about Self

Humankind is being led along an evolving course, through this migration of intelligences
and though we seem to be sleeping
there is an inner wakefulness, that directs the dream
and that will eventually startle us back to the truth of who we are.

— Rumi

Atman is Brahman.

The passing life of the senses doesn't lead
to knowledge of what our Self is.
When we clearly see
what our Self is,
then we shall truly know
our Lord God in great joy.

— Julian of Norwhich

I seemed on the verge of entering a world inside so vast
I know it is the source of
all of
us.

— Mirabai

Kabîr says: "Listen to me,
my Friend!
My beloved Lord is within."

— Kabîr

I am not the born; how can there be either birth or death for me?

— Guru Nanak

Within the body lies the essence which the Vedas and the Puranas are seeking.
Within this body exists the entire Universe, so the sagacious Saints say.

— Tulsidas

For heaven and earth,
did He not permeate them,
were but names;
know then, that both
this visible world
and that which unseen is,
alike are God Himself,

Naught is, save God:
and all that is, is God.

— Abū Hamīd bin Abū Bakr Ibrāhīm

Prayer should bring us
to an altar
where no walls or names exist.

Is there not a region of Love, where the Sovereignty is illuminated nothing,
Where ecstasy gets poured
into itself and becomes lost,
Where the wing is fully alive
but has no mind or body?

— Rabi'a al Basri

The Spirit is the same as the Universe.

— Sun Bu'er

A long while ago, some knew Self in such perfection that they healed themselves, and healed others. Some levitated. Some stilled forces of nature. Some disappeared, and then reappeared. Some transformed their bodies completely...

Have you a desire to know God? Self? Truth? What might you do then, to begin to unravel mysteries of the same?

In addition to browsing religion and spirituality with the spirit of bhakti in order to uncover methods and inspiration to learn about and ultimately experience Self — and hence know complete fulfillment, eternal connections, celebrate immortality, and enjoy Bliss — you might try kriyayoga meditation (as taught by Yogi Satyam) and practice bhakti, cultivate faith and practice bhakti, re-read some of the items on this page along with bhakti, pray and practice bhakti, contemplate some inspired poetry (many pieces have been written by fully Realized Souls or Masters) and practice bhakti, or perhaps also: jump to the main page of this site and search for any particular item that you are wondering about in relation to Self...and of course, practice bhakti along with that.

Research. Inquire. Seek. Discover. Be steadfast. Importantly: love.

Do not forget or neglect love.
Its peacefulness, humility, pure mindedness and refined devotion are so precious; so crucial.

...Your Essential nature (i.e. the Truth of yourself), is the Ultimate Reality (i.e. the Truth of All). ...Isolation or separateness is maya (i.e. illusion). ...You — your truth, your Being itself — is always intimately enmeshed with everything that Is; everything in existence.
(This is what I meant when I noted the ancient Vedic revelation above, i.e. "Atman is Brahman.")

May your personal path towards deeply knowing and living your own magnificence and complete potential unfold magnificently, Divine.


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