The body and the world cannot exist without the mind. The body and the world together is called mind. Limiting the body to the physical entity, and judging the truth on base of body as self is cause of the ignorance. The physical attributes is nothing to do with the true self, which the soul/spirit. The Naked mind is called the self/soul, that is, when the self remains without the waking or dream. The individual experiences of birth, life and death are happening within the mind/waking/dream.
It is not possible to have knowledge of the self, when he is thinking on the base of physical self. he is unaware of the fact that, he and his experience of the world are within the mind/’I’. The mind appears and disappears as waking or dream. The waking experience is as real as dream. The one that witnessed the dream is not the waking entity, but it is the formless spirit. The formless spirit is the true self, and all else [three states] is the illusion. Therefore, there is a need to know ‘What is mind, and “What is the substance of the mind, in order to unfold the mystery of the mind/duality.
One cannot overcome the ignorance by observing with wide open eyes. The observation has to be on the base of the spirit, has to be done mentally. Until one thinks the mind is within the body, he is bound to remain in ignorance. Until one thinks he is different and the mind is different, he will remain speculating on the base of physicality or intellectuality. Therefore, deeper inquiry analysis and reasoning on the base of the true self is necessary to understand and assimilate the self-knowledge.
The spirit or Ataman is the witness. The witness neither appears nor disappears. The appearance and disappearance are mare mirage within the spirit. If seeker confines the ‘I’ to physical entity alone, inquiry, analysis and reasoning necessary to understand the mind is a mirage.
The seeker must have something to say about his-self. He should not cling to accumulated knowledge. He has to be ever ready to receive the truth. The truth exists with or without the mind or duality.
