The world is also unreal because it is unthinkable either as existent or as non-existent. Consciousness in the realm of the mirage appears as the subject and object. Self-Knowledge produces no subject-object duality. When the mind is stilled through wisdom the unreal nature of the three states are exposed. The stillness of the mind through wisdom brings one to realize his true identity is not waking entity but consciousness.
When waking entity becomes aware of
the fact that, it itself is not the self but the self is the formless soul or
consciousness. The soul or consciousness is the formless witness of the coming
and going of the three states. The formless witness is also the substance of
the three states. Thus in reality the formless witness and substance are one in
essence. In reality all the three
states are one in essence. Therefore, the three states are mere mirage created
out of consciousness, the innermost self.
When the ultimate truth is rightly
known and one attains eternal life thereby. Through soul, the innermost self he
gains strength and through its knowledge immortality.
Not by intellectual speculation but only by an awakening to the
reality of his true existence he gets soulcentric vision. Soul, the innermost
self’s nature is like state of deep sleep.
Religion and yoga and intellectualism
are not the means to acquire self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana. Without getting rid of the ignorance and
trying to get self-awareness through religion and yoga is like a sleeping man
trying to know what he is about, without waking up. As sleep is to waking, so
is ordinary life to the state of realization.
