Sage Vasishtha
When the 'I' as a separate entity is thus known to be false, how can one believe in the other notions (heaven, hell etc) that are related to it? Craving for heaven and even for liberation arises in one's heart only as long as the 'I' is seen as an entity. As long as the 'I' thus remains, there is only unhappiness in one's life. And, this notion of 'I' cannot be got rid of except through self-knowledge. When one is possessed by this ghost of 'I-ness', no scriptures, no mantras, nothing enables one to get rid of it.
Only by the constant remembrance of the truth that the self is a pure reflection in the infinite consciousness does 'I-ness' cease to grow. The world-appearance is a juggler's trick; all subject-object relationship between it and me is foolish - when this understanding takes root, 'I-ness' is uprooted. When it is seen that it is the 'I' that gives rise to the notion of a 'world', both of them cease in peace.
Only by the constant remembrance of the truth that the self is a pure reflection in the infinite consciousness does 'I-ness' cease to grow. The world-appearance is a juggler's trick; all subject-object relationship between it and me is foolish - when this understanding takes root, 'I-ness' is uprooted. When it is seen that it is the 'I' that gives rise to the notion of a 'world', both of them cease in peace.
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