This is a definite truth.But to see Him is difficult.He is not perceivable through our material senses.As per experienced Yogis, He can be seen through transcendental senses which means through the Anjha, the Sixth sense duly closing the physical eyes.Through Anjha the Yogi can see Him as Divine Light produced by a Divine Chakra known as Sree Chakra,which rotates continuously.The scriptures suggest many ways,out of which the Karma Yoga(Action in Lord's Consciousness) and Bhakti Yoga(Devotional Service) are important.The way of Karma yoga is that - Everyone must engage in some sort of activity in this material world.But actions can either bind one to this world or liberate one from it. By acting for the pleasure of the Supreme,without selfish motives, one can be liberated from the law of Karma(action and reaction) and attain transcendental knowledge of the self and the Supreme.The way of Bhaktiyoga - It is pure Devotional service to the Lord the Almighty in any form is the highest and most expedient mean for attaining pure love for the Lord, which is the highest end of spiritual existence. Those who follow this supreme path develop divine qualities.It is very difficult for those who identify themselves with the body and have strong attachment for sense-pleasures to realize the Self which is beyond all limitations. Two spiritual seekers went to a saint to learn about the Self. The saint gave the same teaching to both; "Tat twam asi ( Thou are That ) - the Lord does no exist apart from you; find Him out yourself within yourself." The one, owing to his density and fondness for the body, understood the saying of the saint to mean that his material body was the Self; but the other was finer in nature, and through his earnestness and sincere inquiry came to realize the Self, which is beyond body, mind, senses and all human limitations.
Too much fondness for the body create bondage and obstructs our spiritual growth.At the same time, those who neglect to take proper care of their bodies retard their growth and may even make it impossible, as is seen in some individual cases where he body is broken down by practising too much asceticism.This body should be regarded as an instrument through the help of which we are to work out our salvation. For that reason we must take all necessary care to keep it well and strong, but without thinking it all in all.The human body is compared to a Vina (string instrument) which produces beautiful music when properly turned. In oder to tune properly we need to use moderation; if we put too much pressure on the strings, they give way; and if we put no pressure at all, no music is produced. In the same way, if we use discrimination, we can save ourselves from being radical materialists or extreme ascetics. Our aim and object are neither the body nor bodly enjoyment, but to gain that knowledge of the Self which will bring us absolute freedom.
No external power can give us the vision of God. Because He is the nearest of all friends, nearest of anything that we can perceive. " He is greater than than the greatest, smaller than the smallest, and He dwells in the core of every heart."As long as we try to see Him outside of us, we never find Him, all our struggles are in vain. But when by experience we find it impossible to see Him outside of us,then we turn our thoughts within and become meditative, and thus we see Him.
In the Bhagavad-Gita Lord Krishna tells His disiciple that it is very necessary to subdue the senses and learn to control the body and minds; but He says again that although one may starve the senses and thereby deaden their feeling, one has not gained much spiritually because desires still linger in the heart; when, however, one has seen the Supreme, then all desires and limitatios drop off forever. So whatever we do, whether we give discipline to the body and mind or whether we turn our whole thought in the opposite direction, we must not forget that the main object of all our practice is to educate our inner beings, to unfold our spiritual nature and to bring us face to face with the Supreme; for He is the one real aim and object of all our search.
When we meditate on Him with conviction, then our heart becomes illumined with His Divine Light and we attain super-consciousness, the consciousness which includes all lesser forms of consciousness.As we go about our ordinary life, therefore, we should sometimes stop, draw ourselves within and try to get the other point of view, to see that other aspect of our life.It is this balancing of the two sides and gaining a state of equlibrium which prepares our mind for the knowledge of the Supreme. So long, however, as it is overpowered by one aspect of life - the physical and material - we can never know our inner being and our Soul will be starved even though our body is fed.
The Self which is neither body nor mind, but beyond both, " which sword cannot cut, which fire cananot burn, which water cannot melt, and air cannot dry, birthless, deathless, one, omniscient and all-prevading. "
" He ( the Self ) of whom many are not even able to hear, whom many even when they hear of Him do not comprehend; wonderful is a man, when found who is able to teach him ( the Self) wonderful is he who comprehends Him, when taught by an able teacher ( man of realization ). " -- Katha Upanishad.
TAT TWAM ASI ( THOU ARE THAT )
S.S.YOGI
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