Kaivalya Upanishad

With Advaita Commentary

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The Kaivalya Upanishad is an advanced philosophy and is in reply to the plea of Ashvalayana, already advanced in both years and practice. Ashvalayana askes for the full understanding and realisation of the truth of his non-dual identity with the Absolute Brahman or God....

Verse 25

25. By means of this,  one attains the knowledge that destroys the ocean of samsara or repeated transmigration.  Therefore,  knowing thus one attains the fruit of Kaivalya or liberation,  verily one attains liberation.

"By means of this,  one attains the knowledge that destroys the ocean of samsara or repeated transmigration".

By means of the Truth all untruth is destroyed.  To Realise the Truth or Knowledge of the Non-Dual Unity of Existence is to invalidate past experience and understanding of untruth.  The consciousness limited by desire and duality that would have lead one back into the cycle of rebirth is expanded through the Consciousness of The Absolute which leads back home to unity with Absolute Consciousness.

"Therefore,  knowing thus one attains the fruit of Kaivalya or liberation,  verily one attains liberation"

The fruits of Kaivalya are the fruits of the acceptance of the responsibilities of "I Alone Exist".

That heat and pain of struggle is different now.  As in nature a sick body will raise its temperature to kill of microbes.
So here,  this struggle towards awakening assaulting the bonds of delusion with the ammunition of knowledge,  the weapons of will and the desire for truth at any cost,   has caused the resultant heat to burn away all impediments,  thus clarifying the truth.

By means of this truth,  the seed of Kaivalya is carried to maturation.  This divine gift is honoured.  Finally free from any former sins,  debts or charges the sufferer of the ignorance of desire,  creation and birth,  is free to return to Absolute Consciousness Alone.

Here The Kaivalya Upanishad Ends

Kaivalya is less to do with being Alone than it is to do with Realising ones Solitary responsibility for Realising ones identity as Absolute Consciousness Alone.  Being Truth Alone is the reality,  not even a goal.  Truth Alone sets you free.

After Kaivalya,  in the light of Absolute knowledge,  all else is seen as illusion.
What remains is Solitary undifferentiated completeness.

"That light is within us.
There is no other help.
That light illumines the direct path,
the straight path. 
There is no need to carry anything. 
But this is subtle knowledge, 
very difficult".
from "The Map of The Journey To God" p38.
Sufi shaikh M.R.Bawa Muhaiyaddeen,  may Allah be pleased with him.

Jesus Said,
The Kingdom of God cometh not with observation.
Luke 17:20
Neither will they say,  "Look,  here"!  or,  "Look,  there"! 
"for behold,  the Kingdom of God is within you".
Luke 17:21

 

OM peace peace peace

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