The man becomes enlightened when he is Self-Realized. We cannot find a better word in English other than the Self. Only a man in quest searches for the ultimate truth or Brahman. When he searches the truth in all the books, all the teachings, all religion, all the scriptures and yoga and glorifying the gurus and god and fails to find it, than finally he realizes the fact that, there is nothing left to investigate other than his Self. Thus, he starts his Self-search and realizes the fact that, the” Self” is not physical but it is the formless soul or Spirit. Thus, he becomes aware of the fact that, the Self he was identifying with his physical body with the name is not the self, but the formless knower of the body with the name and of the world, is the true Self.
When this realization happens then the physical existence (body + world) becomes mere mirage. When the self is identified with the physical body with the name then it is called ego or physical self or waking entity. Therefore, one has to realize the fact that, the ego is the false self within the false experience(waking). Whatever, seen, known, believed experienced on the base of ego or physical self or waking entity is bound to be falsehood.
When this realization happens then the physical existence (body + world) becomes mere mirage. When the self is identified with the physical body with the name then it is called ego or physical self or waking entity. Therefore, one has to realize the fact that, the ego is the false self within the false experience(waking). Whatever, seen, known, believed experienced on the base of ego or physical self or waking entity is bound to be falsehood.
The love, action and conceptual god is part of the falsehood. The ignorance of the true self ( soul or spirit or consciousness) is the cause of experiencing the birth, life and death as reality. Getting rid of the ignorance and realizing the fact that, misery and pleasure are mere mirage on the standpoint of the soul or consciousness the innermost self. Truth realization or Self-Realization.
The average man does not indulge in truth pursuit and it is difficult for him because he is stuck to his inherited belief system and his worldly life and circumstances. Only those people who are serious, sincere, who has urge to know the truth and receptive will indulge in truth pursuit. Truth is not individual property, it is universal, and anyone can realize it, on his own without any teacher or teaching, if his inquiry and reasoning is well directed.
The truth pursuit is a personal journey; it is nothing to do with the other people who have accepted the physical self and physical existence as reality. Truth cannot be bought in the market, it has to be discovered, assimilated and realized, by discovering what is falsehood, because, the truth is hidden within the falsehood as its formless substance and witness. Therefore, the average man who views the world with the physical eyes will not be able to realize the fact that, he and his experience of the world are mere mirage on the standpoint of the formless soul or consciousness the innermost self. Thus he believes god, world and his physical body as reality and also experiences the birth, life , death and the world as reality. The individual experiences within the waking experience is falsehood, therefore they are nothing to do with the ultimate truth. The religious truth and worldly truth are individual truth limited to the waking experience, not universal.
The truth pursuit is a personal journey; it is nothing to do with the other people who have accepted the physical self and physical existence as reality. Truth cannot be bought in the market, it has to be discovered, assimilated and realized, by discovering what is falsehood, because, the truth is hidden within the falsehood as its formless substance and witness. Therefore, the average man who views the world with the physical eyes will not be able to realize the fact that, he and his experience of the world are mere mirage on the standpoint of the formless soul or consciousness the innermost self. Thus he believes god, world and his physical body as reality and also experiences the birth, life , death and the world as reality. The individual experiences within the waking experience is falsehood, therefore they are nothing to do with the ultimate truth. The religious truth and worldly truth are individual truth limited to the waking experience, not universal.
Until and unless one learns to view the three states on the base of the formless soul, the innermost self , he will remain experiencing untruth as reality. Truth is not reserved for anyone, it is available to the whole humankind if they are ready to come out from their physical reservation and burn the accumulated knowledge based on the physical self or waking entity or ego.
