Atmananda Krishna Memon

The most universal of all desires in humans is unequivocally expressed in the spontaneous statement made by all alike.

I want peace of mind.

It means that the activity of the mind is never our ultimate goal.

Examining this statement closely and impartially, we find that peace is the real goal of all desire.

But in our utter inability to extricate ourselves from the clutches of the mind, we link the mind also to that desire for absolute peace.

And we claim ourselves to be the enjoyer.

But alas, when the mind, freed from all its activities, comes into contact with the peace it desires, it finds itself merged and lost in that peace, thus returning to its real nature.

Therefore it is one's own real nature that everybody seeks, knowingly or unknowingly.

Mind as mind knows no peace.

And mind at peace is no mind at all.

Every perception, thought or feeling is known by you.

You are the knower of the world through the sense organs.

Of the sense organs through the generic mind and of the mind with its activity or passivity.

by yourself alone.

In all these different activities you stand out as the one knower.

Actions, perceptions, thoughts and feelings all come and go

But knowingness does not part with you, even for a moment.

You are therefore always the knower.

How then can you ever be the doer or the enjoyer?

After understanding the I principle as pure consciousness and happiness, always use the word I or Noah to denote the goal of your retreat.