Love and hate, pain and pleasure created out of single stuff, which is formless soul or spirit or consciousness. They have value only in duality the duality is mere illusion on ultimate point of view. The spirit is real and all else is illusion.
Individual experiences are happening within the waking experience. Individual experiences and circumstances are reality only until one becomes aware of the fact that the waking entity is not the self ,but the formless witness of the three states is the true self.
Truth is neither in religion, nor in philosophy. Of course, a lot depends on how one defines "truth." One has to investigate how the mind[ physical existence] is able to sustain itself. And with what? In order to realize what is truth.
People whose primary experience with religion tend to define "religion" in a way that requires belief in gods and supernatural beings. That is a limited view based on the physical self . Truth does not require belief in God, or yoga because they are also based on physical self.
Seeker has to acquire Self-Knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana through his own efforts. Following religion ,glorifying guru and gods, practicing yoga and studying the scriptures are are not useful in realizing the true self.
"Soul " also represents enlightenment itself and also Soul’s nature -- the essential nature of all the three states.
Non duality is
the state of oneness of existence and there is no scope in its philosophy for
anything like non-existence.
Gaudapada’s rational
exposition of Advaita: - that whatever is seen, whether
external or internal, whether by the ordinary persons or yogis, is unreal.
The essence of Mandukya's is: Do not be
satisfied with rituals, yoga etc. which are good in their own way, but inquire.
Inquire in to the nature of the mind. ? Brahman and Atman are things one can
never see. So seeker should not inquire into them. He has to inquire into the world around him,
which he can see. Analysis tells him it
is passing away every second. Everything is dying repeatedly. Where is it
going? Thus he follows up his investigation into what he can lay hands on. How
can he inquire into Atman which he cannot see? So first he must deal with the
known and seen, this inquiry leads up to the unknown in the end.
Mediocre minds waste their time on
arguing about unimportant matters. Accumulation of scriptural knowledge is
dangerous in pursuit of truth. Seeker has to establish in the truth of Non-duality
by sheer reasoning alone. Seeker has to begin by defining "What is
real?" "What is unreal?" etc, because that is the right way to
discuss, understand and assimilate Self-Knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana .
Thus seeker has to remove all the hindrance in
order to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana .
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.
Consciousness is
in everyone, consciousness is in everything .consciousness is one behind many.
Consciousness alone is. It means the universe and its contents are the visible
form of consciousness. And consciousness in turn is invisible form of the
universe, which appears as mind.
