Sage Vasishtha
Rama! The abandonment of all notions, conditioning and conceptualization is said to be of two kinds: one is based on knowledge or direct realization and the other is based on contemplation. I shall describe them to you in detail.
One should become aware of one's deluded notion in which one thinks that 'I belong to these objects of the world and my life depends on them. I cannot live without them and then cannot exist without me, either.' Then by profound enquiry, one contemplates 'I do not belong to these objects, nor do these objects belong to me.' Thus abandoning the ego-sense through intense contemplation, one should playfully engage oneself in the actions that happen naturally, but with the heart and mind ever cool and tranquil. Such an abandonment of the ego-sense and the conditioning is known as the contemplative egolessness.
When there is knowledge or direct experience of the non-dual truth, one abandons the ego-sense and conditioning, and entertains no feeling of 'this is mine' even with regard to the body - this known as direct realization of egolessness.
(To be continued)
(To be continued)
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