The mind that appears as waking or dream subsided as deep sleep; it has become one with the soul, which is in the form of consciousness. One may be a very great personality, one may be a president of a country or a dictator within the Waking experience, but while in deep sleep, one forgets his name, sex, nationality and the whole waking experience. Mind is limited only to Waking and dream and is not the truth; in fact, it is mere mirage. So if this is the situation with everyone, what is the case with the so-called incarnations?
Deep sleep gives the experience-less experience in which the waking or dream [mind] is absent. There is no burden or bondage in deep sleep. However, when in Waking experience and dream the burden and bondage appears. There is sense of gravity. However, in deep sleep there is no physical identification, there is no duality. One has to analyze between the three states through inquiry, analysis and reasoning to understand and assimilate the Self-Knowledge. Only through inquiry, analysis and reasoning one can realize the ultimate truth.
Through deeper inquiry, analysis and reasoning, one realizes the fact that, the self is not physical but self is the soul, which is in the form of consciousness. Whatever rises as mind [Waking or dream] subsides as deep sleep. The rising and subsidence of the mind is like a sunset and sunrise. These three states cannot be real, because the self is not physical but it is the formless spirit; therefore, these three states are mere illusion on the standpoint of the formless self.
The great thinkers, religious scholars, and scientists who expound knowledge believe that the world is first and people were born in it afterwards. So long as this conviction is there, they cannot acquire Self-Knowledge. They do not know better. The mind is present only when there is waking or dream experience. The mind is absent in deep sleep.
The duality exists only when there is mind. Mind exists only when there is waking or dream. Therefore, mind is waking or dream mind is duality. Mind is the whole physical existence. Mind is illusion. In deep sleep there is no mind, no illusion, no duality.
Man and his experience of the world are present only when the mind is present. The mind is present only in waking or dream. Prior to appearance of mind, there was neither the person nor the world. Only when the mind appears the man and his experience of the world appears. In deep sleep, there is no mind. Therefore, one has to take the waking or dream experience as mind and deep sleep as no mind, it becomes easier to understand and assimilate self-knowledge. The truth is hidden within mind and no mind experiences. The one, which is aware of this mind, and no mind, which come and go in succession, is formless and apart. The formless knower of the mind and no mind is real and eternal. The knower is the not physical but it is spirit/soul.
The three states that appears and disappears is mirage on the standpoint of the soul.
v How one knows that he exists?
v With what one knows that he exists?
It is very much necessary for the one to discover and realize that the fact that, the self is not physical but it is the formless soul, which is in the form of consciousness. When one knows, the self is not physical then he will realize the fact that all the three states are mere illusion created out f the soul, which is the true self.
The source of the mind is the soul. Knowing the source as self-leads to Self-Realization. Self-realization makes one understand the mind is mere illusion on the standpoint of the true self. Therefore, the birth, life and death, which takes place within the mind is bound to be illusion. Thus, one becomes free from experiencing the duality, as reality.
Prior to the appearance of mind, there was only the soul, which is formless knower. The formless knower witnesses the coming and going of the three states. Man is not the witness of the three states. Man exists within the waking or dream. Therefore, one that is aware of the three states is formless and apart.
If one were aware about the fact that his identity is formless, knowingly would he have entered this Waking experience? He did not know he was there prior to the appearance of waking experience. Only after appearance of the Waking experience, he became aware that he exists. Unknowingly the experience of duality becomes non-duality and non-duality becomes experience of duality. The question is, prior to the appearance of the mind, the whole experience of the duality is non-existent. So, then what is it that becomes experience of duality and then again subsides as non-duality.
Whenever there is mind , there is individuality, personality or separateness, wants and needs and desire and hope, but when there is no mind the sense of duality is not there, there is no second thing so there is no needs and wants. Therefore, the truth is hidden within the dual and non-dual experiences. Thus analyzing the dual and non-dual experiences will help one to unfold the mystery of the mind.
Pursuit of truth is meant for those who are seriously searching the truth. One need not go in detail about the visible world or the physical self/ego. “When ‘self’ is not the physical” but it is the soul then it is no use of searching truth on the base physical self, which is the false self. Therefore, one should not seek the truth on the false physical base. One has to understand the fact that mind is not limited to the physical entity alone, but mind is the whole experience of the Waking or dream. Thus, one has to consider self as soul and proceed deeper in search of the truth. Self is not a man but it is the soul therefore, it is important to rectify its seeking base from form to formless.
As an individual, one thinks he is separate from the world and he is born in it and the world existed prior to his birth. This conviction is true only on the standpoint of physical self. However, when one becomes aware of the fact that the self is not physical but the soul, then he becomes aware the physical existence is mere mirage.
