Only when one finds whatever he has read and understood of any teaching and philosophies is inadequate or useless to quench his spiritual thirst then he tries to find it on his own.

Only when one finds whatever he has read and understood of any teaching  and philosophies is inadequate or useless to quench his spiritual thirst  then   he tries to find it on his own.  Buddha also rejected religion, scriptures concept of god when he found them useless  to realize the ultimate truth.  The truth pursuit is personal journey and a journey of verification of facts.   

No  teachings are required in pursuit of truth. Ultimate Truth has to be discovered ,assimilated and realized by deeper inquiry, analysis and reasoning.  Ultimate Truth  can be only found by through reason based on the soul as self. People throng to teaching and bookish knowledge , not to inquire, analyze and reason.

Many sounds a strong convictioned, and their knowledge is based only on the teachings  and others opinions. They support their arguments with references from philosophical books or scriptures or the thoughts of the great thinkers.  Seeker has to  remember for every strong argument there will be a counter argument.  The truth is always based on the formless; therefore, what is the use of arguing on the form based understanding, which is the cause of ignorance. In ignorance one ignores the Truth itself.

Those who get involved in intellectual debates, which are based on the form as self, will get only hallucinated realization based on speculation. 

Many people think and discuss on the authors of the books or teacher. As seekers of truth one has to know where the author or teacher  has got stuck in assimilating the self-knowledge for their own research. There is no need to criticize any  authors and teacher. If one bases his reasoning on the soul as self then  he will know how far they have reached in their understanding and assimilation of the non-dual truth.

The value of Self –Knowledge isn’t to be found in books. Those are just the external appearances of self; they're not the realization of “Self” as proof. If one realizes the “Self” then he realizes the formless substance of the mind, and he sees the truth in it. When the truth becomes apparent then it cuts off the stream of delusion. Their writings are pointers to truth, not truth-in-itself. That's why merely believing in their books is pointless.

 “Some of the great thinkers think that,  there is no difference between the ‘thinker’ and ‘thought’; the ‘observer’ and the ‘observed’ emphasizing the correlation between the internal and external worlds, for a complete understanding of Truth. This understanding would bring about a radical transformation of the mind, by the mutation in our brain cells and would change our perception of the world.”

But they fail to understand the thinker and the thought are part of the illusion or duality. There is neither thinker nor thought in reality.  The thought will not rise without the form; therefore the thought will rise only when the physical self is present. The physical self is present only when the   waking experience or dream is present. The waking or dream is present only when the mind is present. Therefore, there is a need to understand all these facts, before moving ahead in pursuit of truth. 

 When the self is not physical but is is formless,  then there is no question of basing it on brain cells psychology because they are based on physical self.  The physical self is false self . 

If thinker and thought of the dream and observer and observed of the dream disappears along with the dream. Same way the waking ‘thinker’ and ‘thought’; the ‘observer’ and the ‘observed’ disappears in deep sleep.  It is not the waking entity which is aware of the coming and going of the three states. The formless witness of the three states is apart from the three states. The three states are unreal on the standpoint of the formless witness of the three states. And the formless witness is also the substance of the three states.   Therefore, the one which is aware of the three states is not physical; therefore, question of mutation of brain cells does not arise. 

Since the thinker and the thought exist with in the duality and thinker and the thought both are object to the formless witness. Therefore, one need to understand the fact that the subject [true self/spirit] is formless and the object is form [three states].  The subject and the object is one in essence because the object is created out of the formless subject. 

Since, scientific inventions are based on the physical self and physical existence; there invention will not go beyond the physical existence. And they can only discover the truth of the fragments within the consciousness, not of the whole. Until and unless they discover the fact that, the self is not physical, their understanding will not go beyond physicality. When the self is not physical but it is the formless spirit, searching truth within the physical body or brain cells is of no use. 

