The understanding of Vedanta is a liberating experience. It is a shocking revelation or a giant jolt for those who have never perceived reality this way, for people who see the world as an ultimate reality, where we live and die … and that’s it ! Nothing more , nothing less !
The basic understanding is severely lacking when we see ourselves as
subject and the external world as the
object. The moment we say “I”, we mean there is something else apart
from “I”.
In Vedanta, we learn about the different
states of being.Like, the waking state,
the dream state , the deep sleep state . And we think all of these are us.
Actually, not so !
There is a fourth state which is the
awareness that we ARE the awareness in which all these three states are
manifesting. We are merely watching provided we don’t get involved because what
is real is only US as observers.
I am that which observes , that which is
aligned with a collective consciousness which never dies … it’s merely like an
ocean in which waves come and go. In the same way, episodes within the waking
state and those within the dream states are not real.
We live our physical reality as in a dream and live our dreams like they are real , with all the emotions etc thrown in. Neither are true.
And the deep sleep is the state where all
this happens to us , and we observe. Because, I am not one with that which I
see. I am just the awareness that sees.
Surekha Kothari
surekhakothari.wordpress.com
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