ATMA BODHA 65

 

ATMA BODHA 65

“SARVAGAM SACHCHIDATMANAM GYANA- CHKSHUR- NIRIKSHITE

AGYANA-CHAKSHUR-NA-EEKSHETA-BHASVANTAM-BHANUM-ANDHAVAT.”

“Despite the fact that ATMAN is Pure Consciousness and ever present everywhere, IT is perceived by the eye of wisdom alone. But IT is not seen by one whose vision is obscured by ignorance. It is similar to the blind who cannot see the resplendent sun.”

Just as the blind man cannot see the radiant Sun, one who is incapable of grasping the Truth can never hope to see IT! One who has not developed the eye of wisdom  cannot perceive IT! One should be discriminative enough to reject the unreal from the real in order to perceive the Truth! He should have a pure mind and be bestowed with the serene light of knowledge within him to illumine the right judgment of things! He should havs single pointed devotion and penance. He should not super impose the finite qualities of the outer world of objects on the Infinite Self! It is only on such conditions that one can experience the presence of the Eternal Self as his own true nature.Though the ATMAN is SUPREME, it is the limiting factors in the seeker after Truth that veils and distorts the beauty of the Absolute Reality! It is the blndness in man that makes the sun dark though the sun  shines ever bright and brilliant!

The Vedantic teachers hold in theory that on transcending all equipments all seekers will realise the SELF, the Truth. Students, in the beginning try to follow the teacher only with their intellect.Carrying this impression, he student asks as to how one can experience the Truth when once the3 body-mind- intellect-equipment is transcended. It is here that the Rishis import the idea of the faculty of intuition—Gyana Chakshu for the benefit of students.

Contemplative power alone can understand the Reality! “This is not an objective experience. It is an uncompromising and total Becoming.”

A mind fully involved in feeling and thinking of the objects of the world  is so agitated and restless  that the Supreme cannot be capture in experience! The mind is slowly and intelligently withdrawn from its  outward fascinations. It is trained to turn inward and develop in itself the power to apprehend the Reality! Hence the intuitive power  ( Gyana Chakshu) is nothing other than a mind turned inward and held in attention! According to the Gita, such a prepared mind is a true vehicle to reach Knowledge and in itself is called  Gnanam!!  

 

ATMA BODHA 64

 

ATMA BODHA 64

“DRUSYATE SRUYATE YAD-YAT BRAHMANO- ANNYAT-NA- TAD BHAVET

TATVA-GYANAT-CHA TAD-BRAHMA  SACHIDANANANDA-MADVAYAM”

“ALL THAT IS PERCEIVED OR HEARD IS BRAHMAN AND NOTHING ELSE.AFTER ATTAINING THE KNOWLEDGE OFTHE REALITY, ONELOOKS AT THE UNIVERSE AS THE NON-DUAL   BRAHMAN. EXISTENCE-KNOWLEDGE- BLISS ABSOLUTE.”

Whatever one sees or hears through the sensory organs cannot be anything other than the Brahman. It is similar to whatever one sees in his dream state cannot be anything other than one’s own waking -state mind. It is the Consciousness that presides over lending its potentiality in all our activities of  perception, feeling and thinking. The awareness in us illumines the knowledge, ignorance, anger, love and many other feelings and emotions in us. But for the Consciousness that gives life to the “Prana” in us there is no existence.

One must realize, therefore, that  whatever exists in this mortal body, mind, and intellect (microcosm) or in the external world ( macrocosm)  are all Its own manifestation and nothing else. When this Truth is  totally realized and experienced one cannot but see the entire universe as a huge play-ground where the PARAMATMAN alone revels as  SAT-CHIT-ANANDA  ABSOLUTE for ------ It is One and one only “EKAM  EVA ADVITEEYAM  BRAHMA.”