Assimilating the spiritual vision of reality

When we say the mind, we refer to the thinking person I.

We do not refer to just some organ called brain in our head, physically located. Why? Since the thinking person is the entire human being. Without brain of course he cant think, but if his organs arent working , his thinking is affected. Even an unhealthy person, cant think well. So in general instead of saying mind, let me say the thinking person, oneself.

This thinking person, faces a problem of ignorance. This much has been established for any vedantin, that the problem of ignorance plagues the thinking person. So upanishads offer knowledge, a gift to the thinking person, a gift which makes him see his own beauty based on this knowledge. The thinking person can use the words of the upanishad, well understood as a means to dwell one ones own beauty, ones own wholeness, purnatvam.

This wholeness is not limited, wholeness by definition is not limited. In fact wholeness is ishvara.

Thus the words of the shastra, are a means for the thinking person to appreciate wholeness in every thought, since wholeness alone pervades all thoughts. 

So the thinking person, becomes an appreciate person, appreciative of oneself, and of the entire ishvaras manifestations, of all the names and forms and glories of ishvara. Sad darshana ( knowledge of truth) in the form of prayagatma ( oneself atman, chit, or I) empowers the person, to appreaciate jagadishvara, the parameshwara, in every thought and action.

Earlier if you thought of a tree, it would be just a tree, either useful or not useful to you, since the person is plagued with ignorance and seeking joy through material means, through karma.

Now if you think of a tree, you can appreciate tree, for what it is, to be ishvara. 

The reality we live in is a spiritual reality. Our thoughts are spiritual, and thoughts lead to actions, so our actions are also spiritual.

This is the vision of our gurus which he seeks to transfer to us and for that we must prepare ourself as well as dedicate ourself through:

1. Chitta shuddhi through svadharma anushtana ( purify self through right actions)

2. Exposure to shastra ( listening to shastra)

3. Shastra vichara ( dwelling on shastra )

These three help us to understand we live in a spiritual reality, and be accomplished in the true sense in life.

har hara parvati pataye,

hara hara mahadeva.