Date: Thursday, September 22, 2011
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
The Atma (soul) that is the core of a human being is not born. Since it does not take birth, it does not meet death. Death happens to the body with which the soul is associated. The delusion that the body is the core, that the body is real, is verily death! To be free from that delusion is to attain immortality. One can negate the consciousness that the body is oneself by practicing deeply elevating spiritual practices and fearlessly inquiring into one's Truth. Consider the fruit of the tamarind tree. When unripe, it is not easy to separate the rind, the pulp and the seed. So too, those who are attached to sensual desires and to pampering the body, cannot earn the awareness of the Atma (soul). When the tamarind fruit becomes ripe, the rind can be broken off, the pulp gets detached from the seed and the seed can be isolated without much effort. Inquiry and unselfish activity ripen the consciousness and the Atma (soul) can then be isolated from the body, clear and pure.
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