Your Real Nature

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YOUR REAL NATURE

 

By Swami Sivananda

 

Do you know who you are? I shall tell you. Hear me. You are the

master of the body and the senses and the mind. You are the master of

your life. All power is within you. You have to know this and

manifest it.

 

How can the mind torment you? How can despair overcome you? Despair

is a quality of the mind and the mind is your servant. You are all

bliss, all light, all strength, all knowledge. You are divinity. You

are above and beyond both body and mind. You are immortal

satcidananda (existence - knowledge - bliss absolute).

 

The important thing to know clearly is that you are not the slave of

the mind and the senses. You have got into the habit of thinking that

their craving is your craving. Now get out of this habit, by

constantly reminding yourself that you have nothing to do with the

mischievous mind and senses.

 

Remember constantly that you are not this perishable body. You are

not this perishable, changing mind. You are the all-pervading

consciousness. You are the eternal seer. You are the eternal witness.

Therefore be ever free and blissful .

 

Intensify your spiritual life. Seek the light of vedanta. Be a flame

of the light of the Upanishads. Ever meditate on: " I am the immortal,

all-pervading Brahman. " Om is the bow, the soul is the arrow and

Brahman is the target.

 

When you realise the effulgent supreme being you shake off all evil

and attain the supreme stainless unity. Devote yourself to the holy

quest of truth. Devote yourself to the discovery of the ultimate

spiritual essence that is all-pervading and interpenetrating.

 

Withdraw the senses. Look within and search your heart. Dive deep

into the recesses of your heart, through deep meditation on the

innermost self, the inner ruler. You will doubtless realise your

identity with Brahman and get to the heart of the infinite - the

heart of infinite joy and bliss.

 

(Source: http://sivanandaonline.org/html/ )