The movement of Prana and the movement of God are not different. Watch your breathing. Without the vital life-force, the feeling ‘I AM’ will not be there. The consciousness in the body is the characteristic (Guna) of the Prana (they are not separate). Once you have realized self, it is not at all necessary to put on a special pose. That would be an indication of ignorance. To grow a beard, to look impressive, etc, are the fancies related to the body. They are not the characteristic of the Self. The concept that you may take for your meditation will be realized and you will have visions accordingly. They are all unreal.
There is no method comparable to listening to such talks as these. Once you listen to this, liberation is within reach. The manifest principle has movement, but the non-manifest does not. It is without characteristics.
As old age comes, childhood and youth go away automatically. It is not necessary to renounce them with purpose. Similarly, you ego should automatically fade away. No experience is lasting. There is no creator of the world, nor is there a sustainer, nor a destroyer. All happens automatically. What we know becomes the source of our happiness or sorrow. ‘That’ which is not known to us can not be the source of happiness or sorrow.
The mind is a concept and the concept is mind. The concept gives birth to whatever it likes. Such is the kingdom of the mind. The Self is alone. The knowledge based upon the concepts uncovers ‘That’ which is without concepts. This becomes possible even with mere listening. What you have heard from childhood has become the real world for you. ‘Jiva’, ‘Jagat’ and Brahman – (Individual soul, the world and the Supreme Self) are concepts. The concept expands through concept, and it becomes all the three qualities (Gunas). At the root there is the manifest consciousness. When the consciousness becomes active through dealings, the mind is created. The manifest consciousness is the base on which the mind floats.
When we get up from sleep, at that moment we feel ‘we are’ prior to any words. The feeling ‘we are’ is the basic thought. How did this world come into existence? It is like a dreamer creating a dream world without doing anything. We feel the world to be real, because we feel our body to be real, and vice-versa. Though the world is immense, there is not an iota of truth in it. The non-manifest became manifest and created the mind. The mind created the world, which appears to be real. The one who goes beyond the manifest and remains in the non-manifest cannot quite say, ‘Now, I am unknown to me’. First comes the consciousness then the mind is created through it followed by all the activities. In absence of consciousness, is it possible to do anything? The feeling ‘I AM’ is the natural concept. That concept is never satisfied. When you try to be one with your Consciousness, the mind comes in the way. Keep trying. Pay attention to the source from which the consciousness has appeared. It is untrue.
The listener should watch himself rather than interfering in the affairs of others. However, he should take the opportunity to see or know what he is. After knowing the meaning of the concept, you will know that this world is a joke. ‘Absolutely nothing has happened, I have not seen anybody, nobody has ever seen me’, this will be your conviction.
With whatever desire you do penance, it projects on your mind and everything appears accordingly. The life-force takes shape and then comes the visions etc., if you operate with body-consciousness, the concepts will proliferate. If you make friendship with your pure consciousness, it will uncover its true nature. When consciousness knows what it is, it vanishes and what remains is ‘Vijnana’ – true direct knowledge that has no name. If you behave accordingly, sooner or later you will realize that you never had any experience of the world. Then, where is the question of going about is such a world? Till such time that you know this, do all your dealings, as you like. Look after the household. Do not run away from it. When you were born and before you started hearing words , you were in your natural state. After what you heard, which you believed was true; you have come to the present situation. What has entered your mind so far is behaving in different ways.
The greatest self-interest is to understand oneself. That you must achieve. Then the secret of the whole world will be understood. When you realize yourself, you will understand the world at the same time. You will know what ‘I AM’ is. Have a firm conviction that I AM what Guru told me. In worldly dealings, you can use your identity as a man or a woman. But do not keep it within your elf. Everything depends upon whom you are going to die as.
Death is only a word. It is never an experience. What will you experience other than Brahman when there is nothing else? You have become a slave of the mind. The mind is designing you . The mind does not know its source. Your locus standii should be your Guru’s word. ‘Guru initiated me’, means he told me about his true nature. Believing it to be true, if one behaves with conviction, then the truth will be known. From others' point of view, a man is dead. From the point of view of a Jnani, he has become free from his delusions. ‘I am such and such, a woman or a man.’... is a delusion.
First the food gets ready, and then the Jiva takes birth through that. The nature of food is the same as that of Jiva. The body is only a transformed food. It is the food for the consciousness within the body. So long as there is consciousness, there is hunger and thirst.
Either you become determined through the Guru’s word or keep on chanting the Mantra. That experience to which you are attracted today is false. It is not everlasting. You may take the best nutrition and keep strong. Yet, when old age comes, the hands and feet are sure to shake. Think of that. Surrender to the Consciousness, which incessantly says, ‘Jai Guru’, ‘Jai Guru’. Because you believe you are the body, such concepts as ‘I am a child, I am a Youth, I am old’ occur to you. ‘I am surely here and always will be; body alone goes on changing.’ This is discrimination.
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