If
one thinks: "I know Atman or soul, the innermost self well," then surely he knows but little of
its form; he knows only its form as conditioned by man or by the concept of Gods. Therefore Atman or soul, the innermost self has to be grasped through soul-centric reasoning.
Atman or soul is not known by those who know it; it is known by those who do not know
it. That is when one says he knows Atman;
he is saying it as a person. The Atman or soul ,which is present in the form of consciousness cannot be applied only to the
individuality but to the whole experience (three states). But in reality the
person and world created out of consciousness(soul or Atman), thus nothing exits other then consciousness.
Thus if one says he knows Atman or soul as a person, he is making a wrong statement.
One must know Atman or soul as the formless clay of the three states (whole).
Atman or soul or consciousness is known when it is realized in every state of mind; for by such Knowledge one
attains Immortality. By Atman or soul or consciousness one obtains strength; by Knowledge, Immortality
If
a man knows Atman or soul or consciousness here, he then attains the non dual goal of his mission. If
he does not know it here, he remains ignorance experiencing the cycle of birth,
life , death and the world as reality. Having realized the Self in every being, the wise
relinquish the world and become immortal.
To know the non-dual Reality, deeper thinking is required. The thinking
faculty ceases and becomes still when it reaches the source of the mind. One
has to realize the fact that, from ultimate standpoint the waking entity is false self within the false experience.
Where there is no experience
then there is no duality where there no duality then there is no second thing exist
other than the non-dual Self-Awareness. Therefore
seeker has to go deeper is self search and trace and overcome the obstacles.
For the sincere and serious seekers the inner Guru will guide until
the ignorance vanishes and he becomes aware of the fact that, the diversity ( mind or universe or Illusion) is mere mirage created out of consciousness (Atman or soul or consciousness).
Waking experience in which a person perceives the world doesn't exists
as real in reality because, everything is consciousness, and apart from consciousness
there is nothing in the waking experience.
Whatever is thought of within the waking experience makes Him something
other than what He is. When the waking experience ends, what happens? It is consciousness
alone prevails without the three states.
Awakening is nothing but a complete, perfect understanding and assimilation of what is what. A clear cut understanding of a ‘what is what’ is awakening. Reality is not to be achieved; it is there as it is. After this perfect understanding assimilation and realization, nothing is required.
And we expect "awakening" to be some great, mysterious happening! "Reality is not to be achieved; it is there” as it is, as unchangeable existence within the changeable illusion.
Kabir views humanity as being caught up in illusion, searching for Ultimate
Reality in all the wrong places, always seeking It outside of ourselves in
various rituals, temples, forests and mountaintops, not realizing That for
which we seek is already hidden within us.
The ultimate
truth or Brahman dwells within the three states like fragrance in the flower; Musk lies within the Musk-deer yet seeks it afar." Until one trace the
truth within the three states the illusion of birth, life, death and the world
is experienced as reality.
