Who Am I?

When you are bound by the illusion: 'I am this body', you are merely a point in space and a moment in time. When the self-identification with the body is no more, all space and time are in your mind, which is a mere ripple in consciousness, which is awareness reflected in nature. Awareness and matter are the active and the passive aspects of pure being, which is in both and beyond both. Space and time are the body and the mind of the universal existence. My feeling is that all that  happens in space and time happens to me, that every experience is my experience every form is my form. What I take myself to be, becomes my body and all that happens to that body becomes my mind. But at the root of the universe there is pure awareness, beyond space and time, here and  now. Know it to be your real being and act accordingly.

In the inner globe of consciousness or the astral globe, the outer vast world is packed. Although the world is inside, it appears outside. How can such a small space accommodate a huge world? Since it is not feasible, the world is false and only appears to exist. Only a false huge world can be created from the miniscule consciousness. Hence, the world is illusory and only Brahman is true. The rising of the sun in the morning is the seed of the day. With the sun there is morning and also time. The sun means time, as its position in the sky indicates the time. Among millions, only a rare one can reach the root or the seed of Atman. He is unbeatable in any argument. Have conviction as to what this consciousness is, and abide there firmly. This is meditation and what is expected of a true seeker. As long as one has any expectation of a personal gain, there cannot be any realisation of the Truth. The word Atman means ' I" or the bodiless consciousness. We feel our presence du...

Attributed to Mother Teresa: The fruit of silence is prayer; the fruit of prayer is faith;  the fruit of faith is love;  the fruit of love is service;  the fruit of service is peace.