REALIZED PERSONS WON'T GET AFFECTED BY DESIRES, BECAUSE THEY WON'T HAVE
ANY URGE TO FULFILL THE DESIRES. DESIRES ARISE BECAUSE OF
'PRARABDHAM'. FROM WHICH, EVEN THE 'REALIZED' HAVE NO ESCAPE.
THERE IS NO THINKING WHEN WE ARE TRULY HAPPY.
BHAKTHY AND WORSHIP ARE TRUE AT THE CONVENTIONAL LEVEL. VASTU-VICHARAM AND DHYANA ARE ALSO TRUE AT THE DIVINE LEVEL. 'SILENCE'
IS THE ULTIMATE TRUTH AT THE ABSOLUTE LEVEL.
VIEWING 'LIFE' AND 'LIVING' AS SEPARATE, COMES UNDER 'DWAIDA'.
VIEWING THEM TOGETHER IS ADWAIDHA . WHEN LIFE AND LIVING ARE CONNECTED TO ABSOLUTE, AND AT THE SAME TIME KEEPING THEM DISTINCT, IS VISISHTADWAIDA..
CHANTING MANTRA OR SINGING SONGS IN PRAISE OF GOD GIVES HAPPINESS AT THE MENTAL LEVEL. THIS HAPPINESS, AT THE MOST CAN BE TERMED AS 'ENJOYMENT'. THIS TURNS INTO SORROW, WHEN THE MANTRA OR THE SONG IS INTERRUPTED FOR A FEW DAYS..
A QUIET MIND EXPRESSES HAPPINESS. DUAL CONCEPTS AND CONFLICTS ARE ABSENT IN THE QUIET MIND.
THERE IS NO THINKING WHEN WE ARE TRULY HAPPY. IT IS AN EXPRESSION BY ITSELF, AND IT DOES NOT DEPEND ON OBJECTS.
'I AM. HAS APPEARED ON 'I-CONSCIOUSNESS', FOR NO REASON.
IT SHOULD BE WELL ESTABLISHED, IN ONESELF, THAT 'I-CONSCIOUSNESS' IS SIMILAR TO 'OCEAN', 'I-AM'. IS SIMILAR TO A UNIFIED VISION OF WAVES ON THE OCEAN, AND "AWARENESS" IS SIMILAR TO WATER WHICH IS THE ESSENCE OF OCEAN AND WAVES.
MEN ARE AT DIFFERENT STAGES, IN THEIR JOURNEY, TOWARDS THE TRUTH. CERTAIN PERSONS ENTERTAIN FAITH, ON AN EXTERNAL POWER, AND PURSUE RELIGION; CERTAIN OTHERS, ENTERTAIN BELIEF, AND PURSUE 'TATWA VICHARAM'. A THIRD CATEGORY TRAVELS THROUGH SPIRITUAL PATH, AND GAIN WISDOM KNOWLEDGE. ALL ROADS LEAD TO THE SAME GOAL OF SELF-REALIZATION'.
ENJOYMENT, FESTIVITY ETC., ARE THE POSITIVE ASPECTS AT THE MENTAL LEVEL, REFLECTING HAPPINESS. SIMILAR IS THE POSITION WITH LIKES AT THE INTELLECTUAL LEVEL. PURE HAPPINESS IS BEYOND THESE MENTAL AND INTELLECTUAL LEVELS.
BOTH 'KNOWLEDGE' AND KARMA ARE USEFUL IN THE 'LIVING' FIELD. BUT WISDOM KNOWLEDGE (SAMGNANA) A UNITARY VISION, ALONE CAN BRING US HAPPINESS
KARMA AND BHAKTHY COMPLEMENT EACH OTHER, FOR KARMA HELPS TO PURIFY THE MIND, AND BHAKTHY MAKES THE MIND ONE POINTED.
UPASANA - THE UNINTERRUPTED MEDITATION, ON A DEITY, OR FORM OR WORD, HAS BECOME POOJA AND BHAKTHY, LATER ON.
VEDAS AND RITUALS HAVE, OF COURSE, VALUE AT THE MENTAL LEVEL.
'I-AM'. IS A COSTUME PUT ON BY 'I-CONSCIOUSNESS'. TO ACT DIFFERENT ROLES, SUCH AS 'I AM AN INDIVIDUAL', 'I HAVE INDIVIDUALITY'.
SAMSKRITHY (DIVINE GRACE) INTERACT WITH 'SAMSKARAM''
A WAVE IS UNREAL AS WAVE, BUT REAL AS WATER.
