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

14th May 2019

Where

“I am”


Knowledge informs man and woman of where they are in any moment in daily life.
Knowledge informs man and woman that where they are in any moment in life is because of them.

Knowledge also informs that the consequence of where man and woman are is because of them. Knowledge also informs that the consequence of where they are is either good or bad.

Knowledge has advice to man and woman where to be and where not to be with reference to consequences. This advice is accepted by man and woman with knowledge. 

When the consequence is good because of where man and woman are, the emotion faced by man and woman, including those connected with them, varies depending on the intensity of the good consequence.

When the consequence is bad because of where man and woman are, the emotion faced by man and woman, including those connected with them, varies depending on the intensity of the bad consequence.

The consequence of good, resulting from where man and woman are, is greeted by applause and wished for more by all. The consequence of bad, resulting from where man and woman are, is reacted to with anger and with more advice by all as where to be and where not to be. This is the knowledge of emotions regarding ‘where I am’ in daily life.

Wisdom regarding ‘where I am’, however, is free from the drama of emotions. What is the wisdom regarding ‘where’, is the question?

Wisdom reveals that a moment in life is always present. Wisdom reveals that a moment, which is always present in life, is precise. Wisdom reveals that the content, which is within any moment, is precise as well.

Wisdom reveals that the content, which is within any moment, cannot be other than the content which is in the moment. Wisdom reveals that the timing of the content is always precise as well.

Wisdom in life reveals that the content within the moment is neither late nor early. Wisdom in life reveals that the content of any moment in life is always precisely on time.

Wisdom in life reveals that the content of any moment in life is where you are. Wisdom in life reveals that you cannot be anywhere else than where you are in any moment in life.

Wisdom in life reveals that man and woman do not make any moment in life. Wisdom reveals that the moment in life was in life much before man and woman were in life. 

Wisdom reveals that man and woman can only be where they want to be if they were able to make any moment in life. Knowledge of ‘where I am’ deceives man and woman that they can be where they want to be, but this is not irrefutable truth.

Knowledge takes ‘where I am’ for granted. Wisdom understands that it is destiny that keeps man and woman where he or she is.

The enlightened have rightly proclaimed that man and woman are where he or she is meant to be in any moment in life.

Author: Dr. Vijai S. Shankar
© Copyright V. S. Shankar 2019

Editor’s Note:
The intelligence of life has provided an endless resource of words for man to use to express his desires, fears, aspirations, ambitions and dreams. Such words can add a quasi-reality to what he or she is expressing, especially when enhanced by tricks of atmosphere and sound, also gifted by the intelligence of life. Everything is in its own place – even this deception. The unexpected answer to the depth of Dr Shankar’s question ‘where are you living now?’ that is ‘where your feet touch the ground’ keeps a man or woman precisely where he or she is. Such is the priceless gift of the wise - with eternal gratitude.
Julian Capper, UK.

German Translator‘s Note: 
The places where a man or woman or child should be during the day or night are an endless list: School, office, work, home, meeting place, etc. But everyone is always exactly where they are meant to be, the wise say. Understanding this is freedom. Freedom from the inner compulsion of the ego to be somewhere where one is not. Life makes no mistakes and everyone is in his place, always. To trust in it is wisdom, as explained in this article by Dr. Shankar. 
Marcus Stegmaier, Germany. 

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