Guest guest Posted July 24, 2007 Report Share Posted July 24, 2007 How to Stabilize in the Self.... Who will stabilize where? Since you don't exist and only the Self exists, it is the identification with the body as Self that precludes remaining in The Self. So then practice deliberate identification with the Self " AS " Self. After a while this practice will become sublimated and the mind will automatically identify only with the Self " AS " Self. Since it is not the Jiva who wields the Will in the Mind (due to the Ichha-Sakti) then to let go of the Will means to deliberately identify with the Self " AS " Self. This does not mean to say that the Jiva is identifying with The Self " AS " itself, (assuming ownership of this act) because the Human Will is empowered by the Ichha-Sakti. The mistake is that the reflection of the creative act (The Will-in-action) in the conscious (or psychic) space of The Self, is taken to be the real reality. The understanding that the Jiva is NOT the doer is indispensible here. i.e. in this case the Jiva is not the thinker, nor is the Jiva the one who visualizes any action or proposed action. i.e all volitional action manifests in the mind as a visualized event previous to action being taken, by the Jiva, mind or body. The question is Who is visualizing what in where? Who is thinking in ALL minds? Who is cognizing, experiencing or knowing what where? IN short what is known by Whom? Nothing is known by Jiva about the Self. Nothing can be reported by the mind about the Self. because the mind becomes whatever thought arises (i.e mind appears " AS " that arisen thought; hence the mind's transcendence lies in recognizing the MIND IS Thought itself; i.e. it is the consciousness. While the conscious Self. is beyond the Mind, it is beyond its attribute yet is the Only knower of its OWN content. The content of the Conscious-Self is the consciousness, it is existence itself. The Self Shines " AS " existence. Thus it is experiencing itself thru " ALL minds no matter how advanced, primitive or god-like. There is thus no final Self at all He " The Self " is as the Vaisnava's say self-transcendant, and is said to abide is his transcendental abode. That transcendental abode has been imagined by countless people over countless centuries to resembel such and such and contain such and such etc.. but these are merely imaginary. However He (The Self) enjoys all moodes of His own consciousness and is free in all modes (just as is said in Siva Sutra) and is not bound by any mode hence once established in the Self by constant contemplation upon the Self " AS " Self the indwelling Will (the presence of God\Siva\Self) in us re-cognizes who HE IS! He is Self-realized the JIva does not and cannot realize Him, but after realization the mind is used for practical purposes but it can no longer bind that free one as HE has found himself ! Om Tat Sat! With love and respect binduji Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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