Dr. Vijai S Shankar MD.PhD.
Published on www.academ-advaita.com
The Netherlands

15 February 2020

Awakening (7)

“Process”

Understand that, if you seek your true Self through knowledge, which you believe is real, you will be in knowledge and not in the awakening process. Understand that with knowledge you are not in the now in life. 

Understand that you are in the awakening process when understanding happens to you that knowledge is illusory. Understand that knowledge makes you think you are awakened. 

Understand that, when you seek knowledge of awakening, you attain knowledge. Understand that you get knowledge whenever you believe that what is in the memory is real. Understand that you are in the awakening process when understanding happens to you that knowledge in memory is illusory and not real.

Understand that, when you are not aware that sound transforms as words and knowledge, you are not in the awakening process. Yes, that is the paradox of life. That is why the wise say, wake up. 

Understand that, when you are aware that sound transforms as illusory words and knowledge, you are in the awakening process. That is why the wise say wake up because knowledge keeps you asleep. 

Understand that, when you are awake, knowing happens that knowledge is illusory and is needed to live daily life. Understand that, when you are awake, knowing happens that knowledge, albeit illusory, is precise every moment. 

Understand that you need eyes not to see things. You need eyes to receive the light. Understand that you think what you see. Understand that, what you see, is not what you think.

When understanding happens to you that, what you see, is illusory and not real, you are in the awakening process. You also require time and space because, if there is no space, nothing can exist. 

Time and space are two inseparable sides of a coin. You cannot separate them. So, for movement of light and sound to exist, both time and space are needed. That is a necessity. 

When understanding happens to you that in a moment only movement of light and sound is present, you will be in the awakening process of enlightenment. 

The enlightened realise that daily life is a singular movement of light and sound.

Author: Dr. Vijai S. Shankar
© Copyright V.S. Shankar 2020

Editor’s Note:
Knowledge and understanding are the essence of man’s daily life. The wise reveal in this article and elsewhere that, without understanding, knowledge, though highly respected and needed in daily life, forms a barrier to man’s awakening. He is trapped in the past and in the conviction, beyond all argumentation, that everything that has been known, is known and is yet to be known is real. The wise are sharing their understanding that knowledge, albeit illusory, brings the gift of precision in daily life. So too are the senses gifted to man by the intelligence of life to receive the light and the sound. Understanding this is the journey to self-awareness 
Julian Capper. UK

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