तं दुर्दर्शं गूढमनुप्रविष्टं
गुहाहितं गह्वरेष्ठं पुराणम् ।
अध्यात्मयोगाधिगमेन देवं
मत्वा धीरोहर्षशोकौजहाति ॥ १2
TAM DURDASHAM GUDHAM ANUPRAVISHTAM
GUHAHITAM GAVHYRESHTAM PURANAM |
ADHYTMAYOGA ADHIGAMEN DEVAM
MATVA DHIRO HARSHSHOKAU JAHATI ||12
THE SAGE WHO MEDITATES ON SELF RECOGNISES THE ANCIENT , DIFFICULT ONE
HIIDDEN IN THE CAVE OF HEART,AND DWELLS IN AS IF BOTTOMLESS PIT,
RENOUNCES BOTH JOY AND SORROW.||12
This is the shloka where the Lord of Death is telling the truth about the KNOWLEDGE or achieving the goal. In this Shloka it is made very clear that this understanding of SELF is not easy. The Self is not easy to see - Difficult to see and not even seen by the usual eye. It is hidden and it lies deep inside - Some feel that it is hidden in the heart cavity. But this is very difficult and it is hidden and may feel like it is in a pit without the bottom. When one tries to go deeper to get to it the path or the pit may feel like bottomless. But as much as this is very difficult , it is not impossible. One can do mediation and GIVE UP both joy and sorrow.. Again the message is repeated .
One has to see without eyes and feel without touching and anything that can be seen by ordinary eyes can not be SELF . Anything that can be perceived by PRAKRUTI PRODUCED SENSE ORGANS, can not be SELF. So one has to do mediation and get to it , but when I say GET it ,it may sound like I am not separate from SELF. But the Self is all pervading and so it is not separate from us.
Second message is that as long as we continue to have feeling of Joy and Sorrow, which are related to everything that comes out of Prakruti or the matter ,we will not get to Self . So when one gives up that feeling of Joy or Sorrow and one does mediation and looks INSIDE OURSELF , then only we can get it or get to it or perceive it .
(one can reflect reflection of SUN in a mirror back to the SUN in the sky , that can be the closest I can describe as to how to SEE SELF with self)
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