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Your reality is the
Atma, a wave of the Paramatma. The one object of this human existence is
to visualise that reality, that Atma, that relationship between the wave
and the sea. All other activities are trivial; you share them with birds
and beasts. But, this is the unique privilege of man. He has clambered
through all levels of animality, all the steps in the ladder of evolution
in order to inherit this high destiny. If all the years between
birth and death are frittered away in seeking food and shelter, comfort
and pleasure as animals do, man is condemning himself to a further
life-sentence.
The Divine Principle is the very core of man. Becoming aware of
this Truth is the goal of life; it is the source of strength which is
unfailing and irresistible. Close your eyes, you feel there is no one else
here, though there are thousands. If you suffer from cataract or worse
still, if you are blind, you cannot know the truth. So too, the Divine is
here, before you, behind you, inside you, outside you; the Intelligence
through which you can recognise. It is also with you, but you are either
blind, or diseased with defective vision or worse still, willfully
inclined to close your eyes.
You are not one but Three
You must first
learn about what others think you are . They deal with you as a body, with
a specific name and an identifiable form. Then, you must learn about what
you think you are . You are aware of your mind and its monkey tricks, its
prejudice and preferences, its passions and pursuits. You are aware of
your individual consciousness, of your version of me and mine. Learn about
the mind as an instrument, which can harm you if used unwisely or help
you, if used wisely. You have to learn about yet another You! The One you
really are For, you are neither the body nor the mind. You are the
embodiment of Purity, Power, Love and Bliss. The miserable little prison
named Individuality has to be denied. You are free, but you fancy you are
bound and mope in the cell you imagine is limiting you. See the Truth,
that will set you free. It is within you, feel it. You are not the body,
the mind, the intellect, the brain, the heart, the denotable diminutive
ego. You are the Infinite Universal Absolute. You have to get yourselves
established firmly, unshakably in this awareness. Paramahamsas have that
awareness. Everyone of you can attain that state; it is your destiny, your
duty to yourself. Merely finishing the study of book after book serves no
purpose. Practising one line from any one book is enough to save you from
the aeons of darkness,of ignorance, and of yearning for Light.
The
Indivisible One
The greatest defect today in the
absence of Atmavichara, the inquiry into the nature of the Atma. That is
the cause of all this Asanthi; if you are eager to know the Truth about
yourself, then if you donot believe in God, you will not go astray. The
pots are all of mud, the ornaments are all of gold, the clothes are all of
yarn. There is unity where one saw only diversity; the basic substance is
one and indivisible. That is
Brahman, that is the Atma, which is your own basic substance
too.
Once you enter the depths of the sea, it is all calm, it is
all peace. Agitations, noise,
confusion all are only on the outer layers. So also in the innermost recesses
of the heart, there is a reservoir of santhi (peace) where
you
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