SELF- WITNESS TO ALL

According to Astavakra the pure effulgent self is ever unattached and it is a peaceful all knowing witness of all that is happening in all the creatures. It is the one supreme and eternal God, the Brahman, the ultimate reality. This one universal consciousness supreme which is the substratum for the changing world of phenomena should be realized through the practice of meditation till we rise above the misconception that we are the limited ego- the self reflected in our thoughts.

In the dim light of the dusk, the long post may look like a ghost. But this vision of the ghost is a mistake of the seer and not of the post. Similarly due to the deluded vision of a human being, a universe is visualized. But in reality there is only one all pervading pure effulgent self. In other words the ignorance of the self gives birth to the sense of duality just like the ignorance of the post gives birth to the ghost. Ignorance is a combination of non apprehension of reality and misapprehension of the self. And knowledge is the antidote for ignorance.

As long as the individual recognizes this world of objects, emotions and thoughts through is gross, subtle and causal body, he can not escape his sense of limitations and his experience s of suffocating sorrows. Only when one liberates himself from his identification with his body and his ego, will he realize his infinite divine status.

Attachment springs forth from ignorance and detachment springs forth from knowledge.

                                       

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