If you're a true lover, recognize the Beloved in every appearance. Wah! Recognize in every appearance. In every show of vanity, guise and mannerism, realise your beloved Lord! In every show of vanity, guise and mannerism, realise your Beloved! In every beat, melody and rhythm, realise Beloved! In Rome, Hindustan and the whole world, discern who is there? In every show of vanity, guise and mannerism, realise your Beloved! In every show of vanity, guise and mannerism, realise your Beloved! Aha! Recognize! Recognize! This is Swami Ram Tirath's composition. Discern! In every show of vanity, guise and mannerism, realise your Beloved! If you're a true lover, recognize the Beloved in every appearance. If you're a true lover, discern the Beloved in every colour. Discern! Recognize! Recognize! In these words of Swami Ram Tirath, only Amritabindu Upanishad is resonating In any condition, recognize! In every show of vanity, realise! And in every show of guise, realise the Beloved! "Baan" means in different appearances. "Har aan mein" means wherever you see the vanity or pride, recognize who is it? Like the children, play that game Knock-Knock, and they ask "Identify, who am I?" "Guess, who's there?" Is that Mummy? No! Is that Daddy? No! Is that brother? No! Then again the voice comes, "Identify who am I?" Guess who? Guess Who? Who is there? Who is there? At times, the child is aware who is it because together only they decided to play with either mother or brother. Yet, he or she would be guessing this or that. And the game continues, "Guess, who am I?" Guess who am I? So when somebody speaks with great pride, then identify who is the one? And when somebody abuses you in anger, Identify who is the one? When somebody dances gracefully, identify who is the one? And when somebody complains or threatens you, Identify who is the one? And when somebody boasts of his wealth, Identify who is that? When somebody shows tantrums, Guess who is the one? One roaming as a pauper in rags, Identify who is that? Came as a politician, Guess who is it? Came as a Master, recognize who is it? Who is It? You are the only one speaking from here, Nobody else! So, I am the speaker and I am the listener. I am the one who is imparting this knowledge and I am the One knowing. I am the questioner and answerer too. I am the one who is laughing and crying, What's the matter? A miyan from Lucknow said, "What is this going on?" "What's going on?" I am the speaker. I am the doer. What is this going on? They said, 'That's what is going on; Maya is going on'. Everything is the manifest of illusion and behind this illusion is that One— 'The Brahma'. You may call him Brahma, Khuda or Rama! Which energy is functioning behind everything? Just One! But, identify who is that? The one who recognized, is embodiment of Gyana. And the one who didn't recognize...... The one who didn't recognize, is a weeper. He's Mr. Dragger...... is getting dragged by the illusion. So when you wail, scream in rage or fray, it's a clear cut sign that you not only failed to recognize Self but the Master and the Supreme existence too. So, identify who is It? You must play this game. In every show of vanity, guise and mannerism, realise your Beloved! And If you're a true lover, recognize the Beloved in every appearance. And if recognized, with whom you would fight? Whom would you get attached to? Whom would you like to hold onto or leave then? Whom would you give or take from? "Tadasmyaham Vasudeva" - That Vasudev (Pure Consciousness) is me! "Tadasmyaham Vasudeva Iti" That Vasudeva is "I". That Vasudeva is "me". And that Vasudeva has this gracious presence in everything. "Sarvanugrahakatvena" The hedonist (Bhogta), the object of indulgence (Bhogya) and indulgence (Bhog) are that same Consciousness. The giver and the taker are also that same Consciousness. Related and non-related is that One only. Actually, when you tag things mine or yours, related or non-related, you-me— all this is sheer nonsense. Thou is under that, I am under that and this illusion is also under that (The Supreme Consciousness). So, the Ashtavakra Gita says, "whom to hold onto and whom to leave?" Where is the bondage and where is the salvation? I am the Ever-Free. And now after listening about your true nature as eternally liberated, when you write letters, "I can't sleep during the night........" So, who's the foolish one? The true wisdom says, recognize who is it? You realise at least, "who you are?" You realise, you identify, you see for yourself; Who are you! Now in Ramleela, whichever character it is nobody is real, be it Hanuman, Rama, Sita or Ravana. But when they enter the stage, they all play their roles. And when they get off the stage, So, Rama and Ravana are sitting crossing their arms around each other Once, Ramleela was being played in a village. The play got over but the mic remained 'On'. Now, everyone is not equipped with such sophisticated system, the way I can mute from here itself. Mic remained On. One asked, "Where is Sita?" The other replied, "She left with Ravana." During play, they recognize each others with the names of their characters irrespective of their actual names like one is Karuna and is married to the one who is enacting the role of Ravana. So, now Karuna left with her husband Avinash but instead of calling with their actual names, one asked where did Sita go, the other replied, "With Ravana." However in reality there, Sita is not Sita, Ravana is not Ravana, Rama is not Rama, Kumbhakaran is not Kumbhakaran. Neither Ayodhya nor Dashratha nor Lanka. Nothing! They were just the characters, imagination and the play was going on. Goswami Tulsidas Ji beautifully mentions in Ramayana, "Go gochar Jaha lag man Jayi I So sab maya januh bhai II" 'Go' means senses. Whatever is perceived by the senses outside, know it all to be the Maya. And Maya doesn't exist without Rama. In epic Ramayana, instead of denoting Consciousness by 'Brahma', they addressed It as 'Rama'. I met a devotee of Rama who said, "Why do you keep reciting Brahma-Brahma?" Our Lord Sri Rama is even bigger than your Brahma. I said 'Okay!' The people who are engaged in such discrimination have not developed adequate understanding or intellect yet. It's said, recognize That. Swami Ram Tirath is saying it so beautifully, Take a look at least! Who is That? 