To assimilate the self-knowledge effectively, seeker needs to be receptive.  He has to have patience and humility and allow the person to speak freely express himself about the Self-Knowledge, without hindrance or interruption. In return, seeker will receive free expression and then, try to grasp what he is saying. Seeker should not be judge on the base of his accumulated knowledge and simply argue on his own point of view. Seeker has to accept others views, if finds them un-contradictable truth.

 Seeker has to verify the validity of all claims by using his own reason. Seeker has to get all the doubts cleared by questioning patiently, and point out all the doubts and confusion with humility. Argument is greatest obstacle in pursuit of truth, therefore never indulge in arguments.   Therefore, discussion with humility is the way towards the ultimate truth.    This will enable him to provide understanding and to see the fellow seekers perspective that is not to say that, he has to agree to their point of view, however it will offer or enable one to consider another option. And it helps seeker to think deeper when he is not satisfied with the answers and find answer on his own reasoning, till un- contradictable answer is found.  

If one can truly understand “what is Mind”? “What is substance of the mind?” it would lead to resolving a lot of perhaps unnecessary trouble, and conflict.

If we look closely at the nature of the mind, what it is really, how it has come into being, and what constitutes it, then  it will become clear of the fact that, mind is mere illusion; the formless substance and witness  of the mind, which is the formless  spirit, is real and eternal. 

Every man observes from his own standpoint and from his capacity to observe.

Thinking of what is beyond thinking Is still thinking. Whoever fulfills this fulfills his own nature and is indeed fulfilled.

- Ashtavakra Gita 12:7-8

Law of relativity applied to the realm of psychology. This is true up to a certain point only, but not fully true. Science has pointed out the relativity of all observations to the position of the observers that is the Ego or the false self. But science has not realized that the observer himself is also purely relative and that the world which is being observed does not exist apart from the seer of the ego. 

Science has not seen the truth about the formless witness or formless observer, about that which sees of the relativities that nothing can be said which permits him to see the relativities and which itself views the ego, body and world as one of those relativities. 

Science says: - Every man observes  from his own standpoint and from his capacity to observe. Thus it is unaware of the formless witness, which witnesses the body+ego+universe or I  together.  And the witnessed (Mind) has no existence apart from the formless witness (consciousness).  

Thus it is necessary to mentally observe on the standpoint of the formless witness to realize the observer is not the form but the formless consciousness and realize the observed is mere mirage created out of the formless observer, which is within the mirage but it is without the mirage.   

H.H Dali Lama said: - A spiritual practice is a constant battle within, replacing previous negative conditioning or habituation with new positive conditioning.

H.H Dali Lama said: - A spiritual practice is a constant battle within, replacing previous negative conditioning or habituation with new positive conditioning.

My comment-

I respect the views and wisdom of  H.H Dali Lama. i bow to the divinity within him.

K.S.K:- Positive or negative conditioning are based on the ego. By replacing conditioning from one conditioning to other will not yield the non-dual truth or Buddha’s nature or Brahman.

The one, which has to be free from conditioning, is not the form but the formless. Therefore struggling to get rid of these conditioning as a form is of no use. Therefore, there is a need to realize the fact that,  the self is not the form but self is formless and learn to observe and  judge worldview on the standpoint  of the formless self , which makes one realize the self is apart from the body and the world.  And the body and the world are mere mirage created out of consciousness. Thus all the physical practice based on the body self or ego will not yield to realize the Buddha hood or Brahman.  

Thus the observer is formless and observed is form (body+ universe). The observer and the observed are one in essence, which is consciousness. Therefore, there is need to trace and recognize, the unconditioned (soul, the innermost self)  to overcome all the conditioning.  

If the Advaita is bifurcated from orthodoxy than it becomes scientific and it becomes very easy to understand and assimilate. The scientific –inventions about consciousness are nearer to truth but they are not truth in themselves.

