This Self is apprehended only through complete abandonment of passion….!!!

Posted on November 19, 2012 by

The shift from narcissism to humility to big Self
is,
and
always has been,
the journey of the mystic and the realizer.
With successful completion of this journey,one attains a certain stage and gets free from
all sorts of mind’s game.

When a man has renounced all his desires
and
achieved his Soul’s contentment
through the contemplation of his Soul,
he is said to be a man of firm discernment.

This Self is apprehended only
through
complete abandonment of passion.

The sage who has viewed the ineffable beauty of his Self
and
found perfect satisfaction in him
is
the man with a steady judgement.

The man of discrimination is not too happy
in favourable circumstances
and
he also does not scorn adversities,
because neither is the object which is fit for attainment
different from him
nor is there for him any evil that may sully the purity of his mind.

That is to say that he has now no need for further striving.

And only by attainment of this stage,
we may gotten over our small selves,
and may be living for a higher purpose.

And that’s what changes everything.

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Humble Wishes!!!

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The mind in which there is no unevenness is full of equanimity…!!!

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Resting in yog, renouncing infatuation for worldly ties,
and
looking at success and failure with an equal mind,
a seeker should undertake action.

But what action?

Seeker should do selfless action. Equipoise of mind is what is called yog.
The mind in which there is no unevenness is full of equanimity.

Greed destroys its evenness, attachments make it unequal,
and
desire for the fruits of action destroy its serenity.
That is why there should be no hankering after the fruits of action.

At the same time, however, there should also be no diminishing of faith
in
the performance of ordained action i.e worshiping of single God only.

Renouncing attachment to all things, seen as well as unseen,
and
giving up all concern about achievement and non-achievement,
we should only keep our eyes fixed on yog,
the discipline that joins the individual Soul with the Supreme Spirit,
and
lead a life of strenuous action.

Equanimity of mind is also named yog.
When the mind cannot be shaken by failure and success,
and
nothing can destroy its evenness,
it is said to be in the state of yog.
It cannot then be moved by passion.
Such a state of mind enables the Soul to identify himself with God.

[Revered Adgadanandji Gurudev]

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Humble Wishes!!!

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Journey of the Soul…!!!

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Soul can be damned as well as saved.

To the man who has conquered his mind and senses,
his Self is a friend who brings the ultimate good.

But to the man who has failed to restrain his mind and senses,
the same Self is an enemy
and
his malicious conduct causes griefs.

It is, therefore, an obligation, a sacred trust,
that
men act to uplift their Soul rather than degrade him.


The restrained mind of a yogi can be compared
to
the steady flame of a lamp in a place
where there is no wind.

Progressing even further than this,
the climax-the stage of ultimate bliss-
is
reached when even the perfectly restrained mind is dissolved.

The eternal joy which is free from all worldly attachment
and
repulsion
is
salvation·

Yog is that which unites one with this state.

[Revered Gurudev Swami Adgadanand JI Paramhans]


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Humble Wishes!!!

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The ultimate God is without a beginning and end….!!!

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The ultimate God who is without a beginning and end
is……
said to be neither a being nor a non-being,
because so long as he is removed he is an entity,
but
who can say what he is when a worshipper-a-sage-is assimilated in him.

Now there is only a single entity
and
the consciousness of otherness is obliterated.

In such a state God is neither an entity nor a non-entity;
HE is only that which is spontaneously perceived.

Devoid of senses, unattached, and beyond the properties of matter,
HE yet sustains all
and
is the enjoyer of all properties.

HE is the enjoyer of all yagya and penances.
All the three properties are thus dissolved in HIM at last.

The light among lights and said to be beyond darkness,
that God,
the embodiment of knowledge,
worthy of being known,
and
attainable only through knowledge,
dwells in the hearts of all.

The awareness that comes with intuitive perception is knowledge.
And by this knowledge alone can there be realization of God.

HE dwells in the hearts of all;
the heart is his dwelling
and
we cannot find HIM if we search for HIM anywhere else.

Therefore, it is laid down by the canon
that God can be attained only through inner contemplation
and
conduct of yog.

[Revered Adgadanandji Gurudev]

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Humble Wishes!!!

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Journey is one to one…..!!!!

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Journey is one to one…..!!!!

Journey is one to one.
After spiritual attainment there is neither teacher nor pupil,
and
the Self who has gained awareness of the essence,
of
the Supreme Spirit,
is
left all alone.

When the Self is absorbed in God,
neither is the teacher a preceptor
nor the disciple a receptacle.

This is the state of the most exalted excellence.

After assimilating the teacher’s excellence
the
disciple shares it,
and
the distinction between the teacher and the pupil is obliterated.

At a certain level of attainment,
each flow starts overflowing
and
there remains no one to observe
who is giving and that who is receiving?

One remains no more and that which remains is indescribable.

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The mind is linked with breath…..!!!

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The mind is linked with breath.

That is the state of victory of the mind
when the eye is set on the breath,
when the name is incorporated into breath,
and no desire of the external world can enter into the worshiper.

With this the final outcome of ordained action
Which is worshiping of single God emerges.

Self perception becomes possible by self.

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Humble Wishes!!!

 

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