" The world exists only as long as the Soul experiences bondage; when the Soul realizes itself as Reality the world vanishes—for it never was. And the Soul experiences itself as being Infinite and Eternal.* meher baba
when ego dissolves in the Self, the body and this world (illusion) both disappear. That is called liberation." baba hari dass
swami krishananda "the whole world will disappear"
Visitor: What will we feel toward other people at the time of liberation?
Swamiji: There are no other people at that time. They do not exist. You will merge into That. You will not see them also, at that time. They will not be visible to your eyes because just as you don't see dream objects in waking, this also will vanish there. The whole world will disappear.
Visitor: For a person who has attained it...
Swamiji: Attained what?
Visitor: Attained salvation.
Swamiji: Then he will not see the world at that time. The world will not be visible at all, just as you cannot see the dream objects when you are in waking.
Visitor: So, the moment you are liberated...
Swamiji: It is finished. You will behold only Universal Existence. You will not see people at that time, just as you do not see dream people. In dream you saw some people. Where are they, just now? You do not bother about them. They don't exist at all. This will happen to this world also, at that time. It will vanish like dream objects. They will merge into the Universal Mind. The question itself will not arise.
ramana maharshi was asked: : When will the realization of the Self be gained?
Sri Ramana Maharshi answered: When the world which is what-is-seen has been removed, there will be realization of the Self which is the seer
Question: Will there not be realization of the Self even while the world is there?
Sri Ramana Maharshi: There will not be..
These men do not know the truth of the transcendental state beyond time, in which the world has not yet come into being. Non duality has neither beginning nor an end. Duality within space and time is unreal always..from ramana maharshi paravidyaopanishad verse 534
[Shankara:] Absolute separation from the body is liberation, and when there is no body there can be no organs, for they will have no support . Hence too there will be no knowledge, there being no body and organs. If knowledge could arise even in the absence of the body and organs, there would be no necessity for any one to possess them. Moreover (if Brahman as Knowledge Absolute cognises the bliss in liberation), it will contradict the oneness of Brahman.
When the functions of the mind, the thoughts, have merged in the Paramatman, the Brahman, the Absolute, then this phenomenal world is not perceived. - swami chinmayananda
"Sweep away thoughts!" means one must do zazen.
Once thoughts are quieted, the Original Face appears.
Thoughts can be compared to clouds.
When clouds vanish, the moon appears.
The moon of suchness is the Original Face.
Thoughts are also like the fogging of a mirror.
When you wipe away all condensation, a mirror reflects clearly.
Quiet your thoughts and behold your Original Face before you were born!
— Daito
Cease practice based
On intellectual understanding,
Pursuing words and
Following after speech.
Learn the backward
Step that turns
Your light inward
To illuminate within.
Body and mind of themselves
Will drop away
And your original face will be manifest.
— Dogen
You cannot describe it or draw it,
You cannot praise it enough or perceive it.
No place can be found in which
To put the Original Face;
It will not disappear even
When the universe is destroyed.
— Momon
become a Jivanmukta
by Swami Sivananda
Not through matted locks, not through fiery lectures and erudition, not through the exhibition of miracles does one attain perfection of Knowledge of the Self. He in whom the two currents of Raga-Dvesha, egoism, lust and anger are destroyed in toto is ever happy and he is a Brahmin or liberated Sage or Jivanmukta.
If the Vasanas and attachment to the objects of the world vanish entirely and if you are in that immovable state, you have become a Jivanmukta. You will abide in your own Self. You will rest in the non-dual supreme seat. The Jnana vision will arise in you. The light of wisdom will shine unobscured like the sun in the absence of clouds. You will never be attracted to any worldly object. You will be absolutely free from delusion and sorrow. You will actually feel that the Self alone pervades and permeates everywhere in this world. You will shine with Brahmic effulgence. You will possess equal vision and a balanced mind. You will be free from longing for sensual objects because the mind will always be made cool with Brahmic bliss. You will be bathed in the cool ambrosial nectar that dribbles from a contented and quiescent mind.
Try to enjoy the sleepless sleep wherein all the senses and the mind remain in a state of quietude and the intellect ceases functioning. This sleepless sleep is Maha Nidra or super-conscious state. It is perfect awareness wherein the individual soul has merged itself into the Supreme Soul. There is no waking from this sleep. This show of names and forms has eventually vanished.
" Whether in dream or in waking,
if one turns aside from the world and tries to see him that sees
that world, the world and its seer would vanish together, and
the Self alone would remain." who
1. When time is proved to be non-existent, one third of the world disappears. And the other two thirds also disappear when space and causality are similarly proved to be non-existent"
2. Whenever objects of Awareness disappear, pure Awareness shines by itself, as pure Consciousness.
3. HOW TO VIEW ‘I AM ALL’?
The all should merge in the ‘I’ and disappear, leaving the ‘I’ absolute. But if you begin to expand the ‘I’ into the ‘all’, you go wrong and still remain as the object. The objectivity must disappear completely.
sri atmananada
"The world is but a show, glittering and empty. It is, and yet is not. It is there as long as I want to see it and take part in it. When I cease caring, it dissolves. It has no cause and serves no purpose. It just happens when we are absent-minded. It appears exactly as it looks, but there is no depth in it, nor meaning. Only the onlooker is real. Call him Self or Atma. To the Self the world is but a colourful show, which he enjoys as long as it lasts and forgets when it is over. Whatever happens on the stage makes him shudder in terror or roll with laughter, yet all the time he is aware that it is but a show. Without desire or fear he enjoys it, as it happens." sri nisargadatta
a course in miracles - Perception is not an attribute of God. His is the realm of knowledge....In God you cannot see. Perception has no function in God, and does not exist
beyond the body/mind space/time causation complexs is the eteranl abode of the Supreme Self..there is no waking, no dreaming and no deep sleeping, there are no physical, astral nor causal planes..there is just You as That Energy..unborn, never changing awareness.consciousness, self-effulgent genderless colorless clear light and a peace that the mind cant fathom..it is omnipotent, omnipresent and omniscient It is..ajata/rigpa/turiya/kaivalya--the beyond the beyond..chitra
In reality there's no mind. That's how the picture appears. The mind projects the whole universe. So if you get rid of the mind, there's no universe. We have to kill the mind. And the whole universe is annihilated, because it's the mind that projects the universe, and tells us all these stories. Think, for a moment, of all the problems that you believe you have. Think of what's bothering you. You can tell me your story for four hours. This is wrong and that's wrong. It's all a projection of the mind. So by getting rid of the mind, everything stops, and beauty, and joy and bliss ensue. But you're covering the beauty, and joy and bliss when you worry, when you fear, when you think something is wrong someplace. robert adams