Sathya Sai Vahini - Post 29

Essence of Jnana yoga, taken from SS Vahini and posted in an earlier post is taken up in this post.

 

Extract from Swami’s writing on the path of Jnana

 

•       “In the vast ocean of ISNESS, or truth (sath), all objects are but drops, in a jnana yogi’s view. 

•       Wisdom-yogis also yearn to merge in the centre, the core of reality, away from the tangle of apparent diversity. 

•       They exert themselves to become the Truth, not only to become aware of it. Of course, as soon as they are aware of it, they become it. 

•       They see and experience only one unbroken, unchallenged stream of bliss-consciousness. 

•       They realize that the power and energy that vitalize the tiniest of the tiny and the vastest of the vast is the same divine Principle. 

•       They see all elements — earth, fire, water, wind, and sky — as the divine itself and all beings — humanity, beast, bird, and worm — as emanations from God and therefore fully divine.

•       It is not enough if the intellect nods approval and is able to prove that Godhead is all. The belief must penetrate and prompt every moment of living and every act of the believer. 

•       Faith must enliven and enthuse every thought, word, and deed. The self must be soaked in the nectar of the spiritual wisdom.

•       The Vedas were not spoken by humans or composed by men and women. They were heard and recorded by sages and transmitted by guru to pupil for generations by word of mouth. 

•       The guru recited, and the pupil listened and recited just as the guru did, with the same care and correctitude. 

•       Vid, the root from which the word Veda is derived, means “to know”. When knowledge began, the Vedas manifested. Sages (rishis) visualized and announced them. They are the “seers of mantras”.

•       The Jnana-kanda is called the end of the Vedas (Vedanta), the goal, the finale. It is enshrined in the Upanishads.” 

 

Swami Sivananda writes on this path, thus:-

 

All-pervading ocean of Light I am OM OM OM

Infinity I am OM OM OM

All-pervading infinite Light I am OM OM OM

Vyapaka Paripoorna Jyotirmaya Brahman I am OM OM OM

Omnipotent I am OM OM OM

Omniscient I am OM OM OM

All Bliss I am OM OM OM

Satchidananda I am OM OM OM

All purity I am OM OM OM

All glory I am OM OM OM

All Upadhis (limiting adjuncts such as body, mind, etc.,) will be sublated. All Granthis (knots of heart, viz., Avidya, Kama and Karma – ignorance, desire, and action) will be cut asunder. 

The thin veil, Avarana, will be pierced. The Pancha Kosha Adhyasa (superimposition) will be removed. You will rest doubtless in Satchidananda state. You will get highest Knowledge, highest Bliss, highest Realization and highest end of life. ‘Brahma Vit Brahmaiva Bhavati’. You will become Suddha Satchidananda Vyapaka Paripoorna Brahman. Nasti Atra Samsayah’, there is no doubt of that.

There is no difficulty at all in Atma-Darshan, in Self-Realization. You can have this within the twinkling of an eye as Raja Janaka had, before you can squeeze a flower with fingers, within the time taken for a grain to fall when rolled over a pot. You must do earnest, constant and intense practice. You are bound to succeed in two or three years.

No flowery talk or verbosity can make a man Brahman. It is constant, intense, earnest Sadhana and Sadhana alone can give a man direct Aparoksha Brahmic realization (Svanubhava or Sakshatkara) wherein he sees Brahman just as he sees the solid white wall in front of him and feels Brahman, just as he feels the table behind him. Practice, practice, practice and become established in Brahman.”

 

Love.