Supersoul Super-thread, All things Supersoul

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As KRSNa says, that sarva-dharmAn parityajya mAm ekaM zaraNaM vraja [bg. 18.66]. Then He will reveal Himself, sevonmukhe hi jihvAdau svayam eva sphuraty adaH. He'll reveal yourself.

 

PAMHO. Thank you for your wonderful post.

 

We see here that our true identity can only be known in relationship to the (revealed) Lord. The Lord's revealed names and forms, nama-rupa, are realized by the devotees according to His Mercy. That is, the true hearing of His Name is also the realized seeing of His Form.

 

We are limited and He is unlimited so the Lord (unless as in the case of Arjuna) is not revealing everything all at once (revealing His universal form). He shows us something of Himself in nama-rupa, He decides what we will hear and what we will see.

 

If the Lord reveals as One Who Rules (Master) then devotee automatically understands himself as servant of the Master. This is "self realization" .. seeing oneself in relationship to the Lord. The servant of the One Who Rules, understands that seeing the Lord Reign over everything is far better than seeing the Lord's immovable aspect in himself (the devotee). This is an example of the devotee's automatic realization of Achintya beda beda tattva .. simultaneously oneness and difference. That is, some quality of the Lord's personality is also seen within oneself. The difference is that this aspect not comparable to worshipping the Lord in the revealed form that reveals the "same" aspect. Perhaps a way to explain is that some aspect of the Lord's personality, as revealed within the consciousness of the devotee, though unimaginable is explainable, while "identical quality" in the Lord is incomprehensible and inexplicable. Or maybe better, the quality in the devotee is a like a jewel that is identical to a jewel in the Crown on the Head of the Lord. The Jewel in the Lord's Crown is in His Crown ON His Head, and capturing/transmitting all the rays of Light radiating from the Lord. The jewels are the same but different.

 

Sashtra teaches that in nama rupa, the Lord reveals His various qualities, and these then are sung by devotees in hymns to His (revealed) name. We also understand then that the revealed Names were/are the revealed Forms realized by the devotees (saddhus).

 

Now this tells us a great deal about the reasoning behind getting/giving initiated names. Prior to our own self realization, our initiation name is something like a promised identity. We receive this identity along with the hope, faith and prayers of our spiritual masters and in some cases our parents, that we can realize our true self and our true purpose (to know, to love and to serve God).

 

But our real name of initiation comes at this time:

 

As KRSNa says, that sarva-dharmAn parityajya mAm ekaM zaraNaM vraja [bg. 18.66]. Then He will reveal Himself, sevonmukhe hi jihvAdau svayam eva sphuraty adaH. He'll reveal yourself.

 

Even so, we know that God is unsearchable and unlimited and ever revealing. Therefore, we will not completely understand ourselves as He means for us to understand until such time as we are with Him eternally.

 

"Beloved, we are God's children now; what we shall be has not yet been revealed. We do know that when it is revealed we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is." - 1st John 3:2