Sunday, July 24, 2011

It is most difficult to grasp in understanding Advaitic or Non-dualistic truth because it is been judged on the base of waking entity, which is the false self within the false experience



It is most difficult to grasp in understanding Advaitic or Non-dualistic truth because it is been judged on the base of waking entity, which is the false self within the false experience. And people hold the scriptures as a yardstick,which creates more and more confusion.  
That is why Sri, Sankara says in Viveka Chudamani   :- 

58. Loud speech consisting of a shower of words, the skill in expounding the Scriptures, and likewise erudition - these merely bring on a little personal enjoyment to the scholar, but are no good for Liberation.

59. The study of the Scriptures is useless so long as the highest Truth is unknown, and it is equally useless when the highest Truth has already been known.

60. The Scriptures consisting of many words are a dense forest which merely causes the mind to ramble. Hence men of wisdom should earnestly set about knowing the true nature of the Self.
61. For one who has been bitten by the serpent of Ignorance, the only remedy is the knowledge of Brahman. Of what avail are the Vedas and (other) Scriptures, Mantras (sacred formulae) and medicines to such a one?

62. A disease does not leave off if one simply utter the name of the medicine, without taking it; (similarly) without direct realisation one cannot be liberated by the mere utterance of the word Brahman.

63. Without causing the objective universe to vanish and without knowing the truth of the Self, how is one to achieve Liberation by the mere utterance of the word Brahman? — It would result merely in an effort of speech.

65. As a treasure hidden underground requires (for its extraction) competent instruction, excavation, the removal of stones and other such things lying above it and (finally) grasping, but never comes out by being (merely) called out by name, so the transparent Truth of the self, which is hidden by Maya and its effects, is to be attained through the instructions of a knower of Brahman, followed by reflection, meditation and so forth, but not through perverted arguments.
One doubt that keeps propping up again and again and that is: How has the consciousness, become the universe?  To get answer to this question one has first know:-
v  “What is the ‘I’?” 
v  “What is mind?”
v  “What is the substance of the mind?”
v  “What is the source of the mind? “

The  Atman ,which is in the form of Consciousness [non-duality] becomes the mind, is in the form of universe and  universe appears as waking or dream [duality]  and disappears as deep sleep [non-duality].  Thus the appearance as waking or dream and disappearance as deep sleep is consciousness. The one that becomes duality and non-duality is single formless stuff that is consciousness.  By knowing that stuff in the midst of duality [waking] by tracing its source, the waking entity, which is seeking the truth of its true existence, will realize the fact that, it is not the true self but the formless substance and witness of the three states is the true self.  The formless substance and witness of the three states are one in essence. And that essence is consciousness.  Thus consciousness is the true self and ultimate truth or Brahman.

When the self, which is in the form of consciousness becomes aware of its formless nondual true nature in the midst of duality it is self-awareness. In self-awareness the self is fully aware of the fact that, the body, ego and the world [waking] are mere mirage created out of itself. Thus in self-awareness the waking experience [our practical life within the practical world] becomes unreal. Same way as the dream becomes unreal when waking takes place. Until one is stuck with the reality of the waking experience the self-awareness is impossibility.   Thus until one realizes the three states are mere mirage by tracing the formless substance and witness of the three states, and the formless substance and witness are one in essence, and that essence is consciousness, and consciousness is the true self ,  the wisdom will not dawn. Without wisdom self-awareness is impossibility.   

If our judgment is based on waking entity than it leads us to intellectuality and intellectuality is individuality.  The self, which is formless consciousness, is not an individual because it pervades all the three states as its formless substance and witness. Thus there is necessary to realize the fact that, the self is neither the waking entity not the dream entity but the formless substance and witness of all the three states.  

Thus our understanding and realization has to be based on deeper self-search without any yardstick of any teaching or teachers or path. When one learns to view the worldview on the based on the source from where the mind rises and subsides the truth will start revealing itself, which leads to self-awareness.
 
One has receptive to grasp the Advaitic or non-dualistic truth. Deeper self-search reveals the fact that: -  Atman ,which is in the form of Consciousness alone is real; this mind, which is in the form of universe which appears as waking or dream is unreal; and the mind or universe is non-different from consciousness, which is ultimate truth or Brahman.

 The Atman, which is in the form of consciousness, is self-evident. It is not established by extraneous proofs. It is not possible to deny the Atman or consciousness, because it is the very essence of the one who denies it.  The Atman or consciousness is the basis of all kinds of knowledge, presuppositions and proofs.

Consciousness is the subject not an object, as it is invisible, beyond the reach of the physical eyes.

Consciousness is not a second thing. It is infinite, changeless, self-existent, self-delight, self-knowledge. It is essence. It is the knower. It is the Seer, Transcendent, and formless Witness.

Consciousness is the inner most self.  Consciousness is ultimate truth or Brahman is impersonal, without attributes, formless, without special characteristics, immutable, eternal and non-agent.

 Atman or Consciousness is above all needs and desires. It is always the Witnessing Subject. It can never become an object as it is beyond the reach of the senses.

Consciousness, which is ultimate truth Brahman, is non-dual, one without a second. It has no other beside itself. It is destitute of difference, either external or internal. Consciousness cannot be described, because description implies distinction.

Consciousness cannot be distinguished from any other than itself. In consciousness, there is not the distinction of substance and attribute.


The ultimate truth is one without the second, the one is not in the sense half or two, but the one that remain forever One, without the second.  The consciousness is all pervading. There is no place where consciousness is not. 

Consciousness is in everyone, consciousness is in everything .consciousness is one behind many. Consciousness alone is. It means the universe and its contents are the visible form of consciousness. And consciousness in turn is invisible form of the universe, which appears as mind.   

 Since people all are not aware of the fact that, they are an experience within another experience [waking/dream]. The mind is an experience, which contains everyone and everything and the universe. Since one limits the mind to the physical entity, he forgets the fact that, his body and the universe is an experience, within waking or dream experience. It is impossible to unfold the mystery of his true existence without realizing the fact that, the self is not physical but the self is consciousness.   If the self is not physical then it is erroneous to judge and conclude the truth on the base of the physical self or ego.  The ego [waking entity] is false self within the false experience [waking]. Thus the truth has to be judges on the base of the true self, which is formless consciousness which is not an individual but it pervades all the three states as their formless substance and witness. 

 Until and unless one rectifies the reasoning base from form [ego] to formless [soul or consciousness], the ultimate truth [Brahman] will not be revealed.