What is it, that is born, lives and dies

On the standpoint of birth entity the birth, life and death are reality. The deeper inquiry reveals the fact that, the body is not the self, and then what is it that is born, lives and dies. Thus, the birth entity is fully dependent on the soul , the innermost self . 

Until the base of reasoning is rectified from form base to formless base, the truth will not be unfolded. All theories of religion and idea of god are based on the false self (waking entity or ego) and  by holding the false experience(waking)   as reality. 

Man (waking entity)  and his world are reality within the waking experience. Waking experience is false experience on the standpoint of the soul, the innermost self. Therefore, it is necessary to trace and realize the formless substance and witness of the three states.  the soul,which is present in the form of consciousness is the substance witness and the source of the three states. 

He who knows the 'thoughts and words as the consciousness is the knower of ultimate truth, who has realized the highest Truth, has entered into the realm of consciousness, by burning away the accumulated egocentric dross, which was cause of ignorance. Hence he is free from experiencing the illusion as reality. In the realm of truth consciousness has no seed of ignorance for illusion. For when mirage is superimposed on consciousness has merged with the consciousness on the discrimination of the real and the unreal , it does not appear again as real to those discriminating people, just as before, from the impressions of the past persisting in the intellect. All the doubts and confusion exists when the reason is based on the ego (form). But when one the reason is based on the soul (formless)as self  all the doubts and confusion vanishes.

One cannot know the truth until one knows the stuff from which the mind (universe) is created. The goal of pursuit of truth is to realize the fact that, the true self is not physical but it is the formless soul ( spirit or consciousness).

When one puts aside the imagination and has the thinker-- what does he get with thinking—he can get only a thoughts. Meditation is only an effort; it is imagination, an idea; the soul/consciousness remaining the same with or without ideas.

As a person perceiving the world one is unaware of the fact that, he and his experience of the world are within the object. He as a person is completely unaware of the fact that, he is not the subject at all. The subject is formless and it is apart from the three states. The subject is not an entity or identity within the three states. Therefore, judging the truth on the base of the object as self is erroneous. Such judgement leads to all sorts of speculation, doubts and confusions.

When one is absorbed in thinking of anything, he is thinking within the object [mind] that which witnesses all these three states is within but always apart.

As a thinker he gets only thoughts. The thinker and thoughts are part of the illusion. Whenever there is thoughts and experiences, there is duality (mind). Where there is duality (mind) there is always ignorance. Where there is ignorance there is illusion. The duality, mind and ignorance illusion are one and the same thing and they appear together and disappear. The ignorance vanishes when the wisdom dawns.

The knower of the three states is within the three states but it is formless and apart from the three states.

The whole universe and people and all its contents are within the mind. The truth is hidden within the mind but it is without the mind. As a Man one thinks the mind is within the physical body but the truth is the body and the universe are within the mind. Until this mistake is rectified to get the non -dual truth is an impossibility. Man thinks he is an individual separate from the world within the mind which appears as waking or dream and disappears as deep sleep. Therefore, one has to analyze the three states, in order to realize the witness of the three states, is formless and apart from the three states. Thus the man is not the witness of the three states. Realizing this fact, it is erroneous to judge the truth on the waking entity.

It is impossible to trace the mind within the physical body, because the physical body and the world are within the mind. The idea of multiplicity of mind cannot be accepted. The dream appears as a whole with the dream entity, with people and the dream world. The dream is witnessed as a whole without the physical apparatus. The same witness witnesses the waking and deep sleep as a whole. This truth has to be grasped to realize the fact that, the waking entity is not the witness of the three states. Only when this truth is grasped, then it becomes easier to assimilate the Self-Knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

Therefore, how the meditation or Samadhi or any other practice can yield the fruit, when the waking entity is not the self and the true self is the witness of the three states, not waking experience alone. This truth has to be grasped to rectify the mistake, which keeps one in the grip of duality makes him experience the duality as reality.