Baba Muktananda’s Timeless Teachings
Elucidation by Mark McLaughlin
When you come to know yourself through the direct experience of inward-facing meditation, you come to know that God, the very power underlying all of manifestation, is dwelling within you as your very Self. What is more, both the sages of Advaita Vedanta and the Siddhas of non-dual Shaivism tell us that the true essence of the Self is the same in everyone. By coming to know your own Self, you come to know the Self in all others. Like gold that permeates all that is made from gold, the Self permeates all conscious beings as their true essence. Thus, as Baba Muktananda reveals, when you directly experience the imperishable Self within and recognize its inestimable value, you will then know the worth of all others to be the same as your own worth—infinite and utterly immeasurable.
