Philosophy · Part two
Self-realization
Who am I, where does everything come from, what binds a person and what sets a person free. Eleven questions, each answered in the words of Shrii Shrii Ánandamúrti.
On each page the marked passages are the words of Shrii Shrii Ánandamúrti, from the books. The lines between them are ours and only lead from one passage to the next.
The topics
- 01Who am I?Not the body, and not the feeling of “I”. Behind both stands the one who witnesses them.Read
- 02The layers of the mindFive layers, from crude to subtle, wrapped one inside another like the petals of a plantain flower.Read
- 03Brahmacakra: the cycle of creationEverything comes out of Consciousness, goes as far from it as matter, and turns back.Read
- 04Dharma: the nature of a human beingDharma is not a religion. It is the nature of a thing, as burning is the nature of fire.Read
- 05Action and reactionWhat people call fate is the return of their own actions. No one else keeps the account.Read
- 06Life, death and what carries overLife is a mind and a body in step with each other. Death is their parting. What is unfinished goes on.Read
- 07Bondage and liberationSix enemies within, eight fetters around: this is what binds. And freedom has two meanings.Read
- 08Sádhaná and TantraSádhaná is the effort to get free. It is everyone’s duty, and its practical science is called Tantra.Read
- 09The GuruGuru means the one who dispels darkness. In the full sense of the word there is only one.Read
- 10Knowledge, action and devotionKnowing and doing are roads. Devotion is where the roads arrive.Read
- 11Body and mind: glands and propensitiesThe mind speaks through fifty propensities, and the propensities answer to the glands of the body.Read