There is no freedom without the realisation of one’s identity with the soul or consciousness, which is the innermost self.

FORMLESS PATH: - Mind is present in the form of ‘I’. The ‘I’ is present in the form of the universe. The universe appears in the form of waking or dreams (duality) and disappears as deep sleep (non-duality).   

The ‘I’ is inborn ignorance; because of this inborn ignorance the mind is born. Without the ignorance there is no mind. Without the mind there is no universe. Without universe there is no waking or dream. Without waking or dream there is no duality.  Without the duality there is only non-dual reality. Non-duality is the nature of the soul, the innermost self.

Ignorance of the true self gives rise to the universe’, which appears as waking or dream. The waking or dream is full of form, shapes colours. The waking or dream is bound by form, time and space. The waking or dream is bound by birth, life and death. The individual experiences are happenings within the waking or dream. The dream becomes unreal, when the waking takes place. The waking becomes unreal, when one becomes aware of the fact that, the soul is the true self. On the base of the soul, the three states are unreal. Therefore, the soul alone is real and eternal. Therefore, Atman, which is in the form of consciousness, is ultimate truth or Brahman.

Consciousness is always present everywhere. It is within the form, time and space but it is beyond form, time and space, with not before or after. It is undeniable and obvious. Nothing can be said about it because it exists prior to the appearance of form, time and space and also it prevails after disappearance of the form, time and space. 

As soon as one realizes that self is not the form but self is formless   then he becomes free from experiencing the illusory birth, life, death and the universe as reality.   True Self is free from the bondage of Karma, from the fetters of desires, from the mirage of this mundane life and its concomitant evils and miseries.

One sees the clouds. The clouds move continuously but their moment is within the waking or dream. If one takes a photograph, he sees the clouds in the picture, but there is no motion of clouds in the picture. Motion is mental creation within the waking or dream.

Motion means duality.  Motion is mind. The object appears to move only. Motion is illusion. Behind the objects that move there is the absolutely motionless consciousness which witnesses the motion. Consciousness is still, it is all-pervading, and Infinite.  Consciousness is everywhere, because it is all-pervading and infinite.

The soul is the innermost self. soul is in the form of consciousness, which is hidden within the three states, and its nature is formless and non-dual  It can be known only through discrimination between the dual and non-dual experiences.  And it is beyond the reach of speech and words and thoughts and form, time and space.

By  discriminating between the soul, which is in the form of consciousness and mind, which is in the form of universe one realizes what is real and what is unreal. by identifying  consciousness as true self  one becomes aware the mind which is in the form of universe is mere mirage created out of consciousness  and consciousness alone is real and ultimate truth or Brahman.

Liberation from experiencing duality or illusion cannot to be attained through penance, scriptural studies and yogic practice or indulging religious rituals or god or guru glorification.

Inner longing to know the truth, sharpness to grasp and courage to accept the truth leads one to self-awareness. People are immersed in ignorance and remain experiencing the illusion as reality and they do not to exert themselves to know the reality of their true existence.  By clinging to things unreal they think their experience of birth, life, death and the world as reality.

By quoting the Scriptures and sacrifice to the gods, by performing rituals and worship the deities, but there is no freedom without the realization of one’s identity with the soul or consciousness, which is the innermost self.

There is no hope of immortality by means of riches.  Action   or inaction cannot be the cause of freedom because inaction also is action and action and inaction are part of the duality. People think by using lesser words or by keeping silence the truth emerge on its own but they keep hoping and remain in the prison of duality.

The Seeker of truth has to strive his best for freedom from experiencing the illusion as reality, and fixing his attention on the formless substance and witness of the three states. The formless substance and witness are one in essence. That essence is consciousness. The consciousness alone is real and eternal and it is the source of the mind, which rises as universe and subsides back as consciousness.

Having grasped, understood the ultimate truth intellectually, one should recover oneself, immersed in the illusory experience of ocean of birth, life, death and the world by means of devotion to right discrimination.

The seeker of truth, having commenced the path of the self- realization has to give up all physical based theoretical practices and try to realize the fact that, the waking experience in which the individual experiences birth, life, death and the world as reality is also is as unreal as the dream. By realizing the formless substance and witness of the three states as consciousness one becomes free from experiencing the duality as reality.

Karma means action. Action leads to believe the experience of birth, life, death and world as reality, not to perception of the Reality. The realization of Truth is brought about by discrimination and not in the least by individual conduct and act.

By adequate reasoning the conviction of the reality about the true existence is gained, which puts an end to the great fear and misery caused by the waking experience worked up in the ignorance.