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I " . . . The first vibration
the gateway to the Self
by
Dr. B. Awatramani
Salutations, deep respect and acknowledgement
to
Sri Ramana Maharshi
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Imagine
a placid, still mass of water (an infinite lake or ocean).
Now imagine a tiny wave or ripple on its still surface.
The wave could be said to be the "first vibration".
Note the wave is "with" the ocean
and the wave "is" the ocean.
Replace the word water with consciousness.
The first wave or vibration is the "I" notion
(notion is thought, idea or "word").
And so "first" there was the word (the logos),
and the word was "with" God,
and the word "was" God (Bible).
Now
this "I" being the SELF and therefore having creative
powers (Shakti) by its projection or outward movement, like
ripples of waves on water, creates other vibrations or charges"
in consciousness, which are the "substance" of which
subatomic particles are made which in turn are the precursors
of electrons. Electrons in various combinations make a variety
of atoms which combine to make molecules of elements (only
about 120 in number) which again in various permutations and
combinations make all the matter of which the world is made
including all mineral, plant, animal and human forms.
So
the world is essentially a projection of the "I" which
as we have seen is the creative power (Shakti), the "first"
manifestation of the SELF and it is "with" the SELF
and "is" the SELF.
Contrary
to what is believed and taught by Physicists, Cosmologists,
Geologists and Astronomers the world was not created billions
of years ago, is not in a state of maintenance (stability) and
will not come to an end billions of years hence. Rather, creation,
maintenance and dissolution take place simultaneously and all
the time.
But
this is not known because our entire experience of the world
is based on sense perception (a perception of the five sense
organs). In this way the world appears solid, real and permanent.
It is perceived as form and events, giving the illusion of it
having the dimensions of space and the illusion that it is created
in time (billions of years ago).
Now
the purpose of this discussion is not to formulate a theory
or state a hypothesis but to get at the Truth by actuall having
first hand "experience" of the world as it "really
is" and not as it appears to be. To even actually experience
the creation and dissolution of the world (if at all that is
possible).
Coming
back to the beginning of the discussion. First there was the
"I" (the word...Bible), and the "I" being
"SHAKTI" projects out producing vibrations of creative
energy which coalesce as electrons and atoms to form matter...the
world.
This
"I" was not there billions of years ago to create
the world but is the very "I" known to you which identifying
with your body and mind makes you experience yourself to be
this separate human being.
This
identification is so strong that body and mind and through them
the world is experienced, but the "I" itself is forgotten
or recedes to the background.
The
TRUTH can be revealed and creation "experienced" if
attention or awareness is turned toward this "I" (since
it is the point of creation) not by thinking or visualising
but by subtle inward awareness, which is the most direct meditation
or inquiry into the SELF.
This
inquiry is a research, far more serious than done in expensive
laboratories, yet requiring no laboratory to do for you are
the laboratory and the researcher.
Again
I stress the "I" that makes you feel so sure that
you are this body (having size, shape, colour and mobility)
and mind (having feelings, perceptions, ideas, experiences,
memories) is also the "I" that creates the world as
described above.
So
the "TRUTH" or secret of the world is latent within
you. It is within your reach and up to you to investigate it
(through meditation) or else continue to identify with its projections
(body, mind and world) and suffer as we have been doing for
thousands of years.
You
are responsible for this decision and the choice is...to continue
identifying with the projections and experience separateness,
conflict, limitedness, selfdestructiveness, superficial beauty,
transient pleasure and so on or investigate the TRUTH of the
world and see the world "as it is" and then live naturally
in unity, spontaneity, harmony, beauty, love, freedom and eternal
life while still in this body.
The
inquiry is easy, liberating and energizing and can be done by
anyone but requires commitment, alertness, focus, patience and
perseverance and the guidance and presence of a living Teacher.
However
great the limitedness a human feels, he has the enormous responsibility
to experience the magnificence of creation because the fact
is that the creation and Creator are one, the "I"
is the SELF, the wave "is" the ocean.
But
one has to inquire or meditate into this, perhaps with the question
"Who am I?" taking your awareness to the "I"
and keeping it there all the time till its final culmination
of merging with the SELF. In that moment the magnificence of
the Creator and the process of creation comes into being and
the TRUTH is revealed.
Meditation
Seminar: "Who Am I" >>
Copyright: Dr. Bhagwan Awatramani,
Zürich
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