Ulladu-Narpadu Verse 30: the Reality
Channel: Consciousness Research Centre
Date: 28/05/2017

This series is classified Ajata-vāda | Jñāna-yoga | Turīya | Sahasrāra-cakra

"Therefore, when the mind reaches the Heart by inwardly scrutinizing ‘Who am I?’ in the above manner and when the ego or mind—which rises in the form ‘I am the body’—dies, the one existence-consciousness appears spontaneously as ‘I-I’. Although it seemingly appears anew, it is not the arising ‘I’ or ego; it is the Whole Reality (pūrṇa-vāstu), the Reality which is Self. "

Although in verse 7 of this work Sri Bhagavan said that the Reality is that which shines without appearing and disappearing, in this verse he says that when the ego dies something appears spontaneously as ‘I-I’. Therefore, in order to make clear that that which thus appears as ‘I-I’ is not other than the Reality described in verse 7, He concludes this verse by saying, “Although it appears, it is not ‘I’ (the ego); it is the whole reality, the Reality which is Self”. That is, just as the rope alone was seen even when it was mistaken to be a snake, so the reality (the pure existence-consciousness ‘I am’) alone shines even when it is mistaken to be the ego (the adjunct-mixed feeling ‘ I am this body’); but just as the rope seems to appear newly when the ignorant notion that it is a snake is removed, so the reality ‘I am’ seems to appear newly when the ignorant notion ‘I am this body’ is removed.

Compare here verses 19 and 20 of Upadesa Undiyar.

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