Sheila Bhargava

In the Spiritual path after one has qualified to be an Adhikari doing Tapas, yajna & Dana perfectly and having become dispassionate, practising Sadhana Chatushtaya, one reaches a Guru. Actually the Guru finds the true Adhikari like a bee finds the flower. Guru is a Brahmanishta – completely absorbed in the contemplation of Brahma. He is Dayalum – compassionate. He points the right direction for the sadhak to walk towards reaching Aham Brahmasmi. As he himself is also practising the same path. He has a great expansive knowledge comprehension of the scriptures.
Guru only teaches the methodology as given in the scriptures- shastras. The seeker has to intellectually make enquiry on Guru’s teachings. With Shravana understand what is to be done. With Manana, doubts being cleared put the teachings into practical experience. With Niddhidhyasana absorb the understanding deeply and percolate to the extent that one’s reflexes unconsciously also are absorbed in Prabhrama – Nishtanam. Continuously keep the mind focused in one direction aham Brahmasmi. The Guru guides patiently as he is Dayalum /compassionate, always gives confidence to be at it & you’ll reach with Samadhi – be Para Brahma yourself.

When a seeker practises Bhahiranga Sadhana & Antaranga Sadhana with Shravana, Manana & Niddhidhyasana, perfected, one matures in mind and efforts are to remove the ignorance. In Ignorance one has an identity and is a Karta/ Doer- cause of duality, Bhogta/ Enjoyer – experiences of Sukh – dukh, to reach the true Nyata/ the Knower one takes the path of Logic – but Logic can only indicate the possibilities. The Sadhak has to have faith in the scriptures to realise higher truths. In the path one’s Viveka – one rejects – neti neti (not this, not this) one by one to reach the ultimate truth.
The first Neti is at the Vyashti level – the individual subject . One is not this Body, not this mind and not this individual. This leads to the seeker to understand that he/she is such minute particle in this cosmos. With detached mind drops the Nam & Roop and look at the World’s expansion – the cosmos as one. Only Asti, Bhati & Priya. The whole world is only IS Existence.
The second Neti is realising the Truth just as one knowing the sea waves, the bubbles and the water is all only H2O not Wave separate, not bubble separate, and not water separate. So, also the whole cosmos of millions of Galaxies is not separate but one and is Sat/ Existence, Chit/ Consciousness – Ananda/ Bliss.
With this realisation the whole world is one and I’am that – Aham Brahmasmi is experienced – Mind stops. Goes deeper into the shining Complete Truth – ITI – beyond the waking, Dream and Deep sleep states. One and only True Reality Para Brahma Asmi – The Purna- Pure Bliss – Existence.
This Purna is the ultimate Ananda bliss. The material happiness each one of us experience is just a wee bit of the total happiness of all, material, living, non living, creatures and whole totality of all universe and millions of Galaxy put together. The ultimate Purna of Para Brahma cannot be explained or estimated. Only the self Realised jynani can experience the effulgence, bliss of the Supreme Existence, Consciousness, Bliss . All shine in this bliss.
Free of form, free of space, free of time , free of all kinds of limitations, even free of death. Such is the Purna, Existence, Consciousness , Bliss. The Supreme OMNISCIENT, Omnipotent and Omnipresent Elam Brahma – Purna.