' Words and Thought are sacrificed '...

Man considers himself a special, elect being apart from the rest of creation, but so far as the components of the physical construct are concerned there is no difference between various kinds of sentient creatures.

Only the process differs. Your personality has come about only after birth and is clearly the result of a natural process in which neither you nor your parents had any choice.

No individual has ever been consulted prior to birth about his issue from a particular set of parents, since prior to birth there was no personality to consult. Therefore, you have not even been party in any sense to the creation of the so-called independent individual you are supposed to be!

The effectiveness of words is clearly seen in the case of the manifested universe which is made by them to appear real although it is in fact an illusion.

Then again, it is through words that the individual finally comes to realize his true nature when words and thought are ultimately sacrificed in the direct realization of the Absolute.


-Ramesh S. Balsekar