Moment to Speak

You are Atman (Self), the imperishable, eternal Witness Consciousness. You are that eternal Witness Consciousness, the changeless and self-luminous Ultimate Reality. You are the unchanging observer of the body-mind complex, its actions, and thoughts. The Jivatma , or the individual self, is identical to Brahman , or the Universal Self. It is beyond attributes and untouched by birth, death, time, space, and causation. You need to be aware of the Ultimate Reality that you are an inseparable essence of Brahman . You need only to arise, awake to the goal of realisation of Self, so says Swami Vivekananda in his clarion call to humanity. He says to arise, awake, and shake off the deep sleep of ignorance, weakness, and self-doubt. the sharp edge of a razor is that path. Swami Vivekananda popularised the assertion of Katha Upanishad (1.3.14): ' Uttishthata Jagrata ' – 'Arise! Awake!' from the slumber of Avidya , or ignorance. Realise that Atman having approached the exalted te...