SEARCH FOR EXISTENCE AND RIGHT VISION

 

See your breath. See your mind. See your body. See the life-force in you. See your aura. I am sure you would like to know if your breath is your soul. Perhaps you would also like to know if your body is your soul. You may very well ask if your mind or the aura which surrounds your body and which is generated by your body or the vital force in you is your soul. If you thought over these questions a bit seriously, you will come to the conclusion that your breath, your body, your mind, the aura emanating from your body and the vital force

in it are your soul. If the vital force in the body were not the soul, we will not be able to distinguish between anything. If the living body were not the soul, we shall not be able to distinguish it from dead body. If the mind were not the soul, there will be no difference between thinking and non-thinking beings. Every one of these is, therefore, the soul.

We cannot understand the body correctly if we did not feel and understand breath. We cannot understand the mind without understanding the body. We cannot perceive the aura around the body without understanding the body.

We cannot understand the vital force until we have seen and known the aura. We cannot come across the conscious substance which is the end of our journey until we have known and understood the vital force. This is the span of our journey. We will have to traverse the entire course in the very order given above in order to arrive at the stage of self-realization, at that which is the subtlest, ie., at our Existence.

Breath is the first window through which you can perceive the soul. It is by passing through this window that the journey towards the self begins. It is a journey within.

It is a journey towards self-perception. Normally we are accustomed to looking outwards only. It is the nature of the mind to run towards the external world only. Breath is the first door you have to enter into before the journey within begins. When the mind begins to follow the in-going breath, we begin to enter into our being. Breath is the soul. The body is the soul. The mind is the soul. We can reach the fag end of our journey through them only.

It is a delusion to desire to see the soul directly. The soul which is the supreme reality, the supreme existence and the subtlest entity cannot be an object of perception by the gross sense-organs. To say so will be a great mistake.

To say that we should try to see the soul through the soul means, firstly, that we should first engage the mind in perceiving the vibrations of breath. Secondly, it means engaging the mind in perceiving the vibrations of the body and sensations. Thirdly, it means watching one's own thought-processes. Once you have gone through these three stages, you will encounter the aura around the body and get a chance to perceive it.

Be aware and be happiness