What is self-realization?
Self-Realization or God-Realization is a term that is commonly used today. It implies a duality between one entity the"Self" or God and another entity "the Realizer" or the human. The term is contradictory, confusing and non-indicative of how one goes about achieving 'Self-realization', which can be envisioned to be the merging of the two entities to one. The terms Self-Realization or God-Realization are popularized by 'bonafide spiritual masters' and 'self-realized gurus', who promote these words as a science, to be practiced by 'genuine' disciples simple by serving the 'self-realized' master, who brainwashes them into dangling the carrot on to themselves.
"Absolute Reality" on the other hand, as a term is non-dual, it does not indicate seperation between two entities at all. The spiritual seeker on the path to knowing the self is automatically deceived, for the knower, the seeker, and that which he seeks are one. The absolutes of knowledge, truth,awareness and action are intertwined and undividable. True knowledge can only be obtained through action with awareness.
posted by Arjun Bala at
10:23 PM
1 Comments:
I would like to express a slightly different view. What if that particular spiritual master just as an initial step dangles the carrot on you with the underlying motive that after you attain a suitable state makes the carrot vanish. I would draw the analogy of using the reductio ad absurdum technique that we were taught in high school geometry. We initially assume as particular condition as true, and as we build up the reasoning, we are clearly shown that it leads to an absurd condition! What if the different masters are really realised and take the steps they have chosen in a genuine effort to promote a devotee to realisation?
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