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There\nare two types of people; one, who worship ignorance; second, who\nworship half-truth. Both remain in a state of powerlessness. This\narticle talks about the nature of such people as described in the\nUpanishads and points to a practice that establishes one in the\nexperience of reality.<\/p>\n\n\n
The\ndefinition of these two types of people is found in the 9th<\/sup>\nverse of the Isavasya Upanishad.<\/p>\n\n\n \nThe\nverse:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n \nandha\u1e41\ntama\u1e25\npravi\u015banti ye\u2019avidy\u0101m up\u0101sate |<\/p>\n\n\n \ntato\nbh\u016bya iva te tamo yau vidy\u0101y\u0101\u1e41\nrat\u0101\u1e25\n|| 9 ||<\/p>\n\n\n \nTranslation:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n \nThose\nwho worship avidy\u0101, ignorance (that veils the true knowledge of\nTruth, Consciousness), enter into blinding darkness characterized by\nthe absence of perception;\n<\/p>\n\n\n \nbut\ninto greater darkness of ignorance than that, enter they who,\nconsidering themselves as scholarly and learned, are engaged in\nvidy\u0101, the incomplete knowledge acquired for vested interests,\ncharacterized by the impure perception of Truth and Consciousness.<\/p>\n\n\n If\nyou are worshipping knowledge for some vested interests, for example,\nfor the sake of luxury or for the sake of any other comforts, beyond\na point, you will stop seeking. That is a recipe for suffering with\nhalf-knowledge, the incomplete knowledge, the impure perception of\nTruth, Consciousness.<\/p>\n\n\n Most\nof the time, giving in to your patterns, you will start declaring as\nfreedom. You will say, \u201cafter all I am enlightened, I am a soul, I\nam free,\u201d then finally go and eat beef. Giving in to your patterns\ncannot be freedom.\n<\/p>\n\n\n For\nan initial level seeker, the biggest problem is boredom due to which\nwhenever they hit a block, they don\u2019t break it. They just develop\na \u2018don\u2019t care attitude\u2019 towards ignorance.<\/p>\n\n\n Advanced\nseekers try to grab all the powers of Enlightenment without having\nthe experience of enlightenment and taking the responsibility for it.\n These people with incomplete knowledge, before even achieving\nEnlightenment, due to their vested interests, because of their impure\nperception of Truth and Consciousness, even though they claim they\nare unattached, wise, they get completely distracted and destroyed,\nwith the incomplete knowledge.<\/p>\n\n\n Without\nbecoming Paramahamsa, they try to live like a Paramahamsa. Without\nreally getting to the space of non-attachment, they try to live as if\nunattached. This is a dangerous game people play. Nobody else need\nto punish them. They themselves will be punishing themselves.<\/p>\n\n\n Relentless\nseeking is the antidote for these obstacles. Just because you are\nbetter than others, does not mean that you drop the quest for\nexperiencing reality. Relentless seeking comes from worshipping\nknowledge for the sake of knowledge. Then you become embodiment of\nvidy\u0101, knowledge \u2013 an Enlightened Being.<\/p>\n\n\n An\nEnlightened Being\u2019s level of seeking will be totally different from\nyour level, but he will continue to be seeking because seeking is the\nonly way he will be alive. Seeking is the only way he even makes you\nunderstand he is alive. That is the only qualification of his\nexistence.\n<\/p>\n\n\n You\ncan prove you are alive by so many things. By eating a sweet, having\nphysical pleasures etc. you prove that you are alive to yourself and\nto others. But an Enlightened Being is alive only in his seeking,\nthat is the only way he reminds himself he is alive and he proves he\nis alive to others. To that level, his very core will be seeking.<\/p>\n\n\n Enlightenment\nis not expertise, it is experience. Seek experience not expertise.<\/p>\n\n\n Based on satsangs delivered by rare Living Incarnation Bhagavan Sri Nithyananda Paramashivam<\/p>\n\n\nKnowledge for vested interest<\/h2>\n\n\n
What freedom is not<\/h2>\n\n\n
Obstacles for seekers<\/h2>\n\n\n
Practice to overcome these obstacles<\/h2>\n\n\n
Seeking defines an Enlightened Being<\/h2>\n\n\n