06/06/07 The limitation of intellectual Knowledge
Bhagavan said:
The whole universe and that which is beyond the universe are within me. I am the sun of the sun. I can create the universe and destroy it too if I so wish. There is the issue of global warming. The scientists know up to this much, but I know what is beyond that. If everything is destroyed due to global warming, who will remain to see what happens afterwards? Who can say the Ultimate? For that reason there is no way for people save to pray to God.
International Vedanta Society is the Titanic that will never sink and the ship on which people may take shelter. The devotees are the rescue party that will save them from disaster. They have no reason to be afraid about this.
Description by Monti:
When Bhagavan was saying all these words, His expression was changing, and ultimately He stood in His own form. It seemed as though He were injecting rays into us. It seemed that in front of Him everything was very negligible. He started His words during the discussion of global warming. Now, He is connected with all the living beings in the world.
Commentary by Koji:
Bhagavan has realised Brahman, so he has realised that he is not in the universe, but the universe is in him. He has realised Shakti, so he has the realisation of that element that projects the universe into apparent existence.
Those that search with the intellect can know things that are within Maya. If you know something with the intellect, there are three elements; the subject, the knower, the object, which is the known, and the relation between the two, which is the knowledge. However, spirituality is a unique discipline in that those that are investigating it are trying to know not a perceived object, but the subject, the perceiver. It is not possible to do this with the intellect. If the intellect is put onto the subject, the subject is transformed into an object, and another subject is made outside, which warps the original situation.
You do not know your face. You cannot see it. If you have not seen it in a mirror, that is not your face, but a mere reflection, a certain manifestation of your face. You can not know your face completely, but you are your face. 100% Knowledge, Absolute Knowledge is not knowing, but being.
You cannot know Brahman, but you are Brahman. The problem is that we are not conscious of being Brahman. The Brahman is intermingled with objects like the body, the mind and the ego, and these things attract the consciousness. If we can remove these things, only Brahman will remain, and we will have the realisation of being Brahman. The state in which only Brahman remains is called nirvikalpa samadhi.
The intellect works with vibrations. Nirvikalpa samadhi is the vibrationless state, so it is necessary to make the intellect silent. We do not know that we are Brahman, so we are living in ignorance. Without even knowing what our identity is, we cannot be prepared to really live. Not always trying to spiritually elevate ourselves when we understand that we should realise Brahman is a weakness, a completely illogical way of living. We must be marching towards Truth.
In this age, it is IVS that has the grace of God. Until the divine works have been done, it will never sink. The most important ingredient for being successful in spirituality is that grace of God. We should recognise that, jump onto the ship, and make its works our own.
The whole universe and that which is beyond the universe are within me. I am the sun of the sun. I can create the universe and destroy it too if I so wish. There is the issue of global warming. The scientists know up to this much, but I know what is beyond that. If everything is destroyed due to global warming, who will remain to see what happens afterwards? Who can say the Ultimate? For that reason there is no way for people save to pray to God.
International Vedanta Society is the Titanic that will never sink and the ship on which people may take shelter. The devotees are the rescue party that will save them from disaster. They have no reason to be afraid about this.
Description by Monti:
When Bhagavan was saying all these words, His expression was changing, and ultimately He stood in His own form. It seemed as though He were injecting rays into us. It seemed that in front of Him everything was very negligible. He started His words during the discussion of global warming. Now, He is connected with all the living beings in the world.
Commentary by Koji:
Bhagavan has realised Brahman, so he has realised that he is not in the universe, but the universe is in him. He has realised Shakti, so he has the realisation of that element that projects the universe into apparent existence.
Those that search with the intellect can know things that are within Maya. If you know something with the intellect, there are three elements; the subject, the knower, the object, which is the known, and the relation between the two, which is the knowledge. However, spirituality is a unique discipline in that those that are investigating it are trying to know not a perceived object, but the subject, the perceiver. It is not possible to do this with the intellect. If the intellect is put onto the subject, the subject is transformed into an object, and another subject is made outside, which warps the original situation.
You do not know your face. You cannot see it. If you have not seen it in a mirror, that is not your face, but a mere reflection, a certain manifestation of your face. You can not know your face completely, but you are your face. 100% Knowledge, Absolute Knowledge is not knowing, but being.
You cannot know Brahman, but you are Brahman. The problem is that we are not conscious of being Brahman. The Brahman is intermingled with objects like the body, the mind and the ego, and these things attract the consciousness. If we can remove these things, only Brahman will remain, and we will have the realisation of being Brahman. The state in which only Brahman remains is called nirvikalpa samadhi.
The intellect works with vibrations. Nirvikalpa samadhi is the vibrationless state, so it is necessary to make the intellect silent. We do not know that we are Brahman, so we are living in ignorance. Without even knowing what our identity is, we cannot be prepared to really live. Not always trying to spiritually elevate ourselves when we understand that we should realise Brahman is a weakness, a completely illogical way of living. We must be marching towards Truth.
In this age, it is IVS that has the grace of God. Until the divine works have been done, it will never sink. The most important ingredient for being successful in spirituality is that grace of God. We should recognise that, jump onto the ship, and make its works our own.
Koji
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