Adhyatma Vidya

Sri Siddharameshwar Maharaj

In the dream, which is full of Ignorance, a man says everything belongs to him, but such men who say so are really like monsters.Those who simply enjoy the objects of senses are merely human beings, while the one who is extreme in relinquishing everything is like God Almighty. To talk without knowing anything is called an overflow of talk. When the "Sun of Knowledge" sets, the universe is filled by the darkness of Ignorance and even the star of piety is not visible. This confused mind does not see who he himself is. He has forgotten completely. The ego, who is the king on the throne of the body-consciousness, has had a dream. He was stranded in a dense forest, got tired, and became very sorrowful. There, he married a female. He used to cut wood and sell it to earn his living. He would eat the meat of various beasts and lived very miserably. Suddenly he awoke due to some extreme suffering. Similarly, you are experiencing this dream. This world is not real. That king ruled there for 17 years. The five sense organs, the five active organs, the mind, the intellect, and the five life forces (prANAs) make up 17. These are his 17 years. The ignorant individual, the jiva, has to suffer due to these. You are asleep, you are not awake. You are born in it, and you die in this sleep. In sleep, you wander indefinitely. Instead of realizing your own greatness, you have become a sufferer. Therefore, you must gain the Knowledge of your own Self. This "Spiritual Knowledge" is the greatest science. It is called Adhyatma-Vidya. 

What is existing from the beginning? Who is there from the first? "From the Beginning," and "The First," means before you experience something. "The First" is who we are. To know what is, how it is, and what its nature is, means to "Know," to have "Understanding." When that "Understanding" becomes fixed and definite, it is called Spiritual Knowledge, or Adhyatma-Vidya. Only the listener who listens with all the senses turned into one, is really worthy of this Spiritual Knowledge. He can understand all of this, while others should not even open this volume as they will not understand the meaning. Only one who says, "Let all else be lost. I don't care. I wish only to follow the spiritual path," can benefit from this path. Only such a one is considered to be truly spiritual. Lord Krishna says, "One who is totally concerned about Me gets all that is Mine with all My Glory. The whole world, all the objects are My Army." The devotees of God, choose only God. Paramatman is attained by his devotees without any discrimination between men and women. The yogi who talks on My path, is surely met by Me. That devotee becomes one with the Supreme Self, Paramatman, and is merged into the Absolute.