"Atman"

 The most important teachings of the great Sage Vasishtha to Sri Ramachandra are about Adoration of the Atman and the Realsization of the Self. It is very important to know about the Self, the Atman. But there is no way or means to know about the Atman since the Atman is everything- the observer, the observed, and the means of observation. However, the great Sage Vasishtha imparts the 'Knowledge of Atman' to Sri Ramachandra. First Atman is Brahman only. 

 What is Brahman? There is no answer to this question. Brahman is sada as well as asada. It is, and It is Not! It is a puzzle. Brahman is Absilute Abstract and totally Silent, shaanta, atyantaabhava. It is a state of the Absolute, Existence - Non-existence, both in one. Out of Non-Existence, Existence of the many and varied (Objective World) manifests. First, there is atyanta abhva which manifests as Absilute Silence, quivering and sending vibration, waves, sound, alpha and beta, alphabets, words, the meaning of words leading to the objects and finally the manifest world of vyakti, vishaya and vastu prapancha. All these have the Atman as the core (of the substance).

  Now, the answer to the question about what is Atman is very simple. It is the core of the substance. It is the centre of the Universe, as also, its periphery since it expands to cover everything. It is the observer. It is pure Consciousness. It emanates as chit from sat. It is the manifest aspect of Brahman. It is the Atman. It is the Fire, Agni. It pervades, enter, engulf and manifest as chiti, chaitya, chetasa, chaitanya and everything that is capable of manifesting! It is Total Consciousness, indivisible, unchanging, eternal, unborn, omnipresent and it is the mainstay, the essence of the Existential Reality. We are what we are due to this inborn intricate energy! It is thus, clear that the entire universe that we perceive is nothing but the vibration, waves and bubbles of the Ocean of Consciousness! "Prajnyanan Brahmaa"!

   The simplest way of realizing the Atman, the Brahmn, is to discard the polltants that cover the pure Atman in different forms of names and functions. Discard the sensuus world as the mischief of the polluted Mind. Discard the polluted body as adjuncts of the Mind, Intellect and the Ego. Think this body as the product of soil, water and food and a perishable object! Think "I am not the body, mind, and the Intellect" Think "I am the eternal unborn immortal Self, the Atman."  Realize "I Am Brahman". This is Attainment.