor studying art, and does not live up to the teaching, is a pseudo-jnani. His scriptural knowledge is not reflected in his daily life.
August 22
One should work in this world as much as is needed to earn an honest living. One should live (eat) in order to sustain the life-force. One should sustain one's life-force only for the sake of acquiring knowledge. One should inquire into and know that which frees him from sorrow.
August 23
The wise one, however, restrains the senses and remains centered in the self....Emancipation is the removal of the concept of creation or manifestation.
August 24
Hence, O Rama, though you may still continue to entertain thoughts and feelings, if the I-ness or egosense ceases in you, you will remain like the space and there will be peace....He who lives like space here (which is unaffected by the activity that goes on within it) is freed of all bondage and is liberated.
August 25
The egosense is bondage and its cessation is liberation. It is so simple. Where is the difficulty?
August 26
Dependence alone is bondage; non-dependence is freedom or emancipation. He who rests in what is indicated by the "All," "Infinite," or "Fullness," does not desire anything. When the physical body is as unreal as the body seen in a dream, what will the wise man desire for its sake?
August 27
The one self exists--subtle and omnipresent like space. It is undivided by the birth and death of bodies. "I am the body" is delusion, not truth. You are the pure self or undivided consciousness. The subject (observer), the object (observed) and the predicate (observation) are but the modifications of the mind. The truth or the self is undivided by this division and hence it is beyond contemplation (dhyana).
Thursday, January 22, 2015
August 28
O Rama, regard all actions everywhere as pure consciousness and live with your vision introverted....With your gaze turned inward, swimming in the bliss of the self and with your heart and mind at peace, what you do you do not do....Lead an active life though remaining inwardly as if in the deep sleep state....Rest in self-knowledge with your awareness extending just a little outside....Thus, by the practice of self-awareness which is beginningless and endless, you will gradually reach that supreme state of consciousness in which there is no duality and which is beyond all materiality. In it there is neither diversity nor unity but supreme peace.
August 29
For some time there is bound to be a conflict between the old and the new, but if you put yourself absolutely on the side of the new, the strife will soon come to an end and you will realize the effortless state of being oneself, of not being deceived by desires and fears born of illusion. - Nisargadatta Maharaj
August 30
He who rests in total peace within though apparently engaged in diverse activities externally is a liberated one....One should rest in the inner peace.
August 31
The abandonment of egosense is the cessation of ignorance; this and nothing else is liberation.
September 1
There is neither an "I," nor the "world," nor even "Brahman." All these are words. The only reality is supreme peace.
September 2
Dualistic experience is bondage and liberation is its abandonment. If such experience is abandoned, all divisions between the seer (subject) and the seen (object), the observer and the observed, cease.
September 3
Whatever be the activity you are engaged in, remain established in the unconditioned self.
September 5
The whole world is a painting and this consciousness itself is the pure and colorless paint with which the world has been painted.
September 6
That is known as the supreme state in which no desire arises....The mind is desire and the cessation of desire is known as moksa (liberation)....If you cannot overcome desire completely, then deal with it step by step....Let, therefore, the seed of desire be burnt in one's own heart by the fire of peace, equanimity and self-control.
September 7
When one is firmly established in realization of the truth, then space rests in space, peace in peace, auspiciousness in auspiciousness, void in void, the world in Brahman. The false egosense vanishes.
September 8
But he is regarded as a candidate for liberation in whom desire is weakened day after day....In yogis notions are greatly weakened and, therefore, they see the truth and their statements are close to the truth.
September 9
When one moves away from one's real nature there is great sorrow; when one rests in the self there is great peace and self-control.
September 10
Contemplate the self and live in the waking state as if fast asleep, free from psychological distress.
September 11
When what exists is realized as it is (i.e., as the indivisible consciousness), the world-appearance ceases.
September 12
Remain firmly established like a rock in the realization of this truth, while functioning as an intelligent being here. Worship the self which is the supreme Lord with all your natural actions and experiences, including your wisdom. Worshiped with these articles, the self instantly bestows upon you the boon of spiritual unfoldment.
Saturday, January 17, 2015
September 14
Nirvana or liberation is the non-experience of egosense. Let this truth be clearly understood.
