- Without killing the body, but by killing, with the glance of His eyes, the ego which poses as if it were really existing, the Guru in no time exposes the entire fiction [from the body to the whole universe] as non-existent, and reveals the shining of the one Supreme Self as the only real existence.
Sadhu Om: Just as the bright sunlight exposes the non-existence of the snake, which appeared on a rope in the dim twilight, so the Light of the Guru’s clear Self-Knowledge exposes the non-exis- tence of the entire universe, which appeared in the dim light of the jiva’s mind.
When a river merges into the ocean, all its attributes, such as its speed, current and shape, are destroyed, yet not one drop of its substance, the water, is lost. Similarly, when a jiva, “I am so-and-so”, meets the glance of the Guru’s eyes, all his attributes, such as “so-and-so”, are destroyed, yet his substance, the Self-Consciousness [Sat-Chit] “| am”, shines unaffected and alone; therefore it is said that the Guru “kills without killing”.
- It is impossible to see the Divine Dance of Self-Knowledge [the Sphurana, “I-I”] in the Heart, until the dance of the rebellious mind is destroyed by the Divine Power of the Sword of Mei-Jnana [Right-Knowledge], wielded by the great hero, the Sadguru, who has already beheaded the ghost, [His own] mind.
Sadhu Om: Shiva is said to be dancing in the ‘smasana’ [burial ground] but it is impossible to see His Divine Dance until the dance of the many restless ghosts, who are also dancing there, is stopped. Similarly, we are told in this verse that it is impossible to see the Divine Dance of the Sphurana, “I-I” [which is the true signif- icance of the Dance of Nataraja in Chidabaram], until the rebellious mind-ghost, which dances as ‘I’, is beheaded by the Grace of the Sadguru, who has destroyed His own mind.