What is the nature of Self-Realisation?

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advaitin , " V. Krishnamurthy " <profvk>

wrote:

> Namaste.

>

> Shailendra Bhatnagar asks:

> What is the exact nature of Self-realization ? How does

> the world appear to a Self-realized person ? How does it

> feel to be in the company of a Self-realized person ? Is

> it similar to the peace and serenity that one experiences

> during Satsangh or after Omkar ? Is Gita chapter 5

> shloka-pair 8 and 9 a description of a self-realized

> person?

>

> Yes, Shailendra-ji, it is. Arjuna asked the samwe type of

> question (B.G. II-54) and Krishna answered him (II-55 to

> 72). But a Self-Realized Person may not go about saying

> that he is self-realized. Already Dennis-ji has pointed

> this out. You may also refer to my mail of long ago:

> http://www.escribe.com/culture/advaitin/m5124.html

>

> and the thread of `jIvan-mukta' to which it belonged.

>> From Viveka-chuDAmaNi: (#426):

>

> Freed from awareness of any external object by reason of

> his ever-being brahman, consuming only what is needed for

> bodily sustenance, proferred to him by others like one in

> sleep or like a child, looking at this world when he comes

> to external sight like one seen in a dream, remains the

> blessed one enjoying infinite merit. He is to be honoured

> on earth.

>

> Here the words " like one in sleep " (= " nidrALuvat " ) and

> " like a child " (= " bAlavat " ) seem to be significant.

> Because my father used to refer to these two words every

> time the topic came in his lectures.

 

Namaste Vk,

 

This seems the closest to what I imagine, based on such sayings from

the Sages. The first line is the most informing; 'Freed from

awareness of any external object by reason of his ever-being

Brahman'. This indicates to me that only prarabda karma in the

illusion motivates the remaining body/mind of the Mukta. With the

body dropping it all disappears completely as never having happened,

which is indicated by the line Freed from awareness etc

etc...ONS..Tony.

 

P.S. Only one Mukta can recognise another Mukta.IMHO.