The psychic realisation is the realisation of the individual soul, the true individual self within us. It brings us the realisation of being a part and parcel of God, of being His portion. It brings with it bhakti, surrender, urge to serve the Divine, the sense of Immortality, of having lived in number of bodies and personalities. It connects us with our core aspiration and opens the door to an intuitive knowledge. Additionally the psychic realisation makes us see God’s purpose in creation and in ourselves. As a result one no more seeks an escape out of life, however painful it may seem but to love and serve God, to be His instrument through lives. A person with true psychic realisation (and not just some emotional bhakti) will never ask for personal mukti. His heart opens to a vast universal love and a universal sympathy and compassion are the very stuff of his being. It is so because the psychic being is like a link connecting God with creation.
On the other hand, realisation of the Self is to realise the One Universal Self in all things. It is the realisation of the Universal Divine, the impersonal universal Brahman that stands behind name and form. The realisation of the Self makes us aware that God or the One is everywhere and in everything but the link between this Universal Unchanging Immutable Self and the world of changing names and forms is not found. Even the sense of an individual soul may seem like the last illusion that one must discard and merge with the universality of the One Self. It brings Knowledge, the knowledge of the One Self in all and all in the One Self. This Knowledge brings inner detachment and liberates one from names and forms. It naturally brings a potent Calm and Peace and total freedom from the ego-sense, of all I-ness and My-ness and, along with a deep inner contentment and joy.
Affectionately,
Alok Da
