This is the most auspicious question arising in the "mind" of an living being.
The "feeling of existence", "sense of individuality", or "I" without which an individual does NOT exist, is the key to "FREEDOM".
It is for the sake of this "I", one does everything - but never questions "what is this I?" or "Who is the I who wants anything or everything?".
As long as one is identified with "I" as the body, one is bound.
All knowledge and efforts should lead one to ask this beautiful and fundamental question: "Who Am I?" or "What is the truth about I?"
Sunday, February 2, 2014
Saturday, February 1, 2014
Quest For Truth
Everything that is changing cannot be the truth - simply because it is impermanent.
That which is non-changing or with a changeless or possessing the property of permanence alone can be the truth.
SO, look around the entire universe - what is it that possesses such a property?
It should be easy to infer that everything in the universe is continuously changing - whatever it may be.
As you slowly infer the above, it should also become clear that "I" or the "sense of presence" within seems to be the possessing the same property of giving a "sense of existence" from birth to death of the body.
You may argue that the "I" is also changing - example the "I" during waking state dissolves during sleep or the "I" during dream disappears during waking. That is the NOT the "I" being referred to here.
There is a "sense of existence" that "KNOWS" or "IS AWARE OF" all the 3 states of existence (waking, dream and deep sleep). It simply knows that "you" exist during all these 3 states and experience all the 3 states.
That is the "I" being referred to here.
This must be contemplated, digested and assimilated completely before proceeding further. Otherwise, the result won't bear fruit.
That which is non-changing or with a changeless or possessing the property of permanence alone can be the truth.
SO, look around the entire universe - what is it that possesses such a property?
It should be easy to infer that everything in the universe is continuously changing - whatever it may be.
As you slowly infer the above, it should also become clear that "I" or the "sense of presence" within seems to be the possessing the same property of giving a "sense of existence" from birth to death of the body.
You may argue that the "I" is also changing - example the "I" during waking state dissolves during sleep or the "I" during dream disappears during waking. That is the NOT the "I" being referred to here.
There is a "sense of existence" that "KNOWS" or "IS AWARE OF" all the 3 states of existence (waking, dream and deep sleep). It simply knows that "you" exist during all these 3 states and experience all the 3 states.
That is the "I" being referred to here.
This must be contemplated, digested and assimilated completely before proceeding further. Otherwise, the result won't bear fruit.
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