If he knows that the waking experience is mere an
illusion than all the wealth, women and luxuries one has within the waking
experience is bound to be an illusion. Whatever wealth one has lost
within the waking experience also an illusion. Since man has stuck with the
reality of the illusory waking experience he refuses to investigate the truth
of his true existence. Only those who have the intense urge to know the
ultimate truth strive to acquire self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.—FORMLESS PATH
The form, time and space together is the mind. Without the form, time and space there is no
mind. The form, time and space are one in
essence. That essence is consciousness.
The cause and effect are within the mind. Without the mind there is no cause and effect.
The mind is present in the form of ‘I’. ‘It’ is present in the form of the
universe. The universe appears as waking or dream (duality) and disappears as
deep sleep (non-duality). Thus a perfect understanding of ‘what is what leads
to Non-dualistic self-awareness. –FORMLESS
PATH
The words betray the hollowness. The real cannot be described; it must be discovered and realized. Whatever the words try to convey is only helpful to grasp the ultimate truth or Brahman.
The non-dualistic or Advaitic truth has to be grasped and realized. Man knows only the world, and his individual experiences within the world. He is not aware of the fact that, he and his experience of the world are part of the illusion. He views and judges the truth on the base of his birth entity, which is false self, thus he is stuck in the muck of illusion/duality.
The non-dual truth lies beyond the egocentric understanding. Thus, it is necessary to verify the fact through deeper self-search about his own inherited beliefs and accumulated knowledge, in order to realize, how they become obstacle in realizing the truth. The egocentric conditioning of the soul will be dropped only when it realizes the fact that, the waking entity(ego) is not the self. Thus struggling to get rid of the ego, on the base of the ego is a foolish venture.
Constant mental pounding is necessary through constant reflecting on the truth that, the soul is the real self and on the base of the soul all else is mere mirage/illusion. When one grasps these truth and becomes firm in his conviction the egocentric conviction drops and the non-dualistic wisdom dawns. Thus, one becomes aware of the non-dualistic truth in the midst of the of illusion(duality or waking).
