No Mirror can shave - Realise yourself

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Jaya Sri Radhey! Namaste all.

Thanks to Uma for the good message.

This reminds me another important

verse from the scriptures:

 

"Second-hand knowledge of the self

gathered from books or gurus

can never emancipate a man

until its truth is rightly

investigated and applied;

only direct realisation will do that.

 

Realise yourself, turning the mind inward."

 

- Tripura Rahasya, 18: 89

 

 

Jaya Sri Radhey!

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""You wake up in the morning and look into the mirror and the mirror

shows you that you have a growth and that you have to get rid of it.

You may go on looking into any number of mirrors; every mirror will

tell you the same thing, but no mirror can ever shave you. You have

to shave yourself."

 

To continue this topic, a friend of mine commented that while one may

be able to reach the point where one recognizes the need

for "shaving" it seems to take more to get one to actually take

action.

 

My question for discusion is ...

 

What is that stops people from taking that next step? Is it laziness?

Is it fear of the unknown? Is there a comfort in the maintaining of

status quo, even if the status is not the ideal? Is it lack of a true

understanding? Or is it simply that one is not ready, and even

whether or not we act upon the knowledge we gain is determined by our

past karma?

 

Come on members .. wake up!!!! There has been very little

participation here for a while. Let's get active here again!!! Hope

to hear from lots of you!

 

_/\_ Tat twam asi

 

Uma

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In post no 4509 pyari_h wrote -

> Jaya Sri Radhey! Namaste all.

> Thanks to Uma for the good message.