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Atmic {Soul} awareness is the key to liberation
The individual (jivi), believing that it is divided from the whole, the universal, is subject
to desire and despair, love and hate, grief and joy. The person is attracted by the
world of name and form. Such a person is characterised as "bound {baddha}". Hence
the need for liberation is urgent. And to be liberated, the person must give up
dependence on and attachment to the creation (prakriti).
The blind cannot be saved by the blind. The destitute cannot be helped by the destitute.
How can a person who is destitute and helpless remove the poverty, suffering, and pain
of another? The poor must approach the affluent, the wealthy. The blind must seek the
guidance of a person who can see. One who is bound and blinded by the dualities of
creation has to take refuge in the inexhaustible treasure of compassion, power ad
wisdom, namely the divine Atma {Soul}. Then, one can get rid of the destitution of
grief, revel in the wealth of spiritual bliss {ananda} and attain the goal of human
existence. This consummation is reached and Atmic awareness is won through the
grace of Brahman.
Wherein is the Atma to be sought? Where does the Atma reside? How can one know
the Atma? Adoring the apparently consciousness things as manifestation of the
sovereign Consciousness or Atma helps the process. The Atma principle can be
genuinely understood only by seekers who are grounded in the formless, attributeless
Brahman. But even the embodiment with form {sa-guna} has the Atmic reality in full
measure. There are many examples to illustrate this truth. Knowledge of Brahma
{Brahman-vidya} is another name for understanding and experiencing the Atma as the
Brahman, the individual as the Universal.
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| Writings from The SUTRA VAHINI By Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba |
| Writings from The SUTRA VAHINI |