Fwd: Nothing is Mine, Nothing I Want, I am Nothing

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Nothing is Mine, Nothing I Want, I am Nothing

 

It is an assertion that God cannot be realized with the help of the

Unreal (objects and actions), rather He is realized by

renouncing affinity with the Unreal. In order to totally

renounce affinity with the Unreal, it is essential for a spiritual

aspirant to accept three Truths -

 

1) Nothing at all is Mine

2) There is Nothing I Want

3) I am Nothing

 

Now seriously reflect over these three points. The first is - Nothing

at all is Mine. In order to accept this truth, an aspirant should mull

over the fact that when we came to this world what did we bring with

us, and when we leave what shall we carry with us? Reflecting on this,

the aspirant will realize that he brought nothing with him and when he

leaves, he cannot take anything with him. The significance of

this insight is that, those things which we get (come

together) and later depart is likely to break away from us,

cannot be ours. That thing, which is born and later perishes, cannot be

ours. That thing which come and goes away, cannot be ours. Because the

Self (swayam) is not one that is born and later destroyed, it is not

one that comes and goes away, it is not one which appears and later

disappears. With this it confirms that in infinite Universes absolutely

nothing, not even a particle of dust is ours.

 

The second point is - There is Nothing I Want. An aspirant should think

over, that in this entire Universe, when there is nothing at all that

is my very own, then what do I want? Only by regarding this body as

ours, desires are born, such as, we need food, we need water, we need

clothes, we need a house etc. Disassociating (remaining apart) from the

body, an aspirant should inquire, what do I desire, what do I really

want? The point is that when an

aspirant accepts this Truth that when nothing at all is mine, then he

becomes capable of accepting that - there is nothing I want.

 

The third point is - "I am nothing". All human beings perceive the body

and the world but not perceived the "I" . The body is seen and

the Self is experienced (existence is felt), but "I" is neither seen,

nor experienced. One is only conscious of "I". When an aspirant accepts

the truth that he wants nothing, then he becomes capable of accepting

the fact - "I" am nothing. That, in which there is the sense of mine

(attachment) in the world and that in which there is desire to know

God, is assumed to be "I", but in fact "I" is nothing. "I"

does not exist. In deep sleep the "Self" remains but "I" does not

remain (It merges in ignorance). All humans perceive this Truth.

 

"I am Nothing" and "There is Nothing I Want" - When an aspirant

realizes these two truths, then "I" merges into Existence i.e. "IS".

The Self (Consciousness) merges with Supreme Consciousness (God) and

the inert elements (body/mind/intellec t) merge with inert matter. Then

nothing else remains besides Existence, "IS" (Consciousness principle).