Mysticism of identity

Who am I? Why am I here? Where do I come from? These three questions help us form our basic sense of Identity and purpose. A person having never asked these questions has not yet begun his spiritual awakening, for these questions are the dawn of true self-awareness.

 Asking these questions is called Sva-dhyaya or self-study and is usually accomplished by the process of eliminating all which cannot hold up against the deepest scrutiny until only that which is absolute and self-evident remains as the truth. It is not a process of adding, but a process of subtracting, to distil and find the essence.
The mystic traditions encourage us to look deeply within and ask these questions until there is no longer any doubt or question remaining. To look past the obvious, and pre-conceived notions of adopted and engrained identity, to find the truth of our being as pure consciousness without conceptualization.
Krsna tells us in the great text, The Bhagavad Gita, that when one realizes the Self, he becomes jolly and no longer accepts or rejects the happiness and distress of the body/mind. He instructs Arjuna to understand that he, Krsna, is the supreme Self and if he performs his work according to his direction, he will not be disturbed or implicated in his actions.

In contrast to modern thinking which seeks to encourage us to identify with our nations, genders, races, political views, ancestry, etc a system which actually perpetuates suffering, intolerance, and ignorance of the Spiritual axiom that all living creatures are equal and part and parcel of the supreme godhead. None of the above-mentioned distinctions need be negated but seen only as secondary to the primary spiritual platform.
We are in the Human drama of life, and that is the game we are playing, but we should do so with an underlying enlightened view, so as to play this game more effectively and positively. We play this game for love.

In the Bhagavata Purana, the four celestial sages inquire from the great being Brahma about the self, and he is not able to answer, at that time, the great Avatar of Vishnu came in the form of the swan and narrated to them truths relating to the self and the process of awakening. His name is Hamsa. That name, Hamsa is also known as Ajapa Gayatri, the sound of your breath. Sa is Sakti as you breathe in and ham is purusa as you breath out. The fact that the Lord took this form and this name to tell them who the self is, is a rather comical revelation of truth. The generally translated form of the word hamsa is the swan, but also, I am that. That is the great mantra of the Self.

In order for the new generation to make any progress in the world towards a positive future, we must be done with the dualistic vision of materialism and awaken to our spiritual birthright, from that place all knowledge and success are guaranteed by the Supreme Personality of Godhead himself, Sri Krsna.

Learn the truth of who you really are, trust me, you will not regret it. Ride the swan of your breath until you reach the heart of truth.

Jai Nitai