WE NEED NOT ATTEMPT TO CHANGE THE WORLD, NOR CAN WE CHANGE IT. ANY ATTEMPT, ON OUR PART, IS SIMILAR TO A TINY WAVE ATTEMPTING TO CHANGE THE COURSE OF THE ENTIRE WAVES, INCLUDING ITS OWN SHAPE AND MOVEMENT.
THERE IS NO THINKING WHEN WE ARE TRULY HAPPY.
BHAKTHY AND WORSHIP ARE TRUE AT THE CONVENTIONAL LEVEL. VASTU-VICHARAM AND DHYANA ARE ALSO TRUE AT THE DIVINE LEVEL. 'SILENCE'
IS THE ULTIMATE TRUTH AT THE ABSOLUTE LEVEL.
VIEWING 'LIFE' AND 'LIVING' AS SEPARATE, COMES UNDER 'DWAIDA'.
VIEWING THEM TOGETHER IS ADWAIDHA . WHEN LIFE AND LIVING ARE CONNECTED TO ABSOLUTE, AND AT THE SAME TIME KEEPING THEM DISTINCT, IS VISISHTADWAIDA..
CHANTING MANTRA OR SINGING SONGS IN PRAISE OF GOD GIVES HAPPINESS AT THE MENTAL LEVEL. THIS HAPPINESS, AT THE MOST CAN BE TERMED AS 'ENJOYMENT'. THIS TURNS INTO SORROW, WHEN THE MANTRA OR THE SONG IS INTERRUPTED FOR A FEW DAYS..
A QUIET MIND EXPRESSES HAPPINESS. DUAL CONCEPTS AND CONFLICTS ARE ABSENT IN THE QUIET MIND.
THERE IS NO THINKING WHEN WE ARE TRULY HAPPY. IT IS AN EXPRESSION BY ITSELF, AND IT DOES NOT DEPEND ON OBJECTS.
'I AM. HAS APPEARED ON 'I-CONSCIOUSNESS', FOR NO REASON.
IT SHOULD BE WELL ESTABLISHED, IN ONESELF, THAT 'I-CONSCIOUSNESS' IS SIMILAR TO 'OCEAN', 'I-AM'. IS SIMILAR TO A UNIFIED VISION OF WAVES ON THE OCEAN, AND "AWARENESS" IS SIMILAR TO WATER WHICH IS THE ESSENCE OF OCEAN AND WAVES.
MEN ARE AT DIFFERENT STAGES, IN THEIR JOURNEY, TOWARDS THE TRUTH. CERTAIN PERSONS ENTERTAIN FAITH, ON AN EXTERNAL POWER, AND PURSUE RELIGION; CERTAIN OTHERS, ENTERTAIN BELIEF, AND PURSUE 'TATWA VICHARAM'. A THIRD CATEGORY TRAVELS THROUGH SPIRITUAL PATH, AND GAIN WISDOM KNOWLEDGE. ALL ROADS LEAD TO THE SAME GOAL OF SELF-REALIZATION'.
ENJOYMENT, FESTIVITY ETC., ARE THE POSITIVE ASPECTS AT THE MENTAL LEVEL, REFLECTING HAPPINESS. SIMILAR IS THE POSITION WITH LIKES AT THE INTELLECTUAL LEVEL. PURE HAPPINESS IS BEYOND THESE MENTAL AND INTELLECTUAL LEVELS.
BOTH 'KNOWLEDGE' AND KARMA ARE USEFUL IN THE 'LIVING' FIELD. BUT WISDOM KNOWLEDGE (SAMGNANA) A UNITARY VISION, ALONE CAN BRING US HAPPINESS
KARMA AND BHAKTHY COMPLEMENT EACH OTHER, FOR KARMA HELPS TO PURIFY THE MIND, AND BHAKTHY MAKES THE MIND ONE POINTED.
UPASANA - THE UNINTERRUPTED MEDITATION, ON A DEITY, OR FORM OR WORD, HAS BECOME POOJA AND BHAKTHY, LATER ON.
VEDAS AND RITUALS HAVE, OF COURSE, VALUE AT THE MENTAL LEVEL.
'I-AM'. IS A COSTUME PUT ON BY 'I-CONSCIOUSNESS'. TO ACT DIFFERENT ROLES, SUCH AS 'I AM AN INDIVIDUAL', 'I HAVE INDIVIDUALITY'.
