The ego means physical self or limiting the self or consciousness to the physical body

"Gnani is the one who has that non dual wisdom - hence from his understanding he realizes the truth about the worldly life. consciousness  alone is real and Gnani is fully aware of the fact that, the whole waking experience which consist him and his experience of the world are consciousness  in their substance.  Thus everything is consciousness.  

Seeker with humility will be able to recognize what he knows is so little in comparison to what he needed to know. The only medicine that he can cure his ego is a little spoon of "humility." Without this medicine, he will likely argue for ever and lose the path to reach his non dual destination. 

The seeker has to  seriously indulged in inquiry; analysis and reasoning without mixing up his accumulate knowledge as yardstick  and verify the truth . Seeker has to spare some time and think and understand assimilate the un-contradictable truth.  The seeker has to study enough understands what he wants to know and clear all misunderstandings, doubts and confusion. There is no use of arguing with others but his own self until he gets each and every point of his doubts and confusion get cleared.  

The ego means physical self or limiting the self or consciousness to the physical body. Every action is associated with a series of thought processes within the waking experience. But the point is, the ego, while being involved in this action does not get into other thoughts which are unrelated to this action. If one leaves the ego to itself it will wander aimlessly over things totally unrelated to each other. 

This dissipation of the ego does not occur when one focuses it into one action.  While doing that action it dwells on only those things which are related to the main action. To this extent action itself disciplines the ego. Of course it may not be a complete discipline.  But in some sense there is mostly a uni-directional restriction or piloting of the ego. The whole human experience is based on the ego. The ego cannot be destroyed by action and conduct and deeds.

One has to understand the fact that,   the ego, physical body and the world exists together. If one is missing the duality is impossible. Thus it is no use of struggling to overcome only the ego. All other teachings propagate to overcome the ego to get self-knowledge.  There is no use of struggling to overcome the ego. It is impossible to overcome the ego with the ego. Only by proper and perfect understning of the mind, it is possible to overcome duality.  

Ordinarily knowledge arises from experience of object by a subject; that all knowledge of objects will only lead to more thinking but never gives one the ultimate reality.

 

Why distinction should imply contradiction. What does distinction mean? It implies that two things are not the same, hence duality exists there.

What is the soul as different from mind? Soul is only a mental picture within the duality. Even if one says that he is immortal and exist eternally, only in duality he can say it i.e. the duality itself is mere illusion.

Illusion never reaches the self, which is consciousness. The false self never knows it. He who says he has a vision of the highest or describes it as super consciousness etc. does not understand consciousness, because it is free from all  imaginations, because it exists prior to all experience and imagination.

Ordinarily knowledge arises from experience of object by a subject; that all knowledge of objects will only lead to more thinking but never gives one the ultimate reality.

Most thinkers think that   by trying and getting more and still more objective experience and then when they have enough they may get reality. But they can never get at ultimate truth that way because it leads to endless thoughts and because it ignores the formless witness, one must make the inquiry into formless witness to find reality. One need not give up its investigations into objects; they are useful empirically; but only that one should not delude him-self that it is the correct path to final Reality.

No one has ever seen the awakening of consciousness, because consciousness is prior to anything that exists.  No one has seen god creating the universe with all its contents, because he did not exist prior to Gods creation. Such talks are mere speculated hypothesis.

Yogi thinks of his body that is chakras. He imagines thee are chakras within his body, when he sits down to meditate, he is thinking his body; next he is trying to get rid of thoughts i.e. he is already thinking of those thoughts. Thus he never becomes aware of the witness because he is only aware of the witnessed. Thus any physical practice becomes bondage.   The ultimate truth lies beyond the body and experience of the world.

One can get only a thought with thinking. Meditation is only an effort to divert the attention; it is mere imagination. Remaining with or without the thoughts is not wisdom.   When one’s attention is riveted to an object within the waking or dream, he is unaware of the subject, which is consciousness. Waking or a dream are mere an object to the subject, which is consciousness.

When one is absorbed in thinking of anything, he forgets the subject is consciousness, the self, that which sees all the three states. One may think for many years but it is all thoughts arises within the waking experience, hence not consciousness because the waking experience is mere mirage created out of consciousness. But when one knows the formless substance and witness of the three states, he does get consciousness, the true self, the knower, the seer of the coming and going of the three states. The consciousness without the illusion is the eternal.

