Satsang of Swami Amar Jyoti
If all the clocks and watches in the world were to stop, would time still exist? Watches and clocks do not make time, nor do they regulate time. They are simply machinery measuring a rhythmic pattern of repetition upon which we impose our conception of time. In Sanskrit this conception is called "prahara", a pattern that you create from your brain rhythm.If in your concentration or meditation you focus upon one thing completely, your mind stops and time and space cease to exist. They are only conceptions. You are giving importance to time, which works in the world but does not work in the Spirit. It works in the world because the world is illusion; illusion works within illusion.
But as soon as you come to Source, Brahman, Spirit - when you "be still and know "- time and space stand still. Your mind stops traveling, measuring and calculating. And that is exactly the way to Realize: make your whole world stand still. Practically all conceptions are dependent upon the conceptions of time and space, so you cannot take away that foundation and make all other conceptions fall like a pack of cards.
If you could do that, it would be easier, but it does not happen that way. Let us say you are meditating in order to Realize. You are doing this in time and space, so you have to meditate in order to transcend time and space. If you reach that Realization, gradually as you open your inner eyes you will see that the first creation manifesting from Spirit is shining Light.
In that Realization you will be blissful and love will spring forth automatically. You have to go very deep to experience this. The worst fallacy of ego is this: that it does not take itself as a conception. Even when we believe that the world is illusion, we continue to believe: "I am real". And this percolates into human nature.
You think, "That person is bad. I am not like him." All the time "me" is better in some way than others. The world may be illusion; wealth, property, everyone and everything else may be illusion; but I am real. We have carried on this fallacy for millions of years. Vedanta says: "Ego has to "merge" in Brahman, your Source.
" You are the illusion from which all other illusions sprang. Therefore the word "surrender" has been used. Unless your ego surrenders completely and unconditionally unto That, fighting illusions alone has no meaning. So if you want to Realize, if you want to be your True Self, if you want to come back to your sweet Home, your Father and Mother in Heaven, point the finger at yourself.
That is where you started all this and that is where you will end. Forgetfulness is the first sin. Because you forget your true essence, someone has to tell you. Not only is the Kingdom of God within you, it is also the nearest possible to you. Therefore sages say to surrender; take refuge in your Source.
That will gradually reduce your conceptions and take you to stillness. You become one with That, which is already there. A room may be dark for a thousand years, but the moment you bring in light, where does the darkness go? It vanishes. It never existed.
This is the climax of Vedanta: "Nothing has ever happened.
You already are so". Your own thinking and calculations have been your blocks. Just open your inner eye, your inner consciousness, and you will see that what you are trying to find is there, everywhere. When you are perfectly still, you will "see". The Light is always there.
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