It is
necessary to repeating the same truth again and again till it becomes reality.
One needs to constant reflect on the subject until he gets a firm conviction of
what is what. Words are needed until one gets firm conviction of ‘what is what’.
People need reading and hearing the words to think deeply and reach the
ultimate end.
In deeper
self-search:- When one realizes the existence of the formless witness of the
three states is apart from the three states then he realizes that, it's not the
waking entity which is witnessing the three states but the formless soul, is the
witnesses the coming and going of the
three states.
The soul, the
innermost self is present in the form of consciousness. Thus the formless soul or
consciousness is the knower or the witness of the coming and going of
the three states. The soul, which is present in the form of consciousness, is
real eternal.
Yoga cannot
yield non-dual truth because everything that yogi does or practices and
experiences within the ‘known.' Yoga yields relative truth, i.e. true from a
particular viewpoint, not ultimate truth.
Man and all
the objects of the world within the waking or dream are known and passing away
every moment, hence unreal. Hence we ought not to get attached to the passing
show. Not only we individuals will change and die, but empires and the
mountains and the population will disappear with the waking or dream.
The Seeker
has to start with the mind which is present in the form of the matter. He has
to analyze the mind and taking away from it all those portions which are ever
changing or passing, he becomes aware of the existence of the formless witness
of the three states, which is ever-changing.
When a seeker
is able to make the distinction between formless witness and the three states
then he will be able to realize “what is truth” and “what is untruth”. The formless
soul, which is present in the form of consciousness, is present everywhere in
everything in all the three states.
There are two
factors to remember: -the knowing capacity and that which is known. The three
states are known, and they are all passing away and are therefore unreal.
Without the knowing capacity i.e. the knower or the witness in existence there
could have been no such thing as knowing these things. Knowing
implies two factors, the knower or the knowing capacity, or that which becomes
aware; and the known. Without these two factors one cannot use the word know.
The known (three
states) always passes away in succession. When one is able to distinguishing
between knower and known, he becomes aware of the fact that, the subject is the
formless soul (knower or witness) and the
object is the three states. When waking and dream disappears, the formless soul,
the innermost self alone prevails as eternal existence.
The non-dualistic
or Advaitic truth is always real. Reality does not exist with forms and names
and feeling. That which underlies these is the reality. Reality underlies
limitations, being itself limitless. Reality is not bound. Reality underlies
unrealities, itself being real. The reality is that which is. Reality is as it
is. Reality transcends speech. Reality is beyond the expressions `existence,
non-existence.
The reality which is the mere consciousness that remains when ignorance is destroyed along with knowledge of objects, alone is the Self (soul). In Self-awareness, there is not the least ignorance.
