Can this be condensed to "Madame, I am London"
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" <rick@...> wrote: > > "What is the aim of all the beings? It is the attainment of infinite > happiness. A life free from suffering, and the attainment of eternal > happiness is what we want. Now, we should discriminate and analyze if there > is anything in the world which can give us permanent, eternal happiness. > From the ant up to the giant of the Creator, all are in the field of change, > that is, relative values. Infinite happiness can only come from something > which could be immortal, non-changing, eternal. This which is the goal of > everything, this infinite, is our own Self. And in order to experience that > Self which is the basis of all, we don't have to seek, we don't have to > search, we don't have to make efforts. It's there, present everywhere. > Wherever you are, in whatever reign of time or place, that Self is there - > wherever we are in whatever time. Only, we have to take our awareness to > that level and that is it. Having forgotten that level of life, we are > seeking for that > eternal happiness. That Self is. It is being and it is blissful. Having > forgotten that, we now are seeking for it. We have forgotten what we > ourselves are and we're trying to find that in the world. As long as we > don't enter into that area which is infinite happiness, free from suffering, > so long we will not be free from suffering and we will not get into that > eternal happiness. There is no happiness of significant nature in the world; > the child is gone, and the youth is gone, and the man is old, and even then > he is not fulfilled in the world. When he gets established in the Self, then > automatically freedom from suffering and attainment of bliss will be there. > > "That which is omnipresent doesn't have to be sought. It's there already. > Start to be. That which is omnipresent is not to be sought; only our > awareness has to be brought to that level and that bliss is there. You don't > have to seek it. Understand? Unless we get into that omnipresent bliss, > satisfaction is not going to come. If it were to come, it would have come by > now through so many avenues in the world. But, it has not. Therefore, that > which is the Self is your own being. You don't have to look in the outside. > And, it is irrespective of any religious faiths or beliefs; Christians or > Muslims or Hindus. That being is the knowledge itself. Only, you have to > know. All these various manifestations of happiness that we experience in > the world, they also are the manifestations of the same eternal being which > is our own Self. If we are aware of the Self, if we know it, fine. > Otherwise, we have to be. And, therefore, it is necessary to bring our > awareness > deep within ourselves. As deeply as we can bring our awareness to the Self, > so intensely we can inherit that which is omnipresent in our day to day > life. Having known that Self we will be eternally contented; remaining in > the world we will live contentment. And, it's not a matter of detaching > ourselves from the world. Only, we have to know It, and having known It, > then, all different manifestations in the world will be experienced as > manifestations of That. We don't have to detach ourselves. It is just a > matter of bringing the awareness to that area, and be, and live It. > > "Having gained this beautiful, perfect human nervous system, if we have > known that element of the Self, then we have really used this wonderful > diamond-like gift, this diamond-like nervous system which is capable of > giving that eternal bliss. If it is not experienced, then we have wasted > that gift of diamond. We have taken upon ourselves this human nervous > system, not for the sake of petty enjoyment of changing nature in this > relative field of change, but to live and be that infinite bliss. And, we > will have to attain that thing whether we attain it in this life, or in the > next, or in the next. We just can't forego that. Therefore, with the > assistance of the guru and the scriptures, better to attain it quickly. Why > postpone?" > > Tat Wale Baba > Translated from Hindi by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi > http://www.yogiphotos.com/chap5d.html >
