11-July-2014: Message from the book Day after Day with Swami Dayananda Vicāra, inquiry into the basic, profound questions about myself such as Who am I? What is this creation? Who is God? What is the relationship between me, God and the creation? requires special sensitivity of the mind, a sensitivity beyond what is needed to inquire into the functioning or description of tangible objects or processes. Vicāra into something tangible - how to make bread or even the grammar of a language - is aided by having changing objects to see, to watch; one can see the vikāra (modifications) taking place upon things, whether in a pan of dough or upon the stems of nouns and verbs. But when the vicāra is inquiry into the Self, we are dealing with something which, although fundamental, is not tangible. Self is not a tangible object which lends itself to trial and error methods, checked by gross perceptions. The knowledge of the self must be seen as a whole. To appreciate the knowledge of the Self, to see the Self for the non-objectifiable wholeness which it is, requires a mind that is contemplative and sensitive. Source: from the talks/book - The Value of Values.
Posted on: Fri, 11 Jul 2014 03:53:15 +0000
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