Realization of the Self that is Free from Sense of I-ness (Ego)
(Meinpan se Rahit Swaroop ka Anubhav)
Shree Hari
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Search for "I" ness (Ego)
Now we have to search where (rather in what) the "I" ness (ego) exists. If we admit ego in the self, then this ego shall never get eliminated, and a man shall never be able to become free from sense of mine-ness and ego. Ego is the creation of nature and the Self (existence) transcends nature. When ego does not exist even in nature, then how can it exist in the Self which transcends Nature? The fundamental Self is so solid that even the imagination of the changeable "I" ness in it cannot be likely. If we presume ego in the unreal, then the unreal is constantly changeable every second, then how shall the ego survive in it? The unreal which itself, does not exist, how can one envision any other element staying in it? Therefore ego is neither in the real, nor in the unreal. We cannot also presume ego in the relationship (combination) of the real and the unreal, because just as the combination (union) of darkness and light is not possible, in the same way the union of the unreal and the real is not possible. Ego cannot be presumed in the inner senses also because it is also a habit of life which depends upon the doer. Therefore the sense of I-ness (ego) is in the one who is the doer.
Now the question arises - who is the doer? Body is not the doer because the body is going into extinction every moment ! Mind, intellect, thinking faculty and ego these four are known as the inner instruments (tools). This internal instrument is also not the doer because the instrument is dependent upon the doer. But the doer remains independent "swatantrah kartaah" (Pani. A. 1/4/54) An instrument is always very much helpful in the performance of an activity "saadhakatam karanam" (Pani. A. 1/4/42). Therefore no activity can be fulfilled without the application of the instrument. Just as the pen cannot write independently, it is only an instrument for writing purpose which is dependent on the writer, in the same way , the internal instrument does not become the doer and the doer cannot become an instrument. If the internal instrument is the tool, then how can it become the doer? Secondly, if there is the sense of doership in the internal instrument, then why does the self become happy and unhappy? If the internal instrument becomes happy and unhappy, then what is loss to the self? The real existence (self) is also not a doer, because the ego is the evolutes of nature, how can it be in the self which transcends Nature?
If the doership had been in the self, then it would have never perished because the self is imperishable. Therefore Srimad Bhagavadgita says -
Tatraivam sati kartaaramaatmaanam kewalam tu yah |
Pashyatyakrutabuddhitvaanam sa pashyati durmatih || (Gita 18/16)
"One who presumes the real self as the doer, that person of perverse understanding does not see right, because his intellect is not pure i.e. he has not attached importance to discrimination."
Sharirasthopi kaunteya na karoti na lipyate || (Gita 13/31)
" This real self though dwelling in the body neither acts nor gets tainted."
In fact he who is an experiencer (becomes happy – sad), is the doer. Now the question arises who is an experiencer? The experience (enjoyer) is neither the real, nor the unreal. The real self cannot be the enjoyer, since there cannot be absence of the real self." "Naabhaavo vidyate satah" while there is the absence of the enjoyership "na lipyate" (Gita 13/31)
The unreal also cannot be the enjoyer, since there is no existence of the unreal "naasato vidyate bhaavah".
Therefore there cannot be even the imagination of enjoyership in the unreal. The result is that the sense of doership or enjoyership exists neither in the real nor in the unreal. Therefore it is expected from the aspirant that he should withdraw the feeling of I-ness (ego) from the real and the unreal. After it is withdrawn, the ego will exist nowhere, it will extinguish. The doership and enjoyership will not exist but only the conscious entity will exist. (to be continued)
From book "For Salvation of Mankind" by Swami Ramsukhdasji
Ram Ram
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