Page 149 - Bodhayanti Parasparam Vol 7
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BODHAYANTI PARASPARAM – VOL 7
and objects is false.This is a superficial understanding. The truth is that silence is a state of pure and simple feeling and those who learn to live in that condition never seek to be apart from that.
The most difficult thing in spiritual life is the call to demonstrate the result of our meditations and our true nature which is realised. This is a valid point but it is only half true. It is clear that one cannot objectify oneself although it is oft attempted. If we look for a thing to call self we will not find anything. If we call our thought, mind or sense perception our self it is found they are always in a state of constant flux.
The flux of thought and sense data is not the self because the self abides in the midst of all flux; when the flux passes who we are remains. This scientific attitude is beneficial for even though we cannot isolate and define a source/cause, we cannot deny that the self abides in the midst of all this coming and going of thought and perception. It also becomes clear that identification with all the activity
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