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Prescribed Pathways to Quiescence of Mind #36
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As the Holy Mother, Sri Sarada Devi, has related, “You need Peace of Mind first and foremost. Nothing of any real substance can be attained without Peace of Mind.” According to Lord Vasishtha, there are many pathways to this profound peace, and they are well suited to the individual temperaments of all living beings.
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Cutting through False Superimposition #124
The Sanskrit word, viveka, is of utmost importance today, at least for the sincere spiritual aspirant who is serious about attaining freedom in this very life. Discernment of the spiritual variety is what turns the ordinary pathway of religious convention into a broad avenue of inner communion. Common devotion to God is transformed into an ecstatic relationship with the Divine if viveka is present in the human mind. And as this dharma chart shows, discrimination of this kind should be applied to all stages and levels of life, like action and inaction. Then only will the obscuring clouds of false superimposition, called vivarta, part and dissolve, leaving the even-minded seeker fully at rest in all modes of existence.
Synchronicity of Iti-Iti & Neti-Neti #191
Those fortunate souls who arrive at the darshana of Vedanta in this age, which was freshly reintroduced on earth by Swami Vivekananda starting in 1893, hear several main teachings of import right at the start. One of these cites the discipline of neti neti, which asks the aspirant to look at every element, detail, and object in life, and say to the self, “I am not this; I am not this.” Withdrawal from all that in changing then settles into the mind, and the wonderful station of “Iti Iti,” I am all this; I am all this,” in a newly matured way, is realized. In other words, once the naivete of thinking oneself to be matter is taken away by the practice of neti neti, the soul then perceives Brahman in everything. Then, “Tat Tvam Asi — That Thou Art — is the welcome result.
Process of Neti-Neti to Nirvikalpa #153
In one divine story out of the scripture, Yoga Vasishtha, a particular luminary named Udalaka got tired of trying to attain to the highest samadhi of Nirvikalpa and always falling short of the Goal. This wisdom chart reveals how Udalaka dealt with this persistent problem in spiritual striving, known to all yogis who attempt full Enlightenment. Intensifying his sadhana, and focusing on all the special tools for this tremendous task, he finally broke through all impediments and blockages and ascended all gradated levels of consciousness to reach the Goal of human existence.
The 4 Treasures & 6 Jewels of Vedanta #199
Called Sadhanachatushtaya, the Four Treasures with their Six Jewels are one of Vedanta’s mostly highly cherished systems. They also bespeak of a system of practice that is characteristically of the mind, as well. The desire to practice spiritual disciplines takes place in the mind first, then works its way out to the other levels of ones being. To purify the mind first, then, if that is possible for the aspirant, is the wisest way to proceed. To use viveka to “separate the wheat from the chaff” makes for the safest and surest way to move forward towards the Goal of Enlightenment, or moksha. Along the way, the other three treasures with their six jewels naturally join together to aid the seeker in this noblest of human ventures.