SAMSKRITHY (DIVINE GRACE) INTERACT WITH 'SAMSKARAM''
PERSONALITY IS JEEVA BHAVAM, AND SPIRITUALITY IS ATMA-BODHAM. (I AM AN INDIVIDUAL AND I AM RESPECTIVELY).
WORSHIP, POOJA, UPASANA, DHYANA ETC., ARE IN JEEVA BHAVA
"I AM" IS. WITHOUT THE INTERFERENCE OF MENTAL IMAGINATIONS . "I AM" IS ATMA BODHAM.
COSMIC MIND WITH CONCEPTS ARISE FROM "I AM" .
FROM COSMIC MIND, INDIVIDUAL MIND ARISES , REFLECTING DUAL AND APPARENTLY CONFLICTING CONCEPTS.
FROM THE INDIVIDUAL MIND , A SENSE OF INDIVIDUALITY ARISES ENTERTAINING KARTHRITWAM, BHOKTHRITVAM , AND DEHABHIMANAM - TOGETHER KNOWN AS 'INDIVIDUAL EGO (INDIVIDUALITY) (AANAVAM).
"I AM" IS, OTHERWISE, CALLED "ATMA" THE FIRST SPROUT OF "I-CONSCIOUSNESS". "I AM" REFLECTS- JEEVA AND THE DEPENDENT B.M.I (BODY-MIND-INTELLECT) EQUIPMENT IN EACH INDIVIDUAL.
"I AM" IS THE MICROCOSMIC FORM. AND " I " IS THE MACROCOSMIC FORM OF ONE AND THE SAME CONSCIOUSNESS.
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A SANYASY AND AN ORDIARY MAN IS THAT THE FORMER HAS NO KARTHRITWA BHAVAM, NO BHOKTRUTWA BHAVAM AND NO DEHABHIMANAM, WHILE THE LATTER POSSESSES ALL THE THREE.
WE MAY TERM THE 'DOING' AS "IGNORANCE", AND 'BEING'
AS 'KNOWLEDGE". DOING IS 'JADA SAKTHY' AND ' BEING' IS 'CHIT SAKTHY', AVIDYA AND VIDYA SAKTHY RESPECTIVELY.
THE PRINCIPLE OF CHIT AND JADAM IS DEVI TATWAM .
DEVI IS 'SENSE OF EXISTENCE' , AND SIVA IS ''EXISTENCE'. BEYOND IS "ABSOLUTE ". DEVI BESTOWS HAPPINESS AND SIVA IS PEACE.
KALAM, KARMAM AND GUNAM DO NOT BELONG TO 'CONSCIOUSNESS, (EXISTENCE) , NOR DO THEY BELONG TO "I AM"(SENSE OF EXISTENCE ) THEY ARE ONLY 'REFLECTIONS ' OF "I AM".
THERE IS NEITHER 'TIME' NOR 'SPACE' IN "PRESENCE"; SIMILARLY, NO NAME AND FORM AND NO CAUSE AND EFFECT. ALL THESE PAIRS ARE THE PRODUCTS OF MIND - WHICH IS A REFLECTION IN THE 'SENSE OF PRESENCE' ("I AM" ).
THE URGE IN EACH ONE OF US - WHETHER IT IS EXPLICIT OR IMPLICIT - TO FIND OUT THE SOURCE, IS SIMILAR TO THE URGE SEEN IN BIRDS TO RETURN TO THEIR NEST, AND SIMILAR TO THE URGE OF THE RIVER TO JOIN THE OCEAN LEAVING BEHIND ITS NAME AND FORM.
TRUST ENCOMPASSES BOTH FAITH AND BELIEF, AND NOT OPPOSED TO THEM.
DEHA BHAVAM SHOULD, IN DUE COURSE, BE REPLACED WITH ATMA BHODAM.
OUTLIVE THE CHIT-JADA GRANTHY. THIS GRANTHY APPARENTLY SUBSIDES IN DEEP SLEEP.
ATMA IS THE LIFE PRINCIPLE, AND JEEVA IS THE LIVING PRINCIPLE -
IN THE MAHAVAKYA "TAT TWAM ASI", "ASI" HAS COMPARATIVELY, MORE IMPORTANCE, BECAUSE ONLY WITH "ASI", TAT AND TWAM CAN BE IMAGINED.
MEDITATION IS A 'BHAVAM'- IMAGINING A PARTICULAR MANTRA OR WORD, AT THE MENTAL LEVEL. BHAVAM CULMINATES IN ANUBHAVAM AT THE LEVEL OF 'SENSE OF EXISTENCE'.
