CHAPTER ONE – SECTION 25

Invocation

Om May no harm be done Here, May the vessels of the great Seers continue in Salvation, May these movements be in accord with Divine Will, May this desire be motivated by Love, May what is not beneficent wither to obscurity.  I prostrate.

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25. By means of this,  one attains the knowledge that destroys the ocean of samsara or repeated transmigration.  Therefore,  knowing thus one attains the fruit of Kaivalya or liberation,  verily one attains liberation.

“By means of this,  one attains the knowledge that destroys the ocean of samsara or repeated transmigration”.

By means of the Truth all untruth is destroyed.  To Realise the Truth or Knowledge of the Non-Dual Unity of Existence is to invalidate past experience and understanding of untruth.  The consciousness limited by desire and duality that would have lead one back into the cycle of rebirth is expanded through the Consciousness of The Absolute which leads back home to unity with Absolute Consciousness.

“Therefore,  knowing thus one attains the fruit of Kaivalya or liberation,  verily one attains liberation”

The fruits of Kaivalya are the fruits of the acceptance of the responsibilities of “I Alone Exist”.

That heat and pain of struggle is different now.  As in nature a sick body will raise its temperature to kill of microbes.
So here,  this struggle towards awakening assaulting the bonds of delusion with the ammunition of knowledge,  the weapons of will and the desire for truth at any cost,   has caused the resultant heat to burn away all impediments,  thus clarifying the truth.

By means of this truth,  the seed of Kaivalya is carried to maturation.  This divine gift is honoured.  Finally free from any former sins,  debts or charges the sufferer of the ignorance of desire,  creation and birth,  is free to return to Absolute Consciousness Alone, “verily one attains liberation”.

 

Here The Kaivalya Upanishad Ends

 

Kaivalya is less to do with being Alone than it is to do with Realising ones Solitary responsibility for Realising ones identity as Absolute Consciousness Alone.  Being Truth Alone is the reality,  not even a goal.  Truth Alone sets you free.

After Kaivalya,  in the light of Absolute knowledge,  all else is seen as illusion.
What remains is Solitary undifferentiated completeness.

“That light is within us.
There is no other help.
That light illumines the direct path,
the straight path.
There is no need to carry anything.
But this is subtle knowledge,
very difficult”.
from “The Map of The Journey To God” p38.
Sufi shaikh M.R.Bawa Muhaiyaddeen,  may Allah be pleased with him.

 

Jesus Said,
The Kingdom of God cometh not with observation.
Luke 17:20
Neither will they say,  “Look,  here”!  or,  “Look,  there”!
“for behold,  the Kingdom of God is within you”.
Luke 17:21

Ohm   peace,   peace,   peace.

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CHAPTER ONE – SECTION 23

Invocation

Om May no harm be done Here, May the vessels of the great Seers continue in Salvation, May these movements be in accord with Divine Will, May this desire be motivated by Love, May what is not beneficent wither to obscurity.  I prostrate.

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23. For me there is neither earth,  nor water,  nor fire,  nor air,  nor ether.  Thus realizing the observer,  who lies in the cavity of the heart,  who is without parts,  and without a second,  the Witness of all,  beyond both existence and non-existence one attains the Pure Consciousness Itself.

“For me there is neither earth,  nor water,  nor fire,  nor air,  nor ether”.

For the Sage at rest meditating in the last ashram of life there is neither home nor away neither becoming nor having become although the knowledge of all these exists.
Likewise with the Truth Consciousness and Bliss of the Absolute there is nothing relevant but all things are known  (are knowledge).

“Thus realizing the observer,  who lies in the cavity of the heart,  who is without parts,  and without a second,  the Witness of all”

“The cavity of the heart”,  it should be understood,  literally means cavity or void or ether.  The meaning is all that Exists is Absolute Consciousness.  Therefore,  Consciousness or Absolute knowledge is Existence itself and relates to no thing.  Whatever or Wherever the organ of perception  (here the heart),  may appear to be,  it is manifest within,  as it were,  Absolute Knowledge.  So,  here the  “empty”  cavity of the heart is the absolute and so can be known there.
The Absolute Self is known within the heart of the intellect of the Sage as the subtle “self”. This  “self”  provides the light of knowledge that guides the meditating Sage to Realisation of the Absolute Self the  “Witness of all”.

