Query:
Is Brahma Jnana and Atma Jnana the same thing or experience? Is
Nirvikalpa
samadhi the only means for either of these experiences?
Vijay Kumar:
Brahma
jnana and atma jnana for all practical purposes mean the same thing. Knowing the
essence of a grain of sand... it is not difficult to decipher what the mound is
made of! If a grain of sand is single soul atman... the whole mound Brahma himself
(the creative attribute of God). The knower of self finally realizes the identity
of God Almighty... the nature of our real self!
Realizing
self... indulgence in atma jnana is what life is all about! Right from the first
manifestation as an amoeba (single cell formation)... the first manifestation
in the cosmic life cycle to the last... the 8.4 millionth manifestation... the
goal of life (for our soul atman within) always remains regaining its prime pristine
original form!
It
is our soul atman that has manifested the body and not vice versa. It is not within
the capability of the body to manifest a soul atman. Every soul atman manifests
body after another to work out its karma... remove the impurities dross within!
Similar as metal within an ore cannot separate itself on its own and requires
external mining machinery... processes for the same; our soul atman also requires
a body to work out its karma... remove the dross within!
Reaching
the last leg of cosmic life... the 8.4 millionth manifestation is the ultimate
goal of life... body to body... manifestation after manifestation! Sooner human
beings reach the stage of enlightenment (kaivalya jnana) and finally salvation
(moksha)... all is over for the soul atman within. One has finally reached the
Mount Everest of spiritual pursuit... attained Brahma jnana... also termed atma
jnana!
Knowing
Brahma... the identity of God Almighty is the crux of life for every human being.
The moment one comes in communion with God on a permanent basis... the spiritual
quest ends! Nowhere further to go... the liberated soul atman finally finds a
seat in the abode of God... the kingdom of God (aka Baikuntha in Hinduism).
One
becomes enlightened the moment we gain atma jnana (aka Brahma jnana)! Mahavira,
Gautama Buddha, Jesus Christ and prophet Mohammed... all attained... rather reached
the level of Brahma jnani... atman jnani in their lifetime! In whatever phase
of life any human being be... one can always cut through to the 8.4 millionth
manifestation... the last in the cosmic life cycle!
Nirvikalpa
Samadhi is not the path... it is an end in itself! The moment one gains Brahma
jnana... atma jnana one finally reaches the stage of Nirvikalpa Samadhi when one
can have a communion with God on one-to-one basis and that too permanently! Reaching
the stage of Nirvikalpa Samadhi is the goal of every sage and saint. Nirvikalpa
Samadhi is the stage when one reaches the stage of nothingness permanently.
And what does
nothingness mean? Every human being every moment of life invokes thousands of
thoughts mostly involuntarily! Unless we stop the flow of these involuntary thoughts...
we would not scale higher levels on the spiritual path! Gaining control of the
five senses and the mind is the foremost requirement to reach the stage of Nirvikalpa
Samadhi.
Establishing
complete control over the five senses and the mind is the most difficult task
for one in a Grihastha ashram (family life). No sooner the flow of incessant thoughts
to our brain almost stops... we reach the stage of Nirvikalpa Samadhi... the stage
of thoughtlessness... nothingness... when nothing remains except the purified
soul atman and God Almighty!
Brahma
jnana... atma jnana can be achieved following the path prescribed in the Sacred
Bhagavad Gita... the doctrine given to mankind by Lord Krishna in Mahabharata!
The moment complete dross within the soul atman removes... one realizes true inner
self... the assessment that it is not the human being but the soul atman within
that is on its cosmic journey dawns upon one!
Realizing
our true nature... our real self is the goal of every human life... every living
form! The human stage is the last leg in the cosmic life cycle. It is only in
the human form one finally reaches the stage of enlightenment and finally salvation.
The journey for the soul atman in the human form is the noblest experience for
it knows... Only as a human being shall it reach the end of cosmic life!
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Bhagavad Gita related links...
May
God bless all!
Always
there to clarify your queries (send
your query),
Vijay
Kumar "Atma
Jnani"
Vijay Kumar... The Man who Realized God in 1993 on Brahma Jnana.
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Full text of query:
IIs Brahman Jnan and Atman Jnan the same thing or experience? And is Nirvikalpa
samadhi the only means for either of these experiences??