'Nit room mein' - Room means Rome. The city Rome in Hindi and Urdu, is called Room. 'Nit room mein, aur Hind mein aur Jang mein pehchaan' It's about that time when World War was prevalent. Europe was fighting. Bharat had to fight too. Amidst those wars he is saying,' realise your Beloved!' The two armies are fighting with each other. Now, he's saying, "Realise! who are fighting with each other? Whom should I now stand in favour and against whom?" "Nit room mein, aur Hind mein aur Jang mein pehchan" "Har taal mein aur tarang mein" - in all the beats & music compositions "Har dhang mein pehchaan" - realise the Beloved in every mannerism. What a divine vision? This is what is called a divine vision. This is what the omnipresent vision is. This insight takes away all the differences of Maya and shows one Brahma which is inside, outside and all pervading. There are no two! There are no two entities. So, this is the proclamation of Vedanta! So, how to know whether one is Self-realized or not? When for you, nothing remained other than your Self— then this is your realisation! This is what we call Sarvatma Bhava. It's the highest state of mind and intellect. When all the differences vanished. The three tapas (three types of grief- Adidaivik, Aadibhautik, Adhyatamik) evaporated Such a wisdom dawned upon that all the ignorance got eradicated. The rope is seen, leaving no fear of the snake. The shell is seen and discovered there is no silver, now what to greed for? The snake which is not there, should I be afraid of it? Seen rope and fear of snake went away. Seen the shell, the greed for silver went away. Seen the cut trunk of tree, earlier wrongfully perceived to be a thief so the fear of thief dissipated. Now whom to be fearful of? "tatra ko mohaḥ kaḥ śoka ekatvamanupaśyataḥ ||" The one who has seen oneness everywhere, with whom can that be friendly or animus. "Kis nu Kahiye Nanka, Sab kich aape aap" So my dears! the journey of AmritaBindu Upanishad here comes to rest. "Om! Shanti, Shanti, Shanti. "Hari om Tatsat" "Iti krishna yajurvede amritabindoopanishat samaaptaa" - Thus ends the Amritabindu Upanishad of the Krishna Yajurveda. So here gets the Upanishad completed. But if still there are any doubts left in the mind and intellect, that how this and how is that? Hmmm? So that means more of listening is required. Else, Contemplate upon whatever you have listened to. What is contemplation? I have already explained. Contemplation should transform to Nidhidhyasan. The thought process of the mind towards untruth should be contempt and towards the Truth, it should flow unceasingly like a stream of oil. So, now start following the reverse order. I have brought you till here, now start moving downwards. Take a look at your intellect- is it wavered? Just stabilize it. Mind has got emotional storms, fix it. Senses wander outside in the materialistic world; rein them in. If the body is sick, work upon that. So, exercise restraint from body up till intellect. Bring all the resilience, observance of rules and discipline in your life. You'll have to do this. Rishi has profoundly explained everything sequentially. But if our intellect is yet unable to grasp it, no problem! Sharpen the intellect more. Polish it. Need to clear it up. "Sab Surati Mil Surat Kamai" "Sab Kimat Mil Kimat Payi" "Giani Dhiyani Gur Gurhai, Kehan Na JayeTeri Til Vadiyae" Join all the Vrittis of the mind into one. It's same thing like Brahmakaar Vriti (State of mind before it becomes one with absolute truth). "Sab Surati Mil Surat Kamai" 'Surat' means the Vritti. 'Surat' means Dhayana. Do not wander. Concentrate your mind to just one thing and drop all other thoughts. "This is valuable; that is valuable—No! Only the Self-Realization is important." "Khalsa so jo..? Rahe asang"— Eternally pure is the One that remains detached. Detached from what? Body, Senses, Mind and Intellect. Just with the realisation and assuredness of this Supreme wisdom, the life becomes meaningful and blessed. Got saved from all the miseries, pains, griefs and attachments. From all the sorrows and expectations. What is left now? Sheer Joy and Ecstasy! Keep this remembrance while behaving and interacting with the world. When you interact with the world, this is what your state of mind should be. Never forgetting what your Real Self is! And whatever you are seeing with your eyes and hearing and touching and smelling— this whole objective world is nothing but an illusion. And once this is understood, then it is just being in this, and allowing the things to happen. And whatever happens, happens for good. Then, everything is good for the realised one He dies, then is good. He takes birth, then it is good. He marries, then good. He abandons, then good. He becomes a sage, then good. He takes away, is good. He gives away, is good. Why? "Har aan mein, Har baan mein, Har dhang mein pehchaan" - In every show of vanity, guise and mannerism, realise your Beloved! The one who has realised, he is freed from all the troubles. With this, AmritaBindu Upanishad concludes.
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