September 15
To abandon the notions of "my" and "mine" is liberation; nothing else is liberation. Liberation is peace. Liberation is extinction of all conditioning. Liberation is freedom from every kind of physical, psychological and psychic distress.
September 16
When these objects are dropped, what remains (consciousness) is indescribable, for to call it "consciousness" is to limit it.
September 17
When even division between the mind and the infinite consciousness drops away, then all division drops into nothingness. After this, one exists in the supreme being even as the unsculpted image exists in the marble slab.
September 18
When one is knocked about by the troubles and tribulations of earthly existence and is "tired of all this," he seeks refuge from all this....Then seeking to free himself from the cage of ignorance, he flies away from pleasure towards the unconditioned bliss.
September 19
The state of one who has transcended all division and whose mind has become no-mind is beyond description.
Monday, January 5, 2015
September 20
The world is not material; the void is not seen. What remains is the truth, indescribable but not non-being.
September 21
Unless and until both these (matter and mind, the gross and the subtle) are realized to be the one infinite consciousness, the wise seeker should endeavor to purify them and to investigate their real nature.
September 22
This truth is realized only by those who are established in the supreme state, not by those who rest in egosense....Consciousness alone appears as this gross universe. When this is realized, the belief in the existence of matter ceases. With it ceases desire to possess such matter. Then one remains in one's own inner peace. When the self is realized as neither the world nor the void, everything remains as it truly is. The sage of self-realization has crossed this samsara and has reached the end of all karma.
September 23
One alone is....the one self which is consciousness alone remains, and this is indescribable, being beyond thought and description. Only the sage of self-knowledge experiences this: others merely read these words. For it is neither time nor mind, neither being nor non-being, neither consciousness nor unconsciousness.
September 24
The reality is the infinite, undivided consciousness which, not being an object of observation, is unknowable.
September 26
Hence, even though the egosense seems to rise in me, it is inoperative, like a painting of fire....That which creates these notions of unity and diversity also creates the notions of Brahman and creation. When these notions have ceased, there is great inner peace even if one is engaged in activity. Everything is nirvana. The perceived creation is like the sky (void though appearing to have form and color). Behold the entire universe composed of you, I, mountains, gods and demons, etc., as you would behold the creations and happenings of a dream.
September 27
Hence, investigate the truth with the help of direct experience; behold the primordial truth by direct experience.
September 28
The form is but an illusory perception....For this universe has no form, no body, no materiality, though it seems to have a form.
September 29
It shines by its own light, it has no beginning nor middle nor end and it is omnipotent....He who is enlightened sees not the diversity, but the one infinite consciousness.
September 30
Consciousness is never without some movement within itself....Just as in a dream, the cities, etc., are all within the consciousness of the dreamer, consciousness becomes aware of its own movement within itself right from the moment this movement arises. Thus arise in it notions of a moment, an age, a world-cycle, etc., as also notions of "I" and "you", etc. Thus, there is neither a duality, nor a unity, nor a void, neither consciousness (as the subject), nor unconsciousness. There is pure silence, or not even that. The infinite consciousness alone exists.
October 1
However, motion or action cannot be regarded as the quality of consciousness because it has no qualities or characteristics: consciousness is pure and utterly tranquil, beyond all description. The notion of motion in consciousness is ignorance.
October 2
Just as the mirror reflects a real object that exists outside, this consciousness reflects within itself that which is in itself--hence, it is real.....This creation is real whether it is regarded as a reflection or a dream object or a fancy, because it is based on the truth which is the self--this is my opinion.
October 3
One roams this samsara with its birth and death only till one beholds the supreme. Having seen it, he is immediately immersed in the supreme. Who will again abandon that which frees him from all sorrow?
October 4
I am subtler and more empty than even the air....This truth cannot be seen by physical eyes which can only see material objects. When you see with your subtle (ativahika) eyes you will behold creation as it is, as the truth, as pure Brahman-nirvana.
October 5
When it is like a dream-city how can one affirm or deny its existence? ...Whether this world has form or no form, it is pure consciousness and immaterial void. O Rama, you are nothing, but you are not non-existent. You are pure and supreme consciousness.
