The Gnani views and judges the worldview from of both side, that is
as an individual on the standpoint of ‘I’, for worldly activities, and he views
and judges the worldview on the base of the soul, which is the true self, for
his spiritual endeavor. Thus, he is fully aware of the fact that, his physical
side of existence (duality or waking or dream) is falsehood, and his spiritual side
of existence (non duality) is reality.
He does not stop seeing others with physical body with name. But
with all that he knows the Atman man from which physical body with the name is
inseparable. This is difficult to grasp, it is done by repeated practice for
long time; as Non dual Wisdom; had it been easy one need only to read book and
millions would now have been Gnanis. It becomes difficult because one has to
discard all his inherited conditioning which is the cause of viewing and
judging the worldview on the base of ‘I’. If the mind is trained in a young age
it becomes easier.
Since everyone has been
inherited a belief system and they are sentimentally and emotionally involved
with their belief it becomes very difficult for them to accept anything other
then there accepted truth.
For one second or one minute one may attain glimpse of formless
witness mentally, but only he who has disciplined and practiced can make it a
permanent part of his nature.
One may know knowledge of the Atman intellectually but they may
still have their weaknesses, they still need to become fully convinced to the
utmost to get firm conviction: therefore realization of its truth comes gradually.
It is not enough to grasp the intellectual truth of non-dual Atman; one must next fix his focus of attention mentally and constantly in it.
He will get in glimpses at first, but he must not rest there; he should
stabilize them through constant reminder that the three states are not separate
from the Formless Witness [consciousness or true self,] in order to become a Gnani.
Knowing the Atman to be non-dual is first stage, realizing it as such is second
stage.
The higher tranquility comes at the stage after deeper reflecting
on the nature of the soul has been practiced and mastered. Then this is given
up for self-recollectedness to be done for long time, then only the non dual
wisdom dawns.
Gnani does not set up any position of his own because he knows
non-duality to be truth and hence cannot differ from others whom he regards as part
of the soul which is the source of all the three states, but shows the
inconsistencies of all other positions. He sees the three states in the soul
which is the formless source.
When one dissolves all the three states into experience, and then
the experience into the consciousness, knowing they are ultimately in the soul or consciousness, the innermost self, that is Atman.
When one actually see the
universe before him he unaware of the fact that he and his universe exist within
the waking experience. And the three
states are witnessed by the formless witness(consciousness).
The source of the three is the soul or consciousness, the innermost self . consciousness
is the formless substance and witness of the three states. Therefore the three states (object)and the soul, the innermost self (subject )are one in essence.
After the dream disappears one becomes aware of the fact that, the
dream entity and the dream world were within the dream itself. Similarly the
waking entity and waking world are within the waking experience . The question is who
or what witnessed the dream or waking, when the dream and waking entity were
with in the dream or waking.
There has to be a witness which is aware of the appearance and
disappearance of the dream, waking and deep sleep apart from the dream and waking
entity. Therefore, one has to become aware of the formless witness of the three
states which is aware of their appearance and disappearance. This has to be grasped mentally since 'self' is
not an object or entity within the waking and dream.
All the contents of the dream and waking such as cities, friends, cars,
families’ animals and whatever they contain is created out of the soul or consciousness or spirit
which is the innermost self.
Seeker has to first to pass through the stage of discovering Atman
and then only he can attain the stage of discovering Atman(soul) . The Atman and Brahman is one and the same thing.
The nature of the non dual truth is to be free from contradictions.
As one approaches nearer and nearer to understanding of the non dual truth he
finds less and less contradictions. The only thing which is so free is
non-duality.
