How is one to
know the real self? To think of the self is an object, as something that can be
known and experienced is fallacy. All that is known within the waking or dream
is fallacy because the three states are an object to the soul [no one], which
is the subject. The subject [soul] is within the object but it is without the
object. It [soul] is always no one [formless] because it is not an entity or
identity within the waking or dream but consciousness /soul [no one] pervades
in everything and everywhere in all the three states.
People think that to withdraw from all sense-activity, from all thoughts,
all life-experiences, i.e., to cease to be active, is the highest state.
All the senses, thoughts and individual experiences and the world are
present only in waking or dream. Waking or dream (duality) disappears as deep
sleep non-duality. Thus what becomes dual and non-dual experience is most
impotent than inquiring ‘WHO AM I?’ or
saying ‘I AM THAT’ or affirming I AM
BRAHMAN.
The self is not an individual because ‘Self’ is
formless. If the self is formless than where is the body, where are the senses,
where is ego, where is universe. If the self is not physical body than it
proves the fact that, man is not the self, but the formless knower of the man
and the world is the true self. Thus
knowledge based on man as self is false knowledge within the false experience.
One has to go
beyond Vedas means go beyond religion. Go beyond religion means, go beyond
concept of god. Thus, going beyond Veda,
religion and conceptual god means going beyond illusion. That is end of Vedas [Veda –antha]
When one goes
into the annals of the history it looks like the Gnanic Advaita expounded by
Sri Sankara and his param guru, Goudpada is not orthodox Advaita, which is
adulterated with add-ons time to time.
It is necessary for the seeker to do his
homework, and verify the validity of all the claims, rather than blindly
believe, what others expound as knowledge, till; the un-contradicted truth is
obtained.
The seeker must
have the courage of Buddha to accept the truth and reject the untruth. Since
Buddha rejected religion, idea of god and scriptures, therefore, it is evident
that, he has gone through every aspect and verified and found them to be
inadequate and useless for the pursuit of truth.
