Man feels, consciously or unconsciously, that he is bound; he is not what he wants to be. It was taught to him at the very moment he began to look around. That very instant he learnt that he was bound, and he also found that there was something in him which wanted to fly beyond, where the body could not follow, but which was as yet chained down by this limitation.
Vivekananda
He is a Being beyond the limitation of nature, of Maya,
We are awareness, Michael Singer tells us...the Self is called the Seer.
The problem is that which we are seeing and perceiving the world through is a very cloudy and dirty lens. So what we see as the world is a cloudy and dirty version of what is. What we see, then, is Maya, illusion...rather than reality. The mind is also a semi-permeable membrane...allowing only so much in, attempting to keep so much out, depending on what this judging mind determines as pleasant or unpleasant. What we see and perceive then is a very limited and "bound" world and we see and understand our existence to be limited and bound in it.
The world has to come through your mind for you to see it...through the filter of your mind for you to perceive it.
Michael Singer
So what do we need to do to get beyond this limited version of self? We need to make sure that filter is clear. We need to clean that which is in the way of us seeing who we are.
All is well
Michael Singer/ Temple of the Universe/ Sounds True (September, 2025) Awareness: The Essence of the Spiritual Path. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1JH4kHgXcg&list=PLyOuAoSmZkKoESr2acNWwhznusbBkKXsT&index=2
Vivekananda (n.d.) 2.5 Jnana Yoga. The Complete Works of Swami Vivekanada. Kindle Edition
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