Bliss of the Self is present when this term is understood through right knowledge.
The Gnani Purush who is
the embodiment of experiential enlightened world vision and eternal bliss graces
us all with
the exact approach to this term equanimity. This term is synonymous with
Composure
Serenity
Calmness
Level
headedness
Poise
Coolness
Self-control.
Composure exists if you become an observer of composure in any event. It eludes you if you get involved.
Level headedness is for the one who uses his head. During emotionally induced exchanges in relationships level headedness is rarely seen or felt. If all words are a reaction to a signal from within or without, if all thoughts arise as a consequence of a situation even a fleeting one, external or internal then it becomes evident that all that happens to the small s self is not under the control of the self.
There is much more to equanimity as defined by The Gnani.
Does serenity and self-control prevail when things and events go against your wishes?
Is it possible to invoke a levelheaded attitude when situations heat up around you amidst conflicts arising out of individual desires and expectations?
Do you stay cool amidst a heated situation at home or work?
There
is a difference between self-control and Self-control.
The
small s self is the relative self, known by the world and to all around you as
this body with thoughts speech and action.
The capital
S is the eternal within you who is the pure observer of all that happens
to this complex of thoughts speech and
action.
Is it
possible to control the small s self?
Is it
possible to exercise control over your thoughts speech and
actions?
If the
answer is yes, to what extent can this control be
exercised?
If indeed
such control is possible, why is it that misery is so prevalent in this
world?
Just reflect
upon your own feelings, thoughts, words and behavior in the past. Take any event
pleasant or unpleasant and look at the film
of your life
as it unwinds in front of your inner vision. See the scenes and the actors
players involved and see your small s self amidst all
that.
You will see
that in events and situations where you had decided to act, behave and say words
in a certain way, never in fact
materialized and that all those events and interactions just had a way of
happening. Yet you still carry within you what the Gnani describes as a load
from those events. This load comprises of opinions, memories, attachments and
abhorrence. This load accumulates within you taking you away from your
bliss.
Why the
suffering, hurt to the self and others, day in and day
out?
Why are
mistakes being repeated endlessly, and life after life?
No human
being wants to cause suffering to others because he himself is striving to avoid
suffering.
All living
beings exist in the search of bliss.
Bliss needs
to be understood
Ecstasy
Heaven
Paradise
Enjoyment
Pleasure
Delight
Satisfaction
Gratification
Joy
Elation
None of the
above synonyms adequately express bliss of the S capital
Self
They do give
some meaning to the small s self.
All of the
above imply that which is temporary.
Bliss in
real terms is permanent.
Bliss
expression and experience is independent of any external circumstance and
situation.
Bliss is
internal.
Joy,
happiness, pleasure are of the senses and hence relative and
temporary.
As long as
desire for the relative state of happiness exists, real bliss expression is
hampered.
Bliss
expression and experience is the result of the grace of The
Gnani.
So now we
come to delve upon bliss versus joy. How can I experience bliss, that which
remains with me all the time?
There are
two ways.
First think
of all the moments when you were really happy. Reflecting upon all those
incidents you will find that all of them were temporary.
None stayed
with you. Next ask your self why you cling to those memories and what do you
want to experience them again.
Reflect on
this desire and inquire as to who wants to repeat this
experience.
The answer
will be
I want
it.
Ask again,
who is this I?
Answer
I, John or
Jill (worldly
name).
This will
lead to further conclusions that the one who considers himself /herself to be
the one with the body of thoughts, speech and action can never be free of
desires.
The one who
is beyond the identification with the body knows that desires are the
impediments to bliss.
This path of
meditation into the question of ‘Who am I?’, works, and who is the one who desires, is
effective but is not easy.
The second
way is very simple.
Go to
someone who experiences such bliss and has no desires.
Go to a
Gnani.
In daily
life work when we need something done we seek experts and professionals to do it
for us.
Likewise the
process of separation of the small s self (thoughts, speech and action) from the
large S Self,
Or
The
separation of the temporary and the eternal is accomplished by the one who has
known the method and indeed
Has the
exact method and through his grace thousands continue to benefit from this
separation process and experience their bliss
State.
See the web
site called
For any
questions pertaining to this and more details about the process you may send
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The Gnani
Purush Pujya Dadashri is not alive now. His Work is continuing through the
medium of
Atma Vignani Pujya
Niruben Amin
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more about this new simple method to bliss please start at
Once
established in the Self, the natural bliss expresses itself. This is a direct
result of the right knowledge of the Self. Equanimity is inherent in the one
established in the Self. For the one who says, “ I am Jill,” equanimity,
composure, coolness, level headed ness, serenity becomes an effort, something to
strive for and something to wish for. It may or may not work when things and
events and situations get heated up.
Instead
of the above scenario, when the one who is established in the Self whose
experience
is,
the state which in words amounts to, “ I am Pure Self,” then bliss prevails.
Nothing further needs to be strived for, wished for, or be done.
The
entire foundation of Akram Vignan is based on achieving this right knowledge
through the grace of The Gnani.
Dr.
Niruben Amin who carries on the Work of Pujya Dadashri asserts in her gentle
simple manner that she remains at the feet of The Gnani
and
is
not interested in any titles. “Your experience is my title”, she
says…