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Atman (Soul)
The Bhagwad Gita teaches us that the real purpose of life is to transcend death by liberating the Atman from the bondage of material life. When we see God in everyone, and attribute our every action and everything to the eternal spirit or Sat-Chit-Ananda, only then can we be said to have been fully liberated from the material life.
Art & Science of Meditation
To reach the bliss state is the most difficult thing. The number of masters who reached there and stayed on that plane is so small that they can be counted on your finger tips. Sat is the first step that can clear the path of obstructions. The truth is that awareness cannot come about without sat. Thus, the state of consciousness, Self-realization or enlightenment, is not possible without practising sat. Meditation reveals all the mysteries of truth and blissfulness and can enable you to experience the peak of consciousness.
When sat unites with chit, the result is ananda or SatChit-Ananda. When Shiva unites with Shakti in the crown chakra, the result is bliss of the Self. This bliss leads us to divine consciousness and awareness of God. When you merge your identity in Shiva, the union is the jiva with Paramatman. He who has realized this is a liberated soul; he has nothing more to learn, to do or to gain. He is freed from the cycle of death and rebirth and becomes immortal."
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