knowledge-of-the-self

Gnan (knowledge of the Self) can never become agnan (knowledge other than the self, of relative world). It is called agnan only when the focused applied awareness of the Self changes.

Knowledge without application is simply knowledge. Applying the knowledge to one__ life is wisdom _ and that is the ultimate virtue

Learning means bringing forth the physical, emotional, mental and spiritual knowledge, skills and values, that are within us. Our learning starts as soon as we are born.Excerpt from "Living in Light, Love & Truth". (Page 3).

The way in which the twists were entangled to knot up the mind-speech-body and the innate nature (relative self, prakruti), is the manner in which they will be untwisted.

Prakruti [the relative self, innate nature] has opinions and may store them but we should stay in an opinion-free state. __e_ are separate and the relative self is separate from us. __e_ should play our part as a separate entity. We shouldn__ get involved with those problems.

What is the difference between aradhana (worship) and bhajana (to be one with)? Aradhana (worship) means the attention will go over and over again there, and bhajana (oneness) means continuous engrossment. One is to do aradhana (worship) and bhajana (oneness) for only one__ own Self; everything else will carry on naturally.

This is one place an opinion has to be made: that this body is a betrayal.

If one knows how to __igest_ an insult after attaining Self-realization, he will become a __nani_ [the enlightened one]. And if he __igests_ an insult before attaining Self-realization, he will become shameless (impudent).

If there is true __elfishness,_ then there is __iberation of the Self_, and that indeed is one__ own form (the Self).

If there is wrong [ill] on the inside, the outside will appear wrong. Therefore, you should inquire within __hy am I bothered, when others are not? So there must be wrong within me only.

The Right Knowledge reduces pain-and-suffering, and increases happiness. If we fall short of having acquired the Right Knowledge, the faults is ours_, isn__ it?

Right knowledge (samikit) means right vision. What does the wrong vision do? It will make one say, __his person caused me a loss. This person profited me. That person insulted me. That person hurt me. This person made me happy._ There is no one out there giving you pain or pleasure! Indeed, it is all within you.

The absence of inner intent for kashays is the same as the inner intent of the absolute Self (Parmatma). If one__ kashays are gone, then he becomes the __wner_ of the whole universe.

Once the egoism has gone (stopped), all the worldly __atter_ of the body-complex [pudgal] are renounced! Where there is egoism, there is my-ness and where there is my-ness, there is a hidden egoism. When __nowledge of the Self_ is attained, egoism and my-ness goes away. Only the dramatic (discharge) __goism_ and __y-ness_ will remain.

Egoism of the ignorant stage (ignorance of the true self) is considered live egoism. It becomes lifeless after attaining knowledge of the Self. If one takes the side of this lifeless egoism that, __ am not like that_- it will become alive again. Lifeless egoism is to be disposed off; it is not to be protected.

If you want to know the answer to __ho am I?_, then you will have to go to a Gnani purush [the enlightened one]. The Gnani Purush will give you Knowledge of your real Self [Who Am I] in the presence of the egoism. Thereafter your accounts (karmic) will be settled [& things will start falling in place].

Samkit_ (right belief) means knowing the Soul (self).

Natural Self is the Soul and illusion is the relative self [prakruti].