-
YouTube link
-
One of my friends whose name is Hari Krishnan had shared me this video today morning. Like me, he was interested
- in searching for the truth, or maybe we could say as a spiritual wellness. I told him that I had his final talks
- edited by David Godman as a book. He had come to notice this video interview on YouTube and he shared it with me.
- No doubts, I was delighted and thanked him.
-
So, I just watched the whole video. What Annamalai Swami talks in this video is very simple. But maybe I could
- say, my mother tongue being Tamil could be a reason for this.
-
What the interviewer and the interpreter could try to ask makes much more sense to me, they were trying to see
- and perceive what made a Jnani like Annamalai Swami could delve into the self and how did they continue to stay
- there in that state their whole life.
-
Interviewer seems to be an American trying to perceive that how could we live such a life say for example living
- in New York or Los Angeles. Where people constantly looking for the other way which is an illusion. By which I
- mean, the materialistic life in this samsara.
-
I was taught in an English medium school. And I came to be in touch with many people from western countries for
- the last 10 years by being in ashrams and traveling around. I particularly or firmly established myself in their
- way of thinking to achieve something which was - I need recognition from this world. That said, I don't want to
- say this is the fault of the westerners. This is of myself. Maybe I could say I was thinking I'm the mind and I'm
- the body as Annamalai Swami puts constantly in this video.
-
Annamalai Swami asks, when you are in a deep sleep, do you know who you are? Then the conversation goes like
- this, we don’t - So, we are not the mind and we are not the body. Who else then? The Self which is known as Atman
- is a revered word in this philosophy. I cannot say it clearly because the irony is that – I'm like that
- interviewer who sometimes can feel that but it fades away because of this society that we are living in.
-
One more important question regarding the point I’ve mentioned above which is fading away, Swami says that
- constant inquiry is Jnana which resonates with me deeply.
-
It seems like reading, watching and understanding is all few percentages but the thing is we need to stay there
- and inquire ourselves the question that Swami says.
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+ YouTube link
+
+
+ One of my friends whose name is Hari Krishnan had shared me this video
+ today morning. Like me, he was interested in searching for the truth,
+ or maybe we could say as a spiritual wellness. I told him that I had
+ his final talks edited by David Godman as a book. He had come to
+ notice this video interview on YouTube and he shared it with me. No
+ doubts, I was delighted and thanked him.
+
+
+ So, I just watched the whole video. What Annamalai Swami talks in this
+ video is very simple. But maybe I could say, my mother tongue being
+ Tamil could be a reason for this.
+
+
+ What the interviewer and the interpreter could try to ask makes much
+ more sense to me, they were trying to see and perceive what made a
+ Jnani like Annamalai Swami could delve into the self and how did they
+ continue to stay there in that state their whole life.
+
+
+ Interviewer seems to be an American trying to perceive that how could
+ we live such a life say for example living in New York or Los Angeles.
+ Where people constantly looking for the other way which is an
+ illusion. By which I mean, the materialistic life in this samsara.
+
+
+ I was taught in an English medium school. And I came to be in touch
+ with many people from western countries for the last 10 years by being
+ in ashrams and traveling around. I particularly or firmly established
+ myself in their way of thinking to achieve something which was - I
+ need recognition from this world. That said, I don't want to say this
+ is the fault of the westerners. This is of myself. Maybe I could say I
+ was thinking I'm the mind and I'm the body as Annamalai Swami puts
+ constantly in this video.
+
+
+ Annamalai Swami asks, when you are in a deep sleep, do you know who
+ you are? Then the conversation goes like this, we don’t - So, we are
+ not the mind and we are not the body. Who else then? The Self which is
+ known as Atman is a revered word in this philosophy. I cannot say it
+ clearly because the irony is that – I'm like that interviewer who
+ sometimes can feel that but it fades away because of this society that
+ we are living in.
+
+
+ One more important question regarding the point I’ve mentioned above
+ which is fading away, Swami says that constant inquiry is Jnana which
+ resonates with me deeply.
+
+
+ It seems like reading, watching and understanding is all few
+ percentages but the thing is we need to stay there and inquire
+ ourselves the question that Swami says.
+