Consciousness is the inner most self by nature
is non-dual peace, and effulgence, with dawning of the wisdom of which the
waking reality becomes like a dream. The waking or universe is seen as no
reality but as a mirage.
Wisdom is not something that has to be
acquired by physical effort but one has to mentally grasp and realize it by
perfect understanding and assimilation.
Only in duality all sorts misery, restlessness,
pain and pleasure is experienced. It is
because of ignorance. Ignorance makes one takes things what is not reality as
reality.
There is no ignorance when self, which is in
the form of consciousness, becomes conscious of its own formless non-dual true
nature in the midst of duality.
Just as the dream lasts only for the short
time so with non-dual wisdom the delusion of waking reality disappears. That is
the universe or waking is seen as no reality but mere mirage.
If one gets all kinds of enjoyment in
practical world and also all sorts of sufferings. But all this pleasure and pain of the practical
life within the practical world are reality with in the waking experience or
universe. Through non-dual wisdom one
becomes unreal nature of the universe or waking experience in the midst of
waking experience. When the waking entity is not the self then the formless
true self is nothing to do with practical life with
in the practical world. Thus the experience
of the birth, life, death and the world is nothing to do with the birthless and
deathless self.
All the material enjoyment depends on the
waking experience which is impermanent. Whereas the non-dual unceasing peace is only
in true nature of the formless true self, which is permanent.
The pain and pleasure is possible only when
there is sense of ‘I’. The sense of ‘I’ present only when there is mind. The mind
is present only when there is duality. The
duality is present only when there is universe. The universe is present only
when there is waking or dream. Thus the ‘I’ mind, duality, universe, waking or dream
are one and the same thing. This has to be grasped first by the seeker of
truth. Reduce mentally the universe into waking experience
and waking experience into mind and mind into consciousness in order to get
unity in diversity.
Universe or waking experience is but the
illusory states of consciousness. In reality it is nothing but illusion. This
existent and non-existent do not lose their inherent nature.
The nature of the true self is, free from
mental contents, immutable, effortless and spot less and it is neither faraway
nor near ever present. The moment the ignorance
ceases and the consciousness the inner most self is
apprehended the veil of illusory duality drops off and the reality of
experience of birth, life, death and world will lose its lustre.
Knowing for certain that the true self
formless consciousness and consciousness is ultimate truth or Brahman and
existence and non-existence are figments, what does one which is free from form,
time and space has to do with illusion of form, time and space.
The ignorance is present as sense of ‘I’ or ‘I
AM’. When the 'I' or 'I AM' than the mind is present. If the mind is present than the universe is present. If universe is present the waking or dream is present is present. If the waking or dream is present the the duality is present. Until one holds the 'T' or 'I AM' as self the non-dual wisdom will not dawn.
The sense of I or I AM are annihilated for the Gnani who has become truly free
from all doubts and confusion by realizing all the three states as formless
consciousness. A seeker by indulging in
deeper self-search risen in to reason based on the formless self and finally
gets rid of the ignorance, which is present in the form ‘I’ OR ‘I AM’, and
reaches the stage of Gnani.
The seeker, who has attained the non-dual tranquility,
has no distraction, no concentration, no increase in knowledge no ignorance.
Yoga is not the means to acquire self-knowledge
or non-dual wisdom. Yoga and religion are
helpful in the practical life within the practical world. Without wisdom the ignorance will not vanish. Thus Gnana alone is the means for freedom from
experiencing the illusory duality as reality.
In success or failure in gain or loss, in
society or solitude there is no difference to the Gnani whose mind has become still.
