Ignorance is taking the mind-body composite as ourselves
by Atman Nityananda
The whole problem (misery and suffering) arises from the fact that the mind identified with the body thinks it is the Self.
The Self and our true identity is pure Consciousness. However, due to the qualities rajas and tamas and the ego (which is essentially desire) we do not recognize and realize that what we are is Consciousness, and the mind, endowed with the Light of Consciousness reflected in it, identifies itself with the body and thinks that it itself together with the body is the Self or Being.
Therefore, we as mind, believe that we are this mind-body entity. So when we say I or myself we refer to this body-mind unit which is actually a process and not an entity or a being. Being is just Consciousness itself.
The whole process that we call spiritual life and practice has as its main objective, to get rid of the illusion that we are the mind-body self and realize that Consciousness is what we really Are.
Since the factor that causes this illusion and identification with the mind and body is the ego, liberation and Self-realization are achieved with the complete dissolution of the ego.
Since, the factor that causes this illusion and identification with the mind and body is the ego, liberation and Self-realization are achieved with the complete dissolution of the ego.
🌺 Peace, Love, Harmony
atmannityanada 