F.: The comparison of persons (the non-Realized) to a vacuum cleaner nearing its “end” continues now. After all of the elements have returned to the universal pool of elements, the space that was mistaken by persons to be “a vacuum cleaner” will be in that form no more, but the air that circulated through the vacuum still exists, the elements still exist, and the energy that had allowed the internal workings to function still exists.
At the point when the vacuum is no longer functioning and is deteriorated, the sane merely throw away the vacuum. They will have no formal ceremony to note how honorable the vacuum was during "its days on earth." They will have no delusional belief that the vacuum existed somewhere before it "came to earth," nor will they believe that it will exist somewhere after it "leaves the earth." The sane will not ignore all the times that the vacuum did not work properly while professing at the same time in a public ceremony that the vacuum was “one of the best that ever existed.” They will not make the claim that burning the vacuum cleaner on a trash heap would be a sacrilege and that the “right” thing to do would be to honor the "remains" of the vacuum with a multi-thousand dollar ceremony and then bury it in a multi-thousand dollar hole marked with a multi-thousand dollar stone.
The sane will not speak of the “quality” of the energy that had once moved through the vacuum. They will not label that energy the “soul of the vacuum” and claim that the soul of the vacuum will last forever (when in fact only the energy that had once manifested via the vacuum is what will last forever, along with the air and the elements).
Nor will the sane claim that the soul will really be a reconstitution of the same vacuum that was manifested from earthly elements but will survive its decay and will exist forever in another realm. They will not be deluded into thinking that since the vacuum was so very good—just as they are so very good—that they will someday be reunited with their beloved vacuum in some mansion in the sky. The sane will not ennoble the vacuum and try to elevate it to some position of eminence by claiming it served “an honorable purpose” and had “true meaning” while here on earth. They will not claim that it “helped so many people” to become purer and cleaner than they would otherwise have been without it. Conversely, they will not predict—since the vacuum did not perform as its manufacturer claimed it should—that it shall be cast into some remote region, shall be set on fire, and shall be forced to burn and suffer eternally.
Are you clinging to some mythical beliefs about your “self” or about “humans” or about “an afterlife” that are as insane as the type of beliefs about vacuums (and persons) as alluded to above, or do you understand the functioning of the totality and the Absolute? Have “holy” people or “holy” texts convinced you that you will experience some kind of “beingness” after the consciousness is no longer manifested, or do you understand the non-beingness? Do you also understand the Absolute, which is beyond both beingness and non-beingness? Maharaj said that science would one day substantiate the Original Understanding that can come via certain Advaita teachings (but never via the warped versions of the Advaita teachings). Do you understand the simple, scientific facts which support the teachings? If that understanding comes, all is seen to be simple and all is seen in a perfectly clear fashion. For those who choose to continue to think supernaturally and magically, all will remain very complex and very unclear. Please enter the silence of contemplation. [To be continued]
At the point when the vacuum is no longer functioning and is deteriorated, the sane merely throw away the vacuum. They will have no formal ceremony to note how honorable the vacuum was during "its days on earth." They will have no delusional belief that the vacuum existed somewhere before it "came to earth," nor will they believe that it will exist somewhere after it "leaves the earth." The sane will not ignore all the times that the vacuum did not work properly while professing at the same time in a public ceremony that the vacuum was “one of the best that ever existed.” They will not make the claim that burning the vacuum cleaner on a trash heap would be a sacrilege and that the “right” thing to do would be to honor the "remains" of the vacuum with a multi-thousand dollar ceremony and then bury it in a multi-thousand dollar hole marked with a multi-thousand dollar stone.
The sane will not speak of the “quality” of the energy that had once moved through the vacuum. They will not label that energy the “soul of the vacuum” and claim that the soul of the vacuum will last forever (when in fact only the energy that had once manifested via the vacuum is what will last forever, along with the air and the elements).
Nor will the sane claim that the soul will really be a reconstitution of the same vacuum that was manifested from earthly elements but will survive its decay and will exist forever in another realm. They will not be deluded into thinking that since the vacuum was so very good—just as they are so very good—that they will someday be reunited with their beloved vacuum in some mansion in the sky. The sane will not ennoble the vacuum and try to elevate it to some position of eminence by claiming it served “an honorable purpose” and had “true meaning” while here on earth. They will not claim that it “helped so many people” to become purer and cleaner than they would otherwise have been without it. Conversely, they will not predict—since the vacuum did not perform as its manufacturer claimed it should—that it shall be cast into some remote region, shall be set on fire, and shall be forced to burn and suffer eternally.
Are you clinging to some mythical beliefs about your “self” or about “humans” or about “an afterlife” that are as insane as the type of beliefs about vacuums (and persons) as alluded to above, or do you understand the functioning of the totality and the Absolute? Have “holy” people or “holy” texts convinced you that you will experience some kind of “beingness” after the consciousness is no longer manifested, or do you understand the non-beingness? Do you also understand the Absolute, which is beyond both beingness and non-beingness? Maharaj said that science would one day substantiate the Original Understanding that can come via certain Advaita teachings (but never via the warped versions of the Advaita teachings). Do you understand the simple, scientific facts which support the teachings? If that understanding comes, all is seen to be simple and all is seen in a perfectly clear fashion. For those who choose to continue to think supernaturally and magically, all will remain very complex and very unclear. Please enter the silence of contemplation. [To be continued]
