Sleep does not exist in dream
Sleep does not exist in dream. Dream does not exist in waking. Waking does not exist in sleep, Then what is existing? If you enquire deeply, you will find these things appear and disappear on consciousness. They are false states appearing in Consciousness . One is conscious of these states except sleep which one says he had felt it or became conscious of it in waking state. Therefore, Consciousness alone exists in all these states and without it man does not exist at all. The irony is man gives prominence to these false states and does not recognize the permanent existence of Consciousness.
Food and thoughts
You would have noticed when you are hungry thoughts slow down. Have you ever thought as to why this is happening? You take food and the hunger disappears and the flow of thoughts is more.There is a link between food and thought. Or I would say thought is food. For thoughts to survive food is necessary. Other wise it will disappear. This is the meaning of fasting on festivals. But who is bothered to know all this.
In sleep there is neither hunger nor thoughts. What has happened? Have you ever tried to find out this disappearance and its cause? At that point you have existed. Other wise you would not have woken up. But you were not aware about your own existence and simply go on telling ‘I had a sound sleep’. Who is the one who experienced this sleep? Find out. That is your job and not hoarding wealth which is useless. The one who does not know his own existence goes on a spree of possession of articles of sophistication and luxury and dies one day not knowing himself. What an idiot is he, the man?
Qus: How did you realize yourself?
Ans: I don’t know whether I am realized or not. Something happened and led me into silence for years. I don’t want to bluff by saying I went to Himalayas and did Tapas. But one tip for you here. I have been going on enquiring about myself for several decades with no one to guide. All the Swamijis I came across were great bluffers, except three. You will be surprised that I never asked them any questions and they never answered. But a communication was going on in silence which I never knew. I used to sit with them for several days not opening my mouth and not spending a single paisa on them. But I continued with my Meditation for years. All these require a tremendous amount of spade work. The worst is not getting distracted by the outer world. The second thing is the false ‘I’ should disappear.
Qus: Is there a guided approach?
Ans: Yes. You need a real Master or Teacher. It is for you to find out who is the real Teacher.
Ans: Don’t you know yourself just now. Your existence is known to you. You cannot say I don’t know my existence. Because you are conscious of yourself. But you wrongly identify yourself with the body and not with the Consciousness.You unnecessarily trouble yourself by imagining that you are a separate entity and start drawing a boundary around you which becomes your prison. This boundary and the separateness are only thoughts, just an illusion. Can there be a meaning for illusion? It is something like asking what is the meaning of a rose flower.
Know you are love
First know that you are Love. No need to go outside and search. Search within yourself. You will find it. Finding Love in you is much more precious than anything in the world. But you get attached to sundry things in life on the basis on thoughts which does not belong to you. Unless you know Love you cannot know what life is. That means you have not lived and will die one day like a mosquito.Do not seek love, instead look at each individual feelings that you have and ask yourself is this love or is this a path to love? Do not judge but simply observe.just patiently look and let it reveal itself.Love is not attachment, nor is it detachment.
Love does not contain fear nor is it pleasure.
There is beauty in love,
There is freedom in love,
There is understanding in love, (JK)When you have removed all feelings/concepts/ideas which are not love, then what remains is love. IN SHORT YOU ARE LOVE. You cannot say I am in love with somebody.
