The True Self - Atman or Brahman?

Although many people has tried to explain the answer to the question "Who am I?" with ideas such as religion, science, philosophy and what not. Rather, the goal of practice - indeed of the Yogic journey - involves dissolving our clinging, greediness, and aggression, which arise from our ignorance; together they cause so much of our unhappiness and dissatisfaction.

So who is the real me - is that the "I-ness" - the ego? According to Patanjili, the author of Yoga Sutra,  the first four paths introduce Yoga as the process by which we rest and quiet the mind  from our constant chattering.

If we are wise enough to realize that there is suffering everywhere, even in the experiences we enjoy and yearn for.

Passionately, the sage insists that we can break its cycle of cause and effect by yoking our attention to its source: failure to see the true nature of pure awareness and its independence from the phenomenal world.

The True Self is not a "thing" but rather is said to be clear, pure, unchanging , luminous, and non-dual consciousness marked by feelings of bliss, freedom, joy, and love that cannot be fully described - a indescribable, momentarily total experience. 




 

Make a free website with Yola