WHILE MEDITATING "SHIVOHAM " AT THE MENTAL LEVEL, ONE SHOULD IMAGINE PEACE WITHIN AND HAPPINESS WITH - OUT.
DEVI - (VIDYA AND AVIDYA SWAROOPINI) IS THE CONNECTING FACTOR BETWEEN 'LIFE' AND 'LIVING'. AVIDYA LEADS TO 'LIVING', AND VIDYA LEADS TO DEVI HERSELF.
DEVI IS BOTH VYAKTHAM AND AVYAKTHAM ; DEVI IS BOTH "I AM" AND " I "
WATCH THE BREATH WITH THE MANTRA "SIVOHAM", AND BE IN AWARENESS OF PEACE AND HAPPINE.
"I AM AN INDIVIDUAL" IS THE FIRST CONCEPT FROM COSMIC EGO. THE INDIVIDUAL WITH THE B.M.I . STRUCTURE BRINGS FORTH INNUMERABLE CONCEPTS.
"INDIVIDUALITY" IS INDIVIDUAL EGO ( DOER SHIP, ENJOYER-SHIP POSSESSOR-SHIP AND 'DEHABHIMANAM".
TALK LESS; EAT LESS AND THINK LESS. FILL THE MIND WITH GOD-THOUGHT. IN DUE COURSE, EGO SHALL BE LOST, AND THE MIND SHALL DISSOLVE IN "I AM".
LESS THOUGHT LEADS TO REDUCED ACTION. KNOWLEDGE AND ACTION ARE NOT COMPATIBLE.
ALPHABETS CANNOT BE FORGOTTEN EVEN IN GRADUATE CLASSES. SO IS THE CASE WITH DEVOTION TOWARDS GOD , EVEN AFTER MASTERING VEDANTA AND OTHER SCRIPTURES.
IMAGINING DEVI TATWAM "I-AM" IN SAHASRARAM, AND SIVA TATWAM
("I-CONSCIOUSNESS) IN THE HEART CENTRE, IS CONCEIVED BY CERTAIN SCHOOLS.
PRIMARY IGNORANCE (AGNANA) BRINGS OUT VIDYA MAYA AND AVIDYA MAYA. VIDYA MAYA IS "SENSE OF EXISTENCE" (I AM), A UNITARY VISION WITHOUT ENTERTAINING CONCEPTS.
AVIDYA MAYA BRINGS OUT CONCEPTS - "I AM THE INDIVIDUAL IS WITH B.M.I. STRUCTURE", EGO, GNANAM,VIGNANAM ,GUNAS, ELEMENTS AND WORLD APPEARANCE. ALL THESE ARE CATEGORISED AS 'MITYA' (ILLUSION). WHEN ONE CONCEPT IS VIEWED FOR ANOTHER CONCEPT, (AS IN THE CASE OF ROPE-SNAKE ANALOGY), IT IS KNOWN AS BRAMAM (DELUSION). THUS, MITYA AND BRAMAM COVERS THE ENTIRE AVIDYA MAYA.
VIDYA MAYA ELEVATES THE INDIVIDUAL TO THE SOURCE, WHEREAS , AVIDYA MAYA BINDS THE INDIVIDUAL TO THE OBJECTIVE WORLD OF MITYA AND BRAMAM.
DEHABHIMANAM IS 'INDIVIDUALITY', DEHABHAVAM IS "I AM AN INDIVIDUAL", ATMA BODHAM IS "I AM", AND BHODAM IS "I - CONSCIOUSNE
AS WE BOW BEFORE ISHWARA IN THE TEMPLE, WE SHOULD ENTERTAIN THE FEELING OF "I AM" SURRENDERING TO ISHWARA .
THE TERMS : EGO, JEEVA, ATMA, ISHWARA AND BRAHMAN , SHOULD BE CLEAR IN OUR MIND. (EGO IS INDIVIDUALITY, JEEVA IS THE REFLECTION OF ATMA IN EACH INDIVIDUAL, ATMA IS 'I AM' - THE SENSE OF EXISTENCE, ISHWARA IS I-CONSCIOUSNESS, AND BRAHMAN IS THE SUPREME AND INCONCEIVABLE REALITY.
AS "I - CONSCIOUSNESS (ISWARA) IS TO THE VISWAM, SO IS "I AM" (ATMA) TO THE INDIVIDUAL. ONE IS MACRCOSMIC FORM AND THE OTHER IS MICROCOSMIC FORM OF ONE AND THE SAME CHAITANYAM.
