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The one Great Reality, the Cosmic being, the source
and origin of countless universes, ever remains the one, non-dual existence,
the transcendental Reality, present and hidden as the subtlest of the
subtle, beyond the senses, and something that the mind and intellect cannot
comprehend. That Reality is the centre of your being. That Reality is
your essential eternal identity. May that Reality shine forth in your
consciousness as the true "I Am" beyond the little "I"
that dominates our lives, that pushes us, pulls us, that twists and turns
us and shoves us up and down. This little "I," you are not.
Words that were proclaimed by the illuminated and liberated sages and
seers of the Vedic era must ever pervade your consciousness, dwell in
your heart, direct your intellect and guide your entire life-"Arise,
awake, and attain illumination." The whole process of your being
and doing, thinking and acting, should be this process of arising, being
awake and alert and attaining illumination. Then alone we are living.
That is life-a steady onward and upward ascent towards Divine-consciousness,
Reality-awareness, Self-experience, Knowledge. There is nothing higher
that that, greater than that. It is the culminating pinnacle achievement
of all existence. Call it Brahma-jnana, call it Christ-consciousness,
call it satori, call it the Supreme Tao, call it nirvana… It is the
one, supreme, non-dual experience that liberates you forever from your
bondage to yourself. It liberates you forever from this dream of being
bound to a non-existent conglomeration of names and forms-this universal
appearance.
The queen Madalasa rocked the cradles of her infant princes and sang this
lullaby, "You are all-pure, enlightened and immaculate. Give up this
sleep of delusion that makes you give value to that which has no value.
This is a great blunder. This is the darkness of the slumber of non-awareness."
That is the call you have to respond to. That is the call of the Upanishads.
Give up this deep sleep of delusion. You are the all-full. You ever shine
as a centre of radiant and dynamic Divine-consciousness within your apparent
physical-mental personality. Awaken to your Divinity, affirm your Divinity,
assert your Divinity, and make life an expression of your Divinity. This
is the one and the only teaching. This is the one and the only message.
Awake; answer this call. Make your life a dynamic expression of what you
are by giving up the dream of thinking of yourself to be what you are
not. That is the one great need if right here and now, in the midst of
this vale of tears, you are to be rooted in the strength of your true
nature.
Reality never changes. You are what you are. Be what you are and make
your life an expression of what you are, namely Divinity. Then life becomes
true life, authentic life. May responding to this call be your one great
task. May this be your joyful duty. Blossom like a lotus in the midst
of the mud of this samsara. Become rooted in Reality and celebrate your
life as a glorious victory and attainment!
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