Vedanta is all about unity. When the self is truly realized and when our identity becomes rooted in it, we truly feel there is only one single entity and all the diversity to be an appearance in it. The more the influence of the ego in us, the more the second and third person perspective in us. The root of the problem is the "I thought". If there is an I grounded in my body then the whole world is separate and i see it with the eyes of a person. Only when consciousness goes back to its source that is the atman, do we loose this personhood and then the whole universe including the persons that we see becomes in you, rather than outside you. The atman and the infiinitude is one and the same. True consciousness can never be divided.
When we become thus centered, many things fall off and many changes happen. It is the natural state of the infinite. Love is an often misunderstood emotion. Many people feel that they selflessly love others. But in the presence of ego, a love is always between two persons. Two persons when they enter a relation is always riddled with expectations whatever be the context whether it is love or business or anything. It is marred by likes,, dislikes, expectations, sorrows, misunderstandings and so on. When love is pure it is inclusive. You do not love a person , you love the beingness as a whole. You understand that there is no such thing as another. You accept the other as part of you since there is nothing apart from you. When Jesus said you should love your neighbor like you, he didn't mean you should see love him as a different person. He said
'Love your neighbor as yourself'
If you do that it is pure love. If you love him as you love yourself which is accepting him as part of you and not distinct, then only love can happen in its pristine form. Otherwise if it is just a person to person relation which is just a convenience. Love in its pure form once realized , will remove the need for any ethical rules etc, the thoughts become purer in its own. There are no longer any need for any commandments. This was the whole message of Jesus. To show that pure love is by dissolving yourself into everything. Truly realized saints dont see you as you, they see all as a single cosmic entity. They have lost the ability to distinguish between entities.
A truly realized one never leaves the state of happiness and true love. Since there is always happiness inherent in him , he never craves for anything in this world. No desire attracts him any longer,because the very happiness you seek is already in him. His actions are always pure and loving because he sees only one. The actions are always to service not a fulfillment since he is already so. He loves without expectations because he wants nothing.
All the different problems in life is purely a perspective issue. If we see the world as a person, we are in for trouble. We can create any number of problems for ourselves living in that identity. Any action that we do becomes justifiable from our perspective and so we dislike others because they dont understand this. A realized person doesnt see any problem because he has lost his personhood and duality for ever. When he sees the anger of another person at him, he doesnt get affected by it since he understands that it is all part of him and loves despite all these differences. He sees that it is only a fleeting thing which may pass like the idle wind. He understands that there is nothing that cannot be corrected with pure love.
Rooted in his infinitude he is truly still and perfect. He no longer runs around and seeks many things. His wants are nothing , he just is. The actions that appear in him are purer than the spring water. He acts but never expects. He loves but never want anything back . Anger, pride etc doesnt have any impact on him. Exalted always, he watches the worlds fleeting ways. He never grieves nor does he run around seeking anything. Senses are there but they are his slaves. He is a true master of everything. He is totally free as there are no bondage of person in him.
In the myriad forms of the universe he sees only the self . He lives exactly as he is. There is nothing left to be done. There is only pure being enjoyed. Life is a celebration .
As Ashtavakra says to Janaka
11.6
“I am not the body, nor is the body my possession—
I am Awareness itself.”
One who realizes this for certain
has no memory of things done or left undone.
There is only the Absolute.
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