Only when one is able to view and judge the worldview on the standpoint of the soul he gets a yardstick to know what is real and what is unreal or what truth is and what is untruth. This yardstick becomes self-examiner, to test one to discover how near to wisdom he has approached, and to know what progress has already been made in this regard, and what still remains to be accomplished. This yardstick sets up criterion of self-judgment.
Seeker has leads an active life without involving himself in religion, god glorification, scriptural studies or practice of yoga. Truth pursuit is only for the serious seekers, who have the intense urge of knowing the truth of their own true existence. It requires the natural capacity to grasp, understand and assimilate. Pursuit of truth is not for those who believe religion and yoga as means to self-Realization.
There is no liberation in next life or next world but right here in this very life, right now in this present experiences itself. Seeker may grasp knowledge about his true existence at anytime, at any age, if he is matured enough to receive it.
Mind is mere illusion, which appears as waking or dream and disappears as deep sleep. Mind is ever changing with form, shape, color, and active. However, same time it disappears and becomes soul. The truth of this experience which becomes form and formless has to be analyzed to unfold the truth of the existence.
With the knowledge of the formless substance of the mind one becomes aware of the fact that the self is not physical but it is formless spirit. The one thinks himself, as a person perceives the world within the waking or dream. He is ignorant of the fact that the true self is the spirit. This ignorance makes him experience think the duality as reality. He is unaware of the fact that, soul is formless substance and witness of the three states. This has to be instilled through constant reflecting on the subject.
He thinks the world is apart from him. However, he is unaware of the fact that, he and his experience of the world are within the waking experience. The birth, life and death are happening within the world, but all the happening are happening within the waking experience. There is no difference between the waking experience and dream. Both are unreal on the standpoint of the soul, which is the true self. The substance and witness of the waking and dream is the soul.
Because man thinks, the ego is the true self, and views, judges the worldview on the physical point of view, and tries to know the truth as a person. This is the great hurdle in pursuit of truth. When ‘self’ is not the physical but true self is the soul, then it is necessary for the seeking mind to rectify the reasoning base from form to formless seeking before proceeding further in this regard.
The seeker has to burn down the ignorance with the fire of the self - knowledge. The one who becomes aware with the conviction that, the soul is the true self and soul is the formless substance and witness of the here states becomes free from experiencing the illusion as reality.
How one do sees various objects, scenes and persons during its dreams? If the dream was without witness, one can never experience it. Therefore, there must be a witness of the dream. This formless witness is same which witnesses the Waking experience. When one inquires in to nature of the mind and it will inevitably lead one to the source of the mind.
One has to realize that, the Waking experience is merged into the mental state in the sense that when it is analyzed, it is found to exist inseparably in and as soul/consciousness' alone as its substance and witness. All "spiritual" planes are mental.
It is impossible to prove the existence of God by any reasoning: one can only believes or assume. Religionists see visions of gods and goddesses and adepts according to their own impressions remaining unconsciously in the mind from the inherited conditioning. This entire concept based confusion and doubts are present only until the ignorance is there. Once one discovers the fact that, the self is not physical but it is the soul then there is no scope for duality, which it experienced as reality.
What is the relation between the mind and soul? One should not assert anything for which there is no proof. He should not say the physical body is the doer; he has to inquire whether his idea of being the person is true? Once he discovers the fact that the self is not physical but it is the soul then he becomes aware of the fact that, the three states unreal and the soul is the true self and it is the eternal identity.
Religionists and Authoritarianism merely assumes as true what another says, but what has yet to be proved. One may believe in a position, but one is required to prove the truth of one's belief. A belief is a feeling truth is knowledge. Blind belief cannot be accepted as god. If the belief is accepted as god, then god is dependent on man for his existence. Because man has to exist first to believe there is god, then only god can exist. Therefore, it is necessary to trace the source of man’s existence to realize the truth of Gods existence. Without knowing man’s existence, it is impossible to blindly accept the god’s existence.
Disappointment in yoga, belief system or even science imply error or ignorance. Create the doubt. When the doubts arise then the inquiring and reasoning spirit comes and impels to search elsewhere for truth where it will not be possible even to have doubt.
One has to investigate into the nature of mind. Only in non-duality, there is no mind, no duality. Therefore, there are no two to argue about views or to have difference of opinion such doubtlessness is be possible when one realizes the self is not physical but the self is the formless soul. Therefore, it is very much necessary to analyze the three states, which are of experience and experience-less objects of the soul.
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When the one discovers and realizes the nature of the mind is in form of feeling. If feeling exists, then the ‘mind’ exists. If the mind exists, then the duality exists. If duality exists, then the waking or dream exists. If waking or dream is present, then the ignorance is present. If the ignorance is present, then the illusion is bound to be there.
If there is no feeling, there is no mind. Therefore, the feeling is present only in Waking or dream, and absent in deep sleep. Therefore, the one that has the feeling is formless. Tracing that invisible feeler will help one to unfold the truth of the existence.
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