If one is fully aware of the self is not form but self is formless then, all the three states will naturally become unreal. If one makes no discrimination, the thousands things are as they are, of single stuff. To understand the mystery of this single stuff is to be released from all entanglements. When all things are seen equally the timeless Self-stuff is reached. No comparisons or analogies are possible in this causeless, relation less state, which is mirageless existence.

The observer (Formless witness(FW) and the observed (three states) are one in essence. Until we are able to view and judge the on standpoint of the observer we will not become aware the observer (FW) and observed (three states) are one in essence. The essence is consciousness.   Thus the consciousness is ultimate truth or Brahman.  

If the Advaita is bifurcated from orthodoxy  than  it becomes scientific  and  it becomes very easy to understand and assimilate.   The scientific –inventions about consciousness  are nearer to truth but they are not truth in themselves.

Buddha, Sri,Sankara and Sri, Goudpada have declared non-dual truth centuries back but one has to  reach the destination with scientific[rational] investigation not through punditry. Until one mentally reaches the conclusion, the conviction will not arise. Without the firm conviction the wisdom will not dawn.  Therefore, there is a need to know consciousness is real all else is myth, which Sri, Sankara declared as the world is myth Brahman alone is real.

Sri, Shankara says Atman is Brahman and everything is Brahman is scientific declaration not religious or yogic.  Sri,Sankara and Goudpada are more scientific than anyone else in the world. Since, the real Advaitic essence is hidden it cannot be got without the inner [mental] journey.

Gaudapada says that:- The merciful Veda teaches karma and Upaasana to people of lower and middling intellect, while Jnana is taught to those of higher intellect.

Gnana here is  knowledge un-contradictable truth or scientific truth.  Thus their scientific truth of the whole not part is declared by by Sri,Sankara 1400 years back and thought only to those of higher intellect.   Thus karma and upasana[religion and yoga] ,which is meant for the mass  has to be bifurcated from Advaita to reach the ultimate end.     

Wisdom is for those are capable of inquiring into their own existence to know and realize the ultimate truth, which is Brahman.

When one goes into the annals of the history it looks like the true Advaith expounded by Sri Sankara and his param guru, Goudpada was lost or mutilated by the orthodox cult, because their preaching is based on non-duality and practices are based on duality.

Sri, Sankara says in Brahma Sutras: that Brahman is the cause of the world, whereas in Mandukya he denies it. This is because he says that at the lower stage of understanding, the former teaching must be given, for people will get frightened as they cannot understand how the world can be without a cause, but to those in a higher stage, the truth of non-causality can be revealed.

Sri, Sankara himself has warned us not to use ambiguous words, and to practice semantic analysis in his book "Definition of one's own Self.( Page 199, v.24 of "Sankara's Selected Works)

Brahman is considered the all-pervading consciousness, which is the basis of all the animate and inanimate entities and material. (brahmano hi pratisthaham, Bhagavad Gita 14.27)

Sri, Sankara’s notion of Maya, the cosmic illusion [mind or matter], which must be transcended in order to realize the truth of Brahman, which means ultimate truth.  

If Brahman is considered the all-pervading consciousness then, it is necessary to realize, the consciousness as self, which pervades all the three states, to realize the fact that, there is no second thing exists other the consciousness. Thus, consciousness (soul or Atman) is ultimate truth [Brahman].  

The Sruti itself says: "This Atma is NOT to be attained by a study of the Vedas.  (Katha Upanishad I, 2, 23.) 

It means the seeker has to investigate on his own and realize the ultimate truth

   

Ultimate Truth can be known if the seeker keeps up the pursuit to the very end, whereas some asserts that Ultimate Truth cannot be known. 

When the Vedas and Upanishads declare that Consciousness or Atman is actually nothing but Brahman, then why go round and round, by various tortuous paths, like the blind led by the blind. One has to realize the fact that, the mind is in form of universe.  Trace the source of mind and realize that source is consciousness. The mind rises from consciousness as waking or dream and subsides as deep sleep.  

