Sri Siddharameshwar Maharaj
2-12-1934 Evening
What has priority, the attachment to objects, or the "Awareness of Reality"? One must meditate on this. Think along the lines that objects are unreal, and detachment to objects is itself an awakening to Reality. You should study like this. The disciple asks, "For how many days should this be done?" The answer is, "Just do it to such an extent that Reality is not forgotten." It should never be forgotten, that is all. There is no separate "I". According to scriptures, "there is only Freedom." You can be free only because you are already free. You should feel that you are free, because you are not bound. If you go to the root of God and the devotee, duality disappears. Everything is One.
If essentially everything in the world is made of earth, what separation is there? Then who is this "I"? There exists only the five elements and the one Self. That is your "Essential Reality". The five elements and "You", means that you yourself are the entire universe. The one Paramatman is separate form all that is seen. One who is united with "That", will not remain separate. The principle that is established as soon as self-surrender happens is itself "Undivided Devotion", or Final Liberation (Sayujya Mukti). That which is gained in the Illusion is like a small harvest of corn. The small crop bears a small amount of corn. The feeling that "I am Brahman" causes the harvest of the corn of Brahman. Now, the corn is of the "Freedom of Liberation". The clay lion knows that it is nothing but clay. Similarly, everywhere there is only Brahman. If there is no individual, there is no Illusion.
As the river does not keep its identity once it is merged into the sea, likewise, when a devotee merges into God he does not remain separate. Once the devotee becomes God, he does not exist as a separate devotee any longer. One who is aware of the unity of the devotee and God, realizes Brahman. Know that you are Brahman, and you will live full of Glory as the all-powerful Supreme Self, Paramatman. If you fall into the realm of Illusion, you will only have the company of anger, attachment, pain and sorrow, which means you that will not get peace. Therefore, you must live as Brahman.
If essentially everything in the world is made of earth, what separation is there? Then who is this "I"? There exists only the five elements and the one Self. That is your "Essential Reality". The five elements and "You", means that you yourself are the entire universe. The one Paramatman is separate form all that is seen. One who is united with "That", will not remain separate. The principle that is established as soon as self-surrender happens is itself "Undivided Devotion", or Final Liberation (Sayujya Mukti). That which is gained in the Illusion is like a small harvest of corn. The small crop bears a small amount of corn. The feeling that "I am Brahman" causes the harvest of the corn of Brahman. Now, the corn is of the "Freedom of Liberation". The clay lion knows that it is nothing but clay. Similarly, everywhere there is only Brahman. If there is no individual, there is no Illusion.
As the river does not keep its identity once it is merged into the sea, likewise, when a devotee merges into God he does not remain separate. Once the devotee becomes God, he does not exist as a separate devotee any longer. One who is aware of the unity of the devotee and God, realizes Brahman. Know that you are Brahman, and you will live full of Glory as the all-powerful Supreme Self, Paramatman. If you fall into the realm of Illusion, you will only have the company of anger, attachment, pain and sorrow, which means you that will not get peace. Therefore, you must live as Brahman.
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