"The very first step in understanding what this is all about is giving up the concept of an active, volitional 'I' as a separate entity and accepting the passive role of perceiving and functioning as a process." - Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Root of fear and sorrow

Sage Vasishtha:

When, abandoning this self you think of an object, then you become the mind (subject) and thus become the subject of unhappiness. That intelligence which is other than self-knowledge is what constituted the mind: that is the root of sorrow. When it is realized that 'All this is but the self' there is no mind, no subject, no object and no thinking. When you think 'I am the jiva' etc, the mind arises and with it sorrow. When you know 'I am the Self, the jiva and such other things do not exist', the mind ceases to be and there is supreme bliss. In the light of the truth that 'All this universe is the self alone', the mind does not exist. Only so long as this serpent of mind is in the body is there fear; when it is removed by the practice of yoga, where is the cause of fear?

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