(17)
In the domain of Ignorance, the one Brahman will appear
As the endless variety of Individuals, the Lord, and World.
In the domain of Knowledge comes into view, the expanse of
the World and Individuals will appear
As of the nature the Immaculate Supreme.
Even if a Rope
appears in the domain of Ignorance.
As a Snake or some
such form.
When the domain of Knowledge comes into view,
Is it not indeed only the Rope and nothing else ?
(18)
Hence, even if, for the non-inquiring fools,
The Undivided, perfectly full Brahman appears
As of the Elements and other variety of things,
For the Conquerors, who have inquired completely,
All this appearance, which seems to be differences,
Is only the partless, undivided Supreme Brahman.
Noble Sage! there is not an iota of doubt about this.
Is there any doubt in what the Lord has told me ?
(19)
Nothing is created at any time.
Nothing exists at any time.
Nothing is destroyed at any time.
Nothing at any time exists – nothing at all.
It is only the one comp1ete, perfectly ful1 Brahman which is
ever without Duality,
That exists at all times everywhere.
In the name of the Lord,
What is told here is the Truth.
(20)
Apart from the undivided, completely. perfectly full Brahman,
There is nothing as Ignorance or Knowledge.
Apart from the undivided, completely, perfectly full Brahman,
There is nothing as superimposition or its removal.
Apart from the undivided, completely. perfectly full Brahman,
There is no World or Individuals or Supreme or any such
thing.
It is only the undivided, completely. perfectly full Brahman
that exists ever
As the one undivided Essence.
The substratum upon which the false idea of the Mind has
been superimposed is the Self. When you
see the Mind, the Self, the underlying substratum, is not seen. It is hidden by a false but persistent idea.
And, conversely, when the Self is seen there is no Mind.
This habit (believing
that I am a Body & a particular Person) has become very strong because
you have reinforced & strengthened it over many lifetimes. This will go if
you meditate on your real Self. The habit will melt away, like ice becoming
water.
The Mind only gets dissolved in the Self by constant
practice. At that moment the "I am the Body" idea disappears, just as
Darkness disappears when the Sun rises.
The Body is not the Self; the Mind is not the Self. The real “I” is the Self, & nothing ever
happens to or affects the Self.
The Desire for Enlightenment is necessary because without it
you will never take the necessary steps to realize the Self. A desire to walk
to a particular place is necessary before you take any steps. If that desire is
not present, you will never take the first step. When you realize the Self,
that Desire will go.
If the Intensity to know yourself is strong enough, the Intensity
of your yearning will take you to the Self.
Based on the Teachings of a great Sage:
Why should God, which may be supposed to want nothing,
should have wished a Universe into being ? Rather than toy with these insoluble
problems to no purpose, we note that all questions regarding Origins are
illogical & absurd. Cosmogony & Evolution,
from various standpoints, consider the question of Origins.
Bertrand Russell, writing about the philosophy of Berkeley, remarks
that "although Berkeley is right in saying that the events we know
immediately are mental, it is highly probable that he is wrong as to the events
we infer in places where there are no living bodies." Lord Russell allows such a probability because
Light & Sound take time to travel from their sources to the perceiver,
& one must suppose that something is happening along the route by which
they travel. What is happening along the route is presumably not
"mental", for, as we have seen, "mental" events are those that
have peculiar information effects which are connected with living tissue."
We are unable to see any difference between "the events
we know immediately" & those "we infer in places where there are
no living bodies." For in postulating
events we do not or cannot actually perceive, we inevitably visualize mental
images which therefore we know immediately." Even if vaguely, as though they were
physically before us, we grant the dualism of Mind & matter which Russell
has elsewhere disproved.
Again from Bertrand Russell: "As regards the World in general,
both physical & mental, everything that we know of its intrinsic character
is derived from the mental side, & almost everything that we know of its
causal laws is derived from the physical side. But from the standpoint of
philosophy, the distinction between physical & mental is superficial &
unreal."
Some more selected verses from the Ramana Maharshi disciple Master Nome:
Let us assume that you are observing your own state of Mind,
be it a particular thought, a mood, or mode.
When you have the recognition that this is not the highest way to be,
you are already beginning to step out of it.
Proceed further. Recognize that
this tendency, Suffering, or Ignorance is not caused by external
circumstances. This is
self-conjured. With this recognition,
you know that this is your own imagination or hallucination. This is your idea. It is not being caused by something
else. You are the one conjuring up this
Ignorance for yourself, & it is not due to anyone else. Thus, you are very much free to set yourself
entirely free. Then, there is the
Realization that not only is Ignorance not your Self but it is something objectively
displayed before you. Furthermore,
that objective display is now fully in the domain of your own
responsibility.
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