I used to think that the brain was the most fascinating part of the body. Then I realized, 'look who's telling me that.
Many people are very successful in this world, and they achieve a lot, but there are very few people who understand life or know themselves. Most of us are so engrossed in fulfilling our needs and desires that we never even think of knowing ourselves or solving the riddle of life, nor do we ever feel the need for it.
The Self is the ultimate knower. The Self is ever aware. When the Self gets attached and identified with the mind (seer), the underlying oneness of “seer, scene, and seeing” is lost. The Self forgets its real identity by being lost in the details of these three. Due to this entanglement, the Self assumes itself to be an individual mind. The individual mind believes itself to be separate from everything else. The three, which are inherently one, appear fragmented. It assumes a limited existence, instead of being one with totality. This false assumption is called ego. Thus, the mind that lacks wisdom becomes an obstacle in seeing the oneness of the “seer, seen, and seeing”.
The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.
-The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
