Guest guest Posted January 23, 2005 Report Share Posted January 23, 2005 Guru878 Self alone is the real eye. Therefore Self, which is known by itself, alone is the real direct knowledge. But insentient people, who do not have Self’s sight, claim the knowledge of alien sense-objects to be direct knowledge. Sadhu Om: Sri Bhagavan here describes those who do not see through the eye of Self as ‘insentient people’, since they see only through the insentient physical eyes. Such people say that the knowledge of the objects of this world is direct knowledge [pratyaksha aparoksha jnana]. However, the world seen in front of the eyes is not perceived directly, since it is known only through the medium of the mind and the five senses. Self, the knowledge of one’s own existence, is a more real and more direct knowledge than the knowledge of any alien object. It is only after there is the first knowledge ‘I am’ that the knowledge ‘the world and all else exists’ can come into being, and hence no knowledge except ‘I am’ can be direct knowledge; Self alone is the ever-direct knowledge. Guru Vachaka Kovai Tr: Sadhu Om & Michael James www.davidgodman.org Search presents - Jib Jab's 'Second Term' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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