"MEHER BABA Said:-A true aspirant is not content with the
knowledge of spiritual realities based on hearsay... he insists on the direct
knowledge."
One has to discover and realize the fact that, the three states as illusion, and find the formless substance of the three states created . And realize the fact that, that formless substance itself is the witness of the three states.
The individual experiences such as birth, life and death are part of the waking experience is mere an illusion. Searching for the meaning of life is meaningless, because individual life is part of the illusion. Searching the truth on the waking entity,which is false self within the false experience (waking) leads to hallucination.
One has to realize the fact that, it is not the waking entity (you) which witnesses the three states. The formless soul is the witness of the coming and going of the three states. The soul is immutable. The soul is unaffected by the happening within the three states because the three states are mere mirage created out of the formless soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. The soul or consciousness is the innermost self.
The self is neither the waking entity nor the self is dream entity but the self is the formless soul. The on the standpoint of the soul, the innermost self the three states are non-existent as reality.
People think the religion,yoga and scriptural studies are the means to acquire self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana but it is not so.
The Vedas
are the only scriptures in the world which declare:- It is impossible to find and realize the truth via religion, god and guru glorification and
scriptural study . Even Upanishads conform this.
Mundaka Upanishad Upanishads by
Nikilanada]
The individual experiences such as birth, life and death are part of the waking experience is mere an illusion. Searching for the meaning of life is meaningless, because individual life is part of the illusion. Searching the truth on the waking entity,which is false self within the false experience (waking) leads to hallucination.
One has to realize the fact that, it is not the waking entity (you) which witnesses the three states. The formless soul is the witness of the coming and going of the three states. The soul is immutable. The soul is unaffected by the happening within the three states because the three states are mere mirage created out of the formless soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. The soul or consciousness is the innermost self.
The self is neither the waking entity nor the self is dream entity but the self is the formless soul. The on the standpoint of the soul, the innermost self the three states are non-existent as reality.
People think the religion,yoga and scriptural studies are the means to acquire self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana but it is not so.
Scriptures
are being added to from time to time. This process will go on. There is the
final authority among them? One contradicts the other: duality reigns supreme.
The
Upanishads are self-contradictory. Every pundit even gives conflicting
interpretations of them. The final authority therefore is using one’s own own
reason. One should apply his reason to them.
The
scriptures are for ignorant masses, who wholly accept the material world as it
presents itself. Gnana is for those who have begun to realize that things are
not what they seem.
The
Scriptures are of value only when dealing with persons who are incapable of
understanding truth. They have no value as authority for those who use reason.
Katha Upanishad:- This Atman
cannot be attained by the study of the Vedas, or by intelligence, or by much hearing of sacred books. It is attained by him alone whom It chooses. To such a
one Atman reveals Its own form. (Katha Upanishad Ch-II -23-P-20)
Mundaka Upanishad
:- This Atman cannot be attained through study of the
Vedas, nor through intelligence, nor through much learning. He who chooses Atman by him alone is Atman attained. It is Atman that reveals to the seeker
Its true nature.( 3 –page-70
When the Upanishad says: the
human goal is to acquire Self-Knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana and they indicate the personal gods,
scriptures, worship and rituals are not the means to Self –Knowledge, then why
anyone should indulge in it. The religion, concept of individualized god and
scriptures are greatest obstacle to realize non-dual truth or self-realization,
because they are based on false self.
The seeker of truth has to search the ultimate truth without losing
himself in the labyrinths of philosophy, through deeper, inquiry, analysis and
reasoning and assimilate and realize it.
