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118/ Meditation and Enlightenment : Chandr Prabh
the ego's head bows down, there wakes up the sense of asking the originality of self from self.
'l' is across-my body, my thought, my mind. Ascent on the inner consciousness is across every activity of mind, speech and body. Therefore, ask yourself: 'Who am I ?! To vibrate speedily the 'Who am I ?'- brand music from each and every string of heart is an open assault on the 'l' born out of ego. This assault is an effort to find out the original 'l' of life. This question asked of one's own self expresses one's inquest for 'Chaitanya darshan' (philosophy of consciousness).
It is necessary to post a sentinel of self-awakening round the
clock on the threshold of life. 'Sadhana' is not alienated from life. Life is the credential of liveliness, and liveliness is the own sister of awakening. The mutual relationship of awakening and liveliness has to be maintained without any hesitation. What can be the relationship of sleep, with awakening? A foe ought to be saluted from a distance. The sleep is taken by the body, but the yawnings of the inner conscience is the background of lethargy. Trance is but the name of the sleep that is awake.
In order to make trance the shadow of life we will have to make vigilance with ‘Sam' (rationality), the heart of life. Rationality is needed to prevent ourselves from being unperturbed and unbalanced. Rationality is to be utilized for balance. The land of life is very uneven. At every step there is the obstacles of stonechips and brick-bats. On the path of life ahead, the obstructive signs are not impossible, but to proceed on towards the goal, without being perturbed by those obstacles is tantamount to strive bravely for self-commitments.
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