| Shree Hari || What is Knowledge of Reality (Knowledge of Self or Knowledge of God) तत्त्वज्ञान क्या है ? The self awareness (Aatmagnyaana) and the universal awareness (Paramaatmagnyaana) are synonymous because they both are the same dominion of mere presence that is one. They appear as different from each other only due to the individual opinions. Lord says, Mamaivaamsho jeevaloke jeevabhootah sanaatanah | (Gita 15/7) ‘The self that enables all the beings in this world has always been essentially an element of my own spirit.’ An individual soul is said to be a fragment (of The Bhagavaan) because of its dependence on the ego which is an element of the world. If it does not latch on to the ego, it is the one mere dominion (existence) as such. Anything other than mere presence (being) is mere imagination. That dominion of mere awareness is the basis of all the imaginations; it enables their very presence; it reveals them; it is their shelter; their very life is granted by That only. In That Dominion, everything is in perfect balance with no traces of bias. The dominion of mere awareness is all-pervasive. Entire creation (objects as well as activities) are incorporated within That. The creation undergoes the cycles of birth and death perpetually; but The Dominion remains as is. Gita says, Yathaa sarvagatam soukshmyaadaakaasham nopalipyate | Sarvatraavasthito dehe tahtaatmaa nopalipyate || (Gita 13/32) ‘Just like the all-pervasive ether (space) is not tainted, being extremely subtle, so the Self (aatma) permeated everywhere, in the body, is not tainted.’ In other words, the mere conscious dominion is not limited to any specific thing such as a body; just like the space, it pervades all the bodies and remains complete in and out of all the creations everywhere. Our true nature is this all-pervasive existence (sattaa, dominione) which is the essence of the supreme self as such. In summary, the existence (sattaa) is one and only one. Seeker’s focus should be always on this existence (sattaa). Question: What is the reason for the apparent specificity (localization in one place) in such an Existence (sattaa, dominion) ? Answer: One would imagine specificity (localization in one) in the Existence (Sattaa, Dominion of Real) by assuming it to be an object of the intellect or by attempting to characterize it with mind, intellect and ego. In reality, the Existence (sattaa, dominion) cannot be confined in mind, intellect and ego. Actually, it transcends all of them as it remains the basis for their very presence. In the Existences (sattaa, dominion) of mere consciousness, there is no mind, no intellect and no ego.
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