Nisagadutta
said:- Millions are in search of the ultimate truth, and only one in
million will be able to grasp and realize it. By focusing more attention
on Atman by talking, writing, discussing only of Atman, the conviction
grows and becomes firmer and the duality will fade away as reality.
Atman/consciousness, which is one’s true identity, will prevail as
birth-less and deathless, eternal substance and witness of the mirage
called duality.
Therefore there is no need to study
scriptures, or indulge in god and guru glorification or performing
religious rituals. Since, they are not the means to acquire non-dual
wisdom. It is only waste of time and effort to indulge in those things.
The individual self is not real, is not accepted by many. The non-dual
wisdom is based not on the individual self [ego]. Until people hold
the ‘I’ [ego] as witness, they will not reach the ultimate
understanding.
When Upanishad itself declares:- sarvam
khalvidam brahma - all this (universe) is verily Brahman. By following
back all of the relative appearances in the world, we eventually return
to that from which it is all manifest – the non-dual reality (Chandogya
Upanishad).
Then it is no use going roundabout way, trace
the Brahman which is the formless substance and witness of the universe,
which is in the form of mind. By tracing the source of the mind or
universe one will be able to realize the Brahman.
The ultimate
truth has nothing to do with Scriptures and it is independent of
scriptures. The point is: though it is taught by the Vedas, it does
not require any belief in the infallibility of Vedas; in other words
even if an individual or some other religion were to propose the same
thing, a person with an open mind would come to the same conclusion that
there is a formless witness, that it is Brahman - and that it is the
same as the self ,which is not an individual but it pervades in
everything and everywhere in three states as their formless substance
and witness.
When Sri,Sankara says: world is unreal . He never
said body is unreal. He would have said only birth and death is
unreal but he did not say that, he said the world is unreal. He meant
the world including the body, because the body and world appear
together and disappear together (waking or dream). Then we have to think,
what remain without the body and the world as reality. How can the
birth, life, death, rebirth, and reincarnation, which take place in
unreal world (waking or dream), can be true. The one, which is aware of
the birth, life death, rebirth and reincarnation (illusion or unreal), is
formless reality, which is the true self/true identity. The formless
self is your true identity, which is birthless and deathless but it is
the witness of the birth, life and death and rebirth (illusion or unreal).
On the standpoint of identity the birth, life, death, rebirth and
reincarnation theory is part of the illusion/unreal. The body cannot
reincarnate, the body and the world are created out of the same formless
stuff. Until one views and judges on the base of flesh, bone and blood
[five elements], he will not be able to grasp the non-dual truth. Thus,
one must know on what standpoint we are not born and we do not die
thoroughly, just by hearsay views, it will not lead anyone to the
non-dual destination.
Seeker has to learn to view and judge on
the standpoint of formless witness or the soul. Then he will be never having any
confusion. When one thinks deeply then only the inner revelation starts
and start burning the dross (confusion or doubts). A well-directed inquiry
and sound reasoning will lead one towards non-dual destination and it
will start yielding fruits and start revealing, when he starts thinking
very deeply. This is the inner process every serious seeker
experiences. The inner dialogue will start and one will start getting
answers from inner core of his existence, and he becomes aware of the
fact of what is real and what is unreal and he will be able to mentally
reject the unreal nature of the self in the midst of duality.
