Those with an iota of humility will be able to recognize
what they know about the true self is so little in comparison to what they need
to know. The only medicine that one can cure his ego is a little spoon of
"humility." Without this medicine, he will likely argue forever and
lose the path to attain freedom from experiencing the duality as reality.
The first step for seeker to take is to study to understand
the fact the ‘I’ based understanding is the cause of all misunderstanding and
becomes main hurdle in the pursuit of truth.
The seeker has to view and judge the worldview on the base of true self,
to clear our own misunderstandings and hurdle mentally by perfect
understanding.
The doer ship is part and parcel of the illusion. In the 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’- less 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 the 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' is 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 the
body and the whole universe. Limiting
the mind to the physical entity is the cause of the ego. Because of the
identification with the false self, the ego becomes dominant. When ego is
dominant the illusory duality becomes reality. The only path is through realizing the Atman/spirit, as
true self.
People think that, more they think, the more they will get; but
it is really an error. It remains only a thought and gives them back only
thoughts. Anything seen, observed, cannot be the Self or the
Witness.
Consciousness (soul) is the substance and witness of the duality. The duality is present in the form of mind.
Mind is present in the form of universe. The universe appears as waking or
dream and diapers as deep sleep. The one which is aware of the coming and going
of the three states is neither the waking entity nor the dream entity but the
formless soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. When the soul becomes aware of its formless
non-dual true nature in the midst of duality it is called self –awareness. It is
foolish to limit the consciousness only to duality because the consciousness
pervades all the three states