The formless knower of the three states has to be grasped mentally and realize the fact that, all the three states, which comes and goes, are mental

There is no practice as such but perfect understanding is needed.   Deeper inquiry, analysis and reasoning revels the fact that, the self is not physical but the self is formless consciousness. Therefore, all the accumulated knowledge, experiences and understanding based on physical self (ego or body as Self) are falsehood based on the false self, within the false experience (waking).   Thus, whatever is based on the waking entity is bound to be falsehood because waking experience itself is false hood.   Since many teachers and teachings are based on the false self (ego or body as Self) and they consider the false experience [three states] as reality, they are incapable of grasping the witness, which is within the three states, but it is without the three states.

 The formless knower of the three states has to be grasped mentally and realize the fact that, all the three states, which comes and goes, are mental.  They are impermanent. The formless witness or knower of the three states is permanent and eternal.  Therefore, there is a need to understand “What is Mind?” and “What is the substance of the Mind?” in order to understand and assimilate the non-dual truth.

 For this one has drop all his accumulate knowledge, which he is using as a yardstick and lands himself in pursuit of argument without reaching anywhere.  One has to think deeper and analyze and verify everything and accept only un-contradictable truth.  Nothing has to be accepted as truth because some great thinker says it or I am saying it.   

Those who lack the intelligence to discriminate between formless witness (subject) and three states (object) will not be able to grasp what is real and what is unreal. Both subject and object are consciousness, not subject alone.

The truth can never change. The nature of truth is, it can never be changed under any circumstances. It may be misrepresented. It must apply to the whole of existence, to the whole of the universe. It is in the object (three states) alone that one has all changes, as deeper analysis points out.

 The subject (formless witness)remains unchanged. The subject (formless witness), as such remains immortal. It can never die for it never changes. The body and world are an object, and goes, but the subject or knower of the body and the universe, can never go. Seeker has to take this principle as his guiding thread and non-dual truth becomes easy to grasp. The formless witness can never be subject to the changes of the object; it is unchanged. The mistake usually made is that subject becomes object, or that object is subject.

If one wants to have absence of contradictions, absence of duality, there must be one entity, one being. If one has experience which is an object (mind), there is contradiction between subject and object, for "mind” is an object.

The duality is reality on the standpoint of the false self (ego or body as Self).  The duality is mere mirage on the base of the true self, which is formless consciousness. This understanding comes only to the serious seeker, who has real urge to know the ultimate truth, which is beyond the all the teachings and teachers. There is neither teaching, nor teacher, nor student in the realm of truth.   

THINK AND THINK

THINK AND THINK 

One cannot say the three states are real because they cannot exist by themselves without the support of the consciousness, which is the innermost self.  The three states are reality only on the base of ‘I’ which is the false self.

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One cannot say the three states is same as consciousness, nor one can say it is different from consciousness  nor one can say it same and different from consciousness  on the base of ‘ego’ ,which is the false self .

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One cannot the experience of diversity as real from the standpoint of point of the soul or consciousness which is the formless substance and witness of the three states.

Think and think

No one can say it does not have parts from the stand point of the formless substance and witness .diversity is reality only on the base of false self or ego.  The true nature of 

consciousness is indescribable because it is prior to any description.

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The inert is consciousness. It can exist with or without the objective awareness.  In experience of diversity there is illusory motion. But in the realm of its true nature it is motionless.

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All 'the three states are nothing but consciousness and there is nothing whatsoever - other than formless consciousness which is the innermost self.

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Every object is within the waking or dream - it is not a self-existent entity.  Non dual existence alone is true existence and eternal.  Consciousness alone pervades in everything and everywhere in experience of diversity [waking/dream/deep sleep].

Think and think

Three states cannot exist independent of consciousness. The formless conscious entity is consciousness. But its existence is established only by self-   knowledge. 

Man goes on spinning yarn of his imagination on religious base and imagines that the universe has brought into existence by all-wise god with some definite purpose and a set programme.

Man goes on spinning yarn of his imagination on religious base and imagines that the universe has brought into existence by all-wise god with some definite purpose and a set programme. 