All are searching truth within the illusion not being aware of the fact that, the illusion is created out of single stuff which is consciousness because everyone thinks their body and their experience of the universe are not consciousness and consciousness is limited to their body.

Thus searching the truth in illusion with the illusory self, within the illusory experience, has to be illusion.  The illusion is created, and sustained, and finally dissolves as consciousness. Consciousness is material of the illusion.   Since, there is no second thing other than the consciousness; the consciousness itself is God or Brahman or Christ.  This conviction derives only through from deeper inquiry, analysis and reasoning.

Many People want to take as less trouble as possible and gain as much as possible. They disdain the hard labour of thinking needed in pursuit of truth and hope to get truth by doing nothing i.e. merely believing or refraining from thought in yoga.

 Conversion can occur only in the sphere of religion, never in pursuit of truth. When one knows non dual truth, he becomes free from sphere of imagination.

If one’s reason is not sharp enough, then only religion and yoga can satisfy him. The seeker of truth examines both scientific and religious doctrines and discoveries and to evaluate them. 

To understand the mystery of this single stuff is to be released from all entanglements.

If one is fully aware of the self is not form but self is formless, then, all the three states will naturally become unreal. If one makes no discrimination, the thousands things are as they are, of single stuff. To understand the mystery of this single stuff is to be released from all entanglements. 

When all things are seen equally the timeless Self-stuff is reached. No comparisons or analogies are possible in this causeless, relation less state, which is mirageless existence. Therefore, it is necessary to know this single stuff is consciousness. 

This witness states is the state of Brahman/Buddha/Christ which is free from all the burden and bondage of the world or illusion.

First one must inquire into the nature of the body i.e. matter. Second he must inquire into the nature of the mind, which is in the form of the universe.

One has to realize by looking at everything in nature because in everything there is consciousness. One should not avoid them, he should not shut his eyes to Nature; he should not shut himself away from the world which is as much consciousness, as anything else.

 But those who are ignorant tell one to be non-observant and to withdraw: keen powers of observation are desirable and will help, not hinder one’s pursuit of truth. One has to take experiences as they come to him and he should not run away from the world in ascetic fear or shyness of them.

To say they are illusion without first examining them and inquiring into them thoroughly is to delude oneself. This world is common to everyone; therefore one must begin his inquiry with it and not avoid. It is only after he has inquired into the nature of the objective universe, that he should inquire into who is the knower. If, however he inquiries into the knower before the inquiry into the universe, then it is mere mysticism. “What is this universe?” must precede “What is’ I”?”   in pursuit of truth.

In the witness state the consciousness is aware of both conscious and unconscious. But in waking or dream it is unconscious of its true nature and conscious of the individuality which perceives the world.   In deep sleep it is without the individuality and the world.  There is no burden and bondage in deep sleep. There is gravity in deep sleep. It is unconsciously complete un- connectedness to the world.  Becoming consciously un-connectedness to the world in the midst of waking experience is the witness state.  To achieve this one has to drop all accumulate dross based on the ego as self.    

This witness states is the state of Brahman/Buddha/Christ which is free from all the burden and bondage of the world or illusion. It is free from the illusory birth, life, death and the world.  It is free from the illusory pain and pleasure. It is free from illusory duality and it is eternal reality.  

Nondual wisdom is seen as food for all humanity. Nondual truth is the universal truth par excellence; it is not a religious truth which is limited to particular religion.

Mind appears in the form of universe.  Universe appears as waking or dream(duality) and disappears as deep sleep(non-duality). Mind is identical with the consciousness, because mind is created out of consciousness.  The consciousness appears as mind or universe and disappears back as consciousness.  Thus the mind is mere mirage. Thus whatever the universe contains is mere mirage created out of consciousness. Thus the birth, life and death, which takes place in the universe is also mirage.  All individual experiences, beliefs, gods and religion are part and parcel of the mirage. The consciousness, which is the invisible substance witness of the mind, which is in the form of universe, is  real and eternal. Thus everything in the universe is created out of single stuff, which is consciousness. Thus, the universe of diversity is myth on the standpoint of the consciousness, which is the true self.   

