Friday, December 11, 2009

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.




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. 

From the absolute standpoint creation is an 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.