Sandeep-Kuber Technologies wrote: > Sri Lakshmana Swami: > The mind can never eliminate itself without the grace of the Self. The > mind is afraid of its own death; it will not do anything to endanger its > own existence. It is like the theif who poses as a policement in order > to catch himself because he ultimately wants to escape. SImilarly with > the mind. The mind will engage in sadhana, thinking it wants to destroy > itself, but as soon as the mind starts to sink into the Heart, a great > fear arises which prevents the mind from completely subsiding. This fear > is part of the mind's self-defence mechanism, and you will never > overcome it by effort alone. It is because of this that you need the > grace of the Guru. When you concentrate on the name and form of the > Guru, or try to be without thoughts, the grace of the Guru calms the > mind and helps it to overcome the fear which would otherwise prevent it > from completely subsiding.
the "grace of the Guru" is the satguru's emanating Self presence which he repeatedly baptizes the devotee in, this energetic Self presence literally paralyzes the mind > Sri Lakshmana Swami: > The mind must die, there is no other way to realize the Self. Some > people say that complete equanimity of mind is Self-Realization, but > this is not true. This is only a stage one passes through on the way to > Self-Realizaiton. Other people say that seeing the Self or God > everywhere is Self-Realization, but this is not true either. To see the > Self everywhere there must be an "I" who sees, and while that "I" exists > the mind will also exist. > The jnani does not see anything because the seeing entity in him has > died. In the Self, there is no seeing, only being. When the mind still > exists one can reach a stage where one can see the whole world as a > manifestation of the Self, but when the mind dies, there is no one who > sees and no world to be seen. > > If you have a mind then the earth, the sky, and the stars will exist, > and you will be able to see them. When the mind dies there will be no > earth, no sky, no stars, and no world. The world of objects, names, and > forms is only the mind, and when the mind dies, the world dies with it. > Only the Self then remains. ok, I'm assuming that Sri Lakshmana Swami is the Self-Realized expert and thus speaks from experience, so the obvious question is: if he's in the state of Self-Realization where there's no mind, or world how and why would he be communicating such information?
