It cannot be lost or thrown

Sri Siddharameshwar Maharaj

When you came to me, what have I done, after all? I have just removed the illusion. I removed the illusion of a serpent. The rope appeared as a serpent and there was fear. I convinced you that it is not a serpent but only a rope. The rope had never become the serpent. You were only confused. Now, the serpent is forgotten. To forget is itself the remembrance of reality. First, you have to gain Knowledge, and then leave the Knowledge. It is enough to know this true "I". You have recognized, that is all. Why must you know again, and again? It is permeating everywhere. It is like gold that is permeating the ornaments. If you try to meet it, it escapes. This is the noble story of speechlessness. It cannot be achieved by any kind of means. If you try to lose it, you cannot. It cannot be lost. It cannot be thrown away if you try. It is always existing. It eludes you if you try to see it, and it is there, even if you do not see it. To try to acquire it becomes a handicap. It is realized without the process of understanding. It is devoid of thought, and without focus of effort anywhere. The "me" that was trying to understand it is dead.

Brahman is not a subject of meditation. While you eat and drink, it is He all the time. This is the only thoughtlessness. The mind is false, so how can the vast Brahman be understood by it? One who says that he knows Brahman has not truly one to that region at all. Brahman cannot be known by mental attitude or the mind. Who can know that which is the father of all things, the root of all creation? If you try to mentally follow it, you will only be confused. Trying to describe it, even the Vedas have remained silent (saying 'neti, neti'). Only the Sadguru can tell of that which cannot be described. It is not for me to tackle it. Who can describe the indescribable?

All imagination is projected according to the ego, the sense of "I". We have to leave that path of ego altogether. Only then can you reach the Paramatman. Snap your doubts in the company of Saints. Compare the Saint and yourself. Reduce and finally completely remove, the ego. Learn, and find out how this can be done. Your words should be kept aligned with his words, the understanding of which, should be aligned with his lessons. The form should be kept in proximity with his form, and your virtue should be like his virtue. Your qualities and actions should be compared with the qualities of the Saint. Then we should what is better in him. We should check to see if that which is better or best in him, is also in us. Then, with his help, with the power of discernment and wisdom in him, we should look into our short-comings. By comparing our qualities, we should keep what is best. We should eliminate from our character that which is worst. In such a way, all doubt should be wiped out totally. All of this investigation and observation belong s to the "inner region". This is the relationship among knowing, not knowing, and Supreme Knowledge. The one who aligns himself along these lines becomes one of "Direct Knowledge".