No amount of education or
reasoning can lead one to the direct experience of the inner Self as the
immortal nucleus of individual manifestation in the form of multifarious energy
waves. In the realm of mysticism and spirituality, logic finds itself totally
helpless, since it can confidently deal with only tangible experiences of the
material world. Extrasensory and Para-psychological
experiences are beyond the range of logic. By reasoning one cannot prove that
the person who is being respectfully addressed as gather is actually father of
the concerned person.
Hence, for experiencing the
transcendental Supreme source of ourselves as well as the universe we will have
to discard the logical approach and take recourse to the traditionally
established and tested practice of Dharana
(concentration), Dhyan (Meditation),
and Samadhi (Trance),
successively. Therefore, in order that uncertainties of pros and cons of the
disciplines being proposed here do not unnecessarily engage the mind and
interfere with the objective of experiencing the soul (Atma), let us silence
the logical reasoning in these discussions. Test assured, it is not the purpose
of the author to confuse thee reader with some rigmarole abstractions or suggest
some process of inner growth, which could prove harmful in any way. On the
basis of his own personal experience, the author (Pandit Sri Ram Sharma Acharya) is fully
convinced about the efficacy of the path elaborated here. I assure all those
who have faith in my words that the path being shown is right and
Self-Experienced.
Come forward! Follow in my
footsteps. You will not be hastened but slowly led to the destination. Practice
the exercises given here and through meditation and contemplation explore the
hidden domain of your mind. Conceptualize yourself being a central star shining
like sun, around which your world is revolving. Repeat this exercise again and
again till the impression becomes so deep that whenever you pronounce
"I", there is a flash in your mind of a comprehensive image
comprising your consciousness, personal thoughts (Vichar), strength and
talents, along with your body. With this identification of self, whenever you
look around towards your personal world, everything in it should appear
revolving around this central star of your soul.
(Note: The relationship of an
individual and the beings in his personal world are compared to the Sun and its
planets, the former acting as the source of energy to the planets in its
system, which are, themselves also rotating around their own axes. All dynamics
inherent in the personal world (cf. the planetary system of Sun) of a strength
and talents (cf. the solar energy) of that individual. The beings in the
personal world follow their independent repetitive daily routines of
activities.. (cf. rotation of planets around their independent axes.) To hasten
the process sof Awakened Awareness of the Soul (ATMA-SWAROOP DARSHAN), here is
another method. In the solemnly and respectfully, as though you were calling
someone of eminence. With this practice you will find someone of eminence. With
this practice you will find your mind getting concentrated on the real form of self.
This was the method used by Lord Tennyson for activating the potentiality of
his Soul. He writes that through this Soul and, in due course, also became
conscious about the irrefutable existence and indestructibility of the soul and
found the basic source of consciousness in it.
While trying to conceive the
reality of the soul, some seekers tends to confuse the higher Inner-S elf
("I") with the false narrow self (I, as commonly related to body) and
thus become distracted from the reality of the soul. It is necessary to
overcome this obstacle. Otherwise such false identification of self with the
material body would, at the most, provide petty material benefits of a very low
order by developing confidence in the narrow self (body). Identification with
the real Inner-Self requires total freedom from body-consciousness.
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