Maharshi's Gospel - 68

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D. In this life beset with limitations, can I ever realize

the Bliss of the Self?

 

 

Maharshi:

 

That Bliss of the Self is always with you, and you will find it for yourself,

if you seek it earnestly.

The cause of your misery is not in the life without; it is in you as the ego.

You impose limitations on yourself and then make a vain struggle to

transcend them. All unhappiness is due to the ego; with it comes all

your trouble. What does it avail you to attribute to the happenings in

life the cause of misery which is really within you? What happiness can

you get from things extraneous to yourself? When you get it, how

long will it last?

If you would deny the ego and scorch it by ignoring it, you would be free.

If you accept it, it will impose limitations on you and throw you into a vain

struggle to transcend them. That was how the thief thought to ruin king Janaka.

To be the Self that you really are is the only means to realize the Bliss that

is ever yours.