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  • The Self reveals the Self

    Let us consider the statement in Katha Upanishad 1.2.23. Lord of Death, Yama (Lord Vaivasvata) reveals to the thirsty soul, Nachiketas: “Neither, This, Self, Atma, taught nor obtain by logic nor by much hearing, whom even this prayed; by Him found by Him, This the Self reveals body bare.” Commentary by Dippack (The Vaivasvata Gita,… Read more

  • Seeing God As He Really Is

    Let us examine “Beingness” from two standpoints, absolute and relative. From a relative standpoint, our beingness is wholly focussed on the sense of the false self or the non-self, or the false I (mind, body, senses, perception, thoughts, emotions, actions, etc). From an absolute stand point, there is only the Self, i.e., the false I… Read more

  • Seeing God As He Really Is

    Let us examine what is Seeing God As He Really Is from two standpoints, absolute and relative. To cite a typical example of such a “being” is to see the demonstrations and wisdom of Sri Bhagavan Maharshi Ramana. He clearly demonstrated “being in this world, but not of this world.” Dharma, Bhakti, Love, and Divinity.… Read more

  • Seeing God As He Really Is

    Let us examine the following concept: Awareness of Awareness. Now then, I have heard this many times said by devotees and disciples and Gurus. Is it the case of the blind leading the blind? Let me correctly plead the following in the format used by Sri Bhagavan Maharshi Ramana. Ask yourself this (Vichara Marga). When… Read more

  • Seeing God As He Really Is

    Let us examine Sat-Chit-Ananda further. Holy Sage Vasishtha explains to Rama, “…The truth or existence-consciousness-bliss absolute is beyond thought and understanding, it is supreme peace and omnipresent, it transcends imagination and description. There arises naturally in it the faculty of conceptualisation…Here Vasishtha distinguishes the absolute from the relative. One would think when one comes across… Read more

  • Seeing God As He Really Is

    Let us look at the sovereign statement from a conceptual or lowe perspective SAT-CHIT-ANANDA. I also know That Which Is as SAT-CHIT-ANANTA. In English, BEING/EXISTENCE/LIFE-ABSTRACT INTELLECT/CONSCIOUSNESS-BLISS/HAPPY/PEACE/INFINITE/BOUNDLESS/ETERNAL. What do these concepts/attributes mean? They mean “That Which Is” is neither ASAT nor ACHIT nor DUKKHA. Nor SIMITAM. In English, That Which Is is neither non-being/non-existent/insentient/lifeless nor unconsciousness/comatosed/inert… Read more