For the soul, which is the true self,
there is neither birth nor death. Nor having once been, does it ever cease to
be. It is unborn and eternal, ever existing, undying and primeval. It is does
not die when the body and the world dies.
Constant mental effort through
reflecting on the nature of the true self /soul leads towards spiritual
awareness. Those who follow formless path, resolving deep within themselves to
seek Atman/true self alone, attain singleness of purpose. For those who lack
resolution, the decisions of life are many-branched and endless.
The intense concentration
required to grasp the non-dual truth is so fine and "sharp as the razor's
edge. He must be able to keep all other thoughts away in order to perceive the
Non-dual truth. One has to be able to
rise above emotions if he wants to find truth. It is emotion which leads to
religion and mysticism.
The proper
qualifications must be possessed by the seeker; otherwise he will not meet with
success. He must be bent on truth, knowledge, the removal of ignorance rather
than peace only, for instance, and if he dogmatizes then truth is unattainable,
he is also unqualified, and if he is merely curious he is unfit.
The
qualifications required of the seeker are discrimination between real and
unreal: this is the faculty of reason based on the soul as self, which discriminates
truth from falsehood. Reason is not intellect, which is based on the ‘I’ the
physical self. Inquiry means enquiry into the reason of everything.
Calmness of mind,
freedom from worries and yogic peace, are qualities of greatest help in quest of
truth. But yogic calmness alone does not directly yield knowledge: it is not
the end; the seeker must make use of his brains also.
The personal qualifications of an aspirant must be supplemented by this perfect guidance, (b) study of F.P Blogs (c) leisure to carry on these studies and to think about consciousness [soul] as self.
Intellectuals must give up their conceit and vanity and seek Truth. Seeker of truth has to pursue spiritualistic based on the soul as self and inquiry to the logical end, whether it yields satisfaction or not. At one stage of the quest of truth seeker should not give it up half-way.
There can be no understanding of truth unless
he is determined wholeheartedly to get at it.
Seeker of truth
only wants one theory. That is, what is the meaning of the all the three
states, which appear and disappear in succession, the truth regarding life and
existence? He wants to know the truth eternal, because everything else is
perishable including man and his universe. Therefore one has to think calmly
and consider what it is that he wants from life.
Benefit of yoga is to give freedom of mind from worries, anxiety and troubles so that in short, to give the mind peace, so that it may pursue the higher quest undisturbed and able understands and assimilate the non-dual truth.