Each atom of this universe be speak of order, discipline organization and balance-testifying to some great mind that has shaped it. And man was not born result of some accident. He was created as superior to all other creatures, to act as the vice-gerent of god upon the earth, blessed with intelligent and rational thinking. He has been given the power to choose between good and evil deeds. This freedom makes answerable to god and his fellow creatures both for his deeds. His conscience guides his steps to discriminate between what is good and what is bad. He may commit sins and mistakes but is also repentance and ability to correct himself. 

All man's imagination seems to be true until man is unaware of the true fact that `I' is not the self but `I' is the whole Waking experience. The invisible substance and witness of the `I' or Waking experience which is formless  consciousness is the true self. Therefore it is necessary for seeker to verify about his own existence through inquiry and reasoning in order to realize the fact that `I' is not the self but formless consciousness  is the true self and learn to view and judge the worldview on the standpoint of consciousness as self to unfold the mystery of the mind, which is present as Waking experience.

When one is able to view and judge the worldview on the standpoint consciousness as self  then he will realize there is neither the creation nor the creator but only non-dual consciousness alone  will prevail as ultimate reality of the existence. Therefore it is erroneous to conclude the truth on the base of religion and god. All religious and yogic practices are based on the `I' as self which is false identity and consider the Waking experience as reality which is mere illusion. Hence it is very much necessary to verify one's own identity before indulging in truth pursuit.

The religious and yogic discipline which is practiced on the false identity of `I' as self, in order to get freedom from cycle birth and death will neither bear neither desired neither fruits nor endures. The spiritual path which not known to fail is the one which is self imposed, determined and readily applied by inner urge of the seeking mind. Seeking mind is free to mould its mindset as best as it could.

The freedom from religious and yogic mindset helps the seeker to create a new spiritual order in its pursuit of truth.

The seeker has to be vigilant about the tricks of the memory, steadfastness is necessary in spiritual pursuit. Seekers of truth realize the fact that looking into the past with the trials and errors, acts of commission and omission ,regrets and fear ,passion love and hatred ,personal tragedies are happening within the illusory Waking experience.

Whatever happening within the Waking experience is mere illusion and transitory including the seemingly indissoluble human ties, more so wealth and fame, and thus not worth moment to regret. Nothing is changeless and lasting in the Waking experience but the invisible substance and witness which is the formless consciousness.

People take super natural power and miracles as the sure sign of perfection, but few understands the supernatural powers or miracles are the part and parcel of the illusory experience. Whatever is seen known, believed and experienced as real within the illusory Waking experience is bound to be illusion. The way to liberation from the experience of duality, of which supernatural powers are totally incapable. Only through knowledge of the true self it is possible to overcome the experience of duality.

The religious seekers think genuine devotion, irrespective of labels and nomenclature, no doubt surcharged with it, but the devotion which is imagined on the false self and devotion to imaginary belief of god within the illusory Waking experience. Thus devotion cannot transport the seeker beyond the illusory state. The truth is within the Waking experience as its invisible substance and it is apart from the Waking experience as its invisible witness. Since it is not an entity or identity within the Waking experience it is apart from it.

So, much lies in the power of Atman, the burden must be left entirely to the Ataman, which is the invisible substance and witness of the Waking experience and it is the true self. Without it there is nothing exist. Whatever exist everything is consciousness  because there is no second thing in the Waking experience of diversity.

The Waking experience is like a web and the focus of attention of Ataman on the web creates the illusory reality. When the attention of Ataman the true self on itself the whole illusory web dissolves and becomes one with Ataman.

For the serious  seeking mind which rejects the reality of the Waking experience and turn its attention on the Atman  or consciousness, which is the true self and is the invisible substance and witness of the Waking experience, for such aspirant mind deeper self-search evokes the spiritual response of great magnitude. Religion and yoga are fruitless pursuit based on the non-extent imaginary goal because they take false self as real and false experience as reality. FP  Blogs brings  immense benefit for the serious seekers.

The spiritual surrender is not a mental stillness or oral act, but result of wisdom, which comes when the self  becomes fully aware of its formless non-dual  true nature  the surrender happens automatically. 

The grace which comes from fully earned hard internal fight or mental effort through inquiry and reasoning and analysis, by long period of suffering, and aversion to religious belief and intense yearning for release. Suffering turns the mid inwards and eventfully draws out of the cry from the depths of the self for the liberating light of truth.

The seeker has to become capable of viewing and judging all phenomena and events of the Waking experience as mere illusion. The Waking experience is an object to the Ataman which is the true self.

