The ignorance is due to the self is considering itself as physical entity and perceiving the world. When the self is the formless soul, how the physical entity/ego can be the self. Therefore it is necessary to decide, whether the physical entity /ego is the self or something other then the physical entity/ego is the self, in order to unfold the ultimate truth.
The witness is not the physical entity but the one that witnesses the waking or dream as the whole, which appear, and disappears as a whole. Thus, the individual experiences are part of the waking and dream cannot be real on the standpoint of the soul, which is permanent.
In order to overcome the duality, the seeking mind has to reflect steadfastly to the nature of the mind, to realize the mind is mere mirage. Therefore, the happenings within the mirage have to be part of the mirage. Thus, individual experiences such as birth, life and death has to be the part of the mirage. Constant reflection on the formless witness helps the seeking mind to divert its attention from the physical existence to its formless existence.
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All the accumulation of physical based knowledge and physical activities are the cause of the impurity of the self. Mind means impurity. Purity means the soul/self in its formless non-dual nature.
Purification of the mind means discarding the physicality. Mind cannot be purified through yoga, religious rituals or intellectual thinking or scriptural studies but realizing the fact that the physical entity /ego is not the self ,and also knowing what is mind and what is the substance of the mind. The physical existence that appears as waking or dream sustained due to physical attention. Once the attention of the soul/self is in itself, the physical existence disappears. In deep sleep, the attention of the soul/self is on itself, therefore, there is no duality. Thus, there is a need to know the waking entity is not the self but the true self is the one, which witnesses the three states. Deep sleep is not the self, but the knower of the three states is the true self. The nature of the true self is like deep sleep.
By becoming conscious of the formless witness of the three states leads to self-realization. Self-knowledge frees the seeking mind from experiencing duality as reality.
Self—knowledge is the direct and infallible means of being aware of the ever-present and all enveloping the soul/self. The experience of duality is caused by the ignorance of the soul/self. Self-knowledge is only sure antidote. Through self-knowledge, the seeking mind is able to focus its attention on the very source from where the mind rises and subsides.
Self-knowledge is the potent tool to live a life, which is free from the illusion of birth, life and death. Self-knowledge validity will remain untouched by time. The entire search ends when one assimilates the self-knowledge. The self-knowledge helps to replaces, envelops and fills the space occupied by the illusory physical existence. That is, it helps to realize mind is created out of spirit, sustained by spirit and finally it dissolves as spirit.
Holding the physical body/ego as self is an error, which has to be rectified before proceeding in deeper in pursuit of truth. It is no use of wasting time in physical based accumulated knowledge. The inquiry on the physical base will not yield any fruits. Until and unless the seeking base is rectifies from form to formless it is difficult o understand and assimilate the non-dual truth.
People are stuck with their inherited accumulated ideas, and they refuse to verify the validity of their belief. Deeper inquiry revels the fact that, neither the body, nor the’ I’ is the true self. Therefore, it is necessary to find the true self , then base everything on the true self and judge the truth on the base of the true self.
On the base of the physical entity/ego, it is impossible to assimilate the self-knowledge. There is no use of searching for truth in religion and religion based realities or physical based meaning of life. The fundamental error is taking the ‘I’ as self and viewing judging the three states on the base of the ‘I’, which is the false self, within the false experience.
