Wisdom is the direct means
to the attainment of self -realization, it is necessary to keep in mind the
means-end relation. The tool that one chooses must be suitable and appropriate
to the end, which he wants to attain. It is not the case that through any tool
any end can be attained. On the contrary, what tools has to be chosen and how
far it is relevant and appropriate to the end we have in view, must be
considered from the point of view of the nature of the end which is to be
attained.
The tool must be warranted by the end. In
other words, the choice of the tool as well as its suitability and
appropriateness is determined by the end. This point must be borne in mind in understanding
and assimilation of non-dual truth.
Mistaking one thing for another or
superimposing the attributes of one thing on another is due to ignorance. Not
knowing the real nature of the Self which is non-dual, which is existence,
knowledge and infinitude, which is free from attributes, which is free
from activity, which is neither an agent nor an enjoyer, the ignorance
is superimposed on it.
The ignorance is cause of experiencing
the illusion as reality. Ignorance is
the root cause of our bondage. So in order to put an end to our bondage and
attain liberation from experiencing the illusion as reality, ignorance which is
the root cause has to be destroyed; and ignorance can be destroyed only by
attaining the self-knowledge, discriminating it from the illusion. Wisdom is
the means by which Self -Realization is desired to be attained. Self-realization
is the highest end of man since it destroys the root of the ignorance, the cause of the entire universe.
Through deeper self-search one has to eradicate the foundational
ignorance, Self -Knowledge alone is the means to the attainment of liberation
from illusion. Only Self -knowledge destroys the ignorance.
