Everyone in the path of truth loves and respects the humanity in the practical world. Externally the seeker of truth love humanity and internally he is moving from ignorance to wisdom.
Everyone
in the path of truth loves and respects the humanity in the practical
world. Externally the seeker of truth love humanity and internally he is moving from
ignorance to wisdom.
The mind rises from the formless
soul, which is in the form of consciousness. The sense of ‘I’ rises as
mind. The mind is in the form of universe. Thus ‘I’ is the mind or
universe. Universe appears as waking or dream and disappears as deep
sleep. Holding sense of ‘I’ limited to the ego is cause of separation.
It makes one feel, he is an individual separate from the world and world
existed prior to him, and he is born in it afterwards. Until one has
this conviction, it is very difficult to grasp the non-dual truth.
Thus it is necessary to realize the self is neither the ego nor the
world but is the witness of the ego, body and world together. The true
self is formless witness of the three states. And it is also the
formless substance of the three states, because without self the three
states are non-existent. In reality the substance and witness are one
in essence. The essence is consciousness and it is ultimate truth. The
formless self is witness of the three states. And the formless witness
is within the three states. And it is without the three states. And
also it is apart from the three states. It is within the three states
as their formless substance. And it is without the three states as
their formless witness. And it is also apart from the three states
because it not an entity or identity within the three states.
I
request everyone not to hold anyone including me as a
guru and yourself as a disciple because guru disciple theory is greatest
obstacle in pursuit of truth. And one can find answers how the theories
path and practices become hindrance or obstacle and blocks our
realization has been discussed in FORMLESS PATH [FP] blogs. I tried to
answer every question which arises to the seeker in his pursuit of truth
in FP blogs so that he can find answers for his doubts and confusion with out discussion, debate and personal conversation. many intellectuals think that by provoking by perverted arguments they will get the truth but they are only trying to exhibit their intellectuality.
The yard stick based on the accumulated
knowledge is the greatest hindrance in pursuit of truth. Lots of
patience, humility is needed in pursuit of truth. Arguments on their
point of view are the greatest hindrance in pursuit of truth.
Thus
holding any teacher and teaching or scriptures are the greatest
hindrance in pursuit of truth. Devotional path, yogic path and path of
love and humanity are meant for the practical life within the practical
world and they are nothing to do with the path of truth or wisdom,
because on the realm of truth the practical life and the practical world
are mere illusion. Thus mixing them with path of truth or wisdom is
like mixing oil into water. Intellectuality is based on individuality
and individuality is egocentric. Thus the religious path, yogic path and
intellectual path are great hindrance in pursuit of truth. Seekers of
truth have to respect everyone’s views and wisdom without arguing but
politely answering or keeping silence with others who try to cause
disturbance with their egoic attitude. And never indulge condemning
others who do not agree with each others view. Keeping internal
distance with the people who indulge in perverted arguments and
provokers is very much necessary in pursuit of truth. The inner calmness
has to be gained which is very much necessary in pursuit of truth to
move inward.
Self-knowledge will interest only few
people; the rest are interested in Religion, yoga other paths like path
of love and humanity and path of pleasure hunting. Thus path of love
and humanity is necessary in practical life and practical world and we
have to respect those people who are immersed in the path of love and
humanity. They are doing great job for the humanity. Many people who
have chosen path of love and humanity indulge in condemning others
without realizing they are propagators of love and by condemning others
the seed of love cannot be sowed. The love and hate are made of the
same clay, which is consciousness. It is wrong to assume those who
have chosen path of wisdom are renounced the outer world and gone
ashtray. They too are actively involved in practical life and indulge in
loving humanity. Renouncing the world and taking Sanyasa is religious
path not the path of truth. The seeker of truth is ever active as a
householder and it is his own personal journey he knows what he wants
and what he is doing. I respect all those are in path of love and
humanity and any other path. And everyone in the path truth loves and
respects the humanity in the practical world. Externally he love
humanity and internally he is moving from ignorance to wisdom.
It is not the body that has to get freedom but it is the self that is
seeking freedom from experiencing the birth, life, death and universe as
reality. Only when self-wakes up from the sleep of ignorance by
realizing its formless nondual true nature the freedom happens. For this
self has to drop the inborn samskara or conditioning of ‘I’ or ‘I AM’
by realizing self not ‘I’ or ‘I AM’.
Thus it is erroneous
to think on the body base, when the self is not the body. If the self is
not the body; than the individual life is nothing to do with the
formless self. The experience of birth, life, death and the universe are
part and parcel of the illusion. Thus one need not here enter into any
account of the course that the soul with its ignorance takes after
death—along the way of the fathers, or of the gods, or being debarred
from either, according to its works and knowledge. Nor need one enter
into any of the other psychological questions connected with the state
of the soul after the death of the body. The self is not an individual
and self is birthless, deathless, therefore it is erroneous to base the
truth of the individual experience of birth, life, death, god and
universe.
The universe or samsara remains the same
for all except those who have attained the higher knowledge. He who has
attained to the knowledge of the identity of the self with
consciousness, which involves the distinction of the self from its
ignorance and consequently its freedom from them, has thereby attained
Moksha, or freedom. This is a freedom for which one has not to wait till
his physical death, but it may be possessed even in this very life.
Advaitin orthodox hold virtue is essential for the attainment of Moksha
or freedom. But when the self is not and individual this question is
hardly a relevant one. It is not quite just to interpret the knowledge
which brings freedom as if it were of the nature of a purely
intellectual intuition.
As one goes in deeper self –search one
becomes aware of the fact that: - The Upanishads are
self-contradictory. Different scholars give different conflicting
interpretations of them. Final authority therefore is using our own
reason. This does not mean one need to give up the scriptures, but he
should apply his reason to them. Reason is common to all, whereas
orthodoxy belongs to separatist.
The scriptures are for
ignorant masses, who wholly accept the material world as it presents
itself. Gnana is for those who have begun to realize that things are not
what they seem.
Scriptural citations may be quoted only after
one has shown the reality and proved the truth, for then he can point
out that the texts teach the same thing. If one quotes them before
having demonstrated truth, then it is scholasticism.
Scriptures are of value only when dealing with persons who are incapable
of understanding truth. They have no value as authority for those who
use reason.
Reason is the common ground for all humanity,
whereas the appeal to scriptural relations reaches only groups. Because
all the religions are based on the false self and the false experience,
there are so many conflicting ideas , many changes, divisions and
subdivisions ,which leads to all sorts of doubts and confusions. When
one meets with suffering and disappointment doubts arises. Doubts are
absolutely necessary to make one inquire. Pursuit of truth is for
getting rid of all doubts.