There
are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth: not going all the way... and not starting.
— Buddha
— Buddha
Many believe spirituality and religion are considered inter connected but it is not so. Religion is based on the false self-[ego or body] and it is limited to the false experience [universe], while spirituality transcends race, religion, gender, language and nationality and universe. Spirituality is pursuit of truth.
There are many paths have come into existence in the
name of Self-Realization. Every belief
system believes that each human being embodies a spark of the divine, and that
fanning into the shining fire spiritual realization is the meaning and purpose
of human life. But spirituality is not based on the belief but discovering the
truth of the whole universe and man’s existence. Religious
and Yogic truth and scientific truth are individual truth based on the false self-[ego]
within the false experience. Individuality has no value in the realm of
ultimate point of view. Therefore,
realization of true self is necessary in order to realize the ultimate truth,
which is free from all the diversity, which is present in the form of universe.
The universe ceases to be real from the
ultimate point of view. The ignorance is the cause of experiencing the
unreality as reality. Therefore truth realization is necessary to unfold the
mystery of the universe, which appears to be real from the physical point of
view.
Only talk about the soul . Awareness of the soul is the Way. In pursuit of truth there is no need to talk about the religion,God,Guru and yoga at all. One has to know what is mind and what is substance of the mind ,then the goal will take care of itself; one need not worry about the goal.
Illusion continues to create itself and drops away, until illusion is experienced as reality the the birth, life and death prevails as reality. The moment one realizes the soul as true self, the illusion drops and reality prevails as ultimate truth.
Seeker has to know the path is not physical but it is formless path, which leads to the non-dual goal. The truth is not at the very end of the path, the truth is all over the path – each moment and each step it is there. It is not that when the path ends one arrive at the truth ; each moment, wherever one is , he is at the truth if he is on the formless path. Because the truth pervades all the three states as its formless substance and witness. The truth is within the illusion and it is without the illusion. Therefore, one has to know the formless soul is the true self, and the soul is the ultimate truth, and this truth sets one free, from experiencing the illusion as reality.
No religious ceremony will
bring you Truth, says the Upanishads
As one gets convinced, certain, of the truth that the world is nothing but consciousness, and there is no second thing, then he gets conviction that, all the three states to be consciousness in the midst of duality. Realizing the non-dualistic or Advaitic truth in the midst of duality is wisdom.
Nothing to reject,
Nothing to hold on to,
Nothing to let go of,
Nothing to grasp,
Nothing to spurn,
Nothing to embrace,
Nothing to relinquish,
Nothing to dissolve.
This is the truth.(AG)
-FORMLESS PATH
Upanishad and one will see that it says
Atman the innermost self is known by Reason alone, by sharpened and purified
intellect. Yet still people worship Yoga and mysticism as the sole means of
attaining Atman.
When the reality appears this ignorance which one thinks as reality becomes unreal.
— MEHER BABA
When the reality appears this ignorance which one thinks as reality becomes unreal.
— MEHER BABA
"If one knows That here, then there
is Truth"--this is the most important thing said in the KENO Upanishad.
You must see immortality in this birth.
CHANDOGYA Upanishad . Chap.7.1.2 points out:-
futility as mere words of all ordinary human learning in contrast with
philosophy.
Sage Sri, Sankara says in (VC):-
63. Without causing the objective universe to vanish and without
knowing the truth of the Self, how is one to achieve Liberation by the mere
utterance of the word Brahman ? — It would result merely in an effort of
speech.
65. As a treasure hidden underground requires (for its extraction)
competent instruction, excavation, the removal of stones and other such things
lying above it and (finally) grasping, but never comes out by being (merely)
called out by name, so the transparent Truth of the self, which is hidden by
Maya and its effects, is to be attained through the instructions of a knower of
Brahman, followed by reflection, meditation and so forth, but not through
perverted arguments.
Swami Vivekananda said: -
“You have to grow from the inside out. None can teach you, none can make you
spiritual. There is no other teacher but your own soul.”
The soul or consciousness, the innermost Self is not perceptible
to the senses. It is perceived by Reason. It is not perceptible as a thing with
form and attributes. To those whose attention is fixed on the body and the
world, it is very difficult to attain Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma
Gnana. It is also very difficult for them to see the consciousness as self. The
attention towards the universe (mind) should be lessened by realizing the self
is not the body. The attention has to be focused on the formless substance and
witness of the universe [mind] should be increased. So long as the attention is
directed towards the universe, the experience of birth, life and death will
prevail as reality. But when the attention is directed towards the formless
substance and witness of the mind, the ignorance vanishes and the sense of
reality of the duality will disappear. Then there is unity in diversity.
This subject is vast and
it has to be grasped only through deeper self-search.
Upanishad
declares:-
This Atman cannot be attained by the study of the Vedas,
or by intelligence, or by
much hearing of sacred books. It is attained by him alone whom It chooses. To such a
one Atman reveals Its own form. [Katha
Upanishad Ch-II -23-P-20]
Mundaka Upanishad :-
This Atman cannot Its true nature. [
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Mundaka Upanishad Upanishads by Nikilanada]
Mundaka Upanishad Upanishads by Nikilanada]
be attained through study of the
Vedas, nor through intelligence, nor through much learning. He who chooses
Atman—by him alone is Ataman attained. It is Atman that reveals to the seeker
When the Upanishads say:-
It is
attained by him alone whom It chooses. To such a one Ataman reveals its own
form. Then what is the use of indulging
through our intelligence or our accumulated knowledge, when one is not chosen
by the self, which is the soul, which is in the form of consciousness.
There is no
need for any philosophy in pursuit of truth because they take the seeker nearer
to truth but they create more doubts and confusions.
The scriptures and theories and teaching based on the ego are
not the yardstick. Using them as yardstick to understand and assimilate the
truth will lead one towards pursuit of arguments. Seeker of truth has to
discover on his own, the truth of his true existence by inquiring “what is
mind?” and “what is substance of the mind?” and move forward.
The ultimate
truth is one without the second, the one is not in the sense half or two, but
the one that remain forever One, without the second. The consciousness is all pervading. There is
no place where consciousness is not.
Non dual wisdom requires investigate in to the mind, analyzing the mind,
which is in the form of universe and universe appears as waking or dream. One has to the fact that, the mind rises and
subsides from formless source, which is soul or consciousness. The
consciousness is the innermost self. Therefore, one has to learn to judge the
truth from the standpoint of the source from where the mind rises and subsides,
not from the standpoint of the waking entity, which is the false self within
the false experience.
As one gets convinced, certain, of the truth that the world is nothing but consciousness, and there is no second thing, then he gets conviction that, all the three states to be consciousness in the midst of duality. Realizing the non-dualistic or Advaitic truth in the midst of duality is wisdom.
A visible object has a beginning and an ending. Since Atman,
which is in the form of consciousness is invisible to the physical eye; Atman
or consciousness is without beginning and ending. Atman is always constant.
Just as space is homogeneous everywhere, so is the Atman the same everywhere.
Only when ignorance vanishes through wisdom than from ultimate
standpoint:-
On the standpoint of the formless soul or consciousness, the innermost
self:-
"There is nothing to accept,
Nothing to reject,
Nothing to hold on to,
Nothing to let go of,
Nothing to grasp,
Nothing to spurn,
Nothing to embrace,
Nothing to relinquish,
Nothing to dissolve.
This is the truth.(AG)
-FORMLESS PATH
