Man thinks his thoughts of the Past, Present and Future are reality. He thinks he accumulates his experiences as memory. His thinks brains decipher certain inviolable patterns in those experiences.And the patterns and their recurrence go to reinforce and solidify his belief in the reality of his physical experience, but man is unaware of the fact that, he and his experience of the world exists within the waking experience. Therefore, all his conviction about past,present and future are limited to waking experience. and waking experience is as unreal as dream.
The dream and waking experiences both are equally false and unreal. There is nothing like a birth, life and death. Whatever is visible it is visible to the soul, which is the true self. There is a need to know the true self is not physical to realize the birth, life and death are mere mirage.
The self is Alone there is No second thing is there in the experience of diversity other then the self which is the spirit. Hence it is nondual.
While analyzing the illusory nature of the mind, one becomes aware of the fact the non-difference of dream and waking experience. These two states 'arise' and subsides from the nondual source. The nondual source itself is the true self, which is the soul. The soul is in the form of spirit. The nature of the soul is consciousness. The soul/self remains with or without the waking/dream, whereas the waking or dream is dependent on the soul/self.
The formless witness which is the substance of the three states cognizes the illusory objects of dream and wakeful states and the objects cognized in both the states are unreal on the standpoint of the formless witness, which is the soul/true self.
“Self/Soul, the self-luminous, when it is ignorant of itself there is illusion. In illusion there is diversity. Soul/Self alone is the formless substance and witness of the diversity.
All things like thoughts, ideas within the waking or dream are part of the illusory waking and dream experience.
People who are stuck to their conviction of birth, life and death will not be able to assimilate self-knowledge because they think the birth entity is real and the three states are reality. They are unaware of the fact that the true self is birth less and the three states are unreal. Therefore judging the truth on the false entity is erroneous. In the name of Advith they mix religion and physical based theories therefore, the real nondual essence is lost.
Katha Upanishad says: - This Ataman cannot be attained by the study of the Vedas, or by intelligence, or by much hearing of sacred books then why study all these scriptures.
The time one spends in studying these scriptures is wasted; he can use the same time for moving towards Self-knowledge, which is his goal. Past, present and future are nothing but ideas present in waking/dream at the moment.” Understanding the Advith through scriptures is a roundabout way, and it is also it leads to lots of doubts and confusion and time and energy is wasted without getting any fruits.
Perfect understanding leads towards Self-knowledge, because it will lead to perfect assimilation, ands perfect realization. When one becomes aware of the fact that the self is not physical but the self is the spirit, and then he becomes aware of the fact that, he is seeking truth on the false self. Therefore, his seeking base has to be rectified from form to formless and he has to learn to view and judge the truth on the base of the true self, which is the soul/spirit. Once this happens the non-dual wisdom will be gained.
