Ultimate truth or Brahman cannot be known by intuition but it can be
grasped from the reason based on the true self. Therefore, there is a need to
know first the self is not physical but the formless consciousness. Then start
reasoning on the base of the formless consciousness, all the clouds and
confusion starts clearing on its own and finally one will have no confusion left to say the
illusion as whole is spirit.
One knows everything within the waking experience is consciousness
because the waking experience itself is mere mirage created out of
consciousness. The physical apparatus is absent in deep sleep, so one
cannot know anything by intuition, because there is no duality in deep sleep.
This proves that the duality is present only in waking or dream. And also
it proves that if there be such a faculty as intuition it must be limited
to the physical self.
In Panchadashi:- Atman
The is the witness-consciousness that experiences the action, the actor, and
the world of separate things. It is like a light that illuminates everything in
a theatre, revealing the master of ceremonies, the guests, and the dancers with
complete impartiality. Even when they all depart, the light shines to reveal
their absence.
The attainment of truth happens only when one realizes the mind and the soul are one in essence. And there is no second thing exists other then the spirit because the experience of diversity (universe or waking or mind) is created out of spirit.
The virtue and love is part of the the illusion. In reality nothing exists other then the non-dual spirit. The virtue implies duality. Until the duality remains as reality, there is no unity in diversity. Therefore there is no need to know what you are but one has to know what the truth is, because the true Self is not physical but formless Spirit. the spirit is in form of consciousness. soul , the innermost self is without any gender. Realizing self is neither the waking entity nor the self is dream entity but the self is formless Soul . on the stand point of the formless soul, the innermost self , the universe( physical existence or waking ) is mere mirage. Soul or Consciousness is real and eternal and all else is mere mirage created out of consciousness.
Self-Knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana
is necessary to know the fact that, the universe, which appears is in the form
of mind and disappears as nothingness (formless) is mere mirage created out of
nothingness, which is consciousness. Thus the consciousness is the source and
witness of the universe or mind, which comes and goes. Thus it is necessary to
know the formless witness of the three states in order to know the fact that,
the true self is apart and free from the mirage ,which is in the form of birth,
life, death and the universe. Therefore, it is necessary for the seeker to make
sure how the three states are mirage.
The body and the world are reality within the waking experience but the waking experience is mere illusion, same way as the dream body and the dream world were reality within the dream. The dream becomes unreal when the waking takes place; similarly the waking experience becomes unreal when the non-dual wisdom dawns.
