Dear Vikasji,
I posted the
blogs for your information how the path of Bakthi and other paths become obstacle
in pursuit of truth. The devotional path and path of love are not path of truth,
because they keep on in ignorance. Even Gnana yoga prescribed by the sages in the
past takes us nearer to truth but it is impossible to get realization through
their prescription because it has been adulterated with add-ons and mix-ups the
real essence of Ultimate truth or Brahman has been lost and destroyed. It is hurricane
task to bifurcate the truth from all this paths and practices of the past. But I
highlighted all the obstacle which blocks our realization of truth in my
posting or blogs to help the seeker to drop all the baggage which are inadequate
and useless in pursuit of truth.
Buddha must have verified
about religion, concept of god and Vedas deeply and found them inadequate and
useless in his pursuit of truth then only the
rejected religion, idea of god and Vedas.
Until one understand, assimilates and
realizes ‘what is truth’ and ‘what is untruth’, the words have their value. If one
gets stuck to the meaning words then he becomes intellectual or genius not
Gnani. When one realizes the fact that ,
his body, his ego , his thoughts and words his belief and his experience the world are created out of
single stuff ,which is consciousness then what value his body ,his ego his
thoughts and words, his belief and his experience of the world, will have when everything consciousness. We are discussing within the illusion and
illusion is created out of consciousness. Until one think body as body, ego as
ego, word as word, thought as thought world as world he will remain in
ignorance and the duality will prevail as reality. Thus one has to realize
everything in illusion as consciousness then only there is unity in diversity.
That is why Swami
Vivekananda said: - “You have to grow from the
inside out. None can teach you, none can make you spiritual. There is no other
teacher but your own soul.”
That is why Upanishad
declared :-
Katha Upanishad:
This Ataman cannot be attained by the study of the
Vedas, or by intelligence, or by much hearing of
sacred books. It is
attained by him alone whom It chooses. To such a one Ataman reveals Its own
form. [Katha Upanishad Ch-II -23-P-20]
Mundaka Upanishad :-
This Ataman cannot be attained through study of the
Vedas, nor through intelligence, nor through much learning. He who chooses Ataman—by him
alone is Ataman attained. It is Ataman that reveals to the seeker Its true
nature. [ 3 –page-70
Mundaka Upanishad Upanishads
by Nikilanada]
Ultimate truth has no connection with end-gaining, belief, path
or process. It cannot be taught but is continuously shared. Because it is
everyone’s inheritance, no-one can lay claim to it. It needs not to be argued,
proven or embellished, for it stands alone simply as it is, and can only remain
unrecognised and rejected, or realised and lived.”
Sri Ramana Maharishi Declares:-
The intricate maze of philosophy of
different schools claims to clarify matters and reveal the Truth, but in fact
they create confusion where no confusion need exist. To understand anything
there is need to understanding being. Why worry about his bodies, his ahankar, his buddhi, creation, God, Mahatmas,
world – the not-Self – at all? Why not remain yourself and be in peace?
Take Vedanta, for instance: it
speaks of the fifteen pranas, the
names and functions of which the student is asked to commit to memory. Will it
not be sufficient if he is taught that only one prana does the whole work of maintaining life in the body? Again,
the antahkarana is said to think, to
desire, to will, to reason, etc. Why all these details? Has anyone seen the antahkarana, or all these pranas? Do they really exist? They are
all conceptual divisions invented by teachers of philosophy by their excessive
analysis. Where do all these concepts end? Why should confusion be created and
then explained away? Fortunate is the man who does not lose himself in the
labyrinths of philosophy, but goes straight to the Source from which they all
rise.
Looking at all these facts it makes
one clear that, the Self-knowledge is main goal of the every human being.
Indulging in god and guru glorification is meant for the mass that is incapable
of grasping the truth. Thus, people who
are capable and have urge to know the ultimate truth/Brahman has to realize,
the truth is beyond, religion, god and scriptures. By glorifying the fake gurus and indulging in
rituals one will not be able to overcome the duality, which is mere
mirage.
Katha Upanishad says: [Upanishads Nikhilananda]
Fools dwelling in darkness, but
thinking themselves wise and erudite, go round and round, by various tortuous
paths, like the blind led by the blind. [Ch II-5 P-14]
Therefore, there
is no use of taking strain to understand assimilate the conceptual divisions
invented by teachers of philosophy by their excessive analysis. There are more
and more doubts and confusions, if one tries to understand and assimilate the
ultimate truth through scriptures.
There is no use
of following any guru or accepting their teaching as final and making them as
yardstick. They create lots of doubts
and confusion even though they seem to be nearer to truth but they are not
truth in itself.
Why to follow the
path of doubts and confusion by losing oneself in the labyrinths of philosophy,
when one can realize the ultimate truth without them. By mentally tracing the source of the mind
from where it rises and subsides one becomes aware of the fallacy of the mind,
which rises as waking or dream and subsides as deep sleep. The mind raises form consciousness and
subsides as consciousness. Therefore,
there is a need for perfect understanding assimilation of non-dual truth.
There is no need for all these baggage one has
to drop it subconsciously but it is very difficult to drop the baggage because of
the stubborn inborn conditioning or samskara. Until one drops the ‘I’ or ‘I AM’
which everyone holds as self , it becomes difficult for them to accept ‘I’ or ‘I
AM’ itself is the inborn samskara and mother of all the conditioning, which everyone have to get rid of .
Since everyone
has their own chosen path and they have made it as a yardstick, it becomes
difficult for them accept anything as truth other than accepted truth. Until more and more doubts are created about
their own understanding and path one will not indulge in deeper thinking. Without
the deeper thinking and reasoning, it is difficult to understand, assimilate
and realize the ultimate truth or Brahman.
Thus move a head
in your chosen path and when your inner urge matures enough you feel it is inadequate and useless in quenching
your inner thirst and you yourself will drop it automatically.
