Is Enlightenment Spontaneous or Gradual? | Swami Sarvapriyananda 

That is all your mind is capable of doing because it can only use its own memories (preconditioning, bad habits etc) to produce an image of the other person in your brain. Basically, you are projecting your own image onto others. When you have nasty feelings about others, it says something about yourself at so many levels.

So, this Atman is an independent entity that resides in the heart? Can you explain how this is possible?

@@texastexas4541 Not in the heart , but in Heart Region. Anahata chakra region, where they say soul in the form of divine light is there. I don’t say this, Scholars say this.🙏

@@sunitimahale1785 This is the first time i am hearing this. Oh, ok, someone told you this. Heart region? Any specific place?

@@texastexas4541 Left side of physical heart is spiritual heart, it is consciousness, awareness also, with sadhana it evolves and ultimately Love for all development takes place as we come to understanding that in everything everyone God particle resides. Lifetimes of sadhana is needed for that, i am just on the path a true seeker nothing else.🙏

@@sunitimahale1785 Forgive me for asking some questions. Do you actually believe that the left side of the heart is consciousness, awareness and spiritual? Do you actually believe that the heart muscle cells create consciousness, awareness and spiritual experience? That does not make any sense at all. Whoever told you this is clearly misleading you horribly with very false knowledge. Please realize this and find the right path. Consciousness, awareness and spiritual feelings mainly come from the actions of the brain cells. For example, anesthesia drugs work on the brain cells, not the heart muscle cells. Heart continues to work under anesthesia. I hope you gather enough courage to reject such false knowledge and eventually find what you are looking for.

But the ability to have the correctness in the nature of understanding, comes as a lightening, perhaps?

No, continuous unraveling

@@ganeshnh According millions of Indians who are enlightened, It is continuous and very very slow for a long time and then suddenly it becomes very sudden.

By "... millions of Indians who are enlightened...", you don't mean Indians who are currently alive, or do you? My understanding of the '330 million Hindu Gods and Goddesses' is that they were all ordinary human beings (in the past) who attained enlightenment, and are thus considered Gods and Godesses.

@@sn5953 How did you get that understanding (330 million enlightened were Gods)?

No, he also does not think he is enlighten.

Are you enlightened?

@@ganeshnh Oh, yes, he is. It is so obvious because he is explaining everything in such detail (especially advitha).

Definitely he is. He is so clear and precise is explaining about it.

None of the swamis or gurus are. They are advanced but they dont get it. But it will take you lifetimes to realize this folly. So you are better off listening to them. Try it, see if it gets you anywhere. It won’t, but you should try.

Anything finite is negligible in the face of the infinite. So advanced is the same as beginner. There is no progress. There is only interest in the truth, which nobody has. Truth is the simplest thing. When there is interest, it cannot stay hidden.

@@TheAparajit Enlightenment is not an experience.......That makes sense. Please tell me more about REALIZATION and 'WITNESS'. Thanks!

@@TheAparajit Thanks for this explanation. I agree it is bizarre because it is hard to understand how something beyond this mind can be realized by this mind. It is beyond means it is beyond...... you cannot realize this using this mind. The 'witness' part needs more explanation. What is it witnessing and why is it witnessing? Does it have to witness? Or it just exists (pure existence or pure awareness)?......in this case, it is indifferent to what is going on in the world. "then a natural realisation arises..."who is this that is watching/waiting for them to occur?". This is the pure "Witness", all pervading but without any attributes....it's bizarre." The problem in this explanation is that so many attributes are given to the Brahman. When there is no memories, thoughts and images, how can you ask questions like, "who is this that is watching/waiting for them to occur?"" The words who, this, watching, waiting, occur all refer to objects and actions in your mind (thoughts are generated). If there is no content in your mind, these questions CANNOT arise because no thoughts can be generated. My understanding of the Vedanta tells me that one cannot say anything about the Brahman (it is not this, it is not that......until cows come home). Ramana Maharshi expressed it the best way "SILENCE"......... no words at all.

These are all just non sensical atuff bro. Dont waste too much time on these. Just guilty pleasures.

@@guitarvorous Plenty of mental juggling. I reckon it is good exercise for the neurons......wait a minute, these neurons don't exist, right? Or is it that these neurons are actually Atman or Brahman?

​​​​@@guitarvorous sorry to say this..just because I cannot understand the subtle concept of a subject, I cannot write off the concept.. A human mind has to become pure, without likes and dislikes and all negatives such as jealousy, pride, anger, lust etc. Then only, in that pure mind this subtle concept can be consumed to attain that experiential state, which is beyond the,mind and intellect, which cannot be described in words... So, basically the qualification required to grasp this is to have a pure mind.