Practical Vedanta

Practical Vedantasun exists because I declare it does, the world exists because I declare it does.Without me they cannot remain, for I am Existence, Knowledge, and BlissAbsolute — ever happy, ever pure, ever beautiful. Behold, the sun is the cause ofour vision, but is not itself ever affected by any defect in the eyes of any one; evenso I am. I am working through all organs, working through everything, but neverdoes the good and evil of work attach to me. For me there is no law, nor Karma. Iown the laws of Karma. I ever was and ever am."My real pleasure was never in earthly things — in husband, wife, children, andother things. For I am like the infinite blue sky: clouds of many colours pass overit and play for a second; they move off, and there is the same unchangeable blue.Happiness and misery, good and evil, may envelop me for a moment, veiling theSelf; but I am still there. They pass away because they are changeable. I shine,because I am unchangeable. If misery comes, I know it is finite, therefore it mustdie. If evil comes, I know it is finite, it must go. I alone am infinite and untouchedby anything. For I am the Infinite, that Eternal, Changeless Self." — So sings oneof our poets.Let us drink of this cup, this cup that leads to everything that is immortal,everything that is unchangeable. Fear not. Believe not that we are evil, that we arefinite,. that we can ever die. It is not true."This is to be heard of, then to be thought upon, and then to be meditated upon."When the hands work,. the mind should repeat, "I am It. I am It." Think of it,dream of it, until it becomes bone of your bones and; flesh of your flesh, until allthe hideous dreams of littleness, of weakness, of misery, and of evil, have entirelyvanished, and no more then can the Truth be hidden from you even for a moment.Practical Vedanta8. The way to blessednessfile:///C|/Documents%20and%20Settings/Chitra%20Selva...oksBySwami/PracticalVedanta/PracticalVedantaPDF.html (67 of 113)2/26/2007 12:24:33 AM