ISAVASYA UPANISHAD : - Mantram -1.
ISAVASYA UPANISHAD :
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VAJASANEYI SAMHITA UPANISHAD
Mantram -1.
Discussion - 8. 'matter' .. 'ghost vision'
When we are told of a paramount 'Power' presiding over the world of 'matter,' the teacher advocates that we must come to experience this great joyous perfection through the renunciation of our false values and attachments which we have cultivated in ourselves in the jungles of our own perceptions.
The 'ghost-vision' frightens the deluded one, and his mind gets into a serious state of perplexity and confusion.
The only way to pacify him and bring peace and tranquility to his mind is to help him to discover the 'post.'
Now, to my friend who is agitated by the vision of the 'ghost,' I and his companions, who are seeing the 'post,' can only advice 'Dear friend! Renounce the form and qualities of the 'ghost,' and enjoy.'
Beneath the 'ghost' is the 'post.'
So long as we are entirely engaged in the vision of the 'ghost' in our mental pre-occupations, we have neither the tranquility nor the intellectual composure to see the 'post.'
Having seen the 'post,' the 'ghost' can never be.
The sight of the post is itself the discovery of peace within, for, the present mental agitations are all caused by the 'error in perception' and the consequent fear.
The great Master of the 'Upanishad,' in this very opening Mantram, advises his students to renounce the false and thus come to enjoy the Real.
Next : Discussion-9. "That renounced" ( tena tyaktena -- first two words in the beginning of second line of the Mantram) ....." envelops all this " ( Isa vasyam idagm sarvam --- in the beginning of the Mantram ...
To be continued ...
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