Swami Sivananda Vani - Realise Thy True Nature

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REALISE THY TRUE NATURE

 

First, learn to know yourself, the true value of your own character.

Then alone you will be able to serve humanity and benefit people. You

are taintless, tranquil, pure consciousness; you are beyond nature.

All this time you have been duped by illusion, maya.

 

Know one individual (yourself) correctly and you can know the whole

world. To know thy self, is to know God. Seek perfection, freedom and

eternal bliss in the atman or self, by the self and through the self.

Talk only of the atman. Purify, meditate, lose yourself in Brahman or

the absolute and you will find your self, you will know your self.

Nobody doubts his own existence, though he may doubt the existence of

God. Find the truth, the source of your own self and then you will

know everything. The more you know the more you will grow in

humility. I climbed the peak of vedanta and merged in the Light of

Lights. How can I express it? To express the unspeakable all words

are feeble. I am the witness the eternal, pure, infinite, internal

self. I am Siva himself. I am changeless. None of the things of the

world have touched me, will ever touch me. I have no moods I am

beyond moods. I am the blissful atman. The light which illumines the

intellect, the sun, the moon, the stars and also yonder lamp, is

bliss eternal. That light am I. Om.

 

If you find you need a place of perfect security and peace then come,

sit in my heart and be one with me. There is a central harmony within

you, a wisdom, a spirit of wholeness which is divine. That is

immortal atman, your own innermost soul or self. Dwell in this atman.

Realise this atman and be free for ever. The atman or supreme self

must be realised. This is practical religion.

 

Open the eye of your heart,

Enjoy the vision of the Lord.

Break the seal of your ego,

Realise the eternal bliss of the self.

Clean the dirt of your mind's mirror,

Behold the beauty of the majestic atman.

Sit on the horse of brahmakara vrtti.

Reach your destination; the home of eternal peace.

Still the waves of the mind,

Take a dip in the ocean of bliss,

Shut up your mouth and the mouth of the mind

And enjoy the peace of supreme silence.