Sadhana, Desirelessness, and Humility

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Sadhana, Desirelessness, and Humility

 

The sadhana of the one who is convinced that all is Brahman has been completed. Sadhana must be done so long as Brahman is not proved to oneself. To one who is convinced that whatever is experienced in waking consciousness, in dream, or in deep sleep, is all only ones own Self, there is no further need for sadhana. You should feel that the person whom you were despising up to this point is also only your Self, Paramatman. If you still feel enmity towards him, you can be sure that your sadhana is not yet complete.

One who does not feel separateness is truly perfected. All of the activities that you do, are the activities of Paramatman. There is nothing else in the world. You should have devotion in such a way that you feel that your Self, is in every being. The Lord says, "You will not have My Vision, My Experience, by any other methods, even if you try for eons." Knowing this, meditate that only Paramatman is everywhere. Leave behind your clever logic and all other types of mental acrobatics. The one who very easily and naturally sees Brahman everywhere, is on the right path of devotion. I have told you here the very essence of the key to attaining the state of Brahman. By this, you will truly realize your Self, which is the Real Wisdom. This should be done wholeheartedly with body, speech, and mind.

The mind is very cunning, but the mind cannot touch Paramatman. It cannot really even create bondage for Him. Paramatman is always non-disturbed, and without any blemish. It is spotless, meaning that it does not contain any matter. Matter is prone to deterioration and destruction. Matter can never touch Paramatman. Do not try to do anything with the mind such as supposing Paramatman to be junior or senior. All such activity belongs to the mind only. You should not misuse your speech in uttering malicious thoughts, and it is even worse to be jealously fermenting inside.

Everyone has some vice, but nobody wants to reveal their bad side. They try to conceal it. This is all a matter of misunderstanding. Try not to browbeat others. Why should you expect that everyone should obey you? Everyone should have freedom. In short, why should they act according to your wish? Why should there be any such tyranny? So, do not be like that. Consider all of your actions as expressions of Paramatman. If one feels that one is in body, speech, and mind, a separate "Me," their experience will be according to that sentiment. Even the concept, "I am alone, looking at all beings as if they are Paramatman," should also go, because what "other" is there for "me" to see? Is this entire world Paramatman only because "I" think so? Even if you do not think so, the whole world is already only Paramatman from the beginning. One need not assert it. The fact that "I am Paramatman" should be very clearly and firmly understood. Only then is the mind in "That State" which is without any cause. Brahman is always existing without any cause.

One whose Consciousness is fixed on the Self immediately understands what is said here. However, for others we have to tell it again and again in various ways. So, we should prostrate ourselves in humility to all beings respecting them as Paramatman. By humility, we can have a place in everyone's heart. By humility, one is always unassuming, and remains pure and blemish free. In this way, our unselfish life can permeate all beings. Humility is a great virtue. There lies great strength in being humble. It requires great bravery to remain humble. In humility, all is Brahman, and even the thought that "I am Brahman" also disappears. What else is there, except Brahman? Where the sense of yours, others, and mine has been swallowed up, all similes and comparisons disappear into one Unity. Then, one is fed up with trying to even talk about Brahman. That is a state where God and his devotee do not remain separate. Both God and devotee are gone.

God created Illusion and for some time the devotee abided in it. Afterwards, God and the devotee were both gone. Originally both were not really existing at all, and accordingly they have disappeared. The "One Thing," without duality, is as it is, always. A Saint is often criticized. "What kind of Saint is he? He is not a Saint." Even He himself says, "What Saint? All is only Illusion." He is fully aware of the futility of giving any name to the Reality. The aspirant should be very alert and careful. Emotions and passions will arise unbridled and will run after the enjoyment of sense objects. We must recognize the very subtle desire that is residual in our Consciousness. Desire, or the lust for sense enjoyments, should be as lifeless as flowers once offered to a deity which have become wilted, and are then disposed of. This should not remain only a verbal assertion. It should be an actuality in Consciousness. If there is not a speck, or drop of desire in our being, desire itself dies. When the desire dies, this "Desirelessness" becomes the expression of the mind, and contentment is its essence, the nature of the Self. There is no urge arising to enjoy anything, because there is nothing "other" as such that is attracting us. Only when we speak the word "other," does the thought of having something, or enjoying something arise. Something "other" means something outside of us, or objective to us, and "one's Self" means that we are content in the Self, alone.

In the Self, the duality of one thing enjoying the other does not remain. After all, as the feeling of enjoyment is but an attitude of mind, its dissolution is also be possible by the opposite attitude of mind. The Self is One, "Self-Existent," without any relationship of a dual nature. It is true that by the disappearance of the sense of worldly life, all is Brahman. However, this is always true even before the disappearance of the sense of "world life" (belief in objectivity). Whose Illusion is it, yours, or someone else's? It is only You who is misunderstanding. Illusion harasses the one who holds on to it. This worldly life is there only so long as you treat it as true. It ends when you are sure of its falsehood.

 

- Shri Siddharameshwar Maharaj - From a talk in "Master of Self-Realization"

October 16, 2008

 

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[Richard]

In this talk the view, the path, and the litmus tests have all been
told.

"Where the sense of yours, others, and mine has been swallowed up, all
similes and comparisons disappear into one Unity. Then, one is fed up
with trying to even talk about Brahman. That is a state where God and
his devotee do not remain separate. Both God and devotee are gone."

Yet talk about Brahman continues for ages. Is this due to the
compassion of the realized and ignorance of the unrealized aspects of
the One at best and egoism at worst?

[Mahakali]

Richard wrote:
...

> Yet talk about Brahman continues for ages. Is this due to the
> compassion of the realized and ignorance of the unrealized aspects of
> the One at best and egoism at worst?

It is due to the ignorance of the unrealized aspect(s) of the One;
otherwise once Self realization is being attained, then, there
wouldn't be any need for talks, debates, or any mental activities.


Kali