Self Discovery

Sri Siddharameshwar Maharaj

One who searches within oneself, achieves Self-Knowledge. You, who are the 'Knower of All', are yourself Brahman. Do not hold onto the concept that you are the body. Always think of yourself as Brahman. One who lives as a body will have to suffer the pains of the body. The Sun that is the Self is eclipsed by desires for worldly objects. Be identified with the Sun, the Self, and let go of whatever you have been accumulating up to now. If you give up your attachment to worldly objects while the eclipse is there, and also give up your lust for sensual gratification, then the eclipse will be over. You cannot experience Brahman without you yourself becoming Brahman. (Note - It is a custom among Hindus to give donation to charities and make sacrifices during the time of eclipses.)

Golden is the day for a man when his conceptual images about himself die away. This means that your ego should die. The Master will bless the one who endeavors to search for one's Self. One should not take back what is once given. This means that one should not accept the objects of the senses, after they are renounced. The Supreme Self, Paramatman, is beyond even the state of omni-perception, or being 'All-Seeing'. If the doer of actions has no sense of being the actor, he is free of the action. He becomes That which is beyond all states. When the knowing of objects, or differentiation, comes to an end, the false pride of 'Me', the ego, is destroyed.