MIND (INDIVIDUAL) BY GAINING WISDOM KNOWLEDGE , GETS THE STATUS OF "I AM".
WHEN WE PROSTRATE BEFORE GOD IN THE TEMPLE, IT IS ACTUALLY "I AM" (ATMA) SURRENDERING TO GOD THIS IS THE TRUE SPIRIT OF "BHAKTHY".
THROUGH GNANA MARGA ALSO, THE SAME GOAL IS ACHIEVED AND IDENTITY OF "I AM" WITH GOD-CONSCIOUSNESS IS REALIZED.
ALL TRUE BHAKTHAS, THROUGH DEVOTION , QUALIFY THEMSELVES WITH ' WISDOM KNOWLEDGE, BEFORE REALIZING IDENTITY WITH GOD.
THERE IS NO DIFFERENCE ,WHATSOEVER, BETWEEN "I AM" AND "I"
THERE IS NO DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A BHAKTHA AND A GNANI.
A DRAMA ACTOR CANNOT, BY HIMSELF, CHANGE THE ASSIGNED ROLE AND THE DIALOGUE, HE HAS TO ENACT IN THE DRAMA. THEY ARE DECIDED BY THE MANAGER OF THE DRAMA SHOW! (IT IS THE DIVINE WILL THAT DIRECTS OUR LIFE-LIVING DRAMA).
DEEP SLEEP IS SOMETIMES COMPARED TO SAMADHY. REALLY, IT IS NOT SO. A PLAIN GLASS , WITH MERCURY BEHIND, ASSUMING THE ROLE OF A MIRROR REFLECTS
OBJECTS IN THE WAKING AND DREAM STAGES. IT REFLECTS THE DEEP SLEEP ALSO SIMILAR TO REFLECTING A DARK OBJECT IN FRONT.
THE GLASS WITH MERCURY BEHIND IS COMPARED TO "SENSE OF EXISTENCE", WHEREAS, PLAIN GLASS IS "EXISTENCE - (I-CONSCIOUSNESS) .
TIRODANAM IS ONE OF THE FUNCTIONS OF LORD SHIVA, AFTER DESTROYING THE CONCEPTS CREATED BY BRAMMA, AND SUSTAINED BY VISHNU. AFTER THE TIRODANAM, SADASIVA. ABSORBS YOU.
TO START WITH, OBSERVE THE MIND, TURNING AWAY FROM THE OBJECTIVE WORLD. YOU SHALL REALIZE THAT ATTRACTION AND REPULSION ARISE IN THE MIND, AND THAT THEY DO. NOT BELONG TO THE OUTSIDE WORLD.
ONCE THE PAIRS VIZ., ATTRACTION/REPULSION ARE ERASED FROM THE MIND, YOU SHALL FIND OUT THE SOURCE OF THE MIND IN "I AM" - 'SENSE OF EXISTENCE'.
"SENSE OF EXISTENCE" SHALL CONTINUE SO LONG AS THE SENSE OF PHYSICAL BODY REMAINS.
WHEN ONCE THE VERY SENSE OF PHYSICAL EXISTENCE IS OUTLIVED, PURE EXISTENCE (" I ") ALONE SHINES.
DEVI IS PRAISED WITH THE EPITHET "ADHY GARVADAYAI" IN 'SREE LALITHASAHASRANAMAM. IT MEANS DEVI REPRESENTS COSMIC EGO THAT IS. "I AM" (SENSE OF EXISTENCE) - FIRST EXPRESSION FROM "EXISTENCE".
CERTAIN PEOPLE HAVE FAITH IN OMENS, AND THEY STRICTLY ADHERE TO THEM . THIS FAITH HAS NO RELIGIOUS NOR RATIONAL SUPPORT , NOR HAS ANY PLACE IN SPIRITUALITY. A SPIRITUAL PERSON CONSIDERS ALL EVENTS AS "PRARABDHAM" WITH THE TRUST THAT DIVINE GRACE SHALL BESTOW A MENTAL ATTITUDE IN HIM ENABLING TO RESPOND TO ANY EVENT APPARENTLY ENJOYABLE OR PAINFUL.
