Thursday, January 29, 2015

Ashtavakra Gita: ~ The fool tries to control the mind with the mind.+




Ashtavakra Gita: ~ The fool tries to control the mind with the mind - what folly! The wise one delights in the Self alone. There is no mind to master. 

Yogis say they control the mind. They think the mind is an organ within the body. Thus, yoga is limited to form, time,  and space, whereas the truth, is beyond form, time, and space. It is high time for them to realize the mind is not within the body, but their body and the world are within the mind.
Without knowing what is the mind it is impossible to realize the truth, which is hidden by the illusory universe.
The ‘I’ is present only when the mind is present. The mind is present in the form of the universe. The universe appears as the waking or the dream (duality) and disappears as deep sleep (nonduality). 
The one that becomes dual and nondual is consciousness. Thus, all three states are nothing but consciousness. Consciousness alone is real and all the three states are merely an illusion. When the conviction about the consciousness becomes firm, then it leads to Advaitic awareness in the midst of the duality.
Thus, it is necessary to have a perfect understanding of ‘what is ‘what’ to realize the truth, which is hidden by the illusory form, time, and space. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar

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