There is a story in Puranas, Sita during her exile in forest was asked by the wife's of Rishis to identify who her husband was among the Rishis. Rama Himself was present there as a Rishi. Sita denied each one of the Rishi who came in front of her. And the story goes, when Rama came she simple bowed down her head and remained silent.
This story seems to have lot of meaning in it. As per analogy Sita is the mind and Rama is the Self. For the Mind to find out who the Self is, it starts with what the the Self is NOT! As in Asta Vakra Geeta Guruji says a seeker starts his/her journey with 'I am not this(body)' 'I am not this(senses)' and so on. And finally when the Mind come to the Self it becomes NO Mind, then only silence prevails. In fact for the Mind to reach the Self it has to become no mind! Bowing down of the head simply signifies dissolving of the mind into the heart.
If we look at this with perceptive of Seven Layers of existence taught in Art Of Living Part One course the Mind is the third layer and Self is the seventh. Self cannot be known from the level of thoughts i.e. the Mind as Guruji had mentioned in one of His knowledge sheet.
You can only know yourself in silence that's why we have Advance Meditation Course. Well during Navratri Gurudev Himself goes into silence for some days, I guess just to set an example for us!
Love,
Satyajit
This story seems to have lot of meaning in it. As per analogy Sita is the mind and Rama is the Self. For the Mind to find out who the Self is, it starts with what the the Self is NOT! As in Asta Vakra Geeta Guruji says a seeker starts his/her journey with 'I am not this(body)' 'I am not this(senses)' and so on. And finally when the Mind come to the Self it becomes NO Mind, then only silence prevails. In fact for the Mind to reach the Self it has to become no mind! Bowing down of the head simply signifies dissolving of the mind into the heart.
If we look at this with perceptive of Seven Layers of existence taught in Art Of Living Part One course the Mind is the third layer and Self is the seventh. Self cannot be known from the level of thoughts i.e. the Mind as Guruji had mentioned in one of His knowledge sheet.
You can only know yourself in silence that's why we have Advance Meditation Course. Well during Navratri Gurudev Himself goes into silence for some days, I guess just to set an example for us!
Love,
Satyajit
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