31. 61. Blanket of the soul.

• As you think... You are not body...

You are not mind too...

Then who are you?

Continue this article along with the conscious feeling of examination given by this question.

• 1. Crown of the head. 2. Eye-brow centre.
  • 3. Throat pit. 4. Chest centre.
  • 5. A little above the navel. 6. Slightly below the navel.
  • 7. Lower end of the back-bone.

All these seven are the entrances which help to reach the soul.

All the meditation techniques, Vedas and rituals are created in relation to these seven locations only. These are called as 'Chakras' or 'Energy centers'.

Only in these energy centers, body, mind and soul all the three are inter-connected inseparably.

Visible soul is body; Invisible body is soul.

Reason: Body and soul are not individual ones. The interpolation called mind only splits and shows body and soul as separate ones.

As the mind which is covering the soul as a blanket moves away, body and soul will become merged with each other.

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The argument between four persons who went to the lake-side became serious and resulted in a quarrel.

One of them said in Tamil mixed with Hindi, 'Come on let us quench our thirst by drinking 'paani' from the lake.'

Second person said in chaste Tamil, 'It is possible only for 'thanneer' to quench the thirst. How can 'paani' quench thirst?'

The third person, who was an Englishman, said in English mixed with Tamil, 'Don't blabber. It was only my grand-father Lord Watson who dug up and made this lake in 1920.'

He has said, 'The entire 'water' of this lake will quench the thirst of people of seven villages. So, 'water' only will quench thirst.'

The fourth person said in Bengali-mixed Tamil, 'What foolishness! All the three of you are lying. For the last ten years it is only my father who has taken over this lake on contract.' He said, 'It is only the 'jal' in this lake, which protects us in the summer. That quenches our thirst. So 'jal' only will quench our thirst.'

As the argument continued further and further saying, 'It is only paani..., it is only thanneer... it is only water... it is only jal...' the conversation became a quarrel. Nobody went to the lake.

If they had gone to the lake without any arguments, all the four of them would have understood the truth. They would have understood that what all the four of them spoke was about one and the same truth only.

• The human mind lives only by clinging on to the ancestor's rituals and rules of the religions and the different religious books compiled by the words of only one and the same God. This spurs differences; invites fights and revolts.

• Go beyond the quarrel of words. Dive into the lake called religion. Truth will be known.

• Vedas are not for discussing or disputing! It is for divine experience!

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Soul is the one which is accepted by all religions by various names... Aathma, Atman, Aanma, Aathuma and any more terms.

The soul is only at the brow centre.

The soul is only at the throat pit.

The soul is only in the middle of the chest.

• In this manner, you might have heard that the soul is said to be present in various ways.

According to the statement of the Rishis (seers) of Vedic times, according to my own divine experience, the brow centre, the throat pit, the middle of the chest are all only entrances for the soul. Like these there are seven entrances present in our body.

If one gets the experience of the eternal bliss of self realization, for him the world itself will become blissful. The reason: That man enters into and gets immersed in the ocean of bliss which is very much present within him.

You can find the full dimension of boldness only with an enlightened Master. Not only boldness, you can find the full measure of other types of feelings as well only with him.

Whenever Rudravendan came to know of any thing new, he would be frantically eager to know fully about it. Rudravendan came to know that Nagamuga Rishi had come and was staying near his town. Vendan wanted to discuss with him about spirituality.

He sent him a message written on palm leaves, through his guards. The message written was, 'You come and see me. I will be extremely happy to discuss with you about spirituality.'

Nagamuga Rishi sent a reply, 'I have no time to come and see you. Also I do not like foolish discussions.'

Rudran thought, 'If he is so badly discarding my order, that Rishi should be a great man.' Rudran sent his minister to bring him with all respects, duly giving him gold and other things.

Nagamuga Rishi said, 'Take away this trash. If he feels it is important to see me, ask that lazy man to come and see me. You may go.'

On being treated with indifference once again, Rudran got wild. Enraged very much, Rudran said, 'He should come here immediately. Otherwise go and tell him that he will be sentenced to death.' And he sent his army commander with this message to the Rishi.

