What is Self realisation and what is the practical method to attain it?
A. Self realisation is the consummation of the knowledge of one’s true, essential nature. It is the attainment of the consciousness of the ultimate Reality. In other words, it is the fusion of the individual consciousness in the Cosmic Consciousness. Realisation of the Absolute is regarded as the highest of all knowledge. That absolute is birthless and deathless, underlying all names and forms, and yet unaffected by the changing phenomena. The body, the senses, the mind and the intellect are merely the outer covers which conceal the inner, permanent Reality, which is called variously by different people as God, Allah or Brahman. The practical method of realising one’s divine nature is the complete transformation of the base animal nature, transcending the human nature, and awakening fully the dormant spiritual traits within. This is done through perfect ethical evolution, self restraint, self analysis, seIf purification, concentration, meditation, practice of selfless love and service