The ego is the false self within the false experince.

Over the millennia and around the world, great saints, sages’ prophets have purportedly appeared on earth to establish extraordinary and universal philosophies that have made an impact upon the human psyche and upon life in general. According to the stories, these distinguished spiritualists have sprung up seemingly from the earth itself, or from the cosmos, with apparently original ideas that inspire thousands and cause these outstanding thinkers to be placed upon pedestals and worshiped as gods.

The idea of god propagated by religion is based on the ego. The ego is reality within the false reality. Inquiry, analysis and reasoning on the true base reveals the fact that  the whole waking experience which contains man, ego and the world  is mere mirage on the standpoint of the soul, which is the true self. Thus, ego is part of the mirage.

If one is atheistically prone and do not enjoy discussions of Self-Knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana  is not fit for pursuit of truth. People are interested in only reading, listening and disusing the colorful mythological stories consider them a tool to reach god, because to imagine it is easy, and verifying the fact is difficult task.

Most people enjoy the mystical subjects.  The notion of God will not disappear from the human psyche very easily without verifying the validity of their own existence.

The ego is the false identity with in the false experience. Until one becomes aware of the fact, that the ‘I’ is not the self but ‘I’ is the whole experience of the Waking or dream.  The physical body, ego and the world are within the waking and dream. The physical body ego and the world cease to exist without the waking/dream. The ego dominates in the waking/dream. Therefore, until the seeker of truth understands this fact, he cannot drop the ego. Therefore, it is very much necessary to realize the fact that the ‘I’ is not the self but ‘I’ is whole experience of Waking or dream.

Another aid, which is derived from Yoga practice, is that it temporarily suppresses ego. Such suppression helps very little to arrive at Truth. What the Yogi does not understand is that while he talks of experiencing bliss in trance, he reveals the presence of an ego who is the experiencer. To transcend bliss and to transcend trance, one must have gone into, through and out of Yoga.

Seeker of truth is obliged to think because he wants to get rid of ignorance. The root of all ignorance is not ego but the whole experience of duality. All the egocentric paths and practices are on not of any use in pursuit of truth. Only deeper self-search helps the destruction of ignorance. Causality is only a fib.

Unless seeker gives is egocentric accumulated knowledge   and with great humility accepts the guidance from  F.P and I. P blogs , he is sure to succeed in acquiring non dual wisdom. He has to know that the physical body, ego and the world are in his mind like everything else and not vice versa, he cannot understand the non-dual truth. Thus, there is need for perfect understanding what is what.

 If one is ‘egocentric’ then he is unfit for the pursuit of truth.  One has to be receptive not judgmental with egocentric accumulated knowledge. When there is egocentric knowledge, then there is no non dual Wisdom.  Seeker has to mentally rectify his seeking base, from ‘I’ (form) base to ‘I’-less (formless) base in order to understand and assimilate the self-knowledge.  

It is impossible to get rid of the ego alone without properly understanding what ego is. The ego appears within the waking or dream. Thus, the waking or  dream contains the physical body, ego, and the world.   Thus, it is erroneous to seek truth on the base of ego, which is the false entity within the false experience. Thus there is a need to know the fact that the mind or  ’I’  is not limited to the physical body but mind or  ’I’  is the whole experience of waking or dream.  Mind or ’I’ is in the form of universe. And universe appears as waking or dream (matter) and disappears as deep sleep (spirit).  Therefore, there is a need to analyze the three states in order to trace the formless witness of the three states.  The formless soul, which is in the form of consciousness, is the innermost self.  Consciousness is permanent and eternal.  No second thing can exist without the consciousness.

 The higher truth will not reveal unless the base of seeking is rectified from base of ego to the base of the soul. This has to be dome mentally by deeper thinking, inquiring, analyzing and reasoning.  Without rectifying, the seeking base seeker will not be able to separate the truth from the untruth mentally.  The ego keep one in the grip of duality thus he will not be able to think of the beyond without understanding what the mind is and what the substance of the mind is.

When one cannot see the unreality of the ego, and that ego is part of the part of the mirage, which appears and disappears as waking or dream  (‘I’)   he is unripe to grasp the non-dual truth. Egocentricity is the common psychological state of human nature whereas selfishness is the common ethical state of human nature. The two should not be confused.

