Realization

Creation is never a personal phenomenon it is always spontaneous. Creation is always from the nuomenon where the consciousness is not conscious of itself. The words have meaning only to the reader and even when the reading happens the words are manifest in the consciousness and disappear serving its intended purpose cognizable as a phenomenon. The background or the screen in which all this happens is the being which unequivocally states “I AM”. The being drives the chemistry to propel it to be healthy and at the same time the chemistry determines the being. Cognition is taking place on the grounds of consciousness feeding out of all the memories and bodily perception. Memories not only consist of verbal ones but non verbal also. Ego arises when the being identifies ownership to phenomenon of cognition the very phenomenon altering the body chemistry of the process. The identification of ownership is really a fallacy as the totality of cognition is not fully understood by the being. Any cognition is a spontaneous phenomenon and when it is not identified as such? The very symptom of the manifestation of the Ego self. This is the result of the phenomenon wherein the consciousness is conscious of itself.

Realization is the understanding within the consciousness about the fallacy of identification of “I AM” with all the cognition that is arising in consciousness. That the Ego self is really a concept cognizable in consciousness. The understanding that the very “I AM” is really a phenomenon that starts when the brain enters the waking state from deep sleep state. This realization has a ripple effect on the nature of cognition that is taking place in consciousness. The cognition starts becoming unfettered complete even though the cognition is only about watering the plants. Thinking as a result starts getting more clearer. The question of purpose doesn’t arise, benefits become meaningless because there is no experience-r in the cognition. You call them selfless. True there is no self in the normal sense of the world. Is being selfless a phenomenon, it is not, there are only phenomenon of cognition taking place with no sense of self. Does the identification with the name seize? Identification is only a phenomenon and this too takes place with no sense of self, so who identifies whom? Realization is only an understanding and not a cognitive phenomenon, the understanding is in the totality of the entire cognitive process those that are manifest and those that are not.

The body mind with realization becomes the screen on which the whole of the consciousness plays unfettered. The body mind becomes the stage however the stage doesn’t make any claim on the play whatsoever. This is something that cannot be fathomed by concepts because it in itself is not a phenomenon. This is a state of total surrender to the consciousness and what remains is only total fidelity to this consciousness which in advaita traditions is referred to as Bhakti.

Mind

Mind is a great tool in answering questions about any phenomenon in the world. If you want to understand the gravity there are Newton’s laws, want to understand universe the big bang theory, want to understand matter you have the Quantum theory. The conceptual machinery that the mind creates is based on duality- subject and the object, the observed and the observer. This breaking down or division helps in describing our day to day activities and remaining at peace however whenever the mind tries to understand itself this strategy collapses. How do you create a division between self and itself? The mind goes into a tailspin, it stutters to find the zillion conceptual contraptions to figure itself out however a doubt looms- either you are shaken in that insecurity of an awkward non-knowing and get back to the security of mundane life or are resilient enough to probe further. The mind rests in one concept today, discarding it and rests on something else tomorrow.

In the pockets of certainty that one has in the journey there is also a danger that the surety the mind ends up having over concepts palliates it and provides it with sense of security and temporal peace. This security fills one with a sense of gratitude and a pleasurable wondrous experience. Man becomes God. The concepts become dearer and dearer. So dear are the concepts that one develops an insecurity lest that the concepts be taken away. Man writes it down, archives tomes and tomes of eulogies about awe inspiring concepts, collect taxes to build temples to house those scriptures, fight wars to fend of raiders and infidels, Man consumes the whole world. Man gets into a state of insecurity that he wanted to avoid by chasing a tail that he shouldn’t have been chasing.

The mind, great tool but not good enough to conceptualize about itself with the premise of duality. When it comes to the self there is no duality. Observer is the observed, subject is the object, and there is no know-er and the unknown. This has to be obvious if one is dealing with the self. But how does one discard the tool that has seemingly served one so well. Man is so attached with the mind. Man has identified with the mind so intimately; whatever the mind thinks man owns it without question. Man is in love with his most beloved tool- the mind, and all the conceptual contraptions. It is love, the identification of the self with the mind that “I AM”. This is the pinch that holds the self with the world. Is it? Would there be a world if that “I AM” dissolves, would “I AM” be when the world is naught? Would there be light without the Sun and Sun without the light? Isn’t the answer obvious?