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Name: Sovereign Self
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Author: Acharya Shunya

Acharya Shunya

Claim Your Inner Joy and Freedom with the Empowering Wisdom of the Vedas, Upanishads, and Bhagavad Gita

4.8 (365 Bewertungen)

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What’s in it for me? A new look at an ancient recipe for authentic living

Thousands of years ago, in ancient India, sages recorded the wisdom that had been revealed to them. The result was the Vedas – a timeless meditation on the big questions of existence, such as “Who am I really?” and “Why aren’t I happier?”

These blinks draw on Acharya Shunya’s guide to the wisdom of these classic texts, providing answers that remain every bit as relevant in today’s world as they were in ancient India.

According to these texts, achieving happiness and avoiding suffering requires that we accept who we really are. How? That’s just what we’ll be exploring in these blinks.

You’ll also learn

why so many of our ideas of happiness are mirages;
how to tell healthy desires from unhealthy ones; and
why praising people you usually criticize gives you peace of mind.

Wisdom begins with knowledge of the self.

The Vedas are a set of religious texts which originated in ancient India. Although they’re revered by Hindus, they predate Hinduism. They also play a major role in other religious traditions in the Indian subcontinent, such as Jainism and Buddhism.

Divided into four books called the Rig-Veda, Sama-Veda, Yajur-Veda, and Atharva-Veda, they address age-old questions about the nature of existence, suffering, fulfillment, and the afterlife.

The answers to these questions are said to be without a human author. Instead, this transcendental wisdom was revealed over the ages to male and female sages known as rishis and rishikas.

At the heart of this wisdom is an extended meditation on the nature of the self, which the Vedas regard as the key to spiritual freedom.

The key message here is: Wisdom begins with knowledge of the self.

The word Veda means knowledge in Sanskrit. And, broadly speaking, the Vedas are interested in two different kinds of knowledge.

The first is known as dharma, or ethics – knowledge of how to behave justly. The second is knowledge of the true self, which the Vedas call atman.

Atman is what connects you to the infinite – the reality of existence, because as the Vedas put it, the self of the individual and the self of the universe are identical. To discover atman, which is a source of complete wisdom and joy, is to live in harmony with this ultimate reality.

Atman is always there, waiting to be discovered, even when your mind is clouded or your happiness seems blocked. Awakening to this true self isn’t a journey outward toward something new – it’s a journey inward toward something that’s always been there. Put differently, discovering the self is about remembering who you already are.

The reason it’s hard to see this is simple: humans spend too much time worrying about the external, material world of people and objects rather than looking inward. That external world, however, is a distraction. As a sage puts it in a famous passage, “the self alone is worthy of seeing, hearing, contemplating, and realizing, because the self alone is the supreme truth.”

The rewards of this spiritual quest are great. When you rediscover and reclaim your forgotten self, you are freed from the desires that keep you trapped in a cycle of suffering. And to exit this state of frenzied and unfulfilled being is to discover a deep sense of purpose, belonging, and well-being.

You find joy when you stop looking for it outside of yourself.

The Vedas tell a story about a king who built a palace of mirrors. At its center, in a courtyard, he placed a rare and beautiful rose which was reflected in hundreds of different mirrors.

One day, the king released a pigeon in his palace. Enchanted by the rose, it spent weeks trying to find the flower. But each attempt failed. The pigeon banged its beak on mirror after mirror. Eventually, it grew sorrowful. It’s efforts had been in vain. The rose was nothing but a mirage.

Suffering is a choice.

There are two levels of existence. The first is the world you share with other people and objects. This is called jagat. It’s neither good nor bad – it doesn’t cause joy or misery. It simply is.

Yet joy and misery exist nonetheless; so does suffering. So where do they come from, if not the world itself? Simply put, you create them.

Cultivate healthy desires and you’ll be much happier.

What’s the connection between the mind and suffering? The Vedas’ answer is that it’s in the mind that we experience desire, which is the root of unhappiness.

Desires are unconscious drives. When they rise to the surface of the conscious mind, they take the form of cravings.

Discovering your true self will help you build better relationships.

Union is a powerful idea. From the notion of a union with God to the union of partners in marriage and the search for soulmates, it’s an aspiration that resonates in both secular and religious contexts.

How, though, should we think about union in light of what we’ve been discussing so far – the discovery of the self? Isn’t there a contradiction here? Doesn’t union dissolve the self into something greater?

Meditation is the best way of getting in touch with your true self.

Finding your true self, as we’ve seen, is all about calming your restless mind and halting the cycle of thoughts and desires. The oldest technique for achieving this state of mind is meditation.

Broadly speaking, there are two different schools of thought when it comes to meditation. One, which is practiced by spiritual adepts, aims to completely silence all waves of thought.

Meditation isn’t the only way of changing your thoughts for the better.

Like a tortoise withdrawing its head into its shell, you withdraw your attention from the world when you meditate. This is a great way of calming your mind and changing the nature of your thoughts.

Chances are, that’s not something you’ll be able to do all day long, though – you’ve got bills to pay, kids to feed, and chores to take care of, after all.

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Sovereign Self (2020) explores the Vedas. Revealed over 5,000 years ago, these texts are a cornerstone of Hinduism, Buddhism, and countless other religious traditions in the Indian subcontinent. Packed with spiritual insights, the Vedas revolve around a single central question: How to live in accordance with the true nature of reality? As you’ll discover in these blinks, the answer begins by discovering your own, true self.

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Über den Autor

Acharya Shunya is an award-winning spiritual teacher, the president of the Awakened Self Foundation, and the founder of the philanthropic nonprofit Vedika Global. Shunya is the first female lineage holder in a 2,000-year-old line of Indian Vedic teachers. Her previous books include Ayurveda Lifestyle Wisdom.

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