Logic Can Never Lead You To Realization🔗

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THE SPH NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM

4.1

श्रीभगवानुवाच ।

Anything created out of the space of completion stands eternally.

If you want the ultimate experience, you have to go to a living enlightened Master.

4.3

POWERFUL COGNITION

Logic can never lead you to Self-Realization. The qualification to receive the Truth is Devotion.

Kṛṣṇa is just thirty-two years old when He makes these statements! Physically His body is only thirty-two years old. But He says, 'I gave this imperishable knowledge to Sūrya, the Sun god—imaḿ vivasvate yogaḿ proktavān aham avyayam (4.1).'

With logic, you cannot understand this statement. With ordinary logic, which you use in your daily life, you cannot make any meaning out of this statement. The truth is not new. It is eternal; neither new nor old. Eternal means it is beyond time and space.

When you are in completion, anything you create stands for eternity. It is immortal and eternal. For a religion or any civilization to be alive, three things are important. First, the knowledge and the science of lifestyle, Upaniṣad — what is birth, what is death, why life, what is the purpose of life — the answer to all questions of living and leaving. Second, the buildings — architecture and arts. And third, the language.

All these three are made out of the magnetic field of completion in sanātana- dharma. That is why these three things can never be destroyed, no matter how much anyone tries. The architectural wonders and monuments created out of completion, and the linguistic monument and wonder, Saṁskṛitaṁ born out of completion — these can never be destroyed.

Just like the wonders of the world, if you analyse the linguistic wonders of the world, Saṁskṛtaṁ, the devabhāśā— language of Divine, will be the first and only linguistic wonder of the world.

The word Saṁskrit means well done, refined, perfect. Anything created out of the space of completion stands forever, stands eternally. Completion is eternal, Nitya.

Understand: If you are not enlightened, you can easily get carried away by anything that you see! The truth or the spirit of anything can be easily lost. If you want to destroy any law, all you need to do is just follow it to the letter and miss the spirit. That is why time and again our Upaniṣads insist upon going to a living enlightened Master.

All our books are only manuals. Vedas are the only books that are courageous enough to declare that they cannot give you Enlightenment. If you want the ultimate experience, you have to go to a living enlightened Master.

Only a king can enter into enlightenment, because he knows there is nothing in the outer space that can fulfill him. He has seen everything; all possible comforts, enjoyments and pleasures. If somebody who has not experienced depression of success enters spirituality, he will stand in front of God and beg, ‘God give me this, give me that.’

He may be a religious person, but never a spiritual person. Only a person who trusts that God has the power and the intelligence, can enter spirituality, trusting implicitly that He knows when to give and what to give.

One cannot tell this ultimate truth to a person who is not ready. If it is shared it should become a source of inspiration that transforms your life. By sharing the spiritual experience, if it gives you the courage to take the same jump, if you also feel, 'I think I should also experience the same joy, the same bliss, I should not postpone it,' if it becomes an inspiration for you, then it is worth sharing.

Listen. There was a great Master in South India. He sang a set of poems on Śiva. He did not even write, he just sang the verses. Close disciples who lived around him requested him to put it in writing so that it could be useful to society. He said, 'No, they are my intimate love letters to my Lord. It is my personal relationship. How can I publish it?' the Master says, 'If somebody comes and asks you about your personal life, you can't share it. Only if you become intimate with him, it is possible to open up.'

The Master says, ‘It is my intimate relationship with God. How can I share that with the public?’ Then one disciple, who considers himself intelligent asks, ‘Why? When you can share it with us, why can’t you share it with the world?’

LOGiC LiES DEVOTiON

Unless you enter into a deep receptive mood, unless you become a simple, innocent being, you cannot receive the ultimate truth. The ultimate truth is beyond logic. Initially when you start to teach the truth, it always starts with logic. Words go logically. But after some time, you have to leave logic behind. Otherwise, you can't reach the Divine. You can't talk to God through logic. If you want the divine relationship to happen, you need love. Here, only a person who understands, who has become a part of the Master can receive the Master's experiences. Unless you become part of the Master, it is very difficult to understand his message. Beyond Logic Lies Devotion. Here, the qualification to receive the truth is devotion. Great truths can never be expressed by logic, because logic is not sharp enough!

That is why Krishna says, ‘Now I am telling you these secrets just because you are my devotee and friend, just because you are near and dear to me. The person who does not have a connection with Kṛṣṇa, cannot receive the message.

Now Kṛṣṇa enters deeper level truths where you need to come down from your head to your heart, where you need to sit with your whole being and listen to the truths. All you need to do is to sit with a complete open being in the space of listening, with a complete relaxed feeling. Let Krishna raise our inner space by His presence. Let Krishna be in our inner space and enlighten our consciousness.

1. 1. Why was the science of yoga lost?

2. What is Upanishad ?

6. Why is devotion to the master necessary?

7. What is meant by Listening?

SUN AND THE MOON

MATERIALS NEEDED:

PROCEDURE

Draw a picture of the sun and the moon. Sun is radiating its own self-effulgent light energy while the moon is mirroring the light of the Sun.

INFERENCE

The master is radiating pure consciousness and the disciples who sit at his feet in complete openness and relaxation also starts to mirror the master's neuron activity in his/her brain and thus experiences the ultimate truth. The supreme truth can be learnt only from an enlightened master.

COMPLETE ACTIONS

MATERIALS NEEDED:

PROCEDURE:

Make a picture collage on a chart paper of all the things that have withstood the test of time, for example: the Pyramids of Giza, Ajanta Ellora, sanskrit etc. Take color print out of pictures of these items and paste them on to the chart. Use color pens to add a title, captions, slogans, border etc.

INFERENCE:

Most things die down or disappear over time. Anything created out of the space of completion stands eternally.

The topic of debate or Vaakyartha Sadhas is “Is it beneficial to have Spiritual Knowledge ?” Ask children to choose to speak in favour of or against the topic. Ask them to jot down the points they wish to make during their argument on a piece of paper. All children should be offered an opportunity to express their opinions and their thoughts must be guided through questions by the moderator so that each child can reach a right conclusion.

Conclusion: The supreme science of Yoga must be received from an enlightened master.