Just to show that there is something which has not disappeared, as waking
or dream deep sleep are mere object to
the “Self” . The self is the seer of the objects and object disappears and the self, which is the subject
prevails eternally. No one can see “Self” appearing or disappearing. One can
only grasp mentally that it must have been there.
It is not
body alone that constitutes mind, but body plus world. This one finds from his
study of analysis of the three states.
One is
aware of his thoughts, feeling, and emotion. Thoughts, feeling, and emotion are mind. And
mind is an object to the witness, which is the soul. Mind will pass away; it is
only the "known. Analysis reveals fact that mind is passing phenomena and
not the soul/self /witness.
The “Self
“is seeing or knowing the changes, not that “Self” is changing. The word change
is not applicable to the “Self”. Therefore the word "immortal" is
used regarding the soul. “Self” is seeing the mortal; in this sense we call “Soul/Witness
immortal. There cannot be two Selves. It is impossible. Change can have a
meaning only when there is more than one. Soul, the innermost Self being unchanging must be
only One.
Changes
occur because of the existence of something unchanging. The changing and the
unchanging are always present.
The
experience is part of the change and is impermanent. Therefore, the formless
witness of the experience is real and
eternal. The man and his experience of the world together is an experience,
which is waking experience. Waking and
its changes, one could not possibly think of the Unchangeable or realize it. The
seeker should not get attach themselves to all that changes which constitutes
the three states. The very fact that one is constantly thinking shows that
world is always changing.
People do
not distinguish between formless witness and the three states. If they knew
that the three states are an object to the formless witness, then, even the
gods, is only an idea they might perceive truth, not otherwise.
When one thinks
of the individuality, he is thinking within the waking or dream experience. The
mind appears and disappears as mind.
