Sri Laxmi Narayana Aithal
The Self
neither goes nor
comes from anywhere;
neither He grasps
nor He gives
up anything. In
the sky, coming
and going of
the clouds don’t
change the pure
and unpolluted form
of the space.
Similarly, the egotism, etc. appear and
disappear due to
delusion in the
Self; and He
remains eternally changeless
in the extremely
Pure Form of
Awareness ( Nitya-Chaitanya-Roopah ).
We have told,
time and again,
that the states
and the egotism,
etc. That appear in them- are not
real. If
we remember this,
the doer-ship, etc,
whatsoever don’t appear
in the Self.
THEREFORE, I AM THE
AUSPICIOUS ONE.
Thus,
if we have
the agreement of
the three: the
illustration of rope
and snake, that
of the dream
and that of
the reflection in
the mirror; and
if we construe
with the Self,
we observe clearly
that there is
neither any selfhood
nor the world
in us. As
the awareness becomes
firm, the Awareness
that: ‘ I am verily
the Supreme Auspiciousness ( Parama-Shiva ) who
is Eternally Pure
and Totally Consummate ( Nitya-Shuddha-Paripurna ) and
who is the
Unique Form of
Existence-Awareness-Bliss’
becomes rooted in us.
Those
who have the
backing of this
Awareness, their ignorance
is got rid
of and they
rise in courage;
their licentious behavior
is avoided and
they naturally have
a religiously righteous
behavior; they will
get rid of
indiscrimination and they
will double their
discrimination; sense of
injustice, injury, theft,
etc. will disappear
and instead, sense
of justice, compassion
and interest in
the welfare of
all living beings
will be got
rooted in their
heart; idleness will
give way to
steady habit of
worrying for others
benefit; and nowhere
grief is noticed.
But, they will
witness the sport
of the Supreme
Brahman who is of the
Form of Existence-Awareness-Bliss. Therefore,
everyone should attain
this Auspicious Knowledge:
“ I am verily
the Auspiciousness ( Shivoham
)”. And,
even if we
don’t obtain this
Knowledge immediately, at
least, we must
try to acquire
the proper qualification
for the Self-Knowledge.
(With this edition, we conclude this series of
discussion on Entrance to Vedanta. We shall take up a new topic of discussion
from the next edition of Atmajyothi).
