To find detachment, wisdom, and
freedom then one has to shun the three states as illusion by accepting the formless
consciousness as self, which is the formless substance and witness of the three
states.
One has to seek the truth of the true existence, which is not physical, and realize the fact that, the three states are unreal on the standpoint of the true self, which is consciousness. Whatever, prevails without the three states is consciousness, which ultimate truth.
The true self is neither the body, nor the ego, nor the universe. If one wishes to be free, he has to know the Self to be the consciousness, which is the formless substance and witness of the three states. It is the one which is aware of the appearance of the mind as waking or dream[duality] and disappearance of the mind as deep sleep[non- duality].
By setting the three states aside the consciousness [the self] remains in awareness of its formless non-dual nature. It will at once be free from illusion, forever still, forever free.
The true self, which is consciousness, has no caste because it is formless. No duties bind it because it is free from physical shackles.
It is formless and free, beyond the reach of the physical shackles. It is the formless witness of all three states.
Right or wrong, pleasure or sorrow, these are of the illusion [mind] only. They are not of the self, which is consciousness but they are illusory form and shapes of things created out of consciousness.
The one which acts or enjoys is not the true self but it is false self within the false experience. Consciousness, which is the true self, pervades everywhere and in everything in all the three states as its formless substance and witness.
Consciousness is everywhere, and it is forever free. Consciousness forever and truly free, the lone witness of the illusion [three states].
But if consciousness sees itself as separate entity, then it is bound. It is bound by the illusion of the three states. It is lost itself in illusion by the intoxication of the sense of ‘I’. It has accepted itself as the doer within the illusion.
In reality the consciousness is not the doer. By realizing the consciousness as the true self, it becomes free from experiencing the illusion as reality. Consciousness is one and it is pure nondual awareness.
Through firm conviction that the consciousness is the true self, the seeker has to burn down the ignorance, which is the cause of experiencing the illusion as reality.
When the self frees itself from illusion, then there is no duality, therefore, there is no second thing to enjoy or suffer. There is only nonduality, which is free from birth, life, death and the universe.
Consciousness is unbound. It is awareness itself. Just as a coil of rope is mistaken for a snake, so the consciousness is mistaken for the universe. If consciousness thinks it is free, it is free. If it thinks it is bound, it is bound, because it is the true self. It is what it thinks.
The Self looks like the universe. The universe is in the form of mind. The universe is mental. The mind is just an illusion. The mind appears as waking or dream [duality] and disappears as deep sleep [non-duality]. The consciousness pervades in everything and everywhere in all the three states.
Consciousness is one, still, free, perfect. It is the witness of the three states and it is always apart from the three states. It is aware only of the appearance of the waking or dream and disappearance as deep sleep.
Seeker has to without clinging to the three states experiences meditate on the consciousness, which is the true Self. Consciousness is One without two, exalted awareness. Seeker has to give up the illusion of the separate self. Seeker has to give up the feeling, within or without, that self is this or that.
Because consciousness thinks it is the body with the name, for a long time it has been bound.
By knowing itself as pure awareness it is free from physical shackles. With self - knowledge as its sword cuts through its chains of burden and bondage of duality.
Consciousness is already free, without action or flaw, when it realizes it is the formless substance and witness of the illusion. Consciousness is bound only by the habit considering itself it is physical. The nature of the consciousness nature is pure awareness. Consciousness pervades in everything, and everything are pervades in it.
Consciousness is always the same, unfathomable awareness, limitless and free, serene and unperturbed.
Seeker has to desire awareness of the true self, which is consciousness. Whatever takes form is false. Only the formless endures.
When one understands and assimilates and realizes the knowledge of the consciousness [true self] he is free from the illusory birth, life death and the world. Consciousness is infinite; Consciousness is within the three states and without the three states, like a mirror, and the image in a mirror.
As the water is everywhere, in the ice block and pervades it, so consciousness is everywhere, pervades all the three states and pervades through them forever, with or without the three states.
