CONCEPTUAL
THOUGHTS ARE THE OBSTACLE TO SELF REALIZATION
The main goal and end of all spiritual paths is..... THE
ENDING OF DUALISTIC CONCEPTUAL THINKING because....
THE DUALISTIC THOUGHTS OF THE MIND ARE THE ONLY VEILING CURTAIN BETWEEN YOU AND WAHE GURU.
Dualistic means seeing things
as separate and distinct, of perceiving contrasts and differences instead of recognizing
the single unity and same source substance within all diversity.
Example:
Perceiving millions of seemingly separate and different waves instead
of the reality of the one ocean alone
(which is all the waves). The waves are a mere temporary appearance within
the one ocean which is permanent.
Again
- THE DUALISTIC THOUGHTS OF THE MIND ARE THE ONLY VEILING CURTAIN
BETWEEN YOU AND THE INFINITE CEASING DUALISTIC THOUGHTS
OPENS THE CURTAIN AND REVEALS THE SUPREME REALITY. The truth is hidden by the ego, but the
ego is only a product of the mind and comes to life only when the mind sub-consciously
thinks the 'I' thought which precedes all other conscious thoughts. The ego which is
absolutely required to falsely makes us percieve that we are only the body, cannot exist
for a moment without the mind and it's subconscious 'I' thought.
Again, the only veil between
you and Wahe Guru is the dualistic thoughts of the mind (whereby you are the body 'I' and
everything else is separate and distinct). Cease dualistic thoughts, and the veil is
lifted and Wahe Guru is seen everywhere and within everything - as your true Self and the
real Self of all.
Ceasing dualistic thoughts is the only means by which one's real nature and
in fact the true nature of ALL existence is ultimately recognized and experienced.
The ceasing of
dualistic conceptual thoughts is the end of all religious/spiritual
paths. All other disciplines, doctrines, scriptures, etc, exist merely to
keep one occupied and ultimately
make one ripe and mature enough to eventually tackle the main task of renouncing
and ceasing our attachment to conceptual dualistic thoughts.
The following are excerpts from the Sri Guru Granth Sahib stating the necessity of ceasing
thoughts in order to recognize and experience the supreme reality (for excerpts from other
faiths check - www.truthisone.org):
From the Sri Guru Granth Sahib - the supreme Guru and final authority within
Sikhism -
See the brotherhood of all mankind as the highest order of Yogis; conquer your own mind,
and conquer the world. Pg 6
If the mind becomes balanced and detached, and comes to dwell in its own true home, imbued
with the Fear of God, then it enjoys the essence of supreme spiritual wisdom; it shall
never feel hunger again. O Nanak, conquer and subdue this mind; meet with the Lord, and
you shall never again suffer in pain. Pg 21
The eight miraculous powers come when one subdues his own mind, and contemplates the True
Lord through pure actions. Pg 884
Through the mind itself, the mind is subdued. Deep within my being, and outside as well, I
know only the One Lord. O Nanak, there is no other at all. Pg 1193
He alone is a silent sage, who subdues his mind's duality. Subduing his duality, he
contemplates God. || 1 || Let each person examine his own mind, O Siblings of Destiny.
Examine your mind, and you shall obtain the nine treasures of the Naam. || 1 || Pause ||
The Creator created the world, upon the foundation of worldly love and attachment.
Attaching it to possessiveness, He has led it into confusion with doubt. || 2 || From this
Mind come all bodies, and the breath of life. By mental contemplation, the mortal realizes
the Hukam of the Lord's Command, and merges in Him. || 3 || Pg 1194
When the mortal has good karma, the Guru grants His Grace. Then this mind is awakened, and
the duality of this mind is subdued. Pg 1195
O mind, walk on the Path of the Guru's Teachings. Just as the wild elephant is subdued by
the prod, the mind is disciplined by the Word of the Guru's Shabad (unceasing
prayer/mantra). Pg 1407
Without subduing the mind, Maya cannot be subdued. The One who created this, He alone
understands. Pg 1443
Whoever subdues his mind, knows the state of being dead while yet alive. O Nanak, by His
Grace, the Gracious Lord is realized. Pg 1444
O Nanak, conquer and subdue this mind; meet with the Lord, and you shall never again
suffer in pain. Pg 21
Those who die in the Shabad and subdue their own minds, obtain the door of liberation. Pg
117
When someone kills and subdues his own mind, his wandering nature is also subdued. Without
such a death, how can one find the Lord? Only a few know the medicine to kill the mind.
One whose mind dies in the Word of the Shabad, understands Him. Pg 161
God is unattainable without destruction or annihilation of the mind (SGGS 665, ln 9).
The Lord's devotional service is not possible without annihilation of the mind (SGGS 1277,
ln 17).
Maya (the world illusion) can not be conquered without annihilation of the mind (SGGS
1342, ln 4).
If the mind does not die, the work (i.e., union with God) can not be accomplished (SGGS
222, ln 2).
The mind's true nature is ever to remain detached (SGGS 1128, ln5).
When someone kills and subdues his own mind, his wandering nature is also subdued. Without
such a death, how can one find the Lord? Only a rare one knows the medicine to kill the
mind. Only that man knows that the mind is killed through the Shabad (SGGS 159, ln 3).
The mind turns inward, and merges with mind, when it is with virtue (SGGS 935, ln 19).
This mind is not conquered by conquering it, even though everyone longs to do so. O Nanak,
the mind itself conquers the mind, if one meets with the True Guru (SGGS 1089, ln 19).
The jewel (the Self, infinite consciousness) within the mind subdues the mind; attached to
the Truth, it is not broken (SGGS 992, ln 4).
One who conquers his mind, he meets the Lord; he is dressed in robes of honor (SGGS 256,
ln 15).
The real aim of all spiritual paths to truth is ultimately nothing other than the
dissolving of the mind back into it's life source which is the heart. Dissolving the mind
by ceasing all conceptual thoughts also kills the ego since ego like the mind is created
only by dualistic thoughts. With the ego killed and the mind resting in it's life source -
the heart - the one Wahe Guru described with many labels is directly experienced as the
sole reality within ALL existence.
In reality mind and ego exist
only due to a collection of dualistic thoughts, when such thoughts come to an end, so does
the false world illusion and one awakens to the underlying eternal reality, the substratum
of the whole show.
The mind in the highest
reality is illumined only by the light of the heart, the heart is the sun and the mind is
the moon. When the mind (moon) is subdued and dissolved in it's source - the heart (sun),
at that point the heart becomes the master and the mind the obedient servant, instead of
the other way around.
From the absolute viewpoint....
SO LONG AS DUALISTIC CONCEPTUAL THOUGHTS EXIST...
THE UNREAL APPEARS REAL, AND THE REAL UNREAL
by Pardeep Singh
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