There cannot be two witnesses. Man
is not the witness but the witness is that, which witnesses the man and the
world together without the physical apparatus. Man and world together
is mind. The witness of the mind which appears and disappears as waking and
dream is the formless soul or spirit or consciousness.
If the man and the world is a witnessed
object, how can man be the witness? The witnessed
cannot be the witness.
The nature of the self is the
hardest to understand, yet it is the center of the pursuit of truth. In fact,
"fully perceiving the nature of the self" is one way to define
enlightenment.
All the elements, the body, ego, the
senses, the world emptiness or despair are mere mirage created out of the self,
which is the consciousness.
All persons and his experience of the world exist
within the universe , which appear and disappear as waking or dream. Till one views and judges the Self as waking entity he is bound to believe in birth, life and death as reality. Till he believes in birth, life and death he
will remain in the grip of duality and experiencing it as reality. Till one
experiences the duality as reality and bases himself on the ego he is bound to
have all the doubts and confusion. Till
one has all the doubts and confusion he will remain in physicality or
intellectuality. Therefore, there is a
need to know what is mind and what is the substance of mind in order assimilate
Self-Knowledge Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana .
