Gnana liberates self from experiencing the illusion as reality.

How does one get the knowledge? What is meant for knowledge? What is true knowledge? –all this of which must be dealt with the seeker of truth in order to realize thee ultimate truth.

The self-knowledge does not destroy the world but it exposes the unreal nature of the world which appears as waking   and  experienced as reality by the person within the waking.  Same way the unreality of the dream was exposed when waking took place.

People talk of liberation. They are only forming an idea. Idea is mere imagination; imagination is possible only in ignorance. People, who are so confused as to be unable mentally separate the formless witness from the three states, speak of gaining liberation. But all such ideas are only possible in waking experience which come and go, the formless witness or soul needs no liberation.

  The destruction of the world and man within the world does not mean that they should become imperceptible to the senses but there should arise a determination of their unreal nature; for if that were not the case, people may find emancipation without any effort on their part as during dreamless sleep and fainting.

That consciousness remains as the sole real factor, means that there should be a realization of ultimate truth or Brahman as the sole unity and not a mere absence of the cognition of the world; otherwise there would be no such thing as emancipation in this very life not in next world and next life

Emancipation can occur without yoga. What can be done by yoga can be done by Gnana. Yoga alone leads to Samadhi, but Gnana also liberates self from experiencing the illusion as reality.

If it is said that one get Gnana in Samadhi in which there is no duality, it is no better than sleep. If it be said that there is a direct cognition in profound contemplation in which there is no difference between the perceiver and the perceived and in which no duality can occur; then why not admit the same in deep slumber. If it be objected that there is no knowledge of the nature of consciousness, which is the innermost self in deep sleep, then one admits that self-knowledge only is true knowledge and not the absence of duality.

 That consciousness remains as the sole real factor, means that there should be realization of consciousness, which is ultimate truth or Brahman as the sole entity and not a not a mere absence of the cognition of the universe; otherwise there would be no such thing as emancipation in this life.

Those people, who talk of experiencing the ultimate reality, do not know that the word experience implies something else, a second to be experienced, i.e. duality, i.e. non-reality, and those who talk of "direct knowledge" of reality again do not perceive that knowledge implies a second thing to be known; i.e. duality exists. i.e. no reality in waking experience.  To know the ultimate reality means to know the complete negating of all that is not this reality. Hence one does not make an object of it.

Absence or presence of objective world and even existence and non-existence is always referred to witnessed only; it still leaves the formless witness untouched.

Sunyavadin Buddhists declared nonexistence of Entity, a Void. This is just as much unwarranted finality, for it means one is viewing it from a particular standpoint as to declare its existence. Silence alone is called for. Absence or presence of objective world and even existence and non-existence is always referred to witnessed only; it still leaves the formless witness untouched.

Existence means existence in the sense of the formless witness. When one reduces everything to consciousness, formless witness, Gnana, or even Mind, giving up all imaginations in truth it is unborn. One sees the waking experience come and go, but that is not the same as seeing him come and go, which one can never do.

First one has to become aware of existence of formless witness in order to distinguish it from the changeable objects in this world, but finally   discards that position and rejects even the idea of Atmanic existence after perfect understanding and assimilation of what is what. Then we may assert nothing about it. Not even existence or nonexistence i.e. silence alone is demanded by truth.

“All is consciousness” meaning: “the whole universe is consciousness” because the universe is created out of consciousness. If consciousness is everything, how can there be anything other than consciousness. Hence silence is the nature of the consciousness, which is the innermost self.

The understanding comes after one becomes aware the self is not the form but self is formless consciousness, when all doubts have been cleared, all discussions ended, nothing more to assimilate.  There is no initiation for realization of truth. 

All the scriptures hold the form, time and space as reality.

All the scriptures hold the form, time and space as reality. If they hold form, time and space as reality the universe is automatically becomes reality. If universe is considered as reality than birth, life death will be experienced as reality. If birth, life and death is takes as reality than it is impossible to cross the threshold of duality. If duality remains as reality than ignorance will prevail unchecked.    If ignorance prevails than illusion will prevail as reality.  

