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      As the disciple meditated more and more on the bowl of water, the mysteries of the water began to reveal to him. He began to see what in Sanskrit is called apa, the water element, not only the chemical composition but the inner realm of the water deva or angel, called Varuna. It went on and on until he was lost in that water element and he could not fathom the end—it was endless. He came back to his Guruji after many months and communicated the mysteries revealed to him, which were staggering. His Guruji said, “If this one element is so endless, just imagine what Brahman would be.” Still the disciple asked, “But where is Brahman?” “Go and meditate again on what is beyond this Varuna.” Water is one among five elements that make up the creation according to Vedic science: earth, fire, water, air and akash or space. The disciple continued to meditate and eventually reached the element of air, and from air he reached fire and beyond until, all of a sudden, his consciousness burst into akash—space. A trace of his ego was still there, so the disciple went to his Guruji and asked, “Why am I not realizing the Light?” His Guru said, “Because you want to see Light. You are blocking your own Realization. You have to merge yourself.” His Guruji told him, “Thou art That” and he went and meditated, and lost himself in the Light.
      Ultimately Enlightenment is when you are not there. All thoughts and desires are gone. Ego is gone. It is complete simplicity and purity, utterly sublime. An example is binoculars: one end is so near to us—that Light—and the other end looks so far. Does it take ages? If that is the way you think, you create ages in order to achieve it. But it is so near, so one with you. You are That already. That is the climax of Vedanta. And then the disciple did not come to his Guruji to ask any more questions. They were one—who will ask whom?

      When you become Enlightened, you will smile benignly at yourself—“Boy, this was always there! I knew it all these years and decades and lives. Why couldn’t I have seen it the very first moment?” And you will easily see how you were blocking your own Enlightenment, nobody else. The simple truth is: you are already That. What you need is realization of it. You don’t have to do anything; you already have it within you. It is so easy. You simply need faith that you have it. Enlightenment is with you already.  

  1. He is speaking of the board game from India, also played in Britain, called Snakes and Ladders, known in America as Chutes and Ladders. The original game from ancient India, called Gyan Chaupad, was played to teach moral and spiritual knowledge as revealed in the Vedic scriptures. This game has been reintroduced in recent decades as Leela: The Yoga of Snakes and Arrows by Harish Johari. —Ed.
  2. The Mahabharata war, according to Indian history, was the greatest war in the ancient world. As described in the epic Mahabharata, it took place around 3000 BCE.
  3. The invincible weapon used by Vishnu and His Avatar as Krishna, the sudarshan chakra is described as a radiant spinning disc with a razor-sharp edge.
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