The Atma - Our Divine nature - The Source Of Understanding Part 03

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The Rosetta Stone unlocked the mystery of Egyptian hieroglyphics. That

slab of black basalt, found in 1799, held the key to the ancient codes.

That single tablet enabled Egyptologists to use a known language on the

stone to decipher the meanings of countless ancient Egyptian

inscriptions. However, even that black besalt pales beside a greater

key: the Atmic experience of self realization, which enables us to know

our identity and the purpose of our life. It is the light that

illumines the immortal truth of our divine state. The atma is the light

that penetrates our fog of illusion to reveal our divinity.

 

" When the atma is understood, everything else is understood. All

effects are subsumed by the cause " Baba

 

It is quite possible to attain the atmic vision while still in the

body. There need not be a long term loss of relative, everyday identity

and role - but these do disappear in the experience of Oneness. While

functioning as a person, then, we have the potential for realizing our

nature as divine. Many spiritual masters and advanced disciples have

achieved this blissful state and have continued their missions for many

years. When the experience of Oneness is attained, the goal is won.

There are no prerequisites of superior intellect or graying hair.

 

" When the obstacles in the path of truth are laid low, deliverance is

achieved. That is why moksha is something that can be won here and now:

one need not wait for the dissolution of the physical body for that "

Baba

 

The truth is unknown when we explore our own consciousness. The path is

inward. To understand God, we need only to understand ourselves.

 

" When you cannot reach down to your basic reality, why waste time in

exploring the essence of Godhead? As a matter of fact, you can

understand me only when you have understood yourself, your own basic

truth " Baba

 

When we experience our divinity, we find we were never bound. Bondage,

like liberation, lies in our minds. We bind ourselves with the ropes of

attachment and wrong desire. Like Indra in the pig form, we are caught

by our own ignorance of our self nature. We must cast off desires and

wrong thoughts and allow our souls to rise to their divine destiny.

 

" The Gita directs that even the eagerness to be liberated is a bond.

One is fundamentally free; bondage is only an illusion. So the desire

to unloosen the bond is the result of ignorance. " Baba

 

Self fulfillment is a state of true independence. We can know complete

contentment and joy whatever external circumstances we face. Liberation

is the process of fully coming to terms with ourself, without any

semblance of bondage. It is the process of reconciling all internal

contradictions - stilling the mind and experiencing essential being,

consciousness, and bliss (Sat, Chit, Ananda)

 

" Moksha is only another word for independence - not depending on any

outside thing or person " Baba

 

When we realize our innermost being as divinity, we also recognize

others as divine. The waves of the ocean are not separate from each

other, nor from the whole, which is God. When we perceive God within

ourselves, we also see God within all others.

 

" All is divine. When you are firmly established in the fact of your

divinity, then you will directly know that others are divine. " Baba

 

If we are joyful embodiments of Oneness, why do we not feel that way? it is

because we obscure the ever present sun of God with the black clouds of selfish

egoism. We cling to our limited personalities and hide our light. Our

imaginations create fears, cravings, death, and all manner of limitations. as a

result of improper training, we distort the clear and pure vision of divinity.

 

 

Continued...The Atma - Our Divine nature - Realize Yourself and Be Free Part 04