" I " TRANSFORMS ONE'S
ATTITUDE TO FACE EVENTS WITH AN EQUANIMITY OF VISION, WHEREAS, PRARABDHAM
EXHIBITS EVENTS AND ATTITUDE AS DESTINED.WORSHIP, POOJA, UPASANA, DHYANA ETC., ARE IN JEEVA BHAVA
"I AM" IS. WITHOUT THE INTERFERENCE OF MENTAL IMAGINATIONS . "I AM" IS ATMA BODHAM.
COSMIC MIND WITH CONCEPTS ARISE FROM "I AM" .
FROM COSMIC MIND, INDIVIDUAL MIND ARISES , REFLECTING DUAL AND APPARENTLY CONFLICTING CONCEPTS.
FROM THE INDIVIDUAL MIND , A SENSE OF INDIVIDUALITY ARISES ENTERTAINING KARTHRITWAM, BHOKTHRITVAM , AND DEHABHIMANAM - TOGETHER KNOWN AS 'INDIVIDUAL EGO (INDIVIDUALITY) (AANAVAM).
"I AM" IS, OTHERWISE, CALLED "ATMA" THE FIRST SPROUT OF "I-CONSCIOUSNESS". "I AM" REFLECTS- JEEVA AND THE DEPENDENT B.M.I (BODY-MIND-INTELLECT) EQUIPMENT IN EACH INDIVIDUAL.
"I AM" IS THE MICROCOSMIC FORM. AND " I " IS THE MACROCOSMIC FORM OF ONE AND THE SAME CONSCIOUSNESS.
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A SANYASY AND AN ORDIARY MAN IS THAT THE FORMER HAS NO KARTHRITWA BHAVAM, NO BHOKTRUTWA BHAVAM AND NO DEHABHIMANAM, WHILE THE LATTER POSSESSES ALL THE THREE.
WE MAY TERM THE 'DOING' AS "IGNORANCE", AND 'BEING'
AS 'KNOWLEDGE". DOING IS 'JADA SAKTHY' AND ' BEING' IS 'CHIT SAKTHY', AVIDYA AND VIDYA SAKTHY RESPECTIVELY.
THE PRINCIPLE OF CHIT AND JADAM IS DEVI TATWAM .
DEVI IS 'SENSE OF EXISTENCE' , AND SIVA IS ''EXISTENCE'. BEYOND IS "ABSOLUTE ". DEVI BESTOWS HAPPINESS AND SIVA IS PEACE.
KALAM, KARMAM AND GUNAM DO NOT BELONG TO 'CONSCIOUSNESS, (EXISTENCE) , NOR DO THEY BELONG TO "I AM"(SENSE OF EXISTENCE ) THEY ARE ONLY 'REFLECTIONS ' OF "I AM".
THERE IS NEITHER 'TIME' NOR 'SPACE' IN "PRESENCE"; SIMILARLY, NO NAME AND FORM AND NO CAUSE AND EFFECT. ALL THESE PAIRS ARE THE PRODUCTS OF MIND - WHICH IS A REFLECTION IN THE 'SENSE OF PRESENCE' ("I AM" ).
THE URGE IN EACH ONE OF US - WHETHER IT IS EXPLICIT OR IMPLICIT - TO FIND OUT THE SOURCE, IS SIMILAR TO THE URGE SEEN IN BIRDS TO RETURN TO THEIR NEST, AND SIMILAR TO THE URGE OF THE RIVER TO JOIN THE OCEAN LEAVING BEHIND ITS NAME AND FORM.
TRUST ENCOMPASSES BOTH FAITH AND BELIEF, AND NOT OPPOSED TO THEM.
DEHA BHAVAM SHOULD, IN DUE COURSE, BE REPLACED WITH ATMA BHODAM.
OUTLIVE THE CHIT-JADA GRANTHY. THIS GRANTHY APPARENTLY SUBSIDES IN DEEP SLEEP.
ATMA IS THE LIFE PRINCIPLE, AND JEEVA IS THE LIVING PRINCIPLE -
IN THE MAHAVAKYA "TAT TWAM ASI", "ASI" HAS COMPARATIVELY, MORE IMPORTANCE, BECAUSE ONLY WITH "ASI", TAT AND TWAM CAN BE IMAGINED.
MEDITATION IS A 'BHAVAM'- IMAGINING A PARTICULAR MANTRA OR WORD, AT THE MENTAL LEVEL. BHAVAM CULMINATES IN ANUBHAVAM AT THE LEVEL OF 'SENSE OF EXISTENCE'.
WHILE MEDITATING "SHIVOHAM " AT THE MENTAL LEVEL, ONE SHOULD IMAGINE PEACE WITHIN AND HAPPINESS WITH - OUT.
