Sunday, July 10, 2011

How much has knowledge integrated in me?

That much which has become permanent, otherwise there are temporary states, two steps forward and one step back. In times of crisis, is when it the integration is tested most. How far back you fall and how low, or if you fall and recover quickly, or you don't fall at all. The lesser the misery the more the knowledge has been integrated. Even Samadhi that is temporary is not enlightenment, enlightened is that Samadhi from which you never return.

So then how to integrate more and more, yes it's a process for most over lifetimes, there's a continuum of growth across lifetimes. Our shastras say that there needs to Shravanan, Mananam, Nididhyasa, as a daily discipline. The pillars that hold the knowledge are Vivek, Vairagya, the 6 wealths, and Mumukshutva. Then you see how much Karma and Dharma has purified your mind and emotions. How much meditation and sadhana has settled your thoughts, and how much Jnan has purified the intellect and how much consciousness has become an experiential reality for you.