Ignorance cannot go through merely knowing the soul as self . In ignorance soul is known as deep sleep. It can go only by knowing the ultimate truth with firm conviction that the illusion also is soul ,because illusion and the soul are one in essence. the soul is present in the form of consciousness. The universe in which we live is created out of consciousness. There is no second thing exists other than consciousness. Thus consciousness alone is real and all else is mere illusion created out of consciousness.
The yogic Samadhi does not lead to truth, because yogic Samadhi has physical author. In Yogic Samadhi one is unaware of the of the universe, and hence of the ultimate truth. To talk of ultimate truth without knowing the meaning of the word is utterly meaningless.
The yogi thinks the thoughtlessness is Samadhi and that thoughtless Samadhi is ultimate truth. The truth is know only by inquiry, analysis and reasoning on the true base. Yogi excludes the world in his Samadhi therefore he does not know the ultimate truth.
The yogi claims he has seen Brahman in his Samadhi , the Brahman is not an object but it is the formless subject. How can the object see the subject when object exist prior to the subject and object is fully dependent on the subject for its existence. Thus the the yogi does not have the knowledge of the subject because his practices thinking the object as subject.
It is not enough to see a mere blankness in Samadhi . One has to to see Soul as the universal self. The soul is free from ignorance not when one see nothing at all, as in Yoga but only when one sees all this three states is the soul or contagiousness, the innermost self.
It is no use seeing God everywhere. One must see spirit, the same soul, the same self, everywhere he becomes aware there is no second thing in experience of diversity and all diversity is mere mirage.
The main purpose of analyzing the the three states is to discover that it is part of the ultimate reality and thus to enable us to carry on with activity from the highest possible viewpoint; where people fail to make this analysis, as with so many religious-minded seekers, they fail to do anything worthwhile in the material world. To effect this discrimination, one needs receptivity and sharpness to grasp the truth.
That is why Sri, Sankara [
V C] indicated that:-
56. Neither by
Yoga, nor by Sankhya, nor by work, nor by learning, but by the realisation of
one's identity with Brahman is Liberation possible, and by no other means.
Buddha gave up his austerities of
yoga as impossible and useless. [Page.70/71 "Buddhism in
Translation” by Warren]
Thus Buddha got enlightenment only
after he gave up Yoga. Unless one exercises his reason--there is no chance of
getting truth.
Buddha gave up yoga after practicing it for six years. He saw it could
not yield truth. Page.70/71 "Buddhism In Translation” by Warren quoted as showing
how Buddha gave up his austerities of yoga as impossible and useless. Thus
Buddha got enlightenment only after he gave up Yoga. Unless one exercises his Reason--there
is no chance of getting the non- dualistic truth.
BRIH. UPANISAD: page 32. "Yoga does
not yield truth or liberation."
BRIHAD UP. Page 133 1st para points out
that even yoga cannot give perfect concentration and that the only way to gain
it is philosophical realization. This confirms Mandukya's statement that yoga
can no more succeed than the ocean can be emptied with a blade of grass.
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.
