The Reality of Self

De: Soham Swami

Narrado por: Virtual Voice

When enlightenment is the goal of the reader, this is the appropriate book. For spiritual awakening, self discovery and finding inner peace it is essential to understand your reality.
Who am I? From where have I come, and where will I go? What is consciousness that continuously generates the awareness – “I exist”. Is it a feature of my body? Will I perish with the death of my body? Or am I the mind? If I am the mind, how do I exist when my mind disappears in a swoon or deep sleep? What is my mind? How is it born, and how will it perish? Or am I the soul? What is the soul? Is there a single soul or a unique independent soul in each entity? How will I know who I am? What is my reality? – If these questions bother you, this book is just right for you. In the concluding chapter of Soham Samhita, the Advaitin monk Soham Swami answers all these questions and more. He guides the desperate seeker of the knowledge of the Reality of Self or Atmatattva on the transcendental path that leads to the ultimate truth.

"Now, therefore, the inquiry into Self" - with this statement, Soham Swami begins his great guide to discover the reality of consciousness. Not every person is capable of uncovering the truth of the conscious self.

• At first, the guru identifies the ideal candidate.
• Thereafter, he explains why such a person desperately seeks the truth.
• Subsequently, he guides the seeker of truth on the path of Yoga that permanently liberates a person from ignorance.

By reading this book, you understand

• Myths of God and religious duties
• Who can overcome all attachments and aversions of life
• Why stoicism is human nature
• How stoicism arises: desire → attachment to worldly life →discriminating between real and unreal → stoicism
• Who is the guru of the seeker of truth
• Order of reaching the supreme goal - listening to instructions →contemplating on it → repeatedly meditating on the truth
• Who is ignorant and who knows the reality of the self
• Causes of suffering - is the worldly life blissful or sorrowful
• The difference between the self and non-self
• Fact about the Soul - whether it is one or there are multiple souls
• What are the mind and the non-self world - how are they generated
• Different stages of Yoga
• Course of Samadhi
• Obstacles to Samadhi
• Signs of the emancipated - who or what is liberated