VISHESHA DARSHINAH ATMABHAVA BHAVANA VINIVRUTTIH
(ONCE) SELF IS REALIZED TO BE DIFFERENT FROM CHITTA,(VISHESHA DARSHAN)
THEN THE QUESTIONS (ATMABHAV BHAVANA) REGARDING THE SELF ARE
REMOVED
There are stages or progression in our understanding of the SELF. We as devotee try to KNOW the true nature of the SELF to be different from the CHITTA or mind stuff, then we realize that the SELF is eternal,omnipresent,limitless etc then the questions about the SELF are removed .If one has not seen a tiger and has not known or seen any picture or not heard about it, I can go on describing about how the tiger looks or how it behaves or what it eats or how it attacks or many other attributes about the tiger,but he will continue to have more questions . Once he has seen the tiger and experience the behavior of the tiger then all the questions disappear . The same is true about the SELF. Many books have told us about the SELF.Many saints have told us what THEY experienced when they realizes the SELF,but until we our self realize the SELF we will continue to have the question about it.
The animals work at the level of ID.So they GIVE IN to the desires and the need of the KARMENDRIYE or organs of action. The self control is minimal The dog will eat if he sees food. The cat will attack the small bird if it sees it easily available. But the human beings are better than that and most work at the level of EGO. The human beings are socialized animals. So we are little better. The difference in most of us and the animals is that we do not ACT on impulse . We wait for the right time. But we also INDULGE in satisfying the sense organs and desires. The dog will eat as soon as he sees the food . We will wait till the food is served . We do not have control on how much we eat.
But we are also given a much superior brain and something where we start thinking about many things . We want to to know on life and death and the SELF . This ability makes us different from the other animals. Once we have the thoughts on such matters - other than how to cook better or mix drink differently, we are starting the road to the final destiny of KNOWING the SELF. We then try to read books , we go to lectures of people that we think have answers . We may even have a teacher or GURU. But the next step is PRACTICE or action to know about the self . So we start the meditation and along with that we have change in our day to day behavior. But we continue to have questions .
One can describe how to to brain surgery but till one does it he will not know how it feels or how to do it. I can describe to you how a pizza tastes. But until you have tasted it ,you will not know what is pizza.when the GURU or any other saint or swami describes on the feeling of the SAMADHI , we will understand but we will still have questions and second hand knowledge does not take away the all the questions . Once WE our self experience the SELF in SAMADHI then all the questions or doubts are removed .
(ONCE) SELF IS REALIZED TO BE DIFFERENT FROM CHITTA,(VISHESHA DARSHAN)
THEN THE QUESTIONS (ATMABHAV BHAVANA) REGARDING THE SELF ARE
REMOVED
There are stages or progression in our understanding of the SELF. We as devotee try to KNOW the true nature of the SELF to be different from the CHITTA or mind stuff, then we realize that the SELF is eternal,omnipresent,limitless etc then the questions about the SELF are removed .If one has not seen a tiger and has not known or seen any picture or not heard about it, I can go on describing about how the tiger looks or how it behaves or what it eats or how it attacks or many other attributes about the tiger,but he will continue to have more questions . Once he has seen the tiger and experience the behavior of the tiger then all the questions disappear . The same is true about the SELF. Many books have told us about the SELF.Many saints have told us what THEY experienced when they realizes the SELF,but until we our self realize the SELF we will continue to have the question about it.
The animals work at the level of ID.So they GIVE IN to the desires and the need of the KARMENDRIYE or organs of action. The self control is minimal The dog will eat if he sees food. The cat will attack the small bird if it sees it easily available. But the human beings are better than that and most work at the level of EGO. The human beings are socialized animals. So we are little better. The difference in most of us and the animals is that we do not ACT on impulse . We wait for the right time. But we also INDULGE in satisfying the sense organs and desires. The dog will eat as soon as he sees the food . We will wait till the food is served . We do not have control on how much we eat.
But we are also given a much superior brain and something where we start thinking about many things . We want to to know on life and death and the SELF . This ability makes us different from the other animals. Once we have the thoughts on such matters - other than how to cook better or mix drink differently, we are starting the road to the final destiny of KNOWING the SELF. We then try to read books , we go to lectures of people that we think have answers . We may even have a teacher or GURU. But the next step is PRACTICE or action to know about the self . So we start the meditation and along with that we have change in our day to day behavior. But we continue to have questions .
One can describe how to to brain surgery but till one does it he will not know how it feels or how to do it. I can describe to you how a pizza tastes. But until you have tasted it ,you will not know what is pizza.when the GURU or any other saint or swami describes on the feeling of the SAMADHI , we will understand but we will still have questions and second hand knowledge does not take away the all the questions . Once WE our self experience the SELF in SAMADHI then all the questions or doubts are removed .
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