Sleep [cont'd]

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--- "V. Ganesan" <anandaramana wrote: >

>

> Namaskar.

 

> The mistake followers of Sri Bhagavan's unique Teaching of Self-Enquiry

> 'should NOT' do, is to treat 'sleep' as a spastik child, while adorning the

> waking state as an authoritative state.

> Our Beloved Master, specifically states,"All the three states - waking,

> dreaming and

> sleep - are projections of the mind. There is only the Self and that is the

> Truth. The

> mysterious 'mind' , which sprouts from the Self , has to be questioned and

> enquired into. On

> enquiry, it will be found that there is no entity as 'mind' !" "Sleep is

> closest to Self, in the

> aspect of there is no body, no mind, no world and no objects in it. Yet,

> Self-Realisation

> occurs only when you are awake and not while asleep. The only 'dosha'

> (defect) of

> sleep state is that it is not Self-aware, Self-conscious; and, hence it also

> has to be

> rejected. Total attention to the Self is the aim of the follower of

> Self-Enquiry."

>

> My giving 'importance' to sleep state is for the following reason: the grip

> of waking state

> on the seeker is over-predominant; and such octopus-hold can be loosened by

> oneself

> only by paying equal attention to 'sleep' state. Knowing that all the three

> states are

> projections of the same single 'non-existent' mind; and that the 'waking'

> state in it, is in no way

> the only means of 'knowing' the Self, can easily be understood by the seeker

> focusing

> attention on the 'sleep' state in which one truly comes to know that

> 'objects', 'world',

> 'one's own body' do not "exist" (though, temporarily); thereby,

> 'experientially'

> understanding that only the Self 'exists' and everything else, including

> the waking state

> is "non-Self" only ! Once, the seeker himself clearly understands, by his

> own experience

> and not based on 'words' picked up from books or from 'others', he becomes

> 'strong'

> inwardly (as the octopus-grip of the waking state is no more on him). Such

> acquiring inner

> strength, Sri Bhagavan, strongly advocates, as the lack of it alone

> dissuades them from

> pursuing the enquiry with vigour. To focus attention on the Self , one

> needs tremendous

> inner strength to 'reject' all forms of 'attractions' and 'distractions' -

> the potent armour

> of the 'mind' ! Not to waste much energy giving total importance to the

> waking state,

> can easily be achieved, by paying 'attention' to the deep sleep state also,

> thereby

> getting 'empowered' to reject all the three states of one's experiences, as

> the 'unwanted'

> projections of the non-Self ('mind'). Otherwise, the seeker goes on within

> the circles

> after circles of the waking state, thereby getting all his 'precious' energy

> 'wasted', which

> energy is absolutely essential for him to 'remain' as the Self, without any

> forms of 'movement' !

>

> Love,

> Ganesan.

>

 

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