“beyond both existence and non-existence one attains the Pure Consciousness Itself”

The Absolute is the Existence principle itself therefore it is the Existence of existence,  likewise with non-existence the Absolute is beyond all such labels.
Realising the Absolute Self thus the Sage Realises Absolute Consciousness and finds his way to unity as that Consciousness Alone.

Through divine discrimination the truth is now heard in the words of the Sages and the scriptures.
The enlightened seeker,  the one to whom has been revealed the truth of Existence will no longer see Truth in duality.  A sincere attempt,  a decision to attain higher Truth through Self Realisation requires surrendering,  relinquishing dualistic personal beliefs and support.  Although now accepted to be false,  giving up ambition and desire is as if sawing through the very branch that is the sole support between the seekers reason for being and oblivion below.  The courageous,  desiring that Truth felt through the love of the Absolute,  suffer the heat of this fear and surrender themselves to the reality of the Absolute.
That heat caused by the action of the irrepressible working for Truth is real.  It may cause actual distress.  It has an emotional content.  It is a drama.
The Experience is of two worlds,  or as Dogen Zenji states in his Genjokoan  “When one side is lit,  the other side is dark”. The child clinging fearfully to the branch of the tree,  the world he knows,  is afraid to give up the little security he has even though his Father is close with arms outstretched urging the child to let go.  Once the move is made,  and the child is safe in the world of the Fathers arms the world of the tree distorted by fear is forgotten.
Before Self Realisation the concept of “I Alone Exist” is difficult.  After Self Realisation the understanding that assumes duality is profoundly alien.
The Absolute,  the primal Consciousness,  the eternal Observer is unmoved throughout this play but the material body and emotions however,  being a prop within the play registers all consequences.

Ohm   peace,   peace,   peace.

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CHAPTER ONE – SECTION 22

Invocation

Om May no harm be done Here, May the vessels of the great Seers continue in Salvation, May these movements be in accord with Divine Will, May this desire be motivated by Love, May what is not beneficent wither to obscurity.  I prostrate.

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22. I alone am taught in the various Vedas,  I am the revealer of the Vedanta or Upanishads,  and I am also the Knower of the Vedas.  For me there is neither merit nor demerit,  I suffer no destruction,  I have no birth,  nor any self-identity with the body and the organs.

“I alone am taught in the various Vedas”.

The Vedas symbolise knowledge itself which is the Absolute itself Alone.

“I am the revealer of the Vedanta or Upanishads,  and I am also the Knower of the Vedas”.

The Absolute is Existence as Knowledge.  Knowledge lights and reveals the “Vedanta or Upanishads” and literally all things.

“For me there is neither merit nor demerit”.

As the Absolute is the One supreme controller or Will then the Absolute can suffer no labels of division.

“I suffer no destruction,  I have no birth,  nor any self-identity with the body and the organs”.

The Absolute is without origination therefore is immutable and immortal and is beyond destruction.  Without origination it is without birth and being formless it encompasses all things and is identified with none.

There is nothing that is not “I”.  Further to this,  but also the significance of this,  Reality itself is a creation of “I”.

Ohm   peace,   peace,   peace.

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CHAPTER ONE – SECTION 20

Invocation

Om May no harm be done Here, May the vessels of the great Seers continue in Salvation, May these movements be in accord with Divine Will, May this desire be motivated by Love, May what is not beneficent wither to obscurity.  I prostrate.

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20. I am more minute than the minute,  I am likewise the greatest of all,  I am the manifold universe.  I am the Ancient One,  the Consciousness and the Ruler,  I am the Effulgent One,  and the All-good.

“I am more minute than the minute,  I am likewise the greatest of all”.

The meaning here is that the Absolute is beyond measure.  Because the Absolute Alone “is” existence there is not that other to be greater or smaller.  Further,  being the entirety of Existence the Absolute is without exterior or interior.

“I am the manifold universe.  I am the Ancient One,  the Consciousness and the Ruler”.

