Is
that the Guru you have heard about. Is he a real Gnani or a fake. But
they do not charge money of any sort and all videos and books are free.
They do not want devotees and you can keep your religions.
Dear Trevor,
If anyone expounds knowledge free of cost by giving free
lectures and distributing books and CD it does not mean that he is Gnani who is expounding Gnana or
wisdom. Thus his noble actions are not yardstick to decide 'what truth' is and
'what is untruth'. Even christen missionaries all over the world distribute free literature,
medicine and food but it is only noble deed to help the humanity in practical world but they are not
qualification for acquiring Self-Knowledge or Brahma Gnana or
Atma Gnana.
Upanishad's say "He who thinks he knows, does not
know." This means that to know anything implies a second, an object of
knowledge, hence duality, i.e. no Gnana.
Seeker of truth read
not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted, nor to find
talk and discourse, but to weigh and consider and discover the truth by using soul-centric reason. The greatest and noblest pleasure which seeker can have is to
discover new truths; and drop old prejudices and accumulated knowledge.
To understand and assimilate one needs spiritual language of
silence; one must speak from the standpoint of the consciousness which the
language of the soul – which is humility, intense urge of inner growth,
listening and without arguing on some theoretical or some authority or some
famous men‘s point of view.
Individual truth is not universal truth.
Individual cannot claim that he has experienced the whole. There is
no proof he has seen it, because the whole is not individual experience. The
man and the world are within the whole. Thus such claims of experiencing
the self or Atman is mere hallucination.
People think they taken diksh or initiation
and they are practiced under some guru or yogi
and they are experiencing the
bliss and now they are capable of transforming that bliss to others and they
start hallucinating that what they experienced as bliss is reality without
realizing the fact that their own existence within the universe is mere
illusion because the universe is mere illusion from ultimate standpoint. It is very difficult for those who are caught
up in the understanding based on the false self to realize the fact that,
whatever they have experienced as bliss is mere hallucination because the ultimate
truth or Brahman cannot be experienced because the self is not an individual
because it is formless and it is not and entity or identity within the waking
or dream.
How
do the people who expound their knowledge know they have experienced the whole?
Where is the proof they have seen it? When they say “I know from experience”
they merely mean “I think so.” If they experience bliss, they cannot be
egoless, for who is having the joy? And if they retain the ego they cannot know
the Universal Brahman, the whole. Thus their individual experience is not
derived from Gnana or Self-Knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.
Without knowing the nature of the mind
or universe world, it is impossible to know the ultimate truth. What is the use
of trying to find one’s inner self before he understands the mind or universe? Thus it is necessary to investigate the truth
about the world, which confronts him to realize this world which confronts him as
being consciousness.
That is why Sri, Sankara
says in VivekaChudamani
63. Without
causing the objective universe to vanish and without knowing the truth of the
Self, how is one to achieve Liberation by the mere utterance of the word
Brahman ? — It would result merely in an effort of speech.
65. As a treasure
hidden underground requires (for its extraction) competent instruction,
excavation, the removal of stones and other such things lying above it and
(finally) grasping, but never comes out by being (merely) called out by name,
so the transparent Truth of the self, which is hidden by Maya and its effects,
is to be attained through the instructions of a knower of Brahman, followed by
reflection, meditation and so forth, but not through perverted arguments.
Whatever have appeared
(birth, life, death and world) has appeared on its own and it disappears on its
own. Whether a person takes it as
reality or illusion it all depends on his mental and intellectual conditions
will determine the phenomenal world observed and experienced. The look of an
object will depend upon the medium through which the observer views it. A Gnani
viewing the universe (practical life within the practical world) different from
the ignorant is viewing the same universe (practical life within the practical
world). Each one of them interprets the universe he sees in term of his existing
knowledge. The Gnani sees his body, his ego and his
experience of the world as mere mirage created out of consciousness whereas the
ignorant sees his body as body, his ego as ego and his experience of the world
as world.
Thus experiencing the
pain and pleasure within the illusion with the illusory self, within the
illusory experience, has to be illusion. The illusion is created, and
sustained, and finally dissolves as consciousness, which is the innermost
Self. Since, there is no second thing
other than the consciousness (soul); the consciousness itself is ultimate truth
or Brahman. The one who has realized
this truth for him this illusion is passing show because he is fully aware of
the fact that his body, his ego and his experience of the world to be
consciousness. Practical peoples approach is more practical, and they are stuck
with the reality of the practical life within the practical world, they take it
as real whereas for Gnani has the firm conviction that:-
Formless soul or Consciousness is the witness that
experiences the action, the actor, and the world of separate things. It is like
a light that illuminates everything in a theatre, revealing the master of
ceremonies, the guests, and the dancers with complete impartiality. Even when
they all depart, the light shines to reveal their absence.
What is not consciousness (formless) in the experience of
diversity (universe or waking)? The
waking and the dream cease to exist without consciousness. The seeker, seeking and his destination all are one in essence.
By becoming
more and more intellectual one becomes more and more intoxicated to
individuality. The intellectuality is limited to duality. In realm of truth the intellectuality is
replaced by non-dual wisdom. There is
nothing exist other than formless non dual existence. Therefore, there is no individual to become sane or insane.
There is no second thing exists, other than consciousness. Everything is one, that is, unity in
diversity. The curiosity, urge cannot be imposed on others. It has to sprout within. One need not become a
guru because the guru is within guides every seeker.
If one is aiming to be a master, a Guru or a
teacher, he will never reach his non-dulistic destination. One has to share his knowledge
with the fellow seeker not to make them his followers but only direct them if
they are interested to travel beyond form, time and space.
It is foolish to impose our idea on others
because everyone is not in same level of understanding. Every one's inner work is on. When they are
ripe enough they will understand, assimilate and realize on their own. If they are ready and sharp enough they will
grasp it instantly and they will reach their destination with lesser time and
effort. Thus preaching, teaching is not wisdom, but by very careful reasoning,
seeker has to determine the nature of reality. Thinking in right direction
alone helps seeker determining the nature of reality.
