If a man knows formless Consciousness as the innermost self here,
he then attains the non-dual goal of his mission. If he does not know it here,
he remains ignorance experiencing the cycle of birth, life and death as
reality. Having realized the Self in every being, the wise relinquish the world
and become immortal.
Consciousness is not known by those
who know it; it is known by those who do not know it. That is when one says he knows Consciousness;
he is saying it as a person. The Consciousness cannot be applied only to the
individuality but to the whole experience [three states]. But in reality the
person and world created out of Consciousness, thus nothing exits other than
Consciousness. Thus if one says he knows Consciousness as a person, he is
making a wrong statement. One must know Consciousness as the formless clay of
the three states [whole].
Consciousness is known when it is
realized in every state of mind; for by such Knowledge one attains Immortality.
By Consciousness one obtains strength; by Knowledge, Immortality
The self is not an individual it
pervades in everything and everywhere in all the three states. Holding the self
as an individual is cause of ignorance.
And ignorance is cause of experiencing the duality as reality. The self is in the form of formless
consciousness. Therefore self is not the form but it is formless.
Consciousness is indeed below. Consciousness is
above. Consciousness is in front. Consciousness is behind. Consciousness is
inside and outside. Consciousness is all in all because there is no second
thing other than consciousness in the universe, which is in the form of the
mind. "He who identifies the consciousness as
self attains Immortality.
The consciousness is not an object of
perception. It is always the knowing subject. There is neither an agent nor an
object of action, nor an instrument. In the waking/dream only there is the
triad, viz., seer, sight and seen.
Who can know the knower?
How should one know knower
by whom he knows all this?
One can not see the seer of sight. One can not
hear the hearer of the hearing. One cannot perceive the perceiver
of perception. One cannot know the knower of knowledge. Because it
is the formless substance and witness of the mind, which appears as waking or
dream
Consciousness the
true self is non-doer, non-enjoyer and unattached. Gnani is free from the
egoistic notions; his reason is not affected by ego he is not bound by the
illusion/duality.
