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REALIZATION

 

The most important objective is to realize the Atman

within. The means to attain it are chanting the names

of God and self-control, that is the control of the

activities of the five senses and of the mind, and

meditation. If you observe each thought as it arises

in the mind and subsides in its Source, the mind will

come under control and will become quiet. It is the

duty of ideal men to live with mind restrained in this

manner.

 

What is that you should attain and where is it? (As

you practice control of the mind as stated above), you

should turn your attention to the Source itself from

which thoughts arise and practice fixing your mind

there (that is to say, to bring the mind back to the

point of concentration, whenever it is distracted,

reduce progressively the frequency of such

interruptions and focus the mind in the Source). This

practice is called (in yoga terminology) “Dharana” or

“Sthambanam” or concentration. Gradually the

distractions will be eliminated completely and the

mind will stay fixed at one point (i.e., flow

uninterruptedly towards the object of meditation viz.,

the Source of thought). When this is accomplished and

it extends continuously or unbrokenly, it is called

“Dhyana” or contemplation. When this practice becomes

perfect (and reaches its culmination when the mind is

transcended, i.e., its subjective nature of self

awareness disappears as it were, and subject-object

relationship dissolves resulting in their fusion in

Consciousness, whose content is only the Source which

is object of meditation), it is called “Samadhi”.

Every one should adopt this discipline of Samadhi Yoga

(if spiritual progress is to be achieved). Our aim is

to realize (in this way) the Supreme Being who is

called “That” (in the Vedanta texts) which is Pure

Awareness. The goal of human birth is to realize this

Most High who is inside the body. So let us not waste

even a moment of our days, but devote all the time to

the enquiry “who am I” and in this way realize Him.

 

WHAT IS THE NATURE OF THIS ENQUIRY? IT IS TO REALISE

“I AM NOT THE BODY, NOR THE Pranas (life breath), nor

mind, Buddhi and other internal organs”. Intuition of

that Knowledge (Pure Consciousness) which is the

Witness of even Buddhi (the discrimininative and

deciding faculty), that exists beyond the knowledge

obtained through the five senses (with which we

cognise the physical world) is Absolute Bliss. This is

the Supreme Being. Let us try to realize it!

 

 

 

 

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