From Atmasakshatakara 2017 sep:
12. Though considering himself the Self,
He desires to attain that Shiva, the Supreme Self, as one apart.
Whoever contemplates on Shiva, thus in delusion,
Will not attain Shivahood by such contemplation – know this.
13. "Shiva is other than I; I am other than Shiva" –
Uproot this attitude of differentiation.
"I indeed am Shiva" –
This conviction that is non-dual, ever practise.
14. Full of this non-dual conviction,
He who, everywhere, abides ever in the Self,
Shall see, in all things, in all bodies,
Only that Shiva-Self
–of this, there is no doubt.
15. Whoever has this conviction always, of the One Self,
Shall rid himself of delusion, and dual perception.
That yogi will attain to Omniscience –
So it is said in the Vedas. This you should know.
16. He who is praised in all scriptures
As the Unborn, the Ishwara,
That formless and attributeless Self,
He indeed am I – there is no doubt about this.
17. Only he who does not know his true nature
Is the jiva that is subject to the dharmas [characteristics] of birth, death, and so on.
He who knows his true Self is one who is Eternal,
He is the pure, He is Shiva.
Without doubt, know this.
18. Hence, what men of discrimination should enquire carefully
And directly realise is the Self;
That Itself shines twofold,
As the Transcendental and the inferior divisions, the gross and the subtle.
19. The Supreme Nirvana is the Higher,
The inferior is manifest as the creation,
Mantras are spoken of as its gross form,
What abides in changeless Awareness is the subtle.
20. Shanmukha!
Without realising It [Atma],
What avails explanations thereof in endless ways?
Tell me!
All these are only a wonderful display of words,
The cause for the delusion of the mind.
21. All the dharmas [qualities] abide in the Self.
Whichever of them the individual self [jiva] imagines,
Whereby he concentrates his thoughts again and again on it,
He will attain that object – there is no doubt of this.
22. Thus has been told by Me as the knowledge of the Self
What has been gathered succinctly in a condensed form.
All, by any means, is of the nature of the Self.
Realising this, may you ever be strengthened in the thoughts of the Self.
23. The deities, the Vedas, the fire sacrifices,
The various gifts to priests in the course of their performance –
None of this exists there, in the nature of the Self.
Be tuned to the blemishless, omni-faceted, steadfast knowledge of the Self.
24. To the jiva drowning in the vast ocean of the birth-death cycle,
And seeking a refuge,
What affords refuge is only that knowledge of the Self,
Not anything else – know this.
25. He who becomes of the nature of the Supreme
And realises It as It really is,
Shall, though experiencing all changing states,
Attain liberation without effort – be aware of this.
26. There is no greater blessing anywhere,
Apart from the gaining of the Self.
Meditate ever on the Self. He, who is the Self,
He indeed is the one all-pervasive Supreme Self – be aware of this.
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53. When the pot breaks, the space in the pot
Merges one with the great Space.
When the inert body passes away, the Self, seemingly in the body,
Becomes immediately one with the Supreme Self.
54. Thus, the Lord who is Omniscient
Spoke with authority then:
"One who is liberated, severed from all bondage,
Becomes all-pervasive, endless,
With Absolute Awareness."
55. Discarding totally all the agamas,
Attaining the pure samadhi of Atma Yoga,
Realising, by due enquiry, there is nothing else greater than This,
Destroy all wrong ideas, in the mind, of differences.
56. Meditating continuously on the great knowledge thus,
That yogi who attains ever the bodiless nature,
That pure jnani whose dharma is the dharma of That [bodiless nature] alone,
Is the liberated one, shining inside and out, reaching across to every place.
57. Omniscience and bliss, and mature wisdom,
Remaining independent, limitless strength –
Attaining all these, He shines ever, the Self without afflictions.
With an immaculate body, He, as the Self, merges in Shiva.
58. Japa of the name, worship, bathing in holy waters, ritual sacrifices,
None of these or others are needed.
The fruits of dharma and adharma,
Water oblations to forefathers,
None of these are for him.
59. No injunctions for observance, no fasts,
Nothing required by way of getting into or out of [any action],
No vows of celibacy for him, know this.
60. Not having any recourse to falling into the fire or water,
Or falling from the mountain top,
Enjoy the feast of the knowledge of Shiva, Eternal and pure.
Rid of the rules applying to all creation, move about as you please.
61. I tell you this is the Truth, the Truth, the Truth, thrice over.
There is nothing greater than This,
Nothing greater is there to be known,
Nothing at all, nowhere ever.
62. Rid of any blemish, rid of ignorance,
with pure intellect, being the pure Self,
By the pure conviction that all that is seen is pure,
Meditating on the immaculate nature,
He shall attain Awareness.
..............Atmasakshatkara ends..................
From Jan 2021 notes :
Perfect ascetics reached heaven gradually through sense-control.
Sense-control is inaccessible to ordinary creatures.
Everything is founded in sense-control.
Therefore they say sense-control is the supreme (means of liberation).
A level of maturity is reached when nothing external is of any value, and the heart is ready to relinquish all.
Then the real has a chance and it grasps it.
Delays, if any, are caused by the mind being unwilling to see or discard. (514)
Non-investigation is the thread on which all the states of mind are strung.
Self-surrender is the surrender of all self-concern.
3-5. "Why say so much about it?
The long and short of it is this.
Objective knowledge is gained by the mind; the mind cannot be objectified.
Still it follows that there must be mind even in the absence of objects.
Such pure mind entirely divested of all objective knowledge (or thoughts) is pure intelligence.
Awareness is its nature.
Therefore it is always realised, for no other knower beside itself can ever be admitted.
because they are incapable of investigating the Self with a steady mind,
for that is diverted by its inherent disposition to go outward.
Being coated with a thick crust of infinite vasanas (dispositions), it is not easily perceived.
The incrustation must first be soaked in the running steam of mind control and carefully scraped off with the sharp chisel of investigation.
"Lo! the gem enclosed within is now reached and that is all!
"Thus you see, Rama, that all efforts are directed to cleaning up the Augean stables of predispositions.
till you feel you are an entity the spiritual talk ...etc is a waste
first transcend body, then transcend C...
you are prior to C...in that state no pleasure pain
As long as you believe you are an entity all spiritual salvation and all this talk....useless.
Nothings stops you from being a dnyani here and now, except fear.
To know that you are neither in the body nor in the mind, though
It is only your mind that prevents self-knowledge. (517)
