‘I AM’ IS THE TRUTH
In the ninth verse of Bhagavan’s Bhagavad Gitaasaaram, it is declared, “The unreal has no existence whatsoever. And, reality is never non–existent.”
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Recently, a young seeker, who for the first time, had had a brief experience of reality, wrote to me “By some grace, I was able to have a glimpse for a very brief period. It made me look at things, in and around, as they ARE. Now I realize, how in those moments there was no outwardly difference, whatsoever. But I also realized, that the mind then pretended to create inwardly, as if all forms of differences did exist. Yet, as my attention in the quest was unwavering, I felt a state transcending the mind, in which energy was gathered in a sustained manner. It carried me to the experience of Awareness per se, as you call it. This energy even guided me to moderate my food intake yesterday, and I felt complete fullness of the stomach! This inward spiritual explosion, as you always put it, for the first time in forty four years, enabled me to be Awareness per se! Is this the state that Bhagavan calls the Self, the Heart, the ‘I AM?”
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Reality is not an ideal, theoretical state. The very idea that reality can be attained only after long sadhana and at a future date is a mistake. The Truth or reality always exists. And it exists within every being. Sages are those who pay attention constantly to this reality that ever exists as ‘I AM’ within. Truth is not a newly invented reality for the sage. Therefore, the ignorance of a spiritual seeker refers only to his not paying attention to the Truth that is ever shining within. The moment introspection takes place, Truth reveals itself.
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When we turn our attention within, which actually means a moment of total denial of identification with our body and mind, an explosion takes place. Such an explosion need not necessarily result in the kind of colossal transformation that happened to Bhagavan or to Ramakrishna Paramahamsa. It can be on the other hand the experience of a very simple revelation as quoted above. Such explosions happen to all of us. Unfortunately we do not take notice of it. For us to be aware of such explosions we need to pay full attention, inwardly. Conversely, not paying attention is the only reason why reality doesn’t reveal itself. Explosions take place in the core of the Heart revealing the Truth that one is the ever existing reality.
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