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‘We are and we are not’as also ‘we are not and we are’
from where nothing comes to us by way of knowledge about ourselves. (SDG p 39)
In another place we find the statement that mergence is possible only for the simple person and simple is he who knows nothing about himself. ( SDG p153)
This also ties in with Master’s observation in the same paragraph containing the Topic ‘we are etc’ that ‘when knowledge revealed itself it was only knowledgelessness’ or jnana-hinata. And regarding the ultimate destiny it is one where ‘the whole habitation of desires gets turned into desolate ruin and the besmeared cup of individuality is broken so as to be incapable of holding anything in it’. This is a very strong message indeed on total annihilation of self so that He alone persists, abides and is able to function in us as He desires with no detriments posed by the self and its own agenda.
In this context, we need to examine the nature of Viveka as it has to do with what we Think ‘we are’ mainly through our conceptualizations and imaginations and what ‘we are’ in Reality. This examination in my view will help us to abide in our Real nature and that goes a long way in being of real dedicated service of the Divine as It would desire.
The following passages in BP V3 will be of relevance.
“Things such as education economic status and so on with which we identify cannot be ‘who we are’ as these things come from outside and also are transient”.
“What one is most afraid to lose is only what exists in the mind or we could say ideas about the ‘self’. It is unreal; if we look for it we will never find it. In one
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