Deeper self-search reveals the fact that, religious and yogic pursuit and pursuit of truth are not the same. The religious yogic pursuit is egocentric whereas pursuit of truth is soul-centric.   

Anyone who has inner urge, humility and patience is qualified for self-knowledge. A Gnani tries to lead the seeker of whatever level, to the goal of the true existence.

Seeker must have rational approach to discover the reality of his true existence

Seeker must have rational approach to discover the reality of his true existence. After realizing the fact that the self is neither the body nor the ego, the Seeker must reject all the theoretical philosophy based on the waking entity or ego which is the   false self within the false experience.

In pursuit of truth any egocentric system of   thought has to be mentally rejected out rightly and to demolish any theoretical, philosophical or religious doctrines, which are based on the individuality as reality and practical life within the practical world within the waking experience as reality.

 Deeper self-search revels fact that the self is neither the waking entity nor self is dream entity but self is the formless witness of the three states.  Thus whatever one had seen, known, believed and experienced as a person of the world within the waking experience is bound to be falsehood, because the self is not the waking entity. Thus it is erroneous to view and judge and conclude the truth on the base of waking entity which is the false self within the false experience. 

  

One has to mentally trace the existence of formless witness of the three states, which is soul. And soul is in the form of consciousness. The consciousness is the innermost self.  Thus one has to have the bird-view of the worldview on the base of the soul as true self in order to unfold the mystery of the mind or universe. The mind is in the form of universe. Universe appears as waking or dream. Without unfolding the mystery of the universe in which the individual experience of the birth, life and death takes place, it is very difficult to understand, assimilate and realize the ultimate truth, which is beyond form, time and space. 

Intellectuality is based on individuality. Thus judgement based on the individuality is egocentric and whatever is based on the ego is bound to be false hood. The ego is the product of ignorance.  Thus the egocentric discussion leads to argument and perversity. Perversity is the nature of intellectuality.   Only few people who are sharp enough will instantly grasp what is said in FP posing and blogs. For others it takes time to get rid of their mental blockade.  

The physical silence practiced by yogis, is a sign of their ignorance, because they are thinking of tongue and lips, i.e. body and not of the formless witness, which consciousness

The Gnani will neither talk too volubly like shallow persons nor keep complete silence.  He will talk as much as is necessary but no more.

Silence  really means keep quiet in controversial discussions because one  do not know what anyone has in his mind and without semantic analysis it is all useless, so silence is better.

In pursuit of truth silence means thinking constantly of the formless as against universe. Word and thought always imply duality, the object, whereas the subject, formless witness or consciousness is beyond both word and thought.

The physical silence practiced by yogis, is a sign of their ignorance, because they are thinking of tongue and lips, i.e. body and not of the formless witness, which consciousness. However it is useful to those who are not seeking truth as a discipline. Yogic silence was intended only for the ignorant, who are unfit for path of wisdom.

Consciousness is wrapped in the meaning of words. Semantics aim at clarifying meanings but AUM ultimately shows you that all words are futile because they cannot express the ultimate nature of anything: Silence alone does this.

It is no use seeing God everywhere. One must see consciousness, the same soul, the same self, everywhere

Shankara's commentary:-

Page 489: "The knower of Brahman wears no signs.  Page 500 asks in effect "Tell us what you know, show it, and let us examine it under the mental microscope." It means we must bring notions and beliefs out of vagueness into clearness. It also criticizes the mystics who claim superior knowledge but who cannot communicate it for purposes of verification.

On page 482: On Gnani: "The knower of Brahman wears no signs. Gives up the insignia of a monk's life,…his signs are not manifest, nor his behavior."

It is no use seeing God everywhere. One must see consciousness, the same soul, the same self, everywhere, and then he will treat all people alike, with equal beneficence.

Seeker has to do his duty, work to set society right, and he should not remain inactive in practical life within practical world.  Those who sit in a cave and ashrams will no doubt be happy but it is their personal happiness limited to their individuality, whereas Gnana seeks welfare of all because it leads to self-awareness and brings unity in diversity in everyone’s understanding. .

The individual life is nothing to do with self because the individual life is reality within the waking experience, which is a mere object to the formless subject.

Monkhood or orthodoxy which prescribes certain way of discipline and wearing religious robe and indulging in religious rituals and celibacy are not qualification for acquiring self-knowledge because the individual conducts and deeds are not based on the false self within the false experience whereas the self is not an individual but it is universal because it pervades in everything and everywhere in all the three states.  

There is no wisdom realizing the ultimate Truth. By realizing the self is not and individual perceiving the world within the waking experience but self is the formless witness of the three states, which is beyond the sense of form, time and space. The self is formless consciousness which exits prior to the appearance of the mind also it prevails after the disappearance of the mind, which is in the form of universe or waking.

Yoga may alleviate one's individual trouble because it is based on individuality, but it is not concerned with the whole. It is concerned only with the part.  One will not get the truth   without inquiring in to the world confronts him.  Yoga leads to hallucinated fixed ideas or delusions.

The very purpose of analyzing the world confronts one is to discover that it is part of the ultimate reality and thus to enable one to carry on with activity from the highest possible viewpoint; where people fail to make this analysis, as with so many religious, yogic and intellectual minded seekers, they fail to do anything worthwhile in the material universe.

To effect this discrimination, one must be receptive and sharp enough to grasp the existence of formless witness which is ever apart from the three states, which comes and goes in succession the . Religious and yoga are based on individuality whereas the wisdom is based on universality.

Nothing is to be renounced in order to realize the ultimate truth or Brahman because the practical life within the practical world itself is falsehood form the ultimate standpoint. The self-knowledge is the knowledge of the whole not the part. Therefore universe, which confronts one, has to be included in the inquiry to get the truth of the whole.  Thus ‘WHO AM ’I’ inquiry is helpful in unfolding the half. Thus WHO AM ‘I’?, inquiry is  helpful  in the first stage  but seeker has to go much beyond ‘WHO AM’I’  ?.  Seeker has to do his own homework   to realize the truth of the whole.  

  If one ignores the world confronts him, then he will not get wisdom. The whole world confronts him must be known; if he gives up the world, what and how can he understand the truth of it?  Weak minds cannot take a comprehensive view and so decry what they cannot understand.

As the ascetics and yogis, there is no need for getting aversion to practical world; on the contrary one should go on living in the world, acting, working, etc. that he should accept life as it presents.

There is no need to renounce the practical life to realize ultimate truth or Brahman.  To realize the inner most self, which is consciousness is nothing to do with practical life because it is neither the waking entity nor the dream entity but is the formless substance and witness of all the three states.  And all the three states are one in essence.  Thus limiting the self to the waking entity and waking experience is cause of the ignorance.  Ignorance makes one feel the waking entity is the real self and waking world as reality.

Until one holds the waking entity and waking world as reality the truth realization is impossibility. 

Preliminary inquiry reveals the fact that, self is not the body than how can one get truth on the base of the false self.  When the body is not the self than it is erroneous to view, judge and conclude the truth on the base of the body or waking entity is erroneous.   The truth has to be based on the self, which is bodiless or formless.   Thus whatever seen, known, believed and experienced as person of the world within the waking experience is bound to be false hood because the waking experience itself is falsehood.   Thus it is necessary for the seeker to become aware of the formless witness of the three states which comes and goes in succession.  The witness only witnesses the coming and going of the three states, it is nothing to do with individual experiences happening within the waking or dream.  When the self is formless than what is it that sees the waking, dream and deep sleep state? 

The dream is witnessed as a whole the dream entity is not the experience of the dream entity because the dream entity was within the dream world. Likewise the waking experience also witnessed as a whole and the waking entity is within waking world thus it is necessary to realize the existence of the formless witness which is within the three states but it is apart from the three states. It is within the three states as their formless substance and it is apart from the three states as their formless witness.    The formless substance and witness are one in essence. Thus that essence is consciousness. Therefore the three states are mere mirage created out of consciousness.   Thus consciousness alone is real and all the diversities within the waking experience is as falsehood as of the dream.  Thus the three states are product of ignorance. Until the ignorance dominates they prevail as reality.  When the ignorance vanishes through wisdom their unreal nature is exposed.

