Question about Aham Brahmasmi - Please help

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Namaste, all Respected Members,

 

In the Mahavakya “Aham brahmasmi” the “I” or Aham referred to is the “i”

stripped of all its limitations, which are just appearances. They are just

appearances because such limitations does not appear to be there during deep

sleep.

That “I” or Aham is Awareness or Consciousness as unfolded in the Mahavakya

“Pragnanam Brahma”. It is that “I” or Aham is Ananda itself as it lacks nothing

being Poornam or Infinite or “Ananta” as it is Awareness or Consciousness

itself, and not limited by Mind, Intellect and Body. This Awareness or

Consciousness i.e. “I”, shines always, and one cannot miss it, as every piece of

knowledge shines after it or it gives the substratum or Adhara for any piece of

knowledge to shine, {including Self Knowledge?}. It is beautifully mentioned in

the Kena Upanishad as “Prati Bodha Viditham Matam”.

That Consciousness and Awareness can only be recognized or known only when the

Mind stuff operates, i.e. Mind and Budhi. During deep sleep, the mind stuff does

not limit the “I” or Aham, and because of that there is no particular knowledge

or there is “total ignorance” during deep sleep. Total ignorance is bliss and

the bliss or Ananda, which one says he enjoyed during the deep sleep on waking

up from deep sleep, is that Ananda or bliss because of total ignorance, and the

Ananda of “I” or Aham is equated to that Ananda. However, the difference is

during waking state a Gnani with Self Knowledge, recognizes and appreciates that

Ananda all the time or it is never absent for him, and for others, though Ananda

shines itself all the time, being “I” or Aham which is Poornam, ignorance, about

the nature, swaroopa, of the self or “I” or Aham covers that Ananda, and this

covering of Ananda makes us all search for it throughout our lives, as the

ignorance of the swaroopa of “I” is

only partial and not total as in deep sleep. If the ignorance about the

swaroopa or nature of the Self or “I” was total, no problem would have been

there, and nobody would search for it, as in deep sleep.

Actually, we are all searching for what is already there and shines, (i.e.

Sadhana is for Praptasya Praptam i.e. gaining what is already gained). Such

gaining is not actual gaining but recognizing what is already gained or what is

already there. I think it is what is meant by “Pratyabhigna”.

 

I am only trying to share whatever I managed to assimilate from my study and I

look forward to the leaned members of the Group to correct me.

With warm regards

Mani

 

 

R. S. Mani

 

 

 

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