Some find the pursuit of truth is difficult because they have not acquired necessary competence for it. People are not aware
of the fact that there is no God can exist,
apart from the soul. The soul is present in the form of consciousness. If there
is no consciousness, then there is no body, no world and no belief of God. They think that there must be
a creator of this universe. If one thinks body
or as self, then there is a creator, but if one thinks the soul as the
true Self, then there is nothing exists other than the soul, which is present
in the form of consciousness.
If one objectifies and sees a universe, then he is bound to see many things beside himself and postulate a God, the creator. Body, God and world rise and set together from, and into, the soul, the innermost self. The soul is the source from where the mind (universe) rises and subsides.
If God is apart from the soul, the innermost self, then He would be Self-less, that is, outside existence, that is, non-existent. The mind (universe) and its substance and its source (soul) are one in essence. That essence is consciousness. Thus the consciousness alone is real all else is mere an illusion created out of consciousness. Thus consciousness is ultimate truth or Brahman. Ultimate truth is God.
If one objectifies and sees a universe, then he is bound to see many things beside himself and postulate a God, the creator. Body, God and world rise and set together from, and into, the soul, the innermost self. The soul is the source from where the mind (universe) rises and subsides.
If God is apart from the soul, the innermost self, then He would be Self-less, that is, outside existence, that is, non-existent. The mind (universe) and its substance and its source (soul) are one in essence. That essence is consciousness. Thus the consciousness alone is real all else is mere an illusion created out of consciousness. Thus consciousness is ultimate truth or Brahman. Ultimate truth is God.
From the absolute standpoint creation is impossibility. The
creation and creator theory is false theory based on the false self. Whatever
is based on the false self is bound to be falsehood.
Creation is the very nature of the soul, the innermost self. It
is his inherent nature which simply emanates and flows from soul. But even this
is only an appearance for in truth there's no creation at all.
For Gnani the world is an illusion. Viewed from the absolute
there's neither birth nor life nor death, neither appearance nor disappearance,
neither production nor destruction, neither bondage nor liberation. There's
none who seeks for freedom nor is there any who is liberated - this is the
highest truth.
A Gnani know that there's neither unity nor plurality - the
world is neither one nor many. Just as a piece of rope is mistaken for a snake,
the Atman is mistaken as this diverse world. Duality is an appearance and the
non-dual Atman is the real truth.
The universe is not different from the soul, which is present in
the form of consciousness because the universe is made of consciousness. Thus
the consciousness alone is and all else (universe) is mere an illusion. Thus
the illusion is not different from consciousness, which ultimate truth or
Brahman.
That the non-dual consciousness appears as the
diverse universe is only an illusion. If it really became diverse then the
immortal would become mortal. The dualist’s thinkers who seek to prove the
origination of the unborn, by that very enterprise try to make the immortal,
mortal. Ultimate nature can never change - the immortal can never become mortal
and vice versa. "There's no plurality in the nature of the soul";
"The consciousness appears to be many"; "those who are attached
to creation or production or origination are in ignorance because their
approach is more practical, and they are stuck with the reality of the universe
(waking) take it as real.
The dualist thinkers ’ arguments are
based on false self (ego or waking entity) and false experience (mind or waking
or dream or universe) to show the
weakness of the position of dualistic view point. They at their wits end to explain.
Existence cannot be a cause and effect at the
same time, from the point of view of the dualists, but deeper self-search shows
the Existent is no-two and causality can’t rise at all. Dualistic theory says
that whatever was in the cause was also in the effect. They say that the gold
brick, the gold medal, the gold ornaments --are in the seed--the gold. Deeper
self-search reveals the fact that, if cause and effect are one what is the
difference between the two?
There is neither
unwisdom nor ignorance; neither bondage, nor liberation. There is but one pure
consciousness.
The logic
holds good for the practical purpose in the practical life (waking).
Soul-centric reasoning leads to non- dualistic self-awareness.
The consciousness is existence absolute, awareness
absolute. Existence absolute means that
consciousness is not unreal or non-existent. And it is not
unconsciousness. Nothing positive can be
stated about consciousness.
The soul, the innermost self is the
One without a second. There is not the least shadow of multiplicity in the
soul, which is present in the form of consciousness."
The word Brahman
means ultimate truth or reality which cannot be indicated by any word. The
Brahman can be expressed through silence because it is beyond the experience
form, time and space. . Therefore, the word Brahma in the clearly stands for
the essence of the three states, which is consciousness only. The final use of
pursuit of truth is to know that self is consciousness.
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 the
witness of the duality. The duality is
present in the form of mind. The Mind is present in the form of the 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.
Consciousness
is the shoreless Non-dual Ocean. Consciousness is beyond form, time and space.
Consciousness is beyond instinct, intellect, imagination and inspiration. It is
unconscious of its true nature when it is in illusion. Only beyond illusion it
is in its true nature.