NMT (No-Me Teaching) new series 118:
Ribhu Gita (Tamil) Ch 32:
(36)
Apart from me, filled with Consciousness,
There is no appearance of the World whatever, which is
itself just the consequence of concepts & ideas (sankalpa).
Apart from me filled with Consciousness, there are no
Individuals (jivas) or Lord (Isvara) which are consequences of
concepts & ideas (sankalpa).
Apart from me filled with Consciousness,
There is never any consequence of concepts & ideas (sankalpa), none at all.
I, filled with Consciousness, am ever blessedness.
Contemplating thus, contemplating thus, become blessedness
yourself.
(37)
Just as the World & so on, seen in a Dream within me,
filled with Consciousness,
Are nothing apart from me, the World & so on, seen
within me, during the Waking State
I, filled with Consciousness, abide as the One, ever the
One.
Established as all the perfectly full, pervasive
blessedness,
I, filled with Consciousness, abide as myself.
Contemplating thus, contemplating thus,
Become the blessed state yourself.
[selections
based on Master Nome’s Self-Knowledge]
Knowledge reveals the abiding place of
Happiness. Those who have recognized the presence of Suffering in Life &
are desirous of removing in permanently (intolerant of Suffering) search
for an answer Knowledge & do not expect Happiness to be found in any
worldly manner, such as in sensory things or in the moods & emotions of a
wavering Mind. Those who desire to be free of desire, who are not content with
the accidental respites from the Suffering caused by Ignorance, who are in
search of spiritual Bliss & Peace, who are desirous of understanding of how
it is that Happiness shines forth at times & yearn to have it abide
knowingly & permanent, & who understand that the way to accomplish this
permanent Abidance in Happiness is by Knowledge & not by any other means
should determine with certainty the source of Happiness.
[based on the Maharshi's
Teaching]
When we do not get whatever we
desire or like, & when we cannot avoid whatever we fear or dislike, we feel
unhappy, discontented or miserable. Thus unhappiness or suffering is the
inevitable result of desire & fear, or likes & dislikes. Desire &
fear, & likes & dislikes, are the inevitable result of identifying a
Body as "I". And identifying a Body as "I" results from our
lack of clear knowledge of our real nature – our essential Self-conscious
being. Therefore if we want to be free of all forms of misery & unhappiness,
we must free our self from our ignorance or confused knowledge of what we
really are. In order to free our self
from this confused knowledge, which makes us feel that we are a Body, we must
attain a clear knowledge of our real Self. The only means by which we can
attain such clear Self-knowledge is to turn our attention away from our Body,
our Mind & all other things, & to focus it keenly upon our own
essential Self-Consciousness – our fundamental consciousness of our own being,
"I am". Thus the theory that
underlies the science & art of Self-knowledge enables us to understand that
all we need do in order to experience perfect & unlimited Happiness is to
attain true Self-knowledge, & that the only means to attain true
Self-knowledge is to practice keen scrutinizing Self-Attention.
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"There is no Creation, no Destruction, no Bondage, no
longing to be freed from Bondage, no striving for Liberation, nor anyone who
has attained Liberation. Know that this to be Ultimate Truth." – the
"no creation" school of Gaudapada Nome
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