The formless witness is beyond any bondage or liberation

Love and hate propel one to action and I am the doer-notion also arises when one propel himself to do the action to gain or to get rid of those objects of likes and dislikes. The notion of doer-ship arises in the resulting actions - the binds one further since it leaves with him with some more ingrained impressions which propel him into further actions, etc - thus becoming a vicious circle. The one who has all the above notions is - is bound himself to his notions.

These transactions are possible when one has the notion that what he sees as a person of the world as real - - That is practical  truth is taken as real due to lack of the knowledge of the non-dual truth or lack of knowledge of the true self,which is ever formless.


The formless witness is beyond any bondage or liberation. One can also understand as the formless witness appears to be bound since bondage is notional and not real due to false identification with the false; but which is taken as real.

When the false- hood of the false is understood when one realize that ‘I’ is not the true self but the soul or consciousness is the true self. Then false remain as false only, but a notion that that false is real is gone for good.

Coming to the point the ego means physical self or limiting the mind to the physical body. Every action is associated with a series of thought processes within the waking experience. But the point is, the ego, while being involved in this action does not get into other thoughts which are unrelated to this action. If one leaves the ego to itself it will wander aimlessly over things totally unrelated to each other. This dissipation of the ego does not occur when one focuses it into one action.  While doing that action it dwells on only those things which are related to the main action. To this extent action itself disciplines the ego. Of course it may not be a complete discipline.  But in some sense there is mostly a uni-directional restriction or piloting of the ego. The whole human experience is based on the ego. The ego cannot be destroyed by action and conduct and deeds. 

One has to understand the fact that,   the ego, physical body and the world exists together. If one is missing the duality is impossible. Thus it is no use of struggling to overcome only the ego. All other teachings propagate to overcome the ego to get self-knowledge. There is no use of struggling to overcome the ego. It is impossible to overcome the ego with the ego. Only by proper and perfect understanding of the mind, it is possible to overcome duality.  

The ‘I’ based accumulated knowledge is mother of all misunderstanding

The ‘I’ based accumulated knowledge  is mother  of all misunderstanding and  it becomes main hurdle in the pursuit of truth.  Seeker has to learn  view and judge the world-view on the base of formless witness,to mentally clear his cobweb of all confusions  and hurdle  by perfect understanding.

The  consciousness is the innermost self  and it is the formless substance and witness and also the source of  the three states.  therefore by realizing the the formless substance ,witness and the source are one is essence the duality ceases  and non-dual reality prevails as ultimate reality.  

 The doer ship is part and parcel of the illusion. In doer ship the physical body with the name is the author of the action.  In the realm of truth, there is no scope even for knowledge of enjoyer ship   or doer ship to say "I am not an enjoyer, I am not a doer".  Thus the sense of ‘I’ exists only in duality and it becomes ‘I’- les in the realm of truth. Thus to say I am that, and I am this, or I am as I am, or who am ‘I’, what am I , it  is ok  for beginners. But seeker who becomes aware f the fact that ‘I’ is not self has to drop identifying the ‘I’ as self.  This is difficult task for the seekers in the beginning, but gradually when the mind becomes receptive; then it will start accepting the fact that ‘I’ is not the self, but formless witness is the self.

The one who thinks ‘I’ is the self is bound by illusory duality. The sense of ‘I’ - 'I am' the notion - that is I am the Self - it is a notion since it is not true, but one who feels it is true is bound by that feeling, since all his actions are colored by that notion that I am is the self – ‘I’ is the false entity within the false experience.

The mind includes body and the whole universe.  Limiting the mind to the physical entity is the cause of the ego. Because of the identification with false self, the ego becomes dominant. When ego is dominant the illusory duality becomes reality. The only way to ultimate truth,   is by realizing the  Conciousness, as true self.

Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana comes through one's own direct realization of truth, not through beliefs and dogmas or by following religious code of conducts.

Till  one has the conviction that he is born in this world and world existed prior to him, he will not be able to assimilate Self-Knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana . When he realizes the fact that, he and his experience of the world co-exits together and disappears together then he becomes aware of the fact that the physical entity is not the self.  Therefore, it is impossible to judge the truth on the physical entity, and come to some conclusion and conviction and then accepting the imaginary truth based on the false self as ultimate truth is mere theory based on the false self.  

Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana comes through one's own direct realization of truth, not through beliefs and dogmas or by following religious code of conducts. The religion and its concepts have value with in the illusion, and have nothing to do with the ultimate  truth, which is based on the consciousness,which is the innermost self.

The three states come into being because of ignorance of the permanent self. Thus, they have no existence of their own without a permanent self, which is the consciousness. There is neither the three states nor the witness; only non-dual reality.

Only when the wisdom dawns the waking become unreal. The man who believes himself as a person born in this world and world existed prior to him will not be able to assimilate self-knowledge.

What's most important to understand about the three states is that they are unreal in their nature. They are mere appearances, because there are impermanent.  Thus the physical self/ego is not the self because it is limited to the waking or dream. The true self is the formless substance and witness of the three states, which is the consciousness. The consciousness is apart and permanent.  The consciousness is the true self because the three states are dependent on the consciousness for their existence, whereas the consciousness exists with or without the three states, which appear and disappear in succession.

The physical is not an integral, autonomous entity. The individual self, or what we might call the ego, is part of the waking/dream. The ego ceases to exist without the waking/dream.

If one can view the three states on the standpoint of the consciousness as self, he becomes aware of the fact that, the true which is the consciousness is not subject to the birth, life and death. The true self is only formless substance and witness of the three states.

To understand and assimilate this truth there is no need for the seeker to lose himself in the labyrinths of philosophy, but goes straight to the source from which they all arise and subside.

Everything here refers to consciousness,which is the innermost self, because everything (three states) is created out of consciousness.   On the standpoint of consciousness there is nothing exists other than the consciousness.  Thus everything, which is consciousness, is perfectly perfect.  People who view and judge on the standpoint of the physical self/ego will not understand this because they see diversity as reality. They think ‘I’ is self, and body is illusion, whereas, the body and the ‘I’, both are part of the illusion.   They think whatever exists within the waking experience that is, man and his experience of the world as reality. 

There are so many obstacles if one tries to reach non-dual destination through physical/ego based paths and practices. Therefore, physical/ego based paths and practices are roundabout way to reach the non-dual destination. 

The scholars are sentimentally and emotionally involved with their inherited philosophy which is based on the scriptures they will not be able to grasp the non-dual truth. The non-dual truth has to be grasped without the religion, scriptures and god glorification.  

Gnani is the one who has that wisdom - hence from his self-analysis and understanding he realizes the non-dual truth – Atman (soul or consciousness) alone is real and the true self is that Atman.

The one who acquired physical based wisdom is called genius, on the base of in physical dimension. The one who acquired self- knowledge or non-dual wisdom is called Gnani, in Spiritual dimension. 

It is quiet evident that no seeker of truth would conceive of a freedom from experiencing duality as reality without transcendence of individuality, i.e. giving up the holding the ‘I’ as self. Since everyone is trying to view and judge the truth on the standpoint of false self, it becomes difficult understand and assimilate the non-dual truth. Non-dual wisdom is not based on the physical experience, because the true self is beyond physical/individual experiences.  On the standpoint of the true self (Atman) all experiences are mere mirage, thus the non dual truth has to be grasped and realized.  

How can the ‘I’ know the truth, when ‘I’ itself is false? Since, many teachings hold ‘I’ as self and physical body as false and world as reality, it becomes very difficult to understand and assimilate non-dual truth. That is why step by step one has to remove all his accumulated ideas and obstacle and move towards his non-dual destination.  It is easy to assimilate the truth for one who is free from religious or philosophical or yogic or theoretical knowledge.

Witness and Witnessed

Science cuts itself from the witness and remains aloof from the witnessed.  The scientist not only stands aside, outside the field of witness. It is because the scientist is unaware of the witness, which is apart from the witnessed, and he and his invention are part of the witnessed. Therefore science cannot cross the threshold of the physical existence.  Thus its invention is limited to physicality.

Science is based on objects; its invention is based on object as subject. Thus the modern science can get the truth of objectified subject. Elimination of object mentally and realizing the subject then judging the worldview on the base of pure subject leads to discovery of ultimate truth.

The feelings and impressions and notions are based on the physical self. The scientific inventions are based on the physical self. Deeper inquiry, analysis and reasoning revels the fact that the physical self is false self within the false experience.   

Modern science is the very opposite of the Gnani’s standpoint of view.  Gnani says that a thing exists on the standpoint of the form as self and form ceases to exist without the formless self.

