Guest guest Posted February 17, 2002 Report Share Posted February 17, 2002 Thoughts are an experience whether intense or not. The notion of "intensity" itself requires criteria by which intensity can be judged. This criterion is also in the conceptual realm. All ideas of reality (intense or not) depend on the mind only. Therefore giving up speculation about perceived reality, one should focus directly on the perceiver. This is the direct path and leads to Jnana or Self-Knowledge. Self Realization transcends thoughts and concepts totally and utterly, revealing Absolute Beauty of the Self, which is devoid of all things and manifests as the Self-Radiance free of any support. The ancients called it Sat-Chit-Ananda-Nityam-Poornum for a reason. A person who knows the Self Knows that thought cannot reach it no matter how intense and subtle. All notions of a "true ideafalse idea" die and vanish like a phantom before Self-Knowledge manifests. Self is neither an experience nor that which arises from experience and yet from the perspective of the mind, it is the purest experience that is possible. Experience perpetually and continuously experiencing ItSelf. It is neither the center nor the circumference because it is the ultimate subject. Although it is simple and obvious to the sage, it has no point of reference. It can have no point of reference, as it is its own infinite reference. This is why Advaita Vedanta beautifully applies the Neti, Neti, Neti method and points to the Silence of the Heart Love to all Harsha /join Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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