There is nothing to hold on to and nothing to forget because there is no second thing exists other then the soul,which is present in the form of consciousness.
As the waking entity or ego becomes more and more inward turned,
it becomes gradually free from experiencing the duality as reality. When the soul, the innermost self becomes
freed from all the obstruction by fully eliminating the ignorance it remains in
its own awareness. When the soul,
remains in its own awareness in the midst of duality then the duality is mere
illusion created out of the soul, which is present in the form of
consciousness.
The
three states are that which is known to the waking entity but is not there: it
appears to exist but from the ultimate standpoint the three states are mere
illusion because the three states are one in essence and that essence is
consciousness. . In reality there is no such thing exists as form, time and
space.
Time
does not stop for this minute period. There is no visible thing that exists
even for a moment. Form, time and space are merely an idea within the illusion.
All objects exist only within the illusion. Unreality and change both mean the
same. Within the illusion waking entity think that it is an individual separate
from the world and the world existed prior to him and he is born it afterwards.
All
talk of death can apply only to the waking world. The witness is always there. A
Gnani is fully aware of the fact that he and his experience of the world part
and parcel of the illusion.
So long the soul, the innermost self identifies itself with the
waking entity it remains in ignorance of its formless nondual true nature.
Therefore it is necessary to realize the fact that, the ‘self’ is neither the
waking entity nor the ‘self’ is dream entity but the self is the formless soul,
which witnesses the coming and going of the three states.
Just as the sun is the direct cause of the daylight, so without
the self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana no emancipation can be had. Compared to all other forms
discipline self-knowledge is the only direct means for freedom from
experiencing the illusion as reality.
Only when the wisdom dawns the soul, the innermost self can
remain in its own awareness in the midst of duality.