DEVI - (VIDYA AND AVIDYA SWAROOPINI) IS THE CONNECTING FACTOR BETWEEN 'LIFE' AND 'LIVING'. AVIDYA LEADS TO 'LIVING', AND VIDYA LEADS TO DEVI HERSELF.
DEVI IS BOTH VYAKTHAM AND AVYAKTHAM ; DEVI IS BOTH "I AM" AND " I "
WATCH THE BREATH WITH THE MANTRA "SIVOHAM", AND BE IN AWARENESS OF PEACE AND HAPPINE.
"I AM AN INDIVIDUAL" IS THE FIRST CONCEPT FROM COSMIC EGO. THE INDIVIDUAL WITH THE B.M.I . STRUCTURE BRINGS FORTH INNUMERABLE CONCEPTS.
"INDIVIDUALITY" IS INDIVIDUAL EGO ( DOER SHIP, ENJOYER-SHIP POSSESSOR-SHIP AND 'DEHABHIMANAM".
TALK LESS; EAT LESS AND THINK LESS. FILL THE MIND WITH GOD-THOUGHT. IN DUE COURSE, EGO SHALL BE LOST, AND THE MIND SHALL DISSOLVE IN "I AM".
LESS THOUGHT LEADS TO REDUCED ACTION. KNOWLEDGE AND ACTION ARE NOT COMPATIBLE.
ALPHABETS CANNOT BE FORGOTTEN EVEN IN GRADUATE CLASSES. SO IS THE CASE WITH DEVOTION TOWARDS GOD , EVEN AFTER MASTERING VEDANTA AND OTHER SCRIPTURES.
IMAGINING DEVI TATWAM "I-AM" IN SAHASRARAM, AND SIVA TATWAM
("I-CONSCIOUSNESS) IN THE HEART CENTRE, IS CONCEIVED BY CERTAIN SCHOOLS.
PRIMARY IGNORANCE (AGNANA) BRINGS OUT VIDYA MAYA AND AVIDYA MAYA. VIDYA MAYA IS "SENSE OF EXISTENCE" (I AM), A UNITARY VISION WITHOUT ENTERTAINING CONCEPTS.
AVIDYA MAYA BRINGS OUT CONCEPTS - "I AM THE INDIVIDUAL IS WITH B.M.I. STRUCTURE", EGO, GNANAM,VIGNANAM ,GUNAS, ELEMENTS AND WORLD APPEARANCE. ALL THESE ARE CATEGORISED AS 'MITYA' (ILLUSION). WHEN ONE CONCEPT IS VIEWED FOR ANOTHER CONCEPT, (AS IN THE CASE OF ROPE-SNAKE ANALOGY), IT IS KNOWN AS BRAMAM (DELUSION). THUS, MITYA AND BRAMAM COVERS THE ENTIRE AVIDYA MAYA.
VIDYA MAYA ELEVATES THE INDIVIDUAL TO THE SOURCE, WHEREAS , AVIDYA MAYA BINDS THE INDIVIDUAL TO THE OBJECTIVE WORLD OF MITYA AND BRAMAM.
DEHABHIMANAM IS 'INDIVIDUALITY', DEHABHAVAM IS "I AM AN INDIVIDUAL", ATMA BODHAM IS "I AM", AND BHODAM IS "I - CONSCIOUSNE
AS WE BOW BEFORE ISHWARA IN THE TEMPLE, WE SHOULD ENTERTAIN THE FEELING OF "I AM" SURRENDERING TO ISHWARA .
THE TERMS : EGO, JEEVA, ATMA, ISHWARA AND BRAHMAN , SHOULD BE CLEAR IN OUR MIND. (EGO IS INDIVIDUALITY, JEEVA IS THE REFLECTION OF ATMA IN EACH INDIVIDUAL, ATMA IS 'I AM' - THE SENSE OF EXISTENCE, ISHWARA IS I-CONSCIOUSNESS, AND BRAHMAN IS THE SUPREME AND INCONCEIVABLE REALITY.
AS "I - CONSCIOUSNESS (ISWARA) IS TO THE VISWAM, SO IS "I AM" (ATMA) TO THE INDIVIDUAL. ONE IS MACRCOSMIC FORM AND THE OTHER IS MICROCOSMIC FORM OF ONE AND THE SAME CHAITANYAM.
MIND (INDIVIDUAL) BY GAINING WISDOM KNOWLEDGE , GETS THE STATUS OF "I AM".
