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Svadhyaya
for April 12, 2014
Be Rooted In The One
All the divine forms that we adore symbolize aspects
or glories of that One, non-dual, transcendental Cosmic Being. Therefore,
they are equally divine, equally sacred. They become a most effective and
unfailing linking factor or a great portal from the manifestation of the
Supreme Being with form to the Supreme Being beyond all names and forms. They
play a very important, necessary role in the evolution of the consciousness
of the individual soul. All manifest forms are no other than, and identical
with That which is beyond them. In the same way, all energy, all strength
that is manifest in this dynamic universal appearance that we live in, and
perceive through all our faculties are no other than the One, non-dual Cosmic
Force, the Divine Mother in Her variegated modes and manifestations. Other
than Her, there abounds nothing.
Brahman is an inscrutable Principle within which at
once inheres both the dormant, latent aspect as well as the dynamically
patent aspect. Siva and Shakti are one. Precisely because of this fact, the
Experience of the Divine Mother is no other than the Experience of the
Supreme Reality. When you go outside in the Sun, are you experiencing the
light or warmth? When you say one, you automatically mean the other one as
well. They cannot be separated. What wonder that it constitutes this mystery
of non-duality within a seeming duality.
To know Brahman, therefore, is to know Maya. And to
know Maya in Her positive, liberating aspect is to know Brahman. Gurudev once
said: “Why are you puzzled? The Personal and Impersonal are not different.
The Personal is no other than the Impersonal. The Impersonal is manifest as
the Personal. There is non-duality. They are one and the same.”
The great teacher Dakshinamurti preferred to teach
by non-utterance, by supreme silence. When the mind becomes no-mind, then the
Truth is experienced. A great mystical teacher used to say: “Keep quiet! Do
not cover up the Reality with words. Be silent and know I am God.” Therefore,
it behoves (requires) us to learn the art and science of being alone even
when we are in the midst of many. Then alone you can always be rooted in God.
Learn this art of absolute aloneness in the crowd! May the Supreme Reality
grant us all the grace of this non-dual awareness of this truth that One
alone exists!
God Bless
You!
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Additional Reading
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Devi
Worship By Swami Sivananda
Maya By Swami Sivananda
Silence By Swami Sivananda
Brahma Sutras By Swami Sivananda
The Cosmic Mystery By Swami Krishnananda
The Nature of Maya By Swami Krishnananda
The Bliss of Brahman By Swami Krishnananda
Affirm The Reality Wherever We Are At! By Swami Atmaswarupananada
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