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Help on the Quest for Self-realization-Reminders-13

 

From Surging Joy

By Dr Sarada Nataragan

 

If every concrete and subtle vestige of limitation, every dreg of

identity is eliminated then that which remains would be Self-

awareness. It must be remembered though, that no thought whatsoever

can be spared….We cannot dream of limited identity and at the same

time hope to experience the plenitude of the Self. This dream has to

be thrown away, surrendered, dissolved through self-enquiry. (38)

When that is done, the person, the individual we are familiar with

will cease to be. The Self that is limitless joy will shine forth

spontaneously. (39).

 

Eternal vigilance is the price of truth. Vigilant, ever vigilant,

neither slipping into despair nor complacency, neither wandering

into indifference nor passion. In every moment questioning the

validity of thought, questioning the validity of motives by striking

at their very root. For whom is thought? Who am I? Questioning

sorrow and despondency, questioning anger and fear. Rising from

every failure, vigilant once again. What if one thought has ruled an

hour, what if a million thoughts have ruled for years? Under the

searchlight of enquiry illusion must fade. (42) Vigilance is the

only answer, attention is the only key to awareness. Attention

unbroken by thought, unhampered by motive. Indeed, when one is in

the grip of the spirit of enquiry, it is impossible for any thought

to enter. For whom can there be thought when the very locus-standi

of the thinker is under question? Identity's every attempt to rise

must be countered with the gun-fire of enquiry. Every waking moment,

all day long. That is why self-enquiry is not an hour`s exercise. It

is not something that can be pursued within the limits of the

allotted time.

 

There is then no scope for complacency. There is no room for despair

either. There is, indeed, no place for thought, no loop-hole for

identity to peep in. The answer lies in the willingness to suspend

identity, in the readiness to suspend the " I " in a moment of intense

enquiry, a moment of total vigilance. And that moment must be every

moment. (43)

 

If we recognize the utter triviality, the superfluosness of

thoughts, they would cease. The only way is to continually remind

oneself (45) of the insignificance of this habit, to remind oneself

of the need to enquire whenever we are carried away by the thought

currents, to remind oneself of one's own nature. (46)

 

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