Tuesday, February 22, 2011

It is impossible to acquire self-knowledge through theoretical philosophy.






H.H. Dalai Lama said:  Buddhism need not to be the best religion though it is most scientific and religion and inquisitive. But Buddhism has no answer to certain questions like existence of Atma (soul) and rebirth.   Dali lama said that as an individual he believes in rebirth as he had come across a few cases of rebirth.  Modern science, Dalai Lama hoped would unearth the mystery behind the rebirth. (In DH –dec-21-2009-Gulburga).

Same way all religions of the world and all philosophies of the world are based on the individuality or ego, find no answers for many questions. Truth seekers all over the world are trying to find answers for themselves, and they imagine and write articles and books of their ideas and others will read and blindly accept them as truth.


 There is no need to condemn anyone's’ views and ideas or writing, but without being judgmental, seeker has to verify whether the author is speaking on the standpoint of ego, or whether he is speaking on the standpoint of soul, the innermost self.  If his views are based on the standpoint of the physical self or ego, then there is many doubts and confusion. If his views are based on the soul as self then there is no confusion and doubts of any sort.   
Nothing has to be accepted without verifying the validity of any claim in pursuit of truth. 


Only un-contradictable truth has to be accepted as truth.  There is no need to condemn any religion or any saints or sages, but seeker has to think beyond religion, scriptures and individualized gods.   


The religious, yogic and worldly truths are individual truth based on the ego.  The spiritual truth is universal truth, which is based on the soul or consciousness or spirit. The truth which is based on the soul, the innermost self is the ultimate truth or Brahman or Emptiness.  


The religion is based on the body (form) as self, since it is based on the birth. Spirituality is based on the soul (formless). Thus there is need to bifurcate the religion from spirituality. Religion views and judges on the standpoint of the physical self or ego, whereas the in pursuit of truth everything is viewed, judged and concluded on the base of the formless  soul, the innermost  self.  Whatever is based on the physical entity(ego or waking entity) is not spirituality because the soul has no form, so it has no religion.  Therefore, seeker of truth has to rectify the reasoning  base, from form to formless, to understand and assimilate the Self-Knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.    


Thus, viewing judging the ultimate truth on the base of ego or false self or accumulated knowledge will not unfold the mystery of the mind or universe or duality.  There is no need of religion, god glorification and scriptures in pursuit of truth, since the Soul, the innermost Self is  the cause of our dual and non-dual experiences.


Experience of diversity (universe or form) becomes oneness in deep sleep and Oneness (formless) becomes diversity in waking or dream. Therefore, that which becomes diversity (form), and that which becomes Oneness (formless) is not our physical entity, because the physical entity is present only in waking and dream. The one, which is aware of all the three states, is formless, apart and eternal which is the soul. The soul, which is consciousness itself, is ultimate truth or Brahman or Buddha's nature.   


To realize this truth one has to realize first “What is truth? and “What is untruth?” between the dual (waking or dream) and non-dual experiences.  Searching the truth on the base of inherited religious conditioning and accumulated bookish or scriptural knowledge is not the means to Self-Realization. 


It is very difficult to talk to people about ultimate truth or Brahman because everyone thinks he knows the ultimate truth or Brahman. This- I know business is dangerous.  And whatever his reached conclusion is second hand stuff.  Therefore, accepting accumulated knowledge without verification will lead the seekers to hallucinated realization based on the ego. 

Second-hand knowledge of the self-gathered from books or gurus can never emancipate a man until its truth is rightly investigated and applied; only direct realisation will do that.  Realize yourself, turning the mind inward.Tripura Rahasya, 18: 89

The pursuit of truth is a mental journey. Deeper inquiry, analysis and reasoning makes one aware of what truth is and what is untruth and the subconscious  will be able to reject the untruth after knowing, what is Truth. Whatever prevails after rejecting the untruth is the ultimate truth.

Seeker has to overcome all the obstacles in pursuit of truth on his own .  They are so many scholars who mastered philosophy.  It is impossible to acquire Self-Knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana  through theoretical philosophy. Because their preaching is based on spirit and practices is based on ego or physical entity.


Experience of diversity (form) becomes oneness in deep sleep and Oneness (formless)becomes diversity in waking or dream. Therefore, that which becomes diversity (form), and that which becomes Oneness (formless)is not our physical entity, because the physical entity is present only in waking and dream. The one, which is aware of all the three states, is formless, apart and eternal which is the soul. The soul itself is ultimate truth or Brahman or Buddha's nature.  
  

The Soul or consciousness, the innermost Self is neither the waking entity , nor the dream entity ,  but the self is formless soul, which witnesses the coming and going of the three states without the physical apparatus. 

 The Soul, the innermost self is neither the breath, nor the heart because it is ever formless. Soul or consciousness, the innermost Self is in the form of the spirit  or  Consciousness.  The experience of duality is mere mirage created out of the Soul or consciousness or spirit.  Thus there is no second thing other than the  consciousness . Therefore, holding anything else other than the formless soul or consciousness  as God is ignorance caused by illusion.

  The one which powers the illusion is the soul or spirit  is  ultimate truth and ultimate truth is Brahman or  GOD.  We are talking of truth or god in illusion. We argue discuss about the ultimate truth or Brahman within the illusion. In reality there is nothing to argue, nothing to judge, because there is nothing exists other than Consciousness or Brahman or Spirit.

Blinded with the illusion very few grasp the non-dual truth. Only few escape from the web of illusion, only few seekers are able to acquire non-dual wisdom.

Consciousness is ultimate truth. Consciousness  is  Absolute is alone and  real. the waking is unreal; and the three states are non-different from Consciousness because they are created out of consciousness.

Whatever is, is Consciousness. Consciousness itself is absolutely homogeneous. All difference and plurality are illusory."  Consciousness is not a person. But if one wants to call it God or Paramataman , then fine but it is neither  a person nor an entity nor thing.