Source: Maharshis Gospel, Devotee : Conceding that the aham-vritti essentially comprises all the forms of the ego, why should that vritti alone be chosen as means for Self-enquiry ? Sri Bhagwan: Without the aham-vritti there can be no other vritti, but the aham-vritti can subsist by itself without depending on any other vritti of the mind.The aham-vritti is therefore fundamentally different from other vriittis. So then, the surch for the source of the aham-vritti is not merely the search for the basis of one of the forms of the ego but for the very Source itself from which arises the I-am-ness. In other words, the quest for and the realization of the source of the ego in the form of aham-vritti necessarily implies the transcendence of the ego in every one of its possible forms. Because it is the one irreducible datum of your experience; because seeking its source is the only practicable course you can adopt to realize the Self. The ego is said to have a causal body, but how can you make it the subject of your investigation ? When the ego adopts that form, you are immersed in the darkness of sleep. Devotee : What prevents the infinite, undifferentiated Light of Consciousness arising from the heart from revealing itself to the ajnani ? Sri Bhagwan : Just as water in the pot reflects the enormous sun within the narrow limits of the pot, even so the vasanas or latent tendencies of the mind of the individual, acting as the reflecting medium , catch the all pervading, infinite Light of Consciousness arising from the heart and present in the form of reflection, the ajnani is deluded into the belief thhat he is a finite being, Jiva. If the mind becomes introverted through into the source of aham-vritti, the vasanas become extinct, and in the absence of the reflecting medium the phenomenon of reflection ,namely, the mind, also disappears being absorbed into the Light of one Reality, the heart. This is the sum and substance of all that an aspirant needs to know. What is imperatively required of him is an earnest and one-pointed enquiry into the source of aham-vritti.
Posted on: Tue, 27 Jan 2015 01:17:43 +0000
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