Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Ultimate truth is non-dual; there is no enjoyer present to enjoy it, or to distinguish it from misery.


Doubts arise when one is meets with suffering and disappointment when all religious and yogic prescription does not yield and fruits. The doubts are absolutely necessary to make one inquire . Thus when man gets suffering he begins to question what is the cause for his suffering even though he has lived a religious regulated life and done only good deeds.  Pursuit of truth is for getting rid of all these doubts by realizing the fact that, self is not physical and physical existence is mere mirage. 
Liberation is not an idea but getting rid of all ideas based on the physical self. The ideas are based on physical self.  Ideas are part of the illusion.  Those seekers, who are so confused as to be unable to separate the formless witness of the illusion, talk of gaining liberation. But all such ideas are only illusion which come and go, the formless witness needs no liberation.
The final state is that “Soul” is everything the Whole, there is nothing but soul, whereas to say "God is in me" is religious.
Ultimate truth is non-dual; there is no enjoyer present to enjoy it or to distinguish it from misery. The mystic revels only in 'bliss' that is experienced i.e. that comes and goes, but his is not non-dualist because his experience is based on duality
The mystic's peace is temporary because it gets disturbed he recognizes a second: the only enduring peace belongs to the Gnani for it is non-dual.
Mystics claim that their ego disappears in the mystic experience and they remain:  but it is so then it is not wisdom. It is the ego is the physical self which that sees and enjoys the worldly pleasures and suffers pain   in the waking or dream experience. The waking and dream both are illusion. Thus the ego, body and world are part of the illusion. Therefore, the mystic claim that only ego disappears is impossibility because the ego, body and world appear together and disappears together.  Therefore, experiencing Samadhi as yogi is individual experience. The individuality is falsehood on the base of the soul, the innermost self.    Since they base themselves on the physical self their experience and peace are part of the illusion. The truth is the formless substance and witness of the illusion and it is nothing to do with the individual experiences happening within the illusion.
Truth cannot be got in fragments or parts. It is impossible know they are different parts of the same thing basing on the physical self.  The physical self creates division within the consciousness whereas on base of the soul, the innermost self ,  there is no division therefore there is always unity,  no diversity.
By mere imagining of unity in diversity is of no use. No proof can be found on the base of physical self. The various yoga-paths do not lead to the same realization because the all yoga’s are based and practiced n the physical self; and all are based on imagination or speculation based on the physical self. Thus whatever is based on the physical self is not the truth.
In religious life, authorities are needed. In spiritual quest they are to be regarded only as giving opinions, which may be consulted out of curiosity, but are of no value as proof.
Intellectuals think that Ultimate truth cannot be known.  They do not want to accept anything other then their accepted truth."  There is no use of discussing with the so-called intellectuals because they are no receptive and they want to highlight their own point of view.  Seeker of truth has to practice silent mode in the company of those who believe what they know is ultimate truth.  Every man thinks what he knows the truth. Therefore, only few are receptive and will verify every claim from all angles and then only accept if it is un-contradictable truth.  
Most intellectuals think what they know is right, what others knows is wrong." This unfortunate vanity is common to all people and prevents realization. One must begin by doubting his own knowledge, therefore. Only when doubts begin to arise does a he start in quest of truth. Such doubt puts one in inquiring mode.

Believing in any religion is a great hurdle in assimilating nondual truth.




By Spiritual based upbringing one becomes exposure to both the real and unreal, and the freedom from experiencing unreality as reality.  There is no need of any belief system. The belief is mere speculation on imagination not truth.  The belief system conditions man to base on the belief. The belief is always based on the false self, within the false experience. Believing in any religion is a great hurdle in assimilating Self-Knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana. 

There is no value of any belief, which is based on the false self(ego or waking entity), within the false experience(waking).  The belief is based on the physical self within the illusion, whereas, the Self-Knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana is based on the soul, the innermost self.  Therefore there is a need to know the fact that, the ‘Self” is neither the waking entity nor the dream entity but the self is the formless soul,which witnesse the coming and going of the three states. 


