Except through the exalted Divine Light, which is the Grace of Consciousness, it is impossible to transcend the conceptualising power of the mind. Other than through Grace of the Mother, who is Chit-Parashakti; Consciousness; the Supreme Power, no one attains the reality of Shiva Chaitanyam - the experience of Shivam. Om Shiva Shakti.
Yogi Anand Saraswati
To know the true God you have to be totally empty.
In fact the opportunity in this life is to discover the God-Self
and to observe how He lives in this body.
He is the true landlord of this house and this Universe.
And when He alone is there, strangely, you find you are there also
as a single wholeness, a oneness—not a mere object.
~ Mooji
Sri Bhagavan Ramana sometimes used the phrase, the “Infinite Eye” to describe the way in which the Jnani is aware of himself and the world appearance. When suttarivu – objective knowledge of the undivided Consciousness operates, there is an “I” who creates and sees an external world, and who then processes the information about it through the physical eyes. In Jnana, one sees and knows the world to be an appearance in one’s own Self. This ‘Infinite Eye” sees and knows nothing other than itself, and it accomplishes this without the false division of seer and seen. Sri Bhagavan explains the apparent paradox of this state in Aksharaannamalai, V15: “Eye of the Eye you are, and without eyes you see. Who can see You?” Hara Hara Mahadeva.
Engage yourself in the living present. The future will take care of itself. Do not worry about the future. ~ Sri Ramana.
“Sooner or later, you will have to part from even your dearest friends. But one friend will never leave you, even though you may never be aware of its existence. It is the Buddha-nature, pure awareness. You begin to discover it by listening to the teachings of a spiritual master.
The ties will deepen as you cultivate sustained mental calm and profound insight into reality. In the end, you will discover that it has always been near you and will always be with you. This is the truest friendship you can ever cultivate.”
~ H.H. Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
Q: Yes, I still understand only theoretically. Yet the answers are simple, beautiful and convincing.
Sri Ramana Maharshi :
Even the thought `I do not realize' is a hindrance.
In fact, the Self alone is.
Our real nature is mukti.
But we are imagining we are bound and are making various, strenuous attempts to become free,
while we are all the while free.
This will be understood only when we reach that stage.
We will be surprised that we were frantically trying to attain something which we have always been and are.
An illustration will make this clear.
A man goes to sleep in this hall.
He dreams he has gone on a world tour,
is roaming over hill and dale, forest and country,
desert and sea, across various continents and
after many years of weary and strenuous travel,
returns to this country, reaches Tiruvannamalai,
enters the ashram and walks into the hall.
Just at that moment he wakes up and
finds he has not moved an inch
but was sleeping where he lay down.
He has not returned after great effort to this hall,
but is and always has been in the hall.
It is exactly like that;
If it is asked, `Why being free do we imagine that we are bound?'
I answer,
`Why being in the hall did you imagine you were on a world adventure, crossing hill and dale, desert and sea?
It is all mind or maya [illusion].
~ Be as you are
When jnana (enlightenment) comes, all ajnana (ignorance) goes and all daivic (godly) qualities come automatically.
Day by Day with Bhagavan
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