Sage Dattatreya
Her Majesty the Absolute Intelligence is ever resplendent as "I", therefore She is all and ever knowing. You are She, in the abstract. Realize it yourself by turning your sight inward. You are only pure abstract Consciousness. Realize it this instant, for procrastination is not worthy of a good disciple. He should realize the Self at the moment of instruction.
Your eyes are not meant by the aforesaid word sight. The mental eye is meant, for it is the eye of the eye, as is clear in dreams. To say that the sight is turned inward is appropriate because perception is possible only when the sight is turned towards the object.
The sight must be turned away from other objects and fixed on a particular object in order to see it. Otherwise that object will not be perceived in entirety. The fact that the sight is not fixed on it is the same as not seeing it. Similarly is it with hearing, touch etc. The same applies to the mind in its sensations of pain and pleasure, which are not felt if the mind is otherwise engaged. The other perceptions require the two conditions, namely, elimination of other objects and concentration on the one. But Self-realization differs from them in that it requires only one condition: elimination of all perceptions. I shall tell you the reason for this. Although consciousness is unknowable, it is still realizable by pure mind.
(To be continued)
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