Guest guest Posted April 5, 2007 Report Share Posted April 5, 2007 Sai Ram Dear Brothers and Sisters, (continued from posting no.20) We were talking about Self-realization. As long as our attention is on our physical body and its demands, we behave as a mere sensuous creatures. When we withdraw our attention from the body and dwell more on our feelings and emotions, we become an emotional being. Again by withdrawing our concentration from our body and mind and directing it to our intellect and its activities we turn into an intellectual personality. Likewise, when we withdraw from all the three equipment, and keep telling ourself that we are not the body and that we are the Supreme SElf, we will assert our real nature, the all-pervading Reality. Thus by continuing to negate our body and by meditating upon the Self, we merge with Brahman. It must be pointed out in this context that all beings and things of the world are like mere bubbles on the surface of water. Bubbles arise out of water, exist in water and finally merge with water. Even when they assume a separate existence apart from water below, the bubbles are in essence nothing but water. Similarly, the individuals, their equiment and their objects of experience are in essence Atma( Brahman). Even while experiencing the pluralistic world we should try to recognise the underlying Atma upon which the world of changed appears to exist. If we want to achieve Self-Realization, we must first study, analyse and discriminate the perishaable nature of the body, mind and intellect and the world of plurality from the imperishable Self and thereafter negate the perishable world and assert the imperishable Self as real, by repeatedly suggesting to ourself, " I am the Supreme Self. I am the pure Brahman. " By this process we get more and more established in Brahman. The Self is beyond the world of senses. We need to search for the ultimate truth by by becoming a Sadhak whose bosom genuinely thirsts for the transcendantal pure life of the spirit. (to be continued) With Loving SAI RAMs, G.Balasubramanian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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