The treasure I have found cannot be described in words, the mind cannot conceive of it.
Adi ShankaraRead
Like the appearance of silver in mother of pearl, the world seems real until the Self, the underlying reality, is realized.
Interpretation
The world appears authentic until one recognizes the deeper reality of the Self.
This quote by Adi Shankara highlights the philosophical perspective that our perception of the world is often an illusion, akin to the shiny outer appearance of silver on mother of pearl. The deeper significance lies in the awareness of the Self, which transcends material reality and leads to a true understanding of existence.
In practice
In a philosophical discussion about the nature of reality and perception.
The treasure I have found cannot be described in words, the mind cannot conceive of it.
Even after the Truth has been realised, there remains that strong, obstinate impression that one is still an ego - the agent and experiencer. This has to be carefully removed by living in a state of constant identification with the supreme non-dual Self. Full Awakening is the eventual ceasing of all the mental impressions of being an ego.
Give up identification with this mass of flesh as well as with what thinks it a mass. Both are intellectual imaginations. Recognise your true self as undifferentiated awareness, unaffected by time, past, present or future, and enter Peace.
As gold purified in a furnace loses its impurities and achieves its own true nature, the mind gets rid of the impurities of the attributes of delusion, attachment and purity through meditation and attains Reality.
But the jiva [living being] is endowed with ego and his knowledge is limited, whereas Ishwar is without ego and is omniscient.
There is sorrow in finitude. The Self is beyond time, space and objects. It is infinite and hence of the nature of absolute happiness.
A story matrix connects all of us._x000D_ There are rules, processes, and circles of responsibility in this world. And the story begins exactly where it is supposed to begin. We cannot skip any part.
She knew full well the enormity of her offense, but because her desires were stronger than the code she was breaking, she persisted in breaking it.
Every reign must submit to a greater reign.
Freedom is not the ability to do anything we want, whenever we want. Rather, FREEDOM is the ability to live responsibly the truth of our relationship with God and with one another.
In the truest sense, freedom cannot be bestowed; it must be achieved.
You grieve Not that heaven does not exist but That it exists without us
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