25/12/1977
People keep themselves busy because they find it difficult to bear their own consciousness. People look for various entertainments to escape from themselves. The greatest challenge lies in looking at oneself, sitting alone by oneself.
A much greater number of people have died than those living now. Where have they gone, the burden of their bodies weighing millions and millions of tons? What must they be doing now? The answer is that they are now as they were before their birth.
The ultimate religion is self-realization. This is an unbroken and fearless state of being. It is concentrating on the consciousness that is within the body. The religions based upon the bodily behavior of human beings take them to their downfall. The highest religion is worshipping the Consciousness with consciousness. This kind of religion means to live with the conviction that we are pure Consciousness. Liberation means to be free. The bondage of mind, intellect and ego does not affect us. One who follows this gets free from all concepts. The religion of one's own true nature alone will last to the end. "THAT" through which the worldly dealings are known is our true nature. Though fully immersed in mundane activity, you are different. Understand this fact, be silent and at peace. All your needs will be taken care of. Krishna says 'I take the responsibility of sustenance for the one who follows the religion of his own true nature'. For him. all that is required is supplied automatically. The spiritual effort is as easy as it is difficult. One who holds onto the Guru's word that "I am the self-luminous Atman" will find it easy. The highest charity is to offer self-knowledge.
True Brahmin is the one who knows he is Brahman - the pure Consciousness. Those who are truly religious get the real reward of Self-Knowledge. All the dealings are done by Prana (vital breath, the life force), hence keep friendship with it. If the Prana is purified by the Guru-Mantra, then it mingles with the universal Prana when one dies. Others, who do not know anything about the Prana, deteriorate.
Prana represents all the types of speech (Para - inspiration, Pashyanti - thought-form, Madhyama - word unspoken and Vaikhari - word spoken). The Madhyama is called the mind and when it speaks it is called Vaikhari. Thus the mind is not different from Prana. Prana is Pranava - The Primordial sound OM. Prana, the lifesource, does not differentiate between a worm and a human being. It treats each body the same. The Jnani does not see Prana as an individual form. To Him all is one. The Prana of Jnani becomes the Prana of the whole Universe. Where consciousness is stabilized, the compassion works there. That is the only thing left with a Jnani. When your Prana is pleased, you will come to know, 'Who really speaks, is it you or your Prana.
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