saying what is the importance of atman
you see this is a follow-through in a way the question because i mentioned the word spirit
underpinning this reality and of course people say mr lakhani okay good is a personality comes
with a lot of baggage and unanswered questions we understand but you keep talking about god is
a principle atman brown what the heck is this this is important for us to address many hindus
struggle with the words atman brahman in fact if you ask your adults your parents what is ahmed
brahman they have no clue is it because it is so airy fairy no to the contrary it is so subtle
that even your intellect has difficulty in grasping it but mr this is not good enough
we need something to grasp you know you can't just say it you know it's difficult to you
know explain or difficult to articulate give me some handle on what is this atman and brahman
the idea is this they said underpinning this reality a principle in the nearest words the
hindus have devised to try and get a handle on this underpinning to reality called brahman
and expressing itself the universe we call it brahman expressing itself through individuals
we call it atman it's just basically saying the same thing manifesting the creation brahman the
same thing manifesting through our eyes we call atman so there's a link but they're saying what
the heck is this give me some handle on it and this is a serious issue and the three handles the
hindustan device to try and kind of conceptualize the idea of athman brahmana are following
they come from adi shankara and these are the words he uses asti is of the nature of asti is of
the nature of existence you know like you say okay what exists what does god exist they say no no it
is of the nature of existence whatever exists in itself is underpinning to reality existence itself
so asti then the second word they use party it's of the nature of consciousness so it's
not conscious that peeps out of your little eyes when you wake up or you become born or something
conscious is the underpinning to this reality it finds expression in living things you know looking
out through the living things as the as they feel like it's the witness to the whole of this
creation so bhati is consciousness so asti party in the third one is also very sweet it says priya
priyanes is of nature of bless not happiness place
happiness and unhappiness go together but bliss is something dramatically different not pleasure and
pain so the idea of the the brahman that we are talking about or the atman we are talking about
is the nature of existence asti or the nature of body consciousness and of the nature of bliss now
it's not what we search for in life pleasure and pain no this is something higher it takes you away
from pressure and pain rises above pleasure and pain is called bliss now you say mr lakhani okay
you've got three words you've thrown in my face but still what the heck is this the answer is this
this is the beauty of this tradition it says the only way you can ascertain what is this athman
or brahman you heard about it sounds okay nice linguistic ploy existence bliss and you know
consciousness but what the heck is it how can i be sure about it you must ask questions like this
your tradition says don't believe in it unless you experience it for yourself
oh yes this is your insistence of your tradition saying existence this idea of underpinning is
really existing but i can't how do i you actually can experience it my friend i'm telling you
when you're successful in meditation or successful in becoming a spiritually enlightened person
you are able to touch base with this thing called and then all three separate things they merge into
one the same thing that gives me existence gives me tremendous bliss you know we how like that
and it makes me more conscious more aware of the reality than million-fold more than i can see
you now so existence knowledge and this existence and bliss and these are not just very fairy words
once you touch it you know how dynamic they are they'll change your life forever and unless you
experience it you have to simply say i've heard about it sounds nice i cannot be sure unless i
experience it for myself have that kind of courage to go and explore this further this is the beauty
if you like of this tradition it forces you to experience spirituality not just believe and die
you