Constantly tell yourself, "I am not the body, I am not the mind, I am not thought, I am not even consciousness; I am the Atman."
When you can throw away all, only the true Self will remain. The Jnani's meditation is of two sorts:
(1) to deny and think away everything we are not;
(2) to insist upon what we really are — the Atman, the One Self — Existence, Knowledge, and Bliss.
The true rationalist must go on and fearlessly follow his reason to its farthest limits.
It will not answer to stop anywhere on the road. When we begin to deny, all must go until we reach what cannot be thrown away or denied, which is the real "I".
That "I" is the witness of the universe, it is unchangeable, eternal, infinite.
Now, layer after layer of ignorance covers it from our eyes, but it remains ever the same.
How shall we know the knower? The Vedanta says, "We are It, but can never know It, because It can never become the object of knowledge."
Modern science also says that It cannot be known. We can, however, have glimpses of It from time to time.
When the delusion of this world is once broken, it will come back to us, but no longer will it hold any reality for us.
We shall know it as a mirage. To reach behind the mirage is the aim of all religions.
That man and God are one is the constant teaching of the Vedas, but only few are able to penetrate behind the veil and reach the realisation of this truth.
Swami Vivekananda
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