Self is everywhere: One day, there was a Sadhu among the gathering of devotees in the Hall. From his appearance, it was obvious, that he was deep in spiritual practice. It looked as though he was waiting for an opportunity to ask Bhagavan something. When he felt that the time was right, the Sadhu approached Bhagavan and said, Bhagavan! It is said that the Self is present in everything.Does that mean that the Self is to be found even in a dead body? When He heard this, Bhagavan exclaimed, Oh! This is what you want. Is it? Is it the dead body who wants to know or is it you? Who is asking this question? The Sadhu replied, It is I who want to know, Bhagavan. Then Bhagavan said, While you are asleep, do you wonder, Am I here or not? It is only in the wakeful state, that you say, I am. Similarly the Self is definitely present even in a dead body. But if you inquire further, you will realize that both the dead body and the living body are both illusory. That which moves we label as being alive. And that which is motionless we say is dead This differentiation is only in our minds. In our dreams we see both living and the dead. As soon as we wake up, we realize that both the living and the dead of our dreams are but illusions. In the same way, this entire universe is nothing more than a grand illusion. The birth of the I thought is referred to as birth and the disappearance of the I thought is death. What we call birth and death therefore are nothing but appearance and disappearance of the I thought. Both birth and death are for the ego alone. Neither birth nor death can touch the I which forms the essence of your being., When the awareness of the self is strong you are there; you are equally there when the self awareness fades. It is you that is the source of the I thought. But the I-thought is not you. Realization is nothing but perceiving the source of the cycle of birth and death. That is you must die and still remain aware, He who dies with awareness is transformed into pure Self. That is, when the ego dies, the Self is born. When this happens, all doubts vanish immediately. The veil of illusion is lifted and everything is perceived properly. All confusion is removed. The differentiations between birth and death, living and the dead, everything disappears. The Self is all knowing. The Self has no doubts. It is only the ego that is plagued by doubts. On hearing this explanation, the Sadhus face glowed with understanding. It was obvious that he had finally found the answer to the question that had obviously bothered him for a long time. Can such wonderful lesson be learned from any book? Only Bhagavan could give such a clear, concise and convincing reply to such a question. Kanakammals Reminiscences.
Posted on: Fri, 05 Dec 2014 08:51:11 +0000
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