Tag Archives: the Self

The Self is ear of the ear…

Posted on 15 June, 2014 by amartingarcia

At whose behest does the mind think? Who bids the body live? Who makes the tongue speak? Who is that effulgent being that directs the eye to form and color and the ear to sound? The Self is ear of … Continue reading →

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‘Everything is unborn’

Posted on 30 May, 2014 by amartingarcia

Everything is born from the viewpoint t of ordinary men (samvriti), and therefore there is nothing eternal. As a matter of fact, however, everything is unborn and so there is no destruction whatever.               … Continue reading →

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Revolt against existence – 3rd answer

Posted on 18 February, 2014 by amartingarcia

3. Everything is perfect…  there is nothing wrong. We get back what we have created with our thoughts, words and acts.. The second part of that paragraph (starting with ‘there is nothing wrong…’) is only a partial answer, pertaining to … Continue reading →

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Tristan and Isolde (the feminine principle) – lll

Posted on 25 June, 2013 by amartingarcia

In the last post we quoted Wagner (“What Destiny separated in life emerges as life transfigured by death”), noting how his real spiritual aspirations, his actual yearning despite his failings in the ethical and moral sphere, have been either by-passed … Continue reading →

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Dialogue in Internet – lll

Posted on 31 May, 2013 by amartingarcia

X. I follow a spiritual philosophy which dictates that the Divine is immanent in every aspect of creation and transcends creation, possessing no limit. Using reason, if one equates God with the sum of everything that exists, both material and … Continue reading →

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The Self

Posted on 8 January, 2013 by amartingarcia

As one not knowing that a golden treasure lies buried beneath his feet may walk over it again and again, yet never find it, so all beings live every moment in the city of Brahman, yet never find him, because … Continue reading →

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The Self who understands all…

Posted on 9 February, 2012 by amartingarcia

“The Self who understands all, who knows all, and whose glory is manifested in the universe, lives within the shrine of the heart, the city of Brahman.” Katha Upanishad – ll.4.10

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A great wonder

Posted on 4 January, 2012 by amartingarcia

It is a great wonder that to teach such a simple truth a number of religions should be necessary, and so many disputes should go on between them as to which is the God-ordained teaching. What a pity! Just be … Continue reading →

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ego, witness and (reflected) Consciousness – Bhagavan

Posted on 9 October, 2011 by amartingarcia

The individual is nothing else than the ego which, again is only the mind. Simultaneously with the rise of the ego the mind appears, associated with the reflected nature of the Self, like the red-hot iron in the example. How … Continue reading →

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Conditions for knowledge of the Self

Posted on 24 July, 2011 by amartingarcia

The Self cannot be known by anyone who desists not from unrighteous ways, controls not his senses, stills not his mind, and practices not meditation. Katha Upanishad

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