The Highest Truth

Vedanta

oi-Priya

By Priya Devi

Wednesday, March 20, 2013, 15:02

All Upanishads are attempting to say what they consistently are unable to express - the Inexpressible - for the 'Truth' never can be expressed in words. Language (sounds or words) and our experiences of the 'Infinite' belong to two different categories. One cannot substitute for the other. We may attempt any amount of study, but study itself offers no guarantee of spiritual unfoldment. Some people have not studied the scriptures and yet they are spiritual giants.

Paradoxically, other people have studied all of the scriptures and yet have not advanced spiritually. Therefore, all our scriptures, studies, and discussions are useful ultimately only to those students who can strenuously work towards experiencing the higher Consciousness - the 'Truth' that is 'Brahman'.

That 'Truth' - 'Brahman', the one 'Reality' - is nothing other than "mindlessness". As long as the mind remains conditioned and projecting, it has no awareness of 'Brahman' or 'Reality'. When the mind ceases, it becomes 'Brahman'. In other words, the absence of the mind reveals the presence of ''Reality''. Wherever the mind exists, 'Reality' is veiled.

The Truth is just behind the mind, and as long as the mind exists, we cannot see Truth or 'Reality'. By analogy, as long as we see the flower only in the mirror (the mind), we are not in touch with the 'Reality' of the flower itself (Truth). As long as we are focusing on or through the mirror of the thinking mind, we cannot truly see or experience 'Reality'. Consequently, as long as the mind exists, we see only the world of objects - not 'Reality' or 'Truth', Itself.

To be continued

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Swami Chinmayananda

Swami Chinmayananda the great master's lectures were an outpour of wisdom. He introduced the Geetha Gnana Yagna. He wrote a lot of books on spirituality, commentaries to Vedantic texts, children books etc. He then started spreading His teachings globally.....