Acceptance of Truth Leads to Salvation
( Satya ki Sweekruti se Kalyaan )
( Satya ki Sweekruti se Kalyaan )
Shree Hari
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You have no relation with the mind-intellect, whether these are apparently yours or a dog's. If a dog's mind-intellect get affected, then do you become happy or sad? As a dog's mind-intellect is not yours, similarly, what is considered as your mind-intellect are also not yours. Considering mind-intellect as yours is a fundamental error. By considering mind-intellect as yours you simply undergo suffering.
One very significant point to note is that between us and Paramatma (Supreme Consciousness), there is no "curtain" (body and world) of inertness, rather the "curtain" is due to our presumed relationship with the inert. I have not come across this vital point in books or scriptures, rather, in a particular situation in the company of saints. Hence one can reach perfection by accepting the fact that "I" do not have any relationship with body-senses-mind-intellect.
Question - What practices one has to undertake to get rid of this relationship with inert?
Answer – It is not a matter of practicing something. Relationship with inert world does not dissolve by practice, on the other hand, Viveka (discrimination) and Vichara (right thinking) are helpful in severing of the presumed relationships with the inert. If you give due respect to your conclusions based on discrimination, then this relationship can be severed in the present. You need both knowledge and faith - "we do not have a relationship with inert", this is "knowledge" and "our true relationship is with the Lord" this is "faith". Inert would not have any effect if it is clearly known that – nothing in the infinite cosmos can be called ours. Practice does not produce this knowledge, but right discrimination can produce this result in an instant. Self does not get affected, the self is as it is. Actually, liberation is the nature of the self.
"Naasato vidyate bhaavo naa bhaavo vidyate satah" (Gita 2/16)
"the unreal has no existence and the real never ceases to be, the truth of both
has been perceived by the seers of truth." Gita (2/16).
You consider impressions as real, which are unreal and false. Self does not have any relationship with mind-intellect.
Someone asked Swami Sharananadaji, "what is Kundalini?" he answered that "I do not know what Kundalini is, but I surely know that I do not have any relation with Kundalini." Whether Kundalini is dormant or awake, what connection has it with the self? Similarly, the self does not have any connection with this body or the world. Therefore, do not give any importance to their impressions. This would not come about by practicing, practice is useful to produce something new; for example if someone wants to do rope-walking, practice is necessary. However, in the knowledge of the real, practice is not helpful; if right discrimination is respected, self-perfection is in the present. (to be continued)
From book "Discovery of Truth and Immortality" by Swami Ramsukhdasji One very significant point to note is that between us and Paramatma (Supreme Consciousness), there is no "curtain" (body and world) of inertness, rather the "curtain" is due to our presumed relationship with the inert. I have not come across this vital point in books or scriptures, rather, in a particular situation in the company of saints. Hence one can reach perfection by accepting the fact that "I" do not have any relationship with body-senses-mind-intellect.
Question - What practices one has to undertake to get rid of this relationship with inert?
Answer – It is not a matter of practicing something. Relationship with inert world does not dissolve by practice, on the other hand, Viveka (discrimination) and Vichara (right thinking) are helpful in severing of the presumed relationships with the inert. If you give due respect to your conclusions based on discrimination, then this relationship can be severed in the present. You need both knowledge and faith - "we do not have a relationship with inert", this is "knowledge" and "our true relationship is with the Lord" this is "faith". Inert would not have any effect if it is clearly known that – nothing in the infinite cosmos can be called ours. Practice does not produce this knowledge, but right discrimination can produce this result in an instant. Self does not get affected, the self is as it is. Actually, liberation is the nature of the self.
"Naasato vidyate bhaavo naa bhaavo vidyate satah" (Gita 2/16)
"the unreal has no existence and the real never ceases to be, the truth of both
has been perceived by the seers of truth." Gita (2/16).
You consider impressions as real, which are unreal and false. Self does not have any relationship with mind-intellect.
Someone asked Swami Sharananadaji, "what is Kundalini?" he answered that "I do not know what Kundalini is, but I surely know that I do not have any relation with Kundalini." Whether Kundalini is dormant or awake, what connection has it with the self? Similarly, the self does not have any connection with this body or the world. Therefore, do not give any importance to their impressions. This would not come about by practicing, practice is useful to produce something new; for example if someone wants to do rope-walking, practice is necessary. However, in the knowledge of the real, practice is not helpful; if right discrimination is respected, self-perfection is in the present. (to be continued)
Ram Ram
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