Non-dual wisdom is seen as spiritual  food for whole  humanity. Non-dual truth is the universal truth   par excellence; it is not a religious truth which is limited to particular religion. The religion is mere a way of living according to its code of conducts.

The ultimate truth is to know and realize the fact about one’s true existence.  The religion is based on the false self. Without the false self-there is no existence of religion.  Thus religion holds false self as real self and false experience of the world as real experience. Deeper inquiry, analysis and reasoning revels the fact that, the self is not physical but the self is formless consciousness.   

 If the self is formless, then all the form based experiences becomes falsehood.   The knower of these physical based experiences, appear as waking or dream is formless, real and eternal.   On standpoint of this formless knower, which is in the form of consciousness the three states are mere mirage created out of itself. Therefore, the experience of diversity(waking)  is mere mirage, thus stuff from which the three states are made, that stuff is real.   
     

The path to spiritual liberation par excellence, wide and Deep Ocean of consciousness, which contains virtually the whole universe (mind or waking) and in which the whole universe ultimately dissolve. 

Nonduality is not even a philosophical dish cooked to suit exclusively the palate of the particular religion. It is spiritual food for the whole humankind.

Consciousness is 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.

It is cause of the illusory creation, which it creates, preserves and destroys. As the cause it does not know it is the shoreless ocean of truth.  Consequently, consciousness is beyond form, time and space and the illusion is the effect of the cause but it itself is uncaused.  And on the standpoint of the uncaused nothing ever existed, noting exists nothing will exist.

In the state of illusion of birth, life, death and the world, the consciousness is unconscious of its formless non-dual true nature and it fully immersed with illusory physical identity perceiving the illusory world. It is only conscious of limited existence of an individual. Only when the individual inquires to find out truth about his own existence he becomes aware of the fact that, the physical existence (man + world=universe or waking) is mere mirage created out of consciousness.  The form, time and space are mere mirage created out of consciousness.     

       

One has to be true renunciant within though an active householder in the world outside. Non-duality is not even a philosophical dish cooked to suit exclusively the palate of the particular religion.  It is spiritual food for the whole humankind.  The truth does not depend on individual opinion. The guidance and help is required only to those, who have the intense urge to know the self, which is formless eternal identity (soul). On the base of the true self (soul), the bliss and ego are mere illusion.

Expanding horizons is possible only in the illusion, which every one of us experiencing it as reality. Since everyone thinks, their accepted truth as reality, because their worldview is based on the false self(ego or waking entity), and they view and judge on the base of false self.

There is no point in arguing with the religionists and yogis, because, the base of argument is on different pole, it will yield no fruits.

The mind is an experience not an experiencer.

 Until and unless one rectifies the reasoning base from form to formless the truth will not reveal. The mind is an experience not an experiencer. Whatever is with in the mind is bound to be an experience. the person and his experience of the world are within the mind.  The mind is present in the form of universe. The universe appears as waking or dream.

 The formless soul is the witness  of the mind.   The mind appears as waking or dream and disappears as deep sleep. One has to trace  the source of the mind in order unfold the mystery of the mind or universe.

 If there is no mind, then there is no waking or dream experience. Therefore it is evident that, the witness of the mind can remain with or without, the three states. For illustration, in deep sleep, there is no mind, thus there is no waking or dream. In waking it knows about the dream and deep sleep experience.  Thus one which knows the coming and going of the three states is always alert.

If “I am” is not body, then how can the body take the authorship of the invisible entity, which functions itself as the body and perceives the world, as a person within the waking or dream?

 Thus if one take authorship as body as self, it will be a false claim. The individual experiences within the world are within the waking or dream. The soul, which is in the form of consciousness, is the witness of the mind, which appears as waking or dream. Thus the mind is mere mirage created out of the consciousness.  On the standpoint of the formless soul or consciousness,  the innermost self,  the three states are mere mirage.  The substance and witness of the mind  are one in essence.  That essence is consciousness. The substance and witness of the mirage,which is consciousness  is real and eternal.

