Guest guest Report post Posted February 1, 1999 nanda chandran [vpcnk] Monday, February 01, 1999 2:16 PM advaitin Freewill The Self is nothing but YOU, even in the common sense of the term. YOU are always present. It's YOUR mind or YOUR intellect or YOUR ego or YOUR sense, which works. What the above statement does not mean is that since the Self is beyond the mind and senses, it's beyond you. It only means that since YOU ARE IT, and the senses and the mind exist only in relation to YOU, YOU are beyond them. YOU presuppose them. The YOU is nothing but you even now. So don't try to use the mind and the intellect to know yourself. Just be. (It may sound simple , but just try it and you'll find how hard it is to be YOURSELF!) Harsha: Very beautifully put. But how can one "try" to just be? Trying indicates "doing". Being is always Prior to all doing. So Being must be found permeating "all doing and trying" and also independent of them. Spiritual effort itself is due to Grace. God Remembrance is due to Grace. The Absolute Surrender is due to Grace and it is this Moment of Truth that contains Infinity. It puts an end to all trying and doing. Here Being shines forth in all nakedness and dominates everywhere. Here, the Self Sees It Self as the Self as there is Nothing else to See but the Self. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
