Do we know who we are? If we know who we are, then there is no suffering in life at all. If we don’t know who we are, there is a need to find it out. The questions baffle common man and scientists alike. However, the great masters of Eastern Wisdom, who discovered Yoga, Mantra, mindfulness, and meditation declare that our true nature hides behind the body, breath, life, mind, intellect, and ego.
Why we never desire to find out what is our true nature? Because we are misguided by wrong notions and thinking about it. We have taken for granted that we are the sum of body, breath, mind, intellect, and their activities. The mind perceives the body, life, mind are all changing from moment to moment and at the same mind is searching for permanent peace and happiness.
This trigger in the mind to search for permanent happiness must have some basis deep within, behind all that is changing. The great masters have found out that it is our true nature – real-self, SatChitAnanda, pure consciousness, or subjective reality.
The subjective reality cannot be known or searched by the mind because the mind cannot perceive what lies beyond and behind the mind. This understanding led to the understanding of mindfulness/ meditation, yoga, and tantra. The method of self-discovery is very well-designed by our great masters and validated for over 10000 years. The first step is to become a qualified seeker, the second step is to know the principles of self-discovery, the third step to follow the personalized practices given by the teacher, fourth step is to experience the change and learn from experiences. These are the steps that lead to awakening and relaxation of one’s true nature or self.
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