TRUTH; TRUE IDENTITY - Pointers to Ponder about!

[Guest guest]

" pratapbhatt "

Pointers to Ponder about!

 

Dear Sadhakas: Just to share, inspired by fellow sadhaka's " food for

thoughts " , here are some pointers to the Truth, nature of my/our

true identity as I understand them. I am requesting other sadhakas to share

their perspectives on the same, to correct any misconceptions I may have, so we

all can learn from it.

 

1) If our natural disposition or innate tendencies is one of

intellectual pursuits as evidenced by education, reading scripural

texts of Gita/Vedanta etc then we should use this God given resource to know

God. We cannot undermine this Gift of God as merely an intellectual exercise and

force ourselves to pursue only Karma/Devotion forcefully. Here by Gyaan I mean

only that of our true identity-Self, knowing which one crosses over Bhavsagar.

 

2) If on the other hand we have no interest in intellectual pursuits

and are naturally devoted to self less karma or Devotion to God, then by all

means pursue them. An innocent mind like Mirabai is an example that comes to

this mind.

 

3) Can we imagine Bhakta who is not Gnani too or vice versa? He/she

is.

Because why would anyone go after God and not worldly objects?

Yoganandji says(paraphrasing) " He is wise who tries to know God, He

is the wisest who knows God " . Selfless Karmayogi is equally wise as he is

pursuing God.

 

4) Why not use all resources God has provided to us and seek Him.

Being simple is not necessarily following just one or the other path. God has to

be known rather than to believe in.

 

5) " I " as one commonly uses in ordinary language is believed to be

the individual one thinks one is(body-mind, memories, experiences

unfulfilled desires, commonly know as conditioning). Upon inquiry, it

(I) can be seen as simple Consciousness/Awareness in which all that one thinks

to be, appear as objects of perception/knowledge including one's own body-mind

organism and world. That is the only reality of our experience, nothing else!

Thus One is this perceiving/knowing Conscious-Existence(not a person that knows

or not) which is the only constant-nitya whereas rest is all appearances

constantly changing as thoughts/feelings. " I " , as I use normally, therefore,

is also an object like all other objects, mistakenly assumed to be Subject.

 

6) This Consciousness is intrinsic to my nature, I cannot deny it

even in dream/sleep and so is real and is my true indentity. It can not be

perceived/known as object of my mind because then It becomes another limited

object of some ultimate Subject which It is!

 

7) This same Consciousness/Awareness I call it God, Reality,

Krishna, Brahman, Ishwara or whatever we name. All names are His as they all

point to Him being reality of what we are, Conscious Being.

 

8) With this understanding as my true being, this mind-body-I

becomes an instrument for Him to use as He sees fit(Lila). In all my dealing

with world, I draw on His intelligence so to speak and thereby actions are free

of bondage. Actions are executed at the time they are needed, depending on

circumstances and interests of all involved! (Mahabharata war is an example)

 

9) Finally knowing experiencially God as one's identity - Sat-Chit,

one becomes complete, or Purna, desireless and therefore Ananda

flows.

 

10) Only God Is experienced as Cosncious-Existence, Purna, full of

Bliss, appearing as peace, LOVE, joy, beauty. Idam sarvam Khalu

Brahman or all Mahavakyas of Vedas say.

 

Seeking your feedback / insights.

May GOd bless us all!