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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 |