“Mind and Moksha (Liberation)” by Swami Krishnananda

The Attainment of the Infinite

by Swami Krishnananda

People say, "We want moksha, salvation, for which purpose we are practising sadhana." What is the kind of moksha that we are aspiring for? It is liberation from the thrall­dom of this assumed individuality of a physical existence condi­tioned by sensory organs. It is actually the longing – mumukshutva means the desire – to melt down this falsely manufactured individu­ality in the oceanic expanse of universal nature. When you become all nature yourself, your moksha is granted.

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Moksha, liberation, is an enlarge­ment of the consciousness into the dimension of the widest possible extent, until it reaches a point where it overcomes even the idea of space and time.

To attain moksha, so much time is necessary as it is necessary for a drop in the ocean to sink into the ocean. How much time does it require? It has only to realise that it is inseparable from the ocean.

"I am what I am." This is the affirmation of our isolated individuality. Then, there is no question of liberation. Unless you want lib­eration, it cannot come.

Mumukshutva is the longing for it. There is only one qualifica­tion: you should want it. Your heart should want it. You will realise that the psychology of the mind is such that anything that you really want has to come to you, but it should be really a hundred per cent want. You should say, "It will come"; then, it has to come, because the mind is nothing but the object that we think of. The mind is touching the object.

The mind is very powerful. It is the electromagnetic energy that can draw everything into itself. Nothing can be stronger than the mind. Nothing is more powerful than the mind, and nothing can be more enduring than the mind.

"Whoever thinks of me deeply, undividedly, for such a person I provide everything, and take care of what is so provided," is a great promise that we read in one of the verses of the Bhagavadgita. You think of the eternal, and the whole temporal world will fall at your feet. That is the meaning of this great verse: ananyascintayanto mam ye janah paryupasate tesam nityabhiyuktanam yogakshemam vahamyahmam. (B.G.9.22). It is not the son of Vasudeva or Devaki, Krishna, who is speaking. The whole universe is speaking to you. That is what is called the Vishvarupa, which Bhagavan Sri Krishna showed. The entire cosmos is talking to you: "Come unto me. I shall give you what you want." But you are telling it, "You go away from here. I mind my business." Then, how will you get anything?

So, mumukshutva is the longing for the liberation from this limited thralldom of individual physical existence, and a deep wanting. You have to underline the word 'wanting'. Do you want it? You will get it. Be sure about it!

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