The birth, life and death are part of the waking experience, which is mere illusion on the standpoint of the true self /soul. It is no use of saying that, we are not born, and we do not die. Whatever is born will die. One has to understand the fact that the birth, life and death takes place in the illusion, which comes and goes as waking experience. The formless witness of the three states is real, which is our true identity has no birth and has no death.
Thus, it is wrong to judge and say we are not born, and we do not die by limiting the self to the physical entity/false self/ego. The true self is the soul, which is the birth less and deathless eternal identity.
If one limits the self to the physical entity alone, one gets only half-truth. The self pervades all the three states, as its formless substance and witness. The formless substance and witness, which is the true self is the soul. Without knowing the true self-mere saying, we are not born, we do not die is not the knowledge, which has come from depth, it is mere bookish knowledge. Unity in diversity is not possible through bookish knowledge.
When Sri,Sankara says: The world is unreal . He never said body is unreal. He would have said only birth and death is unreal, he did not say that, he said the world is unreal. He meant the world including the body, because the body and world appear together and disappear together [waking/dream]. Then we have to think, what remain without the body and the world as reality, which is Brahman.
How can the birth, life, death, rebirth, and reincarnation, which take place in unreal world [waking/dream], can be true. The one, which is aware of the birth, life death, rebirth and reincarnation [illusion/unreal], is formless reality, which is the true self/soul. The formless self is true identity, which is birthless and deathless. The true self is the formless witness of the birth, life and death and rebirth [illusion/unreal].
On the standpoint of true self/soul the birth, life, death, rebirth and reincarnation theory is part of the illusion/unreal. The body cannot reincarnate, the body and the world are created out of the same formless stuff. Until one views and judges on the base of flesh, bone and blood [five elements], he will not be able to grasp the non-dual truth. Thus, one must know on what standpoint, we are not born and we do not die thoroughly, just by hearsay views, it will not lead anyone to the non-dual destination.
Seeker of truth has to learn to view and judge the truth on the standpoint of soul/self, and then he will never have any doubts and confusion regarding the birth, life and death. When one thinks and reasons deeply then only the inner revelation starts, and starts burning the dross [confusion/doubts]. When one is able to view and judge the truth on the base of the soul as self, then only, the truth starts revealing. This is the inner process every serious seeker experiences in his well directed pursuit of truth. The inner dialogue will start and one will start getting answers from inner core of his existence.
Thus, it is wrong to judge and say we are not born, and we do not die by limiting the self to the physical entity/false self/ego. The true self is the soul, which is the birth less and deathless eternal identity.
If one limits the self to the physical entity alone, one gets only half-truth. The self pervades all the three states, as its formless substance and witness. The formless substance and witness, which is the true self is the soul. Without knowing the true self-mere saying, we are not born, we do not die is not the knowledge, which has come from depth, it is mere bookish knowledge. Unity in diversity is not possible through bookish knowledge.
When Sri,Sankara says: The world is unreal . He never said body is unreal. He would have said only birth and death is unreal, he did not say that, he said the world is unreal. He meant the world including the body, because the body and world appear together and disappear together [waking/dream]. Then we have to think, what remain without the body and the world as reality, which is Brahman.
How can the birth, life, death, rebirth, and reincarnation, which take place in unreal world [waking/dream], can be true. The one, which is aware of the birth, life death, rebirth and reincarnation [illusion/unreal], is formless reality, which is the true self/soul. The formless self is true identity, which is birthless and deathless. The true self is the formless witness of the birth, life and death and rebirth [illusion/unreal].
On the standpoint of true self/soul the birth, life, death, rebirth and reincarnation theory is part of the illusion/unreal. The body cannot reincarnate, the body and the world are created out of the same formless stuff. Until one views and judges on the base of flesh, bone and blood [five elements], he will not be able to grasp the non-dual truth. Thus, one must know on what standpoint, we are not born and we do not die thoroughly, just by hearsay views, it will not lead anyone to the non-dual destination.
Seeker of truth has to learn to view and judge the truth on the standpoint of soul/self, and then he will never have any doubts and confusion regarding the birth, life and death. When one thinks and reasons deeply then only the inner revelation starts, and starts burning the dross [confusion/doubts]. When one is able to view and judge the truth on the base of the soul as self, then only, the truth starts revealing. This is the inner process every serious seeker experiences in his well directed pursuit of truth. The inner dialogue will start and one will start getting answers from inner core of his existence.
