"O sage, that which I intellectually understand to be nothing still appears to me to be a real entity or substance. My senses are eating me away." - Vasistha's Yoga
Here is the complaint of every "book yogi" who ever nodded in agreement as he read some illuminating scripture, then looked up from the page and was lost in a world of deeply conditioned things and thoughts. Balance was yet to be found, clarity yet to be experienced. Repeatedly the very sages who write them exhort us to not just read revelatory scripture, but to practice self-inquiry ceaselessly, to seek the company of the liberated when possible, and to remain established in equanimity until that becomes the default state midst all of the attractions and distractions of everyday life. In time we will wear the world like a loose garment. Earnestness is imperative, said Nisargadatta. Ripeness is all, said Shakespeare. In time and with right effort the "I" and "my" of Manki's complaint above will lose their grip on what we truly are. But first these pages of scripture must burn in the fire of jnana.
"The egosense is bondage and its cessation is liberation. It is so simple. Where is the difficulty?" - VY
Yes. Ask yourself that repeatedly with a finger pointed toward the face you cannot see. The question is answered.
Here is the complaint of every "book yogi" who ever nodded in agreement as he read some illuminating scripture, then looked up from the page and was lost in a world of deeply conditioned things and thoughts. Balance was yet to be found, clarity yet to be experienced. Repeatedly the very sages who write them exhort us to not just read revelatory scripture, but to practice self-inquiry ceaselessly, to seek the company of the liberated when possible, and to remain established in equanimity until that becomes the default state midst all of the attractions and distractions of everyday life. In time we will wear the world like a loose garment. Earnestness is imperative, said Nisargadatta. Ripeness is all, said Shakespeare. In time and with right effort the "I" and "my" of Manki's complaint above will lose their grip on what we truly are. But first these pages of scripture must burn in the fire of jnana.
"The egosense is bondage and its cessation is liberation. It is so simple. Where is the difficulty?" - VY
Yes. Ask yourself that repeatedly with a finger pointed toward the face you cannot see. The question is answered.
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