Wherever there is
impermanence and transiency, there is necessarily duality. But that which knows
these things is passing away, that is the Formless witness or soul, the innermost self.
The lightning-flash or glimpse of the soul actually eliminates the
ego, but it lasts for the minutest fraction of a second only; it is a kind of
deep sleep in the midst of waking experience. It is impossible to eliminate ego, since one
have to involve in worldly business. One has to eliminate the attachment to ego,
by realizing the fact that ‘I’, is not the self, but formless witness or soul is
the true self.
Deeper thinking on the base
of the soul leads ultimately to the understanding that there is something
behind three states, the Witness itself. That is, there are two factors in
thinking, object and the awareness or consciousness which is the thinker of the
object. Deeper thinking on the base of the soul leads us to discover this
latter factor and in this sense leads us to non-dual truth. Even Reason itself
has to go in non-dual reality.
Seeker has to mentally reduce multiplicity to unity by reducing
everything to mind. And by reducing the mind (waking or dream) to soul or spirit or consciousness he
will get non dual wisdom.
When one wants to know what gold is, he has to mentally to negate
the names and forms of necklace, ring or bracelet. This negation is an abstract
affair, for the necklace, ring and bracelet still remain, they do not
physically disappear. In the same way if one wants to know consciousness he has
mentally to negate all names and forms of objects within the waking or dream but
the objects of waking or dream do not actually disappear, but its unreality is
exposed and one becomes aware everything is created out of consciousness, therefore
everything is consciousness. The name and forms
create division within the consciousness, which is the soul.
Every thought as thought is known only by distinguishing it from
its opposite. Happiness implies suffering. One must rise above the pairs of
opposites, i.e. he must rise above the dualities inherent in thinking into non duality.
This is the real meaning of non duality.
If there are two entities there will be
differences between them. If there are two persons, or even individual and God,
there will be difference of opinion. Hence truth can only exist in non-duality.
Hence the pursuit of truth is to remove wrong ideas about truth from the consciousness
and to remove duality from the outlook.
All such terms as change, non-existence, eternal, etc. imply each
other. Hence they are only ideas, mental constructions. Any word used will only
be an idea that covers the soul or consciousness and does not reveal it. They will only
keep people in the realm of discussion although it is quite necessary for
practical truths which can never grasp reality; for it yields only thoughts,
i.e. duality and is necessarily devoid of reality. All discussions of the
nature of the Highest are mere imagination.
"Duality ceases
to exist"--means duality as two separate realities ceases to exist. Duality
still exists but the knower knows that they have not got separate existence in
Reality, i.e. the duality has not got existence separate from the only ultimate
reality
. Unless one gets the non dual at truth by inquiry, one has to
take it for granted that there is duality.