WHO AM ‘I’ AND ‘I AM THAT’ is only for a lower stage where one gives up externally in order expose the false nature of the ego, which is not full truth. To get ultimate truth  one has to inquire into the nature of the mind, which is in the form of universe.  Inquiring into the nature the mind or universe is higher.  Thus ‘WHO AM ‘I’? or ‘I AM THAT’   is not complete and the journey is incomplete.

First one has to mentally detach the three states from the formless witness, as unaffected by coming and going of the three states. And then – the formless witness and the three states are one in essence. That essence is consciousness.  Thus everything is consciousness and nothing exist other than consciousness.

People stop their pursuit of truth at the ‘WHO AM ‘I’? or ‘I AM THAT’ , which is incomplete and keeps them in the grip of individuality and individuality leads then to intellectuality.

Seeker will complete his pursuit of truth only when realize the truth of the whole that is inquiring in to the nature of the mind or universe. 

Others Blessings are not the means for realizing the truth; blessings are religious fable nothing to with the ultimate truth. A Gnani neither blesses nor curses.

That the ancient sages had miraculous occult power and books relate stories of their feats, are fairy tales were meant for children, women and those whose minds had not developed. Mythological contains stories of people with 10 with seven heads etc., which are fables, yet are taken seriously by pundits.  All these stories are reality within the waking experience and waking experience itself falsehood from ultimate standpoint.

The yogi in Samadhi fails to see non-duality? Because he believes there is happiness to come to him from Samadhi. That shows he does not know truth, but still seeks bliss as something apart from his-self.

The common people draw a wrong inference in thinking a Gnani must ascetically reject the world; this is only for those religious or yogic minds in the lower rungs of the ladder.

Yoga is to be practiced only until one attains equilibrium of mind; when this is established, the continuance of yoga is foolish.  The indifference practiced by a seeker is external to the self, is formless; the indifference practiced by a Gnani is purely internal, is mental.

The greatest mistake is to think that a Gnani sees nothing. This blind reverence for Samadhi is as valuable as revering a man who has taken a dose of chloroform.

The Gnani sees the essential universal unity and the multiplicity of objects simultaneously. The person in deep sleep or Samadhi leaves out the objects and sees the essence; hence he has not full Gnana.

One must be soul centric to give all knowledge based on egocentric, which is cause of the ignorance. 

One knows of dream that the dream-figures are also created out of consciousness, not different from it; similarly when he know that everything  that exists in waking experience is consciousness and consciousness  is  ultimate truth or Brahman, there is no need for yogic control of mind; control presupposes a second thing, duality. Hence yoga is in sphere of duality and is unnecessary to one who knows non-duality.

It is erroneous to believe the general impression is that the universe disappears to a Gnani, that he sees nothing in Samadhi. Only by deluded persons will have such impression?   Nothing is destroyed. Only ignorance disappears and the unreal nature of the universe is exposed. A Gnani is fully aware of the fact with firm conviction that everything is consciousness in the midst of duality.  Being aware of the reality in the midst of duality is called wisdom.  

The universe or waking experience will not disappear.  It is there always but its unreal nature is exposed in the midst of duality or waking experience through wisdom?

If one thinks its mere disappearance in yogic Samadhi is ultimate truth or Brahman then he would get it in deep sleep.  Thus yogic Samadhi is not wisdom. 

Only when doubts begin to arise the quest of truth begins. And such doubts usually first start verifying the validity of all his accumulated knowledge.

 Most people think what  they have accepted as truth  is  ultimate truth.  And also they have attitude that “What they know is right and  what others know is wrong.” This unfortunate vanity is common to all men and prevents realization of the ultimate truth or Brahman. One   must begin by doubting his own knowledge, and then only he  will be able to know 'what is what'.

Only when doubts begin to arise the quest of truth begins. And such doubts usually first start verifying the validity of all his accumulated knowledge.

With the ancients truth seeking began with wonder, with moderns it begins with doubts. How one has to know that his estimate of life is a correct one?

