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Thirdly, constantly awaken vairagya, separating yourself from the non-self. For this purpose, we have the wonderful boon of that great work called Vivekachudamani, the "Crest Jewel of Discrimination" by the great guru, Adi Shankaracharaya, where he initiated the method of discriminating and separating ourselves, of freeing ourselves from this identification with this limiting identity and attaining an awareness of our true
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So, we learn by nquiry, discrimination, analysis, or through directing our love from things here to that supreme being, who is our source, who is our invisible support, who is the ultimate fulfillment of our existence, by vichara marga or by controlling the senses, conquering the desires, thoughts and cravings of the mind, and making it inward, and gathering together the whole of the mind and making it one-pointed. Direct the mind into the unbroken flow of concentrated thought, until ultimately. you reach the state of absolute meditation. Either through meditation, or intense love for the divine, or through enquiry, discrimination and investigation, or though selfless, motiveless action, attain the supreme reality, so that you will be in a position, ultimately, of knowing yourself as the great Self.
Realized sages know you to be such. They said, “You are children of immortality. You are not children of birth and death. You are not merely helpless, little, human creatures in the vortex of this phenomenal world." You should consider your actual position here. We are helpless. We are at the mercy of so many other forces around us. In spite of all that, you should know your divinity and transcend all these things. Then you will realize yourself to be fearless, free, ever pure, perfect, wanting nothing, a transcendental being, completely devoid of all sorrow, pain and suffering. Your mental state is a state of absolute blessedness and bliss, and in that state you are eternal. But you do not give yourself a chance to experience this fountain of joy that is ever-flowing forth, ever-flowing forth, gushing out from the center of your being.
This fountain, this illuminated musical fountain is in order to remind you that within you, you are that very thing you are looking at and seeing outside. You are a fountain of joy! You are a fountain of lights! Because that divinity of your real self is the light of lights beyond all darkness. Therefore, as you look at this fountain, turn the gaze within and tell yourself:
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