Fwd: We are Separate from the State We are In

August 28, 2007

Hare Krsna. In reality a particular state, a condition has no independent existence. Because that which is non-existent or absent anywhere, it is eternally non-existent in all places and it is unreal - "IS NOT.Naasato vidhyate bhaavah," And that which is never non-existent, it is eternally existent and present everywhere and it is Real - "IS" - "Naabaavoh vidhyate satah." (Gita 2:16).It is only due to ignorance, that man sees his eternal existence as a state, and the changes in the state are seen as changes in the Self. Therefore believing in the reality of the states is a delusion, rather it is un-real. And at the same time to believe there are changes in the "Self" (Swayam) is also a delusion. To see the Self in the states is a delusion and to see the various states in the Self is also a delusion. On attaining Self Realization, this delusion does not remain. If we were in a particular state and that state was in us, then we would

continue to remain in that state; and we would not be able to go to another state. He alone can leave one state, and go to a different state, who is separate from the state. This is everyone's experience that no state, situation, circumstance remains the same at all times, but we (Self) ever remain the same

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