If self is not form but formless than our judgment and reason
and conclusion has to be based on the formless than only it is possible to
acquire self –knowledge. Since our
judgment is based on the waking entity, which is the false self within the
false experience, we end up with all sorts of doubts confusions. It takes a
long time to rectify the reasoning a base subconsciously.
The look of an object will depend upon the medium through which
the observer views it. In fact, our mental and intellectual conditions will
determine the phenomenal universe observed and experienced.
The botanist viewing a flower will see it differently than
nature lover viewing the same flower. Each one interprets the object that he
sees in terms of his existing knowledge.
Gnani knows his body, ego and his experience of the world as
consciousness. Whereas the meditator or yogi thinks he is experiencing the
bliss because of his physical effort. When the waking experience itself is
false hood whatever experienced on the base of waking entity is bound to be
falsehood.
A man of perfection is one who has realized the fact that, the
true self is within the three states but it is without the three states. And he has a firm conviction the true self is
the formless substance and witness of the three states. Thus your true identity is without the body
and the universe and unaffected and witnesses the three states as passing
show. Thus when you become soul centric
then your egocentric experience is mere mirage. Thus one becomes fully aware in
the midst of duality the waking life is mere passing show. A Gnani is fully aware of the fact that, the
substance and witness of the mirage are one in essence and that essence is
consciousness. Thus there is no second
thing exist other than consciousness. Other than consciousness all else is
illusion. Experience is possible only
where there are two [duality]. Thus, where there is experience [duality] unity
in diversity is impossible. Therefore,
only realization of truth is necessary to reach the experience- less
[non duality] state. Thus whatever
experienced as a person within the waking experience [duality] is
falsehood. Thus it is necessary to
realize the fact that, how the three states are falsehood and on what
standpoint.
Panchadashi:- The Atman is the witness-consciousness that experiences the
action, the actor, and the world of separate things. It is like a light that
illuminates everything in a theatre, revealing the master of ceremonies, the
guests, and the dancers with complete impartiality. Even when they all depart,
the light shines to reveal their absence.
In Self-Awareness there is no longer any meditative spiritual practice or
ignorance or knowledge or activities of any kind, that which is the Supreme
Reality - and with the firm conviction that self is formless consciousness
there is unity in diversity.
In Self-Awareness, when one is completely merged with consciousness ,self
is free from experiencing the duality as
reality, the experience of birth, life, death and the world are mere mirage created out of the self, which is consciousness.
One never thinks his -self to be a
separate individual, becomes the formless self and with the conviction that his
body and universe are one in essence. That essence is consciousness.
Consciousness is truly the Supreme
Absolute Reality, the Supreme Formless God, the absolutely pure Being, the
Supreme non-dual State, Absolute
Consciousness, the Supreme Truth - and with the conviction that the consciousness is the inner most self and
cause of experiencing the birth ,life and death and it itself is birth less and deathless.
Consciousness is, the Self-Effulgent, non-dual and undifferentiated one -
and with the conviction that consciousness is the true self, it becomes free
from experiencing the birth, life, death and the world as reality.
Consciousness is absolute Truth, eternal subject, absolutely
attributeless, the Self, and the absolutely undifferentiated Supreme Being. And
with the firm conviction that consciousness is the true self one becomes free
from the sense of the form, time and space.
Consciousness is everything from the experiential point of view and
nothing from the ultimate point of view; Consciousness-is always tranquil, with
nothing separate from it. Consciousness is self-existent. And with the
conviction that the self is formless consciousness brings unity in diversity.
By constantly thinking and reflecting that, the self is the
undifferentiated consciousness one can attain non-dual self-awareness. In self-awareness,
one will never again experience the practical life within the practical world
as reality. Thus the waking also becomes unreal by realizing the self is not
waking entity but the self is the formless witness of the three states, which
comes and goes in succession.
By constantly thinking and reflecting of the undifferentiated consciousness
and forgetting thereby all thoughts, including the thought of the consciousness,
which is ultimate truth, one enters the self-awareness.
