The Secret of,-the Order of the 'Rise of the Ego, Om, and Universe' AND 'Self-Enquiry'

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18 Sri Bhagawan explicitly

and clearly described the

'origin' and 'constituent' of

the mind composed of thoughts,

in 'Charanam 2' of His 'Aanma

Viddhaik Keerthanam'

[song on the Skill of

Self-(Enquiry)].

 

In fact, this song begins with

the words, ' Aanma Viddhai,

Aiyye Athi Sulabham'

[The Skill of Self(-Enquiry),

is supremely simple (to

practise)]

 

A transliteration of the verse

is hereinbelow:

 

1 Since the (first person)

thought, 'I am this body made

of flesh',

2 is the string upholding

3 (the flowers of) the

multi-various (second and

third person) thoughts,

 

4 if (we) go inward (with

the thought),

5 " Wherefrom does (this) 'I

(am the body)' thought, spring

? " ,

 

6 (with all the) thoughts

vanishing,

7 inside the Cave (of the

'Heart'),

8 by Itself abides, as the

'I-I',

9 the Knowldedge of the

Self,

10 (and) this is the

'Silence',

11 the 'One Sky', (and) the

Abode of Bliss.

 

Sri Bhagawan has so clearly

elucidated in this song that

the 'ego' is the first person

thought 'I am this body' (of

body-consciusness) and the

'second' and 'third' person

thoughts are the 'flowers'

strung upon the 'string' of

the 'ego'. Together, the ego

and the 2nd and 3rd person

thoughts, constitute the

'mind'.

 

And, the extinction of the

'mind' (thorugh the persistent

practice of 'Self-Enquiry' or

other methods) is

'Self-Realisation'.

 

Sri Swaamigal wrote a

commentary on this 'glorious'

composition of Sri Bhagawan.

 

19 Now, a question may

arise as to whether the

questions, 'For whom is this

thought?' and 'Who am I',

which 'may' be raised as part

of the 'process' of

Self-Enquiry', are also not

'thoughts', and hence how

these 'thoughts' can lead to

annihilation of the

'bundle-of-thoughts' that is

the 'mind'.

 

Sri Swaamigal explains that

the first question, 'For whom

is this thought?' serves to

turn the attention of the

outgoing mind to the thinker

and thus helps to gather the

'bundle-of-thoughts' to gather

the whole of itself, towards

the 'Self'.

 

Sri Bhagawan (in His 'Naan

Yaar?') says that the second

question, 'Who am I?' 'kills'

not only the thought (for

finding the source of which it

was raised), but also itself

(similar to the 'stick' that

is used to put down the rising

head of the dead body back

into the fire, and which is

also thrown thereafter into

the fire, by the person

guarding the funeral pyre).

 

20 In verse 12 of the

'Upadesa Undhiyaar', Sri

Bhagawan sets out Lord

Shivaa's Teaching as follows:

 

" 'Mind and Breath' are the

two branches,

having 'Thought and

Action' (as their functions).

(But,) 'One' is their

source " .

 

21 So, it is clear that

both the vital energy (breath)

and the 'ego' (the first

person 'I am the body'

thought) spring from the same

source, the Supreme Self.

 

Sri Bhagawan further clarified

that the first causal

vibration, 'Om', springs from

the 'ego' after the rise of

the ego from the Supreme Self.

The entire universe rises from

the Primordial Sound, 'Om'.

 

Therefore, while pursuing

'Self-Enquiry', the entire

universe is first resolved

back into the causal vibration

of 'Om', which is then

resolved back into the 'ego',

which is dissolved in the

'Supreme Self'.

 

Sri Bhagawan further clarified

until the 'Praarabdha' of the

body is finished, the 'vital

energy' or 'breath' continues

in the body of 'Self-Realised

Sage'.

 

Therefore, nothing needs to be

done to the vital energy or

the breath, which has nothing

to do with 'Self-Realisation',

although control of the

breath, an help in

mind-control, thereby

indirectly facilitating and

assisting the direct method of

'Self-Enquiry', which

straightaway annihilates the

'ego' and results in

'Self-Realisation'.