Don't See Others

Don't See Others

There is no other, all is Brahman, you your Self. Any other perceived is mind, which is false and illusory without any substance. There is no external object, all is One. Mind is also therefore Brahman, however it seems otherwise. This seeming is Maya. Maya is superimposed upon Brahman, but it no way touches it or has any effect over it. This is akin to the snake mistakenly seen in a rope coiled on the floor. The existence of Maya is illusory and, like the snake, when this is realised we see that it never had any reality at any point, it was always nothing other than Brahman, nothing other than a rope.

Maya is also known as Shakti or the Mother, the activity and appearance of which is the great mystery of the universe. The reason for Maya cannot be known by the mind just as the key outside a locked room cannot be held by the one locked inside. Guru and God are one and the same. It is through the grace of God that realisation comes and we are freed from the locked room. First however some banging on the door is necessary, this is equivalent to the sincere and dedicated following of Guru's instructions. In doing this, naturally and of necessity we cease to see and compare ourselves to others. Guru always tells you to look inside yourself, to analyse your mind. Don't see others, they are not there in reality. In reality there is only your mind, see your own mind, see how it is.

The very perception of how we are bound by the mind, is simultaneous with the act of freeing ourselves from that bondage. That is, on close observation of thoughts, we see that there is no real link between the thoughts and ourself and the bondage that seemed to be there, no longer does. This perception of our mind comes through the grace of Guru, in his presence we awaken, we see our mind in sharp contrast sitting before a man who has no mind.

So Maya, that is the illusory bondage between thoughts and the Self, cannot be understood by the mind, but it can be transcended. Self realisation is a reality, not a philosophy or intellectual exercise. All that can be said is that there is existence and that is One. This can be felt and realised. This realisation is freedom. The solution is inside you. To observe, judge and criticise the behaviour of others is to, consciously or unconsciously, seek the solution to your problem outside. It is to seek a solution by modifying some aspect of the outer world. The solution is only to be found in the realisation that all aspects and all states of mind, anything perceived in fact, is inherently false and in now way connected with you. This realisation is to be found inside. So, observe all the world, reject nothing, but do not see it as another. It is your own mind.

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