Kenopanishad : ( 18/01/2013. )

================================================= ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 28/04/2020. 5. The Self and The Mind -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 52. Brahman is the silent witness of the activities of the mind and all the organs. 53. That which cannot be comprehended by the mind but what causes the mind to think and to apprehend an object, know that alone as Brahman. 54. The mind is connected with all the organs. It is the commander-in-chief of all active forces. 55. Desire, volition, deliberation, faith, negligence, courage, timidity, shame, intelligence, fear all these are ultimately the mind. 56. Mind is the 'Drik' or the seer, the objects are the 'Drishya' or the seen. The Atman is the Seer, the mind is the seen. 57. The senses carry the impressions of objects to the mind. The mind presents them to the Atman. The Atman returns them to the mind. Then...

================================== --------------------------------------------------------- 15/04/2020. Post-4. ----------------------------------------------------- 41. Speech cannot reveal or illumine Brahman. Brahman is beyond the range of speech. Speech expresses itself through the power or light of Brahman. 42. Speech is finite. How can the finite speech reveal the infinite Brahman? 43. Brahman alone illumines speech and its organ, the Vak-Indriya. Brahman is the speech of speech, the tongue of tongue. 44. Brahman is within speech and directs speech. 45. This Atman is Brahman or Bhuma (infinite or the unconditional). 46. Brahman is unsurpassable, big, great, the highest of all, all-pervading. So it is called Brahman. 47. Brahman is eternal, unchangeable, self-luminous, formless, colourless, attributeless, timeless, spaceless, indivisible, unborn, undecaying immortal. 48. Vedanta is not hostile to devotion. It only deprecates...

======================================================================== ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12/03.2020. Post-3 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 25. The Srutis explain Brahman through the Neti-Neti (not this, not this) doctrine. 26. The disciple should possess a subtle, sharp, pure, and one-pointed intellect. 27. Brahman cannot be known like the objects of the world. It cannot be explained by mere words, just as you explain to others the nature of the objects of the world. 28. Brahman is distinct from the known, from the whole manifested universe and from the unknown, too. 29. Brahman is the only Reality. It is the basis and source for everything. 30. Brahman is not an object. It is all-pervading, mysterious, incomprehensible, Chaitanya or pure consciousness. 31. Brahman must be k...

======================================================================== ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 28/02/2020. Post-2. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13. The mind and the organs are inert and non-intelligent. They appear to be intelligent through the light and power of the Atman. 14. The ears, eyes, mind and Prana exist for the use of the Atman, just as a house exists for the use of its owner. The Director is Brahman or Atman. 15. Brahman shines by its own light. By its light all this universe is illumined. 16. The sun, moon, stars, fire and lightning shine by its light. 17. No one can live and breathe if there were not the self-luminous Brahman. 18. Brahman leads Prana up and Apana down. 19. One becomes immortal by renouncing all desires, Intuitive Realisati...

======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12/02/2020. Post-1. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hari Om! May my limbs, speech, Prana, eye, ear, strength and all my senses grow vigorous. All (everything) is the Brahman of the Upanishads. May I never deny Brahman. May Brahman never spurn me. May there be no denial of Brahman. May there be no spurning by the Brahman. Let all the virtues recited by the Upanishads repose in me, delighting in the Atman! May they in me repose! Om Peace! Peace!! Peace!!! The Indwelling Power 1. Who is the director of the mind? Who impels the mind to alight on its object? Brahman. 2. At whose command does the Prana proceed to function? The command of Brahman or the Absolute. 3. At whose command do men utter s...

======================================================================== ======================================================================= 10/01/2020. Post-1. ======================================================================= In the first chapter of Kenopanishad knowledge of Brahman is revealed. It is the eye of the eye, ear of the ear, and cannot be comprehended with the senses but because of which the senses function. It is the witness of the three states of experience, it is the substratum of world and it can be intuited in the state of meditation. The first step is Shravanam then Mananam and Nididhyasana – meditation. But if we are unable to meditate or contemplate or unable to comprehend what the Scriptures are saying then we should do the initial Sadhana of Upasana. Upasana helps us to tune our mind to the Supreme and make it pure. Upasana is to superimpose the idea of divinity on the everyday objects, in our work, in the name and every interaction we do. ...

======================================================================== ======================================================================== 25/12/2019. 7. MEDITATION ON BRAHMAM. POST-11. ======================================================================== Brahmam is the embodiment of all qualities, powers and existence. It is possible for anyone to obtain anything in any form at any time and at any place, because the substance of everything is everywhere and in every form. With whatever conception of Brahmam one may meditate on it, one experiences the form of that conception alone, to the exclusion of everything else. If one meditates on it as Supreme Love, the centre of attraction, adoration and worship, identifying oneself with Brahmam, one becomes the object of everybody’s love, of all adoration and worship. One who loves Brahmam shall be loved by every being of the universe. One who worships it shall be worshipped by all. If one meditates on Brahman as supre...