Witness and witnessed analysis is better tool for understanding and
assimilating the Self-Knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.
Deeper inquiry analysis and reasoning revels the fact that, the true
self is not within the body but the body and the universe are within the true
self. The self is not the form but self
is formless, therefore the question of Causal,
subtle, gross body does not arise. The
self is in the form of consciousness and it pervades all the three states. It
is within the three states as their formless substance and it is without the
three states as their formless witness. The substance and witness are one in
essence. The mind rises as waking or
dream (duality) and subsides as deep sleep (non-duality). Therefore there is a need to know “what is
mind? And what is the substance of the mind? And what is the source of the
mind? in order to know what is truth and what is illusion. Speculating and
assuming on intellectuality has to be avoided to have deeper understanding and
realization.
The formless soul or consciousness is the innermost self is witness and it is also the witnessed (illusion or three states).
To be a witness of something implies subject and object relationship. To
be witness of phenomena means that one is standing apart from the situation and
not identifying with it. Whatever is witnessed as a person and the world is
part of the witnessed. The witness is that which witnesses the physical body
and the world together. Thus the man is
not the witness of the three states to take authorship of the three states, because the man and his experience of the
world is present in waking or dream and
absent in deep sleep. The one which is aware of the three states is not waking
entity but the formless consciousness, which is the true self. Thus the subject is formless and the object is
form. The self is within the ‘I’ [mind
or universe] but the self is without the ‘I’ [mind or universe], therefore
there is a need to know what is ‘I’ in order to realize the fact that, ‘I’
itself is illusion. There is neither
witness nor witnessed in non-dual reality.
The true Self as the consciousness and consciousness is the ultimate
reality. Thus, the whole physical existence is based on the consciousness not
on the waking entity. Therefore our understanding and assimilation has to be
based on the consciousness not on the physicality. One has to realize the fact that, our body
and the universe are created out of consciousness. Therefore there is no second thing exists
other than consciousness. The
consciousness is ultimate truth or Brahman.
There is need for deeper understand the Witness and Witnessed analysis
to know the duality is mere a passing phase and not the true nature of the true
self.
By developing this watchfulness and one’s ability to observe the three
states on the base of the consciousness as self gradually weaken the roots physicality
and transform the base of witnessing from form base to formless base. The idea
behind Witness, Witnessed analysis is very deep and profound. Those with
superficial understanding will not be in position to understand and assimilate
Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana because they base themselves on the form not the formless self.
When the self is not physical it is erroneous to base and judge the truth on
the base of the physical self. Therefore, there is a need to rectify the
seeking base to understand and assimilate the ultimate truth.
By reducing the power of understanding based on
physicality or intellectuality and uprooting the physical base, “Witness,
Witnessed Analysis” can lead one towards the perfect understanding and
assimilation of the Self-Knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana , which is based on the true self or consciousness.
Those who are able to witness on the base of the soul or consciousness, the innermost self
will be able to have mental yardstick to discriminate the truth and untruth or
reality or unreality and dual and non-dual. The one who has mastered the art of
witnessing on the standpoint of the soul or consciousness will develop a wonderful
richness of the innermost self and are helpful guides to their fellow seekers in their
pursuit of truth.
The real approach to Self-Realization, the mind has to rest in consciousness
and that leads to non-dual Self-Awareness.