October 6
If one wakes up to the truth about oneself, then the materiality of the body vanishes. ...I experienced being something and being nothing, the formless state as also form, while retaining awareness of all these as well as unaware of all these.
Sunday, January 4, 2015
October 7
We have eaten and drunk a lot, and we have experienced pleasure. What is left to be done? How shall we gain supreme peace?
October 8
Hence, even when I am engaged in diverse activities this realization of Brahman does not cease. Just as to a dreamer the unborn and bodiless dream-object is real, even so this world is real and material to me. Even so do all these creations and worlds shine as if real and material, but they have never been created....When the truth is realized all these scenes of so-called creations vanish, even as a mirage ceases to be seen as water when its true nature is understood.
October 9
The world-appearance or illusion is perceived; the supreme consciousness remains unseen....The reality of infinite consciousness remains incomprehensible. Hence there arises the notion of a complete void or sunya; this, too, is real.
October 10
Saintly men look upon all with equal vision; they who know the reality know that it is the self of all.
October 11
The notion that everything is void or sunya is right for it is the result of much investigation....The knowers of the truth have realized that this infinite consciousness is neither void nor non-void; it is omnipotent but not that which is seen or known....One should stand firm in one's own realization without being distracted or deflected.
October 12
When the wave subsides, water is not destroyed. When the body is destroyed, the consciousness remains unchanged.
October 13
Even as floating dust particles do not affect space, pleasure and pain do not touch one who is established in the realization of the one indivisible, infinite consciousness.
October 14
I know what I am and I know who you all are. I am but your own consciousness, seated here in order to instruct you: I am neither human nor celestial nor divine. I am here as the fruit of your merit. In fact I am neither this nor the other.
October 15
That "nothing" which remains after everything has been negated as "not this, not this" is pure consciousness (cidambaram). The entire universe is but pure consciousness as it was and as it is.....When its experience of its own inherent potentialities is continued, it appears as the world.....All external objects are reflected in the mirror of one's consciousness which when inquired into is seen immediately. When thus investigated, their true nature as pure consciousness is realized.
Friday, January 2, 2015
October 16
He could easily refrain from all this but what is to be gained by such restraint? Let all these be as they are. Such is the attitude of one who is established in the infinite consciousness....The distinction between bondage and liberation lies in the state of one's consciousness, which is conditioned in bondage and unconditioned in liberation.....The enlightened consciousness is unaffected by the rising and setting of likes and dislikes, mental action and supramental consciousness. When one is firmly established in the infinite and unconditioned consciousness, even these distinctions vanish. The diversity which people experience in this creation is but an appearance, like the colors of a rainbow....There is no difference or division in consciousness, just as there is no distinction between space and emptiness. The currents and whirlpools that appear on the surface of water are only water.
October 17
Within the smallest atom of the infinite consciousness exists the potentiality of all experiences, just as there are stones and rocks within the mountain. All these experiences exist, constantly experiencing their own particular modes of experience. In reality, of course, they do not exist as experiences but only as infinite consciousness.
October 18
Self-knowledge does not arise except through the investigation of the means for liberation. Hence by every means one should investigate the means for liberation.
October 19
Only the knowers of the truth (the sages of self-knowledge) experience no sorrow at all: they see their bodies being borne down the stream but without the false notion "I am that body"....When you know while dreaming that it is dream only, you are freed even from fire.
October 20
For us there is no appearance, nothing unreal or real, no space: but there is only one formless, beginning-less, endless, non-dual infinite consciousness....Consciousness always shines pure. Just as during dreaming the dream has the quality of wakefulness, even so wakefulness is also the nature of dream only. When all mental activity ceases, you are that which is.
October 21
"Waking" and "dreaming" are two words used to denote the movement in consciousness which brings about awareness....There is no distinction between consciousness and awareness of objects seen either in waking or in a dream, just as there is no distinction between wind and movement....The immeasurable space appears to have a blue color; the immeasurable consciousness appears to exist as this creation.
October 22
What is real to the sage is impenetrable illusion to the ignorant. What is unreal to the sage is the most obvious truth to the ignorant.
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