The Inner World

    Unlike the external world limited by time, space, and causality, the 'inner world' is 'limitless', vast and expansive. It reaches as far as brahmn. It, the brahmn, has no name (naama)and form (roopa), attributes (guna) and, as such,,cannot be known or understood by us. Moreover, 'IT' or 'THAT' (tat)  is not something to be understood or known; it cannot  be known by mind (manas) or understood by Intellect (buddhi).Thoughts cannot reach there and words cannot express it! Thus, what is it we are searching? What is it we want to attain? Exactly, what we want to reach, attain, or merge our self in is 'That' (tat), eternal, immortal, unborn brahmn! Since we have emanated from that unborn, immortal, eternal 'sat' and acquired  'this' physical elemental body and suffer hunger, thirst of all sorts, diseases, old age and, ultimately die unconsciously, we want liberation, mukti, moksha from the repeated births (embodiment) and deaths. However, it is not impossible to revert from the physical, elemental state to the spiritual state. This return journey to the original noumenal, non elemental state- the state of pure consciousness, chit, is the inward journey towards the spiritual world. 

   This inward journey is a tedious one and there is no well-laid path, and nobody knows where it leads to! Those who have traveled in this pathless way have never returned to tell us anything about it. Moreover, it requires guts, dhruti, steadfastness to take this path of satnyas after relinquishing everything, samnyas. A Guru only can guide us in this journey. It is assured, ultimately one will attain supreme bliss, unending happiness, supreme joy without any external dependence (upadhi)! All the learned ones, yogis aspire for this eternal happiness, bliss that is self-supporting, nirupadhika.
   Surdas was born blind and was blessed with an innr vision of the Lord. His family neglected and friends cheated him. He took shelter in a dilapidated deserted temple and lived happily singing about the Lord. He refused to leave the place even when offered a place in the Red Fort near the palace with a beautiful temple for his Lord. He simply said, he know not the King or the Emperor or the Palace. This sort of stories abound out scriptures.We do not learn anything from these.
    What is the secret  of this creation? What do we want? Why are we here? What is it we are doing here? Is it enough if we earn a livelihood, amass wealth? Should we go on, and on, like this- suffering ill health, diseases, old age and death or simply rejoice in a sensuous world engaged in the routine breakfast, lunch, snacks, and dinner followed by entertainment and sleep? What is the ultimate truth? How many of us ever think of this?