CONVERSATIONS WITH ANNAMALAI SWAMI
Q: I am convinced that I am, but I am not convinced of what I am. Intellectually I know that I am the Self but I don't experience this. I have to make a lot of effort.
Annamalai Swami: To experience the Self you have to dive deep into the consciousness 'I am.’
Q: You mean I should keep the mind there?
AS: Yes. When you see the rope as a rope there is no snake. You also know that there never was a snake.
AS: Yes. When you see the rope as a rope there is no snake. You also know that there never was a snake.
When you cease to imagine that you are a body and a mind, reality
shines of its own accord. If you stabilize in this state you can see
that the mind didn't go anywhere; you will gain the direct insight that
it never really existed. 'Keeping the mind in its source' is just
another of saying 'direct realization that it never existed'.
Q: But how is one to awaken from perpetual body-consciousness? For consciousness to manifest one must have a body.
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AS: If there is the constant meditation that consciousness is your own
reality in which all phenomena are appearing and disappearing, that
meditation is the activity of the sattvic mind. It is this activity
which erases and dissolves the tamas and rajas which cover the reality.
The human body is the only vehicle in which it is very convenient to
realize the unmanifest Self. With the body and the mind we can
investigate and discover the Reality, which remains unaffected by the
body and the mind. With a good car we can travel fast and reach our
destination. We know that the car is not the person; the person is in
the car. We should regard the body in the same way that we regard a car.
We should not think 'I am the body'. We should think 'This body is a
useful vehicle. If I maintain it and give it proper fuel, I can use it
to take me to my destination.'
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