Over the millennia and
around the world, great saints, sages’ prophets have purportedly appeared on earth
to establish extraordinary and universal philosophies that have made an impact
upon the human psyche and upon life in general. According to the stories, these
distinguished spiritualists have sprung up seemingly from the earth itself, or
from the cosmos, with apparently original ideas that inspire thousands and
cause these outstanding thinkers to be placed upon pedestals and worshiped as
gods.
The idea of god propagated
by religion is based on the ego. The ego is reality within the false reality.
Inquiry, analysis and reasoning on the true base reveals the fact that
the whole waking experience which contains man, ego and the world is mere
mirage on the standpoint of the soul, which is the true self. Thus, ego is part
of the mirage.
If one is atheistically
prone and do not enjoy discussions of Self-Knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana is not fit for pursuit of
truth. People are interested in only reading, listening and disusing the
colorful mythological stories consider them a tool to reach god, because to
imagine it is easy, and verifying the fact is difficult task.
Most people enjoy the
mystical subjects. The notion of God will not disappear from the human
psyche very easily without verifying the validity of their own existence.
The ego is the false
identity with in the false experience. Until one becomes aware of the fact,
that the ‘I’ is not the self but ‘I’ is the whole experience of the
Waking or dream. The physical body, ego and the world are within the waking
and dream. The physical body ego and the world cease to exist without the waking/dream.
The ego dominates in the waking/dream. Therefore, until the seeker of truth
understands this fact, he cannot drop the ego. Therefore, it is very much
necessary to realize the fact that the ‘I’ is not the self but ‘I’ is whole
experience of Waking or dream.
Another aid, which is
derived from Yoga practice, is that it temporarily suppresses ego. Such
suppression helps very little to arrive at Truth. What the Yogi does not
understand is that while he talks of experiencing bliss in trance, he reveals
the presence of an ego who is the experiencer. To transcend bliss and to
transcend trance, one must have gone into, through and out of Yoga.
Seeker of truth is obliged
to think because he wants to get rid of ignorance. The root of all ignorance is
not ego but the whole experience of duality. All the egocentric paths and
practices are on not of any use in pursuit of truth. Only deeper self-search
helps the destruction of ignorance. Causality is only a fib.
Unless seeker gives is
egocentric accumulated knowledge and with great humility accepts
the guidance from F.P and I. P blogs , he is sure to succeed in acquiring non dual wisdom. He has to
know that the physical body, ego and the world are in his mind like everything
else and not vice versa, he cannot understand the non-dual truth. Thus, there
is need for perfect understanding what is what.
If one is ‘egocentric’ then he is unfit for the pursuit of
truth. One has to be receptive not judgmental with egocentric accumulated
knowledge. When there is egocentric knowledge, then there is no non dual
Wisdom. Seeker has to mentally rectify his seeking base, from ‘I’ (form)
base to ‘I’-less (formless) base in order to understand and assimilate the
self-knowledge.
It is impossible to get rid
of the ego alone without properly understanding what ego is. The ego appears
within the waking or dream. Thus, the waking or dream contains the physical body,
ego, and the world. Thus, it is erroneous to seek truth on the base
of ego, which is the false entity within the false experience. Thus there is a
need to know the fact that the mind or ’I’ is not limited to the physical
body but mind or ’I’ is the whole experience of waking or dream. Mind or ’I’
is in the form of universe. And universe appears as waking or dream (matter) and disappears as deep sleep (spirit). Therefore, there is a need to analyze
the three states in order to trace the formless witness of the three states. The formless soul, which is in the form of consciousness,
is the innermost self. Consciousness is permanent
and eternal. No second thing can exist
without the consciousness.
The higher truth will not reveal unless the base of seeking is
rectified from base of ego to the base of the soul. This has to be dome
mentally by deeper thinking, inquiring, analyzing and reasoning. Without rectifying, the seeking base seeker will not be able to
separate the truth from the untruth mentally. The ego keep one in the
grip of duality thus he will not be able to think of the beyond without
understanding what the mind is and what the substance of the mind is.
When one cannot see the
unreality of the ego, and that ego is part of the part of the mirage, which
appears and disappears as waking or dream (‘I’) he is unripe to grasp
the non-dual truth. Egocentricity is the common
psychological state of human nature whereas selfishness is the common ethical
state of human nature. The two should not be confused.
