I want you to imagine this..suppose this earth was destroyed..the solar system, our galaxy everything in this perceived universe. The space and time and all matter no longer exist.in this reality will anything be present?. Yes. That which survives all is the pure consciousness ...this pure consciousness is the real you. yes you are that..it is from this background of pure consciousness the universe got manifested..the basic stuff of reality is pure consciousness..or you. When i say "you", i don't mean any particular you. The sense of individuality is not there..the universe is therefore an appearance in you..
You are prior to that ..
The body that you own, the mind that you have is all as detached as any object..it is the wrong sense of identity that led you to believe that you are only this.
Truly speaking there is only one undivided reality and that is the pure consciousness or you.
You are prior to life ..you are beyond time and space.
Nothing can touch you ..everything is dependent on you..not you on other things..in fact there is nothing other than you...
You are also self illumining..just as you illumine everything
Lets see a simple example of identity crisis. Human beings in pre-historic times existed..in those ages there was no countries no cultures even ..we were just humans ..no wars no cultural invasions ...now after migrations, we created countries, cultures boundaries.a sense of nationalism was created ..from it a new identity evolved..you are an indian an american and so on..humanness is prior to that..
You need to transcend your national feeling to see that..
In this truly expansive view how insignificant our wars would be..our border problems would be..
Just like that it is your true identity that creates all the complexities.realize your true nature as pure undivided consciousness with no sense of person.
You are reality itself and you are prior to that..
Ashtavakra says to Janaka
"You have long been bound thinking: “I am a person.” Let the knowledge: “I am Awareness alone” be the sword that frees you.
......
You are pure Consciousness— the substance of the universe. The universe exists within you. Don’t be small-minded.
The pure undivided consciousness in which everything appears as transient things is the same Brahman that the upanishads speak. And when it says "Thou are that ", it wants us to realize this.
You are prior to that ..
The body that you own, the mind that you have is all as detached as any object..it is the wrong sense of identity that led you to believe that you are only this.
Truly speaking there is only one undivided reality and that is the pure consciousness or you.
You are prior to life ..you are beyond time and space.
Nothing can touch you ..everything is dependent on you..not you on other things..in fact there is nothing other than you...
You are also self illumining..just as you illumine everything
Lets see a simple example of identity crisis. Human beings in pre-historic times existed..in those ages there was no countries no cultures even ..we were just humans ..no wars no cultural invasions ...now after migrations, we created countries, cultures boundaries.a sense of nationalism was created ..from it a new identity evolved..you are an indian an american and so on..humanness is prior to that..
You need to transcend your national feeling to see that..
In this truly expansive view how insignificant our wars would be..our border problems would be..
Just like that it is your true identity that creates all the complexities.realize your true nature as pure undivided consciousness with no sense of person.
You are reality itself and you are prior to that..
Ashtavakra says to Janaka
"You have long been bound thinking: “I am a person.” Let the knowledge: “I am Awareness alone” be the sword that frees you.
......
You are pure Consciousness— the substance of the universe. The universe exists within you. Don’t be small-minded.
The pure undivided consciousness in which everything appears as transient things is the same Brahman that the upanishads speak. And when it says "Thou are that ", it wants us to realize this.
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