It is formless soul, which is in the form
of consciousness alone that appears to be born or to move or to take the form
of matter. But formless or consciousness is really ever unborn, immovable and free from the traits
of materiality; it is all peace and non-dual.
Thus the formless soul or consciousness, the innermost self is never subject
to birth. All beings, too, are free from birth. Those who know this do not fall
into false knowledge.
A substance may be the cause of
another substance and a non- substance, the cause of another non-substance. But
the true self cannot possibly be anything like a substance or a non-substance.
Thus three states are not caused
by the mind, nor is the mind caused by them. As long as a person clings to the
belief in causality, he will find cause producing effect. But when this
attachment to causality wears away, cause and effect become non-existent.
As long as a person clings to the
belief in causality, the experience of duality will prevail as reality. But
when this attachment to causality wears away, the duality becomes non-existent
as reality.
The three states are created by
false knowledge; therefore nothing in it is eternal. Everything, again, as one
with Ultimate Reality, is unborn; therefore there is no such thing as
destruction.
Birth is ascribed to the
individual; but such birth is not possible from ultimate standpoint
Their birth, life , death and the world are part of the illusion. That illusion, again,
does not exist.
The illusory sprout is born of the illusory seed. This
illusory sprout is neither permanent nor destructible. The same applies to the
individual and the world.
The term permanent or impermanent
cannot be applied to the birthless self. What is indescribable in words cannot
be discriminated about as permanent or impermanent.
As in dreams the self acts through illusion,
presenting the appearance of duality, so also in the waking state the self acts
through illusion, presenting the appearance of duality. There is no doubt that
the self , which is in reality non-dual, appears to be dual in dreams; likewise,
there is no doubt that what is non-dual i.e. formless soul or consciousness, appears to be dual in the
waking experience. from the ultimate standpoint all the three states are mere illusion.