Thus the onus is on person who dispute, has to prove that the burden of the three states is on the individual physical entity.

The question based on the physical entity is of no use. Therefore, one has to make sure of the fact that, whether 'I', is the physical body or 'I, is something other than the physical body.

Otherwise find what is it that functions as body and perceives the world, as a person, without that invisible entity the body cannot function and perceive the world.

If one traces the formless witness, then he will know the individual experience is not of his, but of the formless witness (soul or consciousness). Therefore he himself can decide who has to take the authorship of individual experience within the waking  or dream. If one makes little mental effort through inquiry and reasoning, he will able to move towards the effortless state, which is natural state of the mind.

One has to question himself: what is it that functioning as body and perceives the world as person. If person is not the experience of person, then what is it that experiences itself as person? These seeds of doubts will help one to peel the illusion and, there will be no illusion left, only non-dual reality will prevail as ultimate truth, which is the soul or consciousness or  Atman. Thus, it for the seeker to discover and realize, No one else can realize it for him.

The witness is not physical

Soul or Atman, which is in the form of pure consciousness, is all-pervading and is not limited by the waking entity but it pervades in everything and everywhere in all the three states. It is only because of our ignorance of its real nature that we consider the Self is limited to the physical body and separate in each body. The Self is unattached and is not affected by the individual experiences goes on in waking or dream.

Soul, the innermost self is different and apart from the known. Soul , the innermost Self is not an object which can be known or experienced by any one because it is prior to all that is known. Man can experience only external objects within the waking or dream and so he cannot know the indwelling soul, which is the formless substance and witness of the three states. The only way to realize the innermost self is to trace the formless substance and witness of the three states. 

The innermost  self never undergoes any change because it is formless; and physical existence(waking or dream) that undergoes change is unreal. Soul or consciousness  alone is real. All the three states, which appear and disappear, are unreal. The experience of diversity(waking or dream) is mere name, created by  thoughts words alone; the formless substance and witness of the three states alone is real and eternal.

Soul or consciousness  is sentient that gives life to the waking and dream. The waking or dream is insentient and dependent on the soul for their existence, whereas the soul can remain with or without the waking or dream.

Soul or consciousness, the innermost Self is free from the limitations of the form, time, space and objects. Actions do not taint the soul; the soul never hankers after the fruits of actions. One, who knows the true self is the soul thus, does not become bound by actions.

Soul or consciousness, the innermost  self is not a doer and that he has no desire for the fruits of actions because it is formless. Self-Knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana alone makes one free from bondage of experiencing the duality as reality.

The one who knows Soul as self and realizes that he is not a doer and has no craving for the fruits of actions incurs no bondage. His actions cease to be the cause of further ignorance of taking the ego to be the self.

Thus, what is necessary is the realization that, the self is not physical but the formless soul or consciousness or spirit is the true self.

He who thus knows truly the formless substance and witness to be the true self becomes free from the experiencing the illusory birth, life and death as reality.  He becomes fully aware of the fact that the cycle of birth, life and death are mere passing show.

The one who realizes that the self is the soul and self has neither birth nor any activity, because they pertain only to the waking entity, will become liberated from experiencing the illusion as reality.

The ignorant disregard the soul as self, taking themselves to be an individual born in this world and the world is separate from them. They think the world existed prior to them and they are born in this world later on. Until this conviction is there, it is impossible to assimilate the self-knowledge.  The body, ego and the world appear together and disappear together.  The seeker has to make sure of this fact by constant reflecting on the subject.

The formless  soul or consciousness or spirit dwell in all the three states as their formless substance and witness. People worship only images, thinking that God is there. People do not recognize soul as the self to be the real God, but that they do not realize that god, as the soul, which pervades in everything and everywhere in all the three states.

