Post by air on Jul 8, 2015 7:18:37 GMT
A seeker once visited his master. The wise master started asking questions to his disciple, pushing him to go further in his self-realization journey.
Master: “What are you?”
Seeker: “I am my body.”
Master: “But what are you?”
Seeker: “My body is made up of cells.”
Master: “But what exactly are you?”
Seeker: “Well, the cells are made up of molecules.”
Master: “But, what are you?”
Seeker: “Well, I’m atoms!”
Master: “But, in reality, what are you?”
Seeker: “I think, atoms are made up of neutrons.”
Master: “But still tell me what are you?”
Seeker: “Okay, I’m made up of electrons.”
Master: “Tell me further what are you?”
Through this conversation, the master was trying to make the seeker understand what he truly was. Then finally, the seeker realized and eventually said, “I’m nothing! I’m made up of nothing except that energy that prana, chi, spirit, atman and soul.”
Essentially are we not that energy? The body is just made up of the elements, cells, molecules, atoms, neutrons, electrons - whatever you call it scientifically, but we are not that we are something else. We are the energy! But until we realize that we are the energy, we will always think we are the body Therefore, we need to go within, throw one question after another probing further, multiple times with the main question - who am I or what am I? When we come to realize who am I or what am I, a new journey starts within - the journey of self-realization, God realization and liberation.
We are not the mind, the body, the intellect, the ego. We are neither the cells nor the microns, electrons, neutrons. We are that power, that energy, and that the realization of that is the goal of life!
AiR
Master: “What are you?”
Seeker: “I am my body.”
Master: “But what are you?”
Seeker: “My body is made up of cells.”
Master: “But what exactly are you?”
Seeker: “Well, the cells are made up of molecules.”
Master: “But, what are you?”
Seeker: “Well, I’m atoms!”
Master: “But, in reality, what are you?”
Seeker: “I think, atoms are made up of neutrons.”
Master: “But still tell me what are you?”
Seeker: “Okay, I’m made up of electrons.”
Master: “Tell me further what are you?”
Through this conversation, the master was trying to make the seeker understand what he truly was. Then finally, the seeker realized and eventually said, “I’m nothing! I’m made up of nothing except that energy that prana, chi, spirit, atman and soul.”
Essentially are we not that energy? The body is just made up of the elements, cells, molecules, atoms, neutrons, electrons - whatever you call it scientifically, but we are not that we are something else. We are the energy! But until we realize that we are the energy, we will always think we are the body Therefore, we need to go within, throw one question after another probing further, multiple times with the main question - who am I or what am I? When we come to realize who am I or what am I, a new journey starts within - the journey of self-realization, God realization and liberation.
We are not the mind, the body, the intellect, the ego. We are neither the cells nor the microns, electrons, neutrons. We are that power, that energy, and that the realization of that is the goal of life!
AiR
