Self Devotee

CONSCIOUS IMMORTALITY

Q: Why is it written in one of the Upanishads, 'Those whom the Atman chooses, to them alone does It reveal Itself, not to others'? Isn't this rather arbitrary?

M: No. It is correct. It chooses only those who devote them selves to It, who become Its devotees. Such It draws inwards to Itself. One must turn inwards to find the Atman. Whoever thinks of It, It will draw to Itself.

All thoughts such as, 'Attainment is hard,' or 'Self-realization is far from me,' or 'I have to overcome many difficulties to know Reality,' should be given up, as they are obstacles and are created by this false self, ego.

They are untrue.

Do not doubt that you are the Reality; live in that understanding. Never question it by deferring your realization of it to some future time. It is because people are victimized and hypnotized by such false thoughts that the Gita says that few out of millions realize the Self.

The order of ashramas was established as a general principle to regulate the gradual development of the ordinary run of humanity, but in the case of one highly mature and fully ripe for atma vichara there is no graduated development. In this case jnana vichara, i.e.Self-enquiry, and the blooming of jnana, are immediate and quick.

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