Everything has to be investigated   and believed on reason based on facts, and then only may one accept it as truth in order to know that others have reached the same conclusion. But when a man depends on scriptures and opinions and uses it as proof very extensively it is because of his inferiority complex.  Only one has to highlight the scriptural citation which will help the seeker in his inner journey after deeper verification.  

Seeker must go to the very fundamentals, to the root of thinking, to “grasp the principles and not merely repeat the words of scriptures or intellectual’s opinion.  Since the scriptures an intellectual base their theories on the waking entity or ego, which is the false self, whereas the ultimate truth is based on consciousness, which is the innermost self “Self”. Thus egocentric opinions have no value in pursuit of truth. Whatever is based on  the formless soul or  consciousness as self has to be accepted as truth.

·         How do seeker know what others says is true?

This question must come to the seekers mind whenever a doctrine is presented. That truth is known only by intuition is wrong. It is known by soul-centric Reason.

Whatever one knows that what he has seen by the intuition which he praise as the highest faculty, to accept as true that is a difficult question. That all his doubts are cleared, he means his doubts on every question about his true existence. Ultimate truth cannot be realized if one not begun by having doubts about the physical existence. 

 Doubts and confusions can be overcome by the sword of wisdom; it does not mean that one   should give up his doubt and believe, as the religionists interpret it, since the religionists and yogis interpret it on the base of waking entity or ego.

 The truth has to be verified on the base of soul as “Self”. But that if one keeps on thinking about his doubts on the base of waking entity or ego as self he never be able to solve. The seeker has to mentally rectify his reasoning base then only trying to discriminate. Seeker should cultivate to view and judge the worldview on the standpoint of consciousness, which is the innermost self.  He should inquire and reason on the standpoint of consciousness as self and should not stop until this point is reached.

One has to realize the fact that, the whole universe that confronts him is consciousness. Unless the world is there in one’s realization, there is no ultimate truth or Brahman.

Ignorance cannot go through merely knowing the consciousness, for it is known in sleep and Samadhi. It can go only by knowing consciousness. If one can say that in his  yogic Samadhi he  saw the universe   and knew it as consciousness , than  one  could agree that Yoga leads to truth, but in Samadhi one is  unaware of the universe, and hence of consciousness.

To talk of ultimate truth without knowing the meaning of the word is utterly meaningless. How does the yogi know that what he finds in Samadhi is consciousness? He can know it only by soul centric inquiring and reasoning. He may see a beast in his Samadhi, but how does he know that beast is consciousness because he still in the realm of duality? He has not aware of the fact that, his body and ego and his experience of the world too is consciousness, because he takes them to be real.  Thus his body based Samadhi is mere an experience based on false self within the false experience.

When the waking experience itself is as false as dream then how the yogic Samadhi experienced within the falsehood can be true.  Whatever experienced as a person within the falsehood bound to be falsehood.  First of all he must give the meaning of consciousness! There is the evidence? Until he defines his body, ego and his experience of the world he cannot say what he means.

It is not enough to see a mere blank yogic Nirvikalpa. One has to see the consciousness, which the innermost self is the universal self.  The innermost self is  free from ignorance not when one  see nothing at all, as in yogic Samadhi  but only when one  see all this universe is  consciousness, which is innermost self. Hence seeker must ask the question “What is this universe?” The attention must be drawn to the practical world. Thus Gnana will make one feel for the universal welfare. This is the highest aim and test. 

Biblical insight says: - “Spirit is my Father, I and my Father are one”

Biblical insight says: - “Spirit is my Father, I and my Father are one”.—if the spirit is the ‘father’ then the ‘son’ is bound to be spirit. Therefore,   both are one in essence. Here “spirit”-- means the soul, which is the self.  “I” means—“the mind or universe” – “the soul” and “the mind” are one in essence—means both are spirit, therefore, there is no second thing exists other than the spirit.   

The god cannot exist in the soul, because soul itself is in the form of spirit  or consciousness, and consciousness is the ultimate truth and all else [three states] is illusion created out of spirit. Other than the soul or consciousness or spirit, nothing else can be called as god.