Therefore, it is necessary to know the fact that, the true self is not physical but the formless spirit, which we call it soul or self.

There is a need for sufficient distinction or discrimination has to be made between the witness and the witnessed. The witness is   mixed and identified with what it witnessed and the result is doubts and confusion still prevailed without identifying the witness.  

Personal feelings, ideas,  judgments entered into the presentation of facts  by the so called gurus  and the whole mass passed as  truth, the process often being given the high-sounding name of Intuition, Vision or Revelation which are mere fancy based on the physical self.

The religious idea of rewarding the virtuous and punishing the sinner in graded degrees are popular among the mass. These are some of the very well-known instances of pathetic fallacy, that is to say, introducing the element of personal sentiment in our appreciation of events and objects. Even today literate mass follow or observe these religious dogmas   superstition and tradition.

A man may wish to live for a hundred years, performing his duties as prescribed by the scriptures, but he will not be able to assimilate the Self-Knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana

Self-Knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana  is the aim of every human being. Since everyone thinks the physical body is the self their aim is misdirected and they focus their attention on materiality which makes one feel the duality (waking) as reality.

A man may wish to live for a hundred years, performing his duties as prescribed by the scriptures, but he will not be able to assimilate the Self-Knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.  If one does duties in the way prescribed in the scriptures, it may be good for the practical  life within the practical of the  the waking experience. The results of whatever one do will cling to the duality, which he is experiencing it as reality. There is no other way other then, finding the true self and realizing the fact that ‘I’ is not the self, but the soul is the true self.  

There is no point in renouncing the worldly life within the waking experience. There is no point in running after the pleasures the world within the waking experience. These pleasures are momentary, because the waking experience is momentary. If one run after them he will only become the pleasure hunter within the experience of duality and bound to experience suffering.

Not everyone is in a position to acquire the Self-Knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana . People want to enjoy life, and to such people the religion, god glorification and yoga are necessary. They must fulfill their desires strictly according to the rules laid down by the religious and yogic scriptures. This will slowly lead to the purification of the mind that is, the hankering for sense pleasures will go, the spirit of discrimination will grow strong, and love for Self-knowledge will develop. When this happens they will no longer be attached to what they have been doing all their lives. The result is that they will be receptive to self-knowledge. 

Religion, yoga is for those who are not in the position to grasp the non-dual truth. They need not feel lost. They can take time. However, eventually they have to come to the path of the truth. Until then they must follow their chosen path.

The three states are of the nature of change. There is no permanence in them. However, that which sustains the three states it is never changing. It is always the same. That is the soul/ the true self. On soul as self,  everything rests. It is like a movie projected on a screen. The movie changes but the screen is constant. Similarly, the phenomenal waking/dream is projected on the soul. It is a mere superimposition like seeing a snake superimposed on a rope on a dark night. 

The snake has no independent existence. It exists because of the rope, and it ceases to exist as soon as a light is brought. The snake then dissolves into the rope. In the same way, when one know the soul as self, the mind   merges into it and one realize that mind and soul are one in essence. To attain this knowledge is the goal of the truth seeker. The three states then cannot taint the self. 

Thus Gnani’s contact with it is merely like that of a piece of sandalwood, which has long been under water and has thereby come to acquire a bad odour. For a while, the fragrance of the sandalwood is suppressed and the bad odour prevails. But if the sandalwood is rubbed a little, the bad odour disappears and the natural fragrance of the sandalwood becomes predominant.

Similarly, Soul, the innermost self’s attachment to the three states is temporary. It cannot be permanent. Think of the self as Soul or  Consciousness. When one thinks intensely and constantly in this way, the attachment to the three states will then go.

 One can attain the Self-Knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana by the practice of renunciation of the three states. One has to keep reminding himself that the three states, with all its allurements, is not real that is, it is not real in the sense that it is transitory. Only soul   is real because it is imperishable. One must renounce these three states and concentrate on soul. Seeker of truth should never run after things that are ephemeral. Never become attached to the three states, which are ephemeral.

To one who knows the fact that these three states are transitory, world is not world and any form of sense pleasure is repugnant. Seeker of truth must be concerned only with soul/self become steeped in soul. Soul alone is real and the self is that soul. Soul is in the form of consciousness and become oblivious to everything else.