What is self realization? My understanding is that we need to realize who we are.
Why should we need to realize when we already knew who we are by some identification?
Advaitha says that we are not the body, the mind and the intellect but a pure consciousness. Though I don't understand what this means, I strongly believe in that because I was blessed to be with many self realized masters, with whom I could feel the blissful energy, divine wisdom etc.,
One of the tamil poet called Avaiyar says that getting a human birth is very very rare. (That is, மானிடராய் பிறப்பது அரிது அரிது.) Hence make maximum use of your life time to realize your Self.
When I was listening to Amma's bhajan Oru nimishamenkilum, I found the following:
- Human birth is very rare.
- You have got the human birth after countless births like grass, plant, worm, lizard, birds, animals (Hindu scriptures say that atman takes human birth only after taking birth of 84,000,000 species.
- Hence, do not lose your peace of mind by searching for material happiness in the world.
- Every second is precious.
