Guest guest Posted February 10, 2002 Report Share Posted February 10, 2002 Dear friends, I want to know the meaning of " Self " . Why lot of emphasis is paid on that in our " upanishads " and " vedas " . Can anyone clarify me with a detail explanation. Send FREE Valentine eCards with Greetings! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 11, 2002 Report Share Posted February 11, 2002 Hullo Vishwajit, Let me attempt in a very ‘lay’ fashion to help you to identify what ‘self’ is. I am myself still looking for my ‘self’, but know this much that the ‘self’ is something which is so near yet so far. So near, coz its in us waiting to be recognized, but so far, coz, we identify everything else as ‘self’ except the real thing. For, we mistake that as self, which responds to the ‘navras’ and that which is ‘jadh’ or gross. Viz our body, whence actually the body is the most unimportant….the self is that which is free, which is not bound by anyone or any thing. Yet, it is the one thing that can give us a true ‘freedom’ since, when we know our ‘self’ no impulses, no elements can control us, instead we can control these agencies and then that would be ‘freedom’………I cannot omit to mention this quote I came across once in a book, “Do not do what you want, then you may do as you like.” Doing as you like would perhaps be possible when one knows one’s SELF as it were. I don’t know if I am anywhere close to the correct understanding, but I too am in the process of trying and have the Almighty’s blessing in the form of a very good friend who has been instrumental in helping me in the process. Much more can be offered in the from of explanation, but this is how I perceive it. GW --- VISHWAJIT BHADRASHETTY <b_vishwajit wrote: <HR> <html><body> <tt> <BR> Dear friends,<BR> <BR> & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & n\ bsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; I want to know the meaning of & quot;Self & quot;. Why lot of emphasis is paid on that in our & quot;upanishads & quot; and & quot;vedas & quot;. & nbsp; Can anyone clarify me with a detail explanation.<BR> <BR> <BR> <BR> <BR> <BR> Send FREE Valentine eCards with Greetings!<BR> <BR> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]<BR> <BR> <BR> </tt> <br> <!-- |**|begin egp html banner|**| --> <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2> <tr bgcolor=#FFFFCC> <td align=center><font size= " -1 " color=#003399><b> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 11, 2002 Report Share Posted February 11, 2002 Dear Mr.Vishwajit, If you want to know and analyse the true knowledge about self I would suggest you to visit the following site wherein all your doubts will be clarified: www.ramana-maharshi.org or www.realization.com With best regards, Karthik On Mon, 11 Feb 2002 VISHWAJIT BHADRASHETTY wrote : > > Dear friends, > > I want to know the meaning of > " Self " . Why lot of emphasis is paid on that in our > " upanishads " and " vedas " . Can anyone clarify me with a > detail explanation. > > > > > > Send FREE Valentine eCards with Greetings! > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 12, 2002 Report Share Posted February 12, 2002 Dear Vishwajit The reason why there is so much importance paid by the Upanishads to " self " is that there is nothing other than the " self " the all all pervading consciousness that exists. All that you see, hear, feel, know is but a projection of that one self which appears as many out of non apprehension of reality. So there is nothing else to talk about because the self and knowledge of the self is all that really is and everything else is a mirage and an illusion. Pranams Devinder Send FREE Valentine eCards with Greetings! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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