If self is not waking entity (form) then the belief and belief system becomes meaningless on the standpoint of the soul, the innermost self.   
It is impossible to know that one's  estimate of life is a correct one.   Whatever one plan always does not pan out, despite being in the right place at the right time, but most people believe that someone up there is responsible for it. Some experiences even hurt or disappointing even after all the prayers and worship one indulges does not yield and results.  

It is impossible to get solutions to make one’s problems disappear how much ever he tries to solve it. — from God ,guru or yogi  or elsewhere — but one feels he  has to find some permanent solution for his worldly problem and circumstances , which comes on its own without invitation. Sometimes this becomes difficult for him, because he cannot co-up with it. Some times even very difficult problems solve on its own without much effort and give one relief from the burden.  But one has to realize all the good and bad situations and circumstances are happening within the illusion. Man thinks that they are related to God but they are unaware how
he is related to God, when he has not  seen God personally and that He created the world, that he has manifested himself is merely supposed. Even if it may be, but how does he know? How does he know that scriptures are true? The sages and saints might have been mistaken. To accept these scriptures with blind faith without reasoning is to possess the sheepish mentality.

The oneness is the nature of the soul, which is the true self.



The oneness is the nature of the soul, which is the innermost self. Until and unless one realizes the fact, that soul is the true self, there is no unity in diversity. Simply speculating on scriptural or bookish knowledge without verifying their validly deeply enough, it will make one stick to his intellectual   understanding. The intellectuality is not wisdom  
Those who understand Non-Duality intellectually will not be able to cross the trash old of duality.  The realization comes after constant reflecting on the formless substance and witness of the three states, and realizing the fact that, the substance and witness are one in essence.  The diversity has no values on the standpoint of the essence, which is the soul ,which is present in the form of consciousness (spirit). 
Writing book on non-duality by speculation on the base of physical self will yield only speculated wisdom, not non-dual wisdom.  Therefore, reading books of speculated non-duality based on ancient books as proof will not transport the seeker to his non-dual destination. Discussing on the speculated knowledge will not help the seeker in assimilating the non-dual truth. Seeker has to do his own research and home work on his own by verifying every claim and accept only un-contradicted truth derived from deeper inquiry and reasoning. 
The bookish knowledge and scriptural knowledge makes one egocentric.  Egocentricity is biggest hurdle in pursuit of truth.  It makes one feel that he knows everything and there is noting else to know. Thus, he will quote from the book or scriptures he has read to prove his point. Thus quoting from book or scriptures and trying to prove his point is not realization.   The truth has to be proved without scriptures or bookish knowledge.   Tying to snub others by arguing on one’s own point of view without going deep enough on the subject, is only useful in satisfying one’s ego. Therefore, one needs lots of humility in pursuit of truth.  
Second-hand knowledge gathered from books or teachers can never emancipate one until its truth is rightly investigated and applied; only direct realization will do that.  One has Realize the fact that self is not physical, but spirit by deeper inquiry, analysis and reasoning on the base of formless soul/spirit.
 One has to realize the how the three states are unreal? , and on what standpoint they are unreal? There is no need for a teacher or guru in pursuit of truth. A well directed inquiry, analysis and reasoning takes one to his non-dual destination. If one is sharp and receptive enough to grasp then it becomes easy to realize the non-dual truth.  Till  one thinks without the guru it is impossible to get self realization he will remain in hallucination with the idea of expecting the realization from his guru’s grace. All this guru business is not for those who are seeking truth, it is meant for the religious and yogic minded seekers. 
One remains in the mirage though he knows it is unreal intellectually. The realization comes only when becomes fully aware of the formless substance and witness of the three states is traced and realized it to be the true self.  The mirage will not vanish but the ignorance vanishes and one becomes fully aware of the fact that, the whole experience of diversity is the soul or consciousness, the innermost self. Thus the diversity has no values on the standpoint of the soul or consciousness, the innermost self.
The world does not disappears on realization of it being actually the spirit. But the ignorance disappears reality of the unreal world will be exposed.