It has been explained before that the Absolute is the Universe and all things and being the eternal Primal unity of Existence it is the Ancient One.  Further,  there exists nothing older nor does there exist anything younger than the Absolute.

“I am the Effulgent One,  and the All-good”

Being the source of knowledge of all things the Absolute is the light of all existence.  All conforms perfectly to the one source of knowledge and is therefore all-good.

The meaning here is that because you are the Solitary totality of this very Existence you are all labels or all descriptions because you are all there is.  Being this totally adequate completeness Alone it is your Solitary Responsibility to Realise the Truth of This to put an end to the Creation of untruth.

Ohm   peace,   peace,   peace.

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CHAPTER ONE – SECTION 19

Invocation

Om May no harm be done Here, May the vessels of the great Seers continue in Salvation, May these movements be in accord with Divine Will, May this desire be motivated by Love, May what is not beneficent wither to obscurity.  I prostrate.

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19. In me alone is everything born,  in me does everything rest,  and in me is everything dissolved.  I am that One Alone without a second.

“In me alone is everything born,  in me does everything rest,  and in me is everything dissolved”

“me alone” refers to Absolute Consciousness.  The meaning is that all experiences of individuals,  groups,  birth,  death and so forth take place “in” the One Consciousness.

“I am that One Alone without a second”

This is confirmation of the above meaning which is to say Existence is not made up of many forms all joined by one thing to form a contrived unity.  The Truth is literally that Consciousness Alone Exists and all apparent diversity is merely an experience within that Singularity of Consciousness.

You Alone are all.  Kaivalya,  the Solitary realisation of Alone is the great responsibility this Upanishad is trying to wake us up to.  You cannot share this responsibility with others because “others” are not the reality of Existence.  All perceptions,  thoughts,  ideas and concepts can be allowed to fall away,  Nothing needs to be retained.  when all is gone your infinite Self alone remains.  This is not easy to achieve,  courage and great faith in the truth is needed.

Ohm   peace,   peace,   peace.

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CHAPTER ONE – SECTION 18

Invocation

Om May no harm be done Here, May the vessels of the great Seers continue in Salvation, May these movements be in accord with Divine Will, May this desire be motivated by Love, May what is not beneficent wither to obscurity.  I prostrate.

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SECTION 18

18. What constitute the enjoyable,  the enjoyer,  and the enjoyment,  in the three abodes – different from them all am I,  the Witness,  the Pure Consciousness,  the Eternal Good the Sovereign Will.

“What constitute the enjoyable,  the enjoyer,  and the enjoyment,  in the three abodes”

If duality were true or possible then an enjoyable thing would have a traceable existence unlinked to anything else in existence.
Likewise the being who is the enjoyer would have a legitimate unique existence independent of any other.
So also would enjoyment itself have to lend itself to the experience of others because having its own existence would mean it was autonomous.

“different from them all am I,  the Witness”

With direct reference to “enjoyment” above this statement confirms that the Non-Dual Absolute Consciousness is That that is not one thing nor the other “different from them all am I” because the Absolute is the Singularity that is the witness and support for all the apparent diversity of creation.

“the Pure Consciousness,  the Eternal Good”

Being pure Consciousness of Absolute Knowledge Alone there is not that duality of another to deny the one intention.  The meaning is that the “Eternal Good” is all that Exists.  It is “good” because all must conform correctly to Absolute Knowledge because there is no other form of Existence.

“the Sovereign Will”

This statement confirms the fact of “eternal good” because here “Will” is formed of that very same Absolute Knowledge and there is none higher,  none lower and none other.

The three abodes (conscious states) themselves and all that arises within them are the creation of desire and therefore unreal,  this has been explained.
The meaning here is that you Alone really exist,  because you are the Solitary witnessing Consciousness of these experiences.
Realising the Absolute as “I” all else can be allowed to fall away.  All that You Alone really are,  is the Absolute Alone.  Whatever else comes to mind can be let go of as unreal,  “that” that lets go can be surrendered because this verse tells us that your true being is pure Consciousness,  purely the witness.  By letting go of all concern for doing,  that eternal purity of Consciousness Alone remains.

Ohm   peace,   peace,   peace.

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