The love, grace, god compassion are physical based and they imply duality. The duality is mere illusion on the ultimate point of view. When the ultimate is spirit (father) how the duality  or mind or universe  can be real. Therefore, many souls theory is false theory; there is only one formless soul, which illuminates the whole illusion, in which form, time and space is reality. But in realm of truth the form, time and space is falsehood.

 Spiritual meaning of   Christ is  ultimate truth.  The truth is spirit or consciousness.  Thus, the spirit has to be taken as god not the form.  When one is capable of viewing the world view on the base of spirit, there is nothing exist other than the spirit or consciousness. Since people view the worldview on the physical base (son) they become ignorant of the Christ, which is spirit and ultimate truth.  Therefore, there is need to understand the fact that, Christ is not physical but Christ is consciousness (spirit). 

Soul or Christ can remain with or without the duality. But the duality (mind) ceases to exist without the Christ. When one discovers the soul is Christ, the mind becomes still and automatically one knows the soul is god or Christ or spirit.  

Do not take my name in vein ---By taking the gods (spirit) name in vein (as body) one will not be able to recognize the truth or Christ.

If thy eye is single the whole body is full of light-- means – if one is able to view the worldview on the spirit base, not with the physical eyes (two eyes) then the whole mind (diversity or universe) is full of spirit (consciousness). (Here light means—the spirit or consciousness—which lights the mind or illusion or insentient.  

Cross signifies --- crossing the ‘I’ or mind. If one crosses the ‘I’ (illusion), it is kingdom of heaven.  Kingdom of heaven means- it is non-dual existence—Brahman –Buddha’s nature—Christ.

Supernatural are reality within the illusion.  In the realm of Christ  or ultimate truth, there is no second thing exists other than Christ/ spirit. 

The spiritual side of bible is lost or destroyed or mutilated by the priest craft or the rulers. And the physical side is preserved to help the mass who were immersed in the worldly life, by the church, which was in the grip of the rulers in the past and the same thing passed on from one generation to the next.

There are many spiritual insights of the bible leads one towards non-duality.  But people are stuck up with the physical side of bible and they think love, compassion, grace, blessings, forgiveness is the means of realizing the Christ the ultimate truth. But love, compassion, grace, blessings, forgiveness are good only for living in worldly life in harmony with the others, but they are not the means to follow the path of Christ or ultimate truth.

Man, grace, blessings, love, compassion, grace, individual gods and the world,   are reality with illusion. The substance and witness (soul) of the illusion (mind) is spirit (consciousness). Therefore, the mind and soul are one in essence. The essence is consciousness  or Christ or Spirit or Brahman.   

Man is not aware of the fact that, he is an experience within another experience. The mind is an experience, which contains man and the universe. Since one limits the mind to the physical entity, he is ignorant that his body is an experience, within the waking or dream experience. Until and unless one struggles to unfold the truth as an individual, separate from the world, he remains in the ocean of doubts and confusion.

The mind is an object, not a subject. Whatever is with in the mind, that is, the man and his world, bound to be an object. The formless substance of the mind has to be traced. The mind is in the form of waking or dream experience. If there is no mind, then there is no experience. Therefore, it is evident that, the formless knower (subject)of the object [mind], can remain with or without, the object (mind). For illustration, in deep sleep there is no mind, thus there is no experience. Therefore the knower of the three states is apart and it is aware of the three states, which comes and goes in succession.

When man is not his own experience, he and his experience of the world is within another experience  how can he take authorship of the  experience as he is , the knower of the waking experience in which  he  perceives the world, as a person is formless and apart. He cannot take authorship as doer, because his doer ship is reality within the illusion.  Thus he has to trace the formless knower of three states which is within the three states but it is without the three states. Therefore, whatever prevails without the three states is real and eternal. 

The whole waking experience along with the world, in which I and you and others exists, is mere illusion, witnessed by the soul, the innermost self. Thus the mind is an illusion created out of the soul, which is the true self. When the formless substance and witness of the mind is traced then mind is mere myth.  Thus all the theories and beliefs based on the false self (waking or dream), becomes unreal, when the Christ or  ultimate truth or Brahman is traced and realized.