The ignorant people are not capable of   discriminate and reason to unfold the mystery of the mind. Therefore they will not be able to grasp the non-dual truth. It is realization the true self that will free one from bondage of duality.  But the belief system makes them to believe the duality is reality therefore, they cannot think beyond physicality.   

The formless substance and witness is different from everything that appears in the waking or dream, which is always subject to change, is insentient and limited by form, time, space and the world.

Self- Knowledge means ‘pure consciousnesses and not the knowledge based on ego or physicality, which has a beginning and an end and is therefore finite. This consciousness is not distinct from soul, but it is its essential nature, like the light of the sun or the heat of fire. This consciousness is eternal and is present even during deep sleep. A specific act of knowing takes place only when the there is waking. But this must be distinguished from pure consciousness, which is ever present in all the three states. It is this consciousness which is known as ultimate truth. Soul/Self becomes a ‘knower’ only when the known is superimposed on it.

The Self is looked upon as a knower only because of illusion. No word can express ultimate truth, “Words cannot cross the threshold of duality. The true Self which is the soul is without any attributes.

The witness is not physical

Witness and witnessed analysis is better tool for understanding and assimilating the Self-knowledge.

To be a witness of something implies subject and object relationship. To be witness of phenomena means that one is standing apart from the situation and not identifying with it. Whatever is witnessed as a person and the world is part of the witnessed. The witness is that which witnesses the physical body and the world together.  Thus the man is not the witness of the three states to take authorship of the three states because the man is present in waking or dream and absent in deep sleep. The one which is aware of the three states is not waking entity but the formless soul, which is the true self.  Thus the subject is formless and the object is form.

The true Self is the formless  soul and formless  soul is the ultimate reality or Brahman. Thus, the whole physical existence is based on the soul not on the person who perceives the world. Therefore our understanding and assimilation has to be based on the formless  soul not on the physicality.

There is need for deeper understand the Witness and Witnessed analysis to know the duality is mere a passing phase and not the true nature of the true self.

By developing this watchfulness and one’s ability to observe the three states on the base of the soul as self gradually weaken the roots physicality and transform the base of witnessing from form base to formless base. The idea behind Witness, Witnessed analysis is very deep and profound. Those with superficial understanding will not be in position to understand and assimilate Self-knowledge  or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana because they base themselves on the form not the formless self. When the self is not physical it is erroneous to base and judge the truth on the base of the physical self. Therefore, there is a need to rectify the seeking base to understand and assimilate the ultimate truth.

By reducing the power of understanding based on physicality or intellectuality and uprooting the physical base, “Witness, Witnessed Analysis” can lead one towards the perfect understanding and assimilation of the Self-Knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana, which is based on the true self or soul.

Those who are able to witness on the base of the soul/true self will be able to have mental yardstick to discriminate the truth and untruth or reality or unreality and dual and non-dual. The one who has mastered the art of witnessing on the standpoint of the soul will develop a wonderful richness of the spirit and are helpful to their fellow seekers in their pursuit of truth.

The real approach to Self-Realization, the mind has to rests in spirit and that leads to non-dual tranquility.

A Gnani may be engaged in worldly activities and yet he is fully aware of the fact that the his bodily actions and his experience of the world are mere mirage witnessed by the soul, which is the true self,  and he is  be maintaining and alert about the truth in the midst of the experience of duality.

Constantly reflecting on the true “Self”, and negating the three states, and bring the attention back to the formless Witness.  The perfect understanding of the Witnessing of three states by the formless witness has the effect of creating a better understanding and assimilation of the ultimate truth which is the non-dual spirit.

The scholastic or mystic arguments are endless.

Disappointments in religion or mysticism or even science imply error or ignorance. Creates the doubts, whether one is in right?" Where is the certainty that he is proceeding on right lines?" Thus doubts arise and the inquiring spirit comes and impels to search elsewhere for truth where it will not be possible even to have doubt. The test is therefore in understanding. Only in non- duality, where there are no two to argue about views or to have difference of opinion can such doubtlessness be possible.  Belief depends upon unstable bases whereas certainty depends on proof.