WHEN WE PROSTRATE BEFORE GOD IN THE TEMPLE, IT IS ACTUALLY "I AM" (ATMA) SURRENDERING TO GOD THIS IS THE TRUE SPIRIT OF "BHAKTHY".
THROUGH GNANA MARGA ALSO, THE SAME GOAL IS ACHIEVED AND IDENTITY OF "I AM" WITH GOD-CONSCIOUSNESS IS REALIZED.
ALL TRUE BHAKTHAS, THROUGH DEVOTION , QUALIFY THEMSELVES WITH ' WISDOM KNOWLEDGE, BEFORE REALIZING IDENTITY WITH GOD.
THERE IS NO DIFFERENCE ,WHATSOEVER, BETWEEN "I AM" AND "I"
THERE IS NO DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A BHAKTHA AND A GNANI.
A DRAMA ACTOR CANNOT, BY HIMSELF, CHANGE THE ASSIGNED ROLE AND THE DIALOGUE, HE HAS TO ENACT IN THE DRAMA. THEY ARE DECIDED BY THE MANAGER OF THE DRAMA SHOW! (IT IS THE DIVINE WILL THAT DIRECTS OUR LIFE-LIVING DRAMA).
DEEP SLEEP IS SOMETIMES COMPARED TO SAMADHY. REALLY, IT IS NOT SO. A PLAIN GLASS , WITH MERCURY BEHIND, ASSUMING THE ROLE OF A MIRROR REFLECTS
OBJECTS IN THE WAKING AND DREAM STAGES. IT REFLECTS THE DEEP SLEEP ALSO SIMILAR TO REFLECTING A DARK OBJECT IN FRONT.
THE GLASS WITH MERCURY BEHIND IS COMPARED TO "SENSE OF EXISTENCE", WHEREAS, PLAIN GLASS IS "EXISTENCE - (I-CONSCIOUSNESS) .
TIRODANAM IS ONE OF THE FUNCTIONS OF LORD SHIVA, AFTER DESTROYING THE CONCEPTS CREATED BY BRAMMA, AND SUSTAINED BY VISHNU. AFTER THE TIRODANAM, SADASIVA. ABSORBS YOU.
TO START WITH, OBSERVE THE MIND, TURNING AWAY FROM THE OBJECTIVE WORLD. YOU SHALL REALIZE THAT ATTRACTION AND REPULSION ARISE IN THE MIND, AND THAT THEY DO. NOT BELONG TO THE OUTSIDE WORLD.
ONCE THE PAIRS VIZ., ATTRACTION/REPULSION ARE ERASED FROM THE MIND, YOU SHALL FIND OUT THE SOURCE OF THE MIND IN "I AM" - 'SENSE OF EXISTENCE'.
"SENSE OF EXISTENCE" SHALL CONTINUE SO LONG AS THE SENSE OF PHYSICAL BODY REMAINS.
WHEN ONCE THE VERY SENSE OF PHYSICAL EXISTENCE IS OUTLIVED, PURE EXISTENCE (" I ") ALONE SHINES.
DEVI IS PRAISED WITH THE EPITHET "ADHY GARVADAYAI" IN 'SREE LALITHASAHASRANAMAM. IT MEANS DEVI REPRESENTS COSMIC EGO THAT IS. "I AM" (SENSE OF EXISTENCE) - FIRST EXPRESSION FROM "EXISTENCE".
CERTAIN PEOPLE HAVE FAITH IN OMENS, AND THEY STRICTLY ADHERE TO THEM . THIS FAITH HAS NO RELIGIOUS NOR RATIONAL SUPPORT , NOR HAS ANY PLACE IN SPIRITUALITY. A SPIRITUAL PERSON CONSIDERS ALL EVENTS AS "PRARABDHAM" WITH THE TRUST THAT DIVINE GRACE SHALL BESTOW A MENTAL ATTITUDE IN HIM ENABLING TO RESPOND TO ANY EVENT APPARENTLY ENJOYABLE OR PAINFUL.
A WAVE IS UNREAL AS WAVE, BUT REAL AS WATER.
WE NEED NOT ATTEMPT TO CHANGE THE WORLD, NOR CAN WE CHANGE IT. ANY ATTEMPT, ON OUR PART, IS SIMILAR TO A TINY WAVE ATTEMPTING TO CHANGE THE COURSE OF THE ENTIRE WAVES, INCLUDING ITS OWN SHAPE AND MOVEMENT.
