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Divine Message of His Holiness Shri Datta Swami

When the students uttered Aham Brahma Asmi (I am Brahman), Sankara tolerated but

when Sankara told Sivoham (I am Eswara), the disciples also told Sivoham. Then

Sankara swallowed the molten lead and showed his controlling power. The

disciples could not do so. Then Sankara told Sivah Kevaloham (Only I am the

Siva).

 

The simple argument of Advaitha scholars is that the Lord wished to create this

world. The life or simple awareness is essential to have a wish. Therefore,

the Lord is awareness. The same awareness is in every human being. Every human

being is also wishing just like the Lord created this world by His Wish, which

is His imagination only. Similarly the human being is also creating its own

imaginary world. But there is lot of difference between a hill present in this

real world, which is the imagination of the Lord and the hill present in the

imaginary world of the human being. If the same awareness is present in the Lord

and the human being, both the hills should not have any difference. Since the

hills are totally different, there is total difference between the awareness of

the Lord and the awareness in the human being.

 

Infact the Lord gave the faculty of imagination to the human being so that he

will understand the process of imagination of the Lord in creating the world.

But this foolish human being extends the concept into the model and thinks that

the model itself is the concept. A model or example cannot be the original

concept. Therefore you have to withdraw the attraction or the bond not only

from the seven external circles, but also from yourself because you are thinking

that you are the Lord and you are attracted towards yourself. Thus finally this

self-bond which is also an illusion should be broken and the total attraction

should be shifted towards the external super soul or the Lord.

 

Are you greater than Hanuman in any angle? Did He not know Aham Brahmasmi? Are

you greater scholar than Hanuman, who always told Daasoham, which means that He

is the servant of Rama, who is the then Human Incarnation? If you put these

questions to yourself, your illusion of self-bond also disappears.

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Precisely! Thats the difference between a Guru and a student. If the

student was all ready to do exactly what the teacher was doing, they

wouldn't need a teacher, would they?

 

Students learn about their true essence, and hold that as a goal.

This steady holding of the goal in mind is extremely important

aspect of manifesting it. Rest is sadhna!

 

And yes you are right about one thing. Holding this goal of "Aham

Brahmasmi" or "Shivoham" is dangerous in the hands of those with

temperaments which are egotistical in nature. "Neti neti", has to go

simultaneously with "I am that". Unless they hold the

principle of humility equally, this thinking tends to get them into

trouble.

 

However, it is part of the journey, and they will have the

opportunity to learn humility as well.

 

_/\_ Tat twam asi

 

Uma

 

 

, prakki surya <dattapr2000

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> Divine Message of His Holiness Shri Datta Swami

> When the students uttered Aham Brahma Asmi (I am Brahman), Sankara

tolerated but when Sankara told Sivoham (I am Eswara), the disciples

also told Sivoham. Then Sankara swallowed the molten lead and showed

his controlling power. The disciples could not do so. Then Sankara

told Sivah Kevaloham (Only I am the Siva).

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