The scholastic or mystic arguments are endless. If one says "God is formless" another will reply, "No, God has form! If one says "This religion is great” another will reply, "No, it is not so it is  lower." It is impossible to get anywhere with such talks because both sides are merely imagining and speculating on the base of physical self.  The physical existence itself is falsehood on the standpoint of the formless witness of the three states, which is the soul.  Thus, arguing and being judgmental on the base of accumulated knowledge or inherited conditioning will lead only towards speculating the truth on the false self.

Pursuit of truth does not begin with the ultimate truth: that has to be proved, not assumed. Hence, so-called pundits who take Brahman for granted are not Gnanis.

Most of the religious scholars will preach that all is yourself, but none of them can show that this is so, none has analyzed it scientifically, none can prove it. Rational proof is needed, so that one arrives at knowing truth i.e. non-dual wisdom. Religious scholar’s philosophy    is mere dogma, parrotism, repetition of what they read in scripture.

Authoritarianism merely assumes as true based on others views, but what has yet to be proved. One may believe in a position, but he is required to prove the truth of his belief. A belief is mare assuming, truth is knowledge of the ultimate.

Ultimate truth will interest only few people; the rest are immersed in religion, because Religion pleases who are incapable to inquire.

The scriptures are for ignorant masses, who wholly accept the waking experience as reality without verifying the validity of their acceptance.  Non-dual wisdom is for those who have begun to realize that things are not what they seem.

Reasoning on the true base is the universal tool in pursuit of truth, whereas the appeal to scriptural declarations reaches only groups. Gradually the world would throw up scriptures, they will learn to reason on the true base, and understand, assimilate and realize the non-dual truth. 

Without knowing the nature of the mind, it is impossible to know the non-dual truth. It is no use of trying to find true self before one understands “What is mind”? 

The unreal cannot have another unreality for its cause, nor can the real have the unreal for its cause.

 

The unreal cannot have another unreality for its cause, nor can the real have the unreal for its cause. The real cannot be the cause of the real. And how utterly impossible it is for the real to be the cause of the unreal!

As a person within the waking experience through false knowledge appears to handle objects, whose nature is inscrutable, as if they were real, so also, in dreams, he perceives, through false knowledge, objects whose existence is possible in the dream alone.

Scholars teach causality only for the sake of those who, afraid of non creation, assert the reality of external objects because they perceive such objects and also because they cling to various social and religious duties.

Those who, because of their fear of the truth of absolute non- creation and also because of their perception of external objects, deny non-creation are not affected by the evil consequent on the belief in creation. This evil, if there is any, is insignificant.

 

Deeper self-search reveals the fact that the, self is neither the waking entity nor the self is the dream entity but the self is formless soul, which witnesses the coming and going of the three states in succession without the physical apparatus.  This has to be mentally grasped and assimilated to realize the formless soul, the innermost   self is nothing to do with the three states. On the standpoint of the three states, the three states are mere illusion.

The practical life within the practical world, which is present as waking experience, is mere illusion. If waking experience is mere illusion than the individual experience of birth, life, death and world are mere illusion.   If the experience birth, life death and the world are mere illusion, it means the form; time and space are mere illusion.  If form, time and space are mere illusion, it means the past, present and future is mere illusion. Thus it is necessary for the seeker to realize the fact that,   form, time and space are one in essence, in order to realize the three states are one in essence. That essence is consciousness. Thus all the diversity is created out of   formless consciousness. Thus no second thing exist other than consciousness, the innermost self. Seeker of truth has to constantly reflect on the subject in order to get firm conviction of the truth.  Seeker has to reflect on the same truth again and again until it becomes reality. One needs to constant reflect on the subject until he gets firm conviction of what is what.