Nagamuga Rishi sent back the commander with the words, 'I have died already. That fool cannot kill me.'

Rudran was shaken by this reply of Nagamuga Rishi. Whatever it is, he was a king after all. With great fury, crying, 'Is it so?' Rudran got up with the sword drawn out of its sheath, and started with his entire army and paraphernalia and reached the entrance of his palace. As he reached the entrance he was shocked.

There was Nagamuga Rishi at the palace entrance.

Nagamuga Rishi said in a loud voice, 'Cut me. By doing that you will see and I will also see the collapsing and falling down of my cut body. You will see and enjoy and I will also enjoy that. Go on cut.' Each of these loud words of the Rishi descended like thunder in the mind of Rudran.

The very second Rudran understood that, 'Rishi is so emphatically talking about one particular thing, which is so far not known to him but the one that should and must be known to him.' He became calm and peaceful. The naked sword which was in his hand became lose from his grip and fell down.

After this incident, Rudran received the spiritual teachings of Nagamuga Rishi, became a spiritual man and ruled his country well.

Each person dies while he gets enlightened. The ego called 'I' dies away totally.

'I – my caste, my Gothra,

I am suffering.

I should be fine.

He has insulted me.

I should achieve.'

Man thinks as 'I', only the matters connected with all such things.

The real and true 'I' is the 'being' or 'soul'; 'I' is the blanket covered over that 'soul' – Ego.

As long as the man remains as an average person, he cannot understand the truth that 'self' only is the 'soul'.

So far, what all man has been thinking as 'I', the destruction of its root cause, namely, Ego is equal to the death of a man in this world. Both are same.

When one gets enlightenment, the ego dies. When man dies, the body dies.

When there is life in the body itself, if the ego dies, the real 'self' will blossom within a person as a self-experience.

Man will become changed as an expression of the soul which is the main cause of all things right from the time of birth of the universe. It is only then that the blissful incident of man becoming an enlightened person happens.

For a Master who has found out the root cause of the universe itself, and having become that, all the three times, namely, past, present and future are the same.

For a person of wisdom, (Gnani) this body is just like a shirt. His body may be destroyed. But there is no destruction for the Gnani. Nagamuga Rishi had realized that, so he could behave boldly and with so much of clarity.

Soul is indestructible. Soul cannot be cut, nor can it be burnt. Soul is permanent and is full of bliss. When such a powerful and sacred soul is present inside**, it is the play of ego that the man pays many, many births as price for even petty things.**

This play can be stopped at any time. Or it can be played for a very long time. The power of nature permits both.

Whether to die struggling with the ego or to live blissfully with the soul? This is a decision an individual has to make.

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A meaningful incident.

'Listen my friend! Listen! My beloved Master lives within me'

This is not for Kabir alone; it is true for you as well!

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Meditation chisels. Chisel No. 16.

Man has not yet even begun.... to live...

There is a parcel. It is mailed from Bangalore to Thiruvannamalai. The details of the address to where it goes, is not the parcel itself. The address is only the label stuck upon it.

You are a male.

You are son of so and so.

You are the father of these persons.

You are a doctor...an engineer...

--- All such labels are not the real 'you'.

Who is that 'you' which has found its place in all the above explanations or labels?

All the labels and the descriptions about you are only blankets which are covered over you.

You are not the blanket.

But, the root cause of all confusion of today is this blanket only. To know the truth we have to pass beyond the thought, 'I am just a blanket only.' That mental blanket has started to believe that it is the man. Though it is rather difficult to understand, it is the truth.

Some of these labels are the only truths about the 'you' known to you.

But what is strange in this is, until you go beyond these explanations and labels, 'you' are not the real you.

It is a wonder that a different one, which is not you, is living as you by you. That is why I say, 'Man has not yet begun to live.'

It is only because the truth is such that you are not able to destroy that blanket. If somebody insults the blanket, you feel as though you are insulted. This is the reason why you are not prepared to change yourself. Even if you try to change, this is the reason it appears to be very hard.

Removing the blanket is possible, as you begin to act. Meditate upon these truths deeply.

As soon as you take a decision to change as a new man, these truths will help to show you the path as the guiding lights along the way.

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