Pursuit
of truth begins with inquiring into the mind, which is in the form of universe. The ultimate truth has to be proved, not assumed. People who talk of ultimate
truth based on the bookish knowledge are not Gnanis.
Understanding
based upon the egocentricity distorted by ignorance is not ultimate truth or
Brahman. For realization of ultimate
truth, objectified consciousness which is full of emotional fervor is not
suitable. By emotionality belongs to individuality. And individuality makes one
in immerse in sentimentality and attachment that is full of craving. Even
though one has urge to know the truth he will not be able to focus his
attention on his pursuit of truth.
Many
pundits and so-called gurus will preach that all is yourself, but none of them
can show that this is so, none have analyzed it scientifically, none can prove
it because they are not verified the validity
of their accumulated knowledge.
Rational proof is necessary, so that one arrive
at knowing truth i.e. Gnana or non-dual wisdom. Many have inherited mere dogma, parrotism from
their teacher or gurus and what they
read in scripture. Authoritarianism
merely assumes as true what another says, but what has yet to be proved.
Wisdom is the direct means
to the attainment of self -realization, it is necessary to keep in mind the
means-end relation. The tool that one chooses must be suitable and appropriate
to the end, which he wants to attain. It is not the case that through any tool
any end can be attained. On the contrary, what tools has to be chosen and how
far it is relevant and appropriate to the end we have in view, must be
considered from the point of view of the nature of the end which is to be
attained.
The tool must be warranted by the end. In
other words, the choice of the tool as well as its suitability and
appropriateness is determined by the end. This point must be borne in mind in
understanding and assimilation of non-dual or Advaitic truth.
Mistaking one thing for another or
superimposing the attributes of one thing on another is due to ignorance. Not
knowing the real nature of the Self which is non-dual, which is existence,
knowledge and infinitude, which is free from attributes, which is free
from activity, which is neither an agent nor an enjoyer, the ignorance
is superimposed on it.
The ignorance is cause of
experiencing the illusion as reality.
Ignorance is the root cause of our bondage. So in order to put an end to
our bondage and attain liberation from experiencing the illusion as reality, ignorance
which is the root cause has to be destroyed; and ignorance can be destroyed
only by attaining the self-knowledge, discriminating it from the illusion.
Wisdom is the means by which Self -Realization is desired to be attained.
Self-realization is the highest end of man since it destroys the root of the ignorance, the cause of the entire universe.
Through deeper self-search one has to eradicate the foundational
ignorance, Self -Knowledge alone is the means to the attainment of liberation
from illusion. Only Self -knowledge destroys the ignorance.
WHAT IS ‘I’?
The ‘I’ disappears as deep sleep, so
what is the use of being attached to it? It is impermanent and illusory.
There is really no ‘I’ which in the form
of mind. And mind is in the form of universe. And universe appears as waking or dream. The ‘I’ or mind
or universe or waking or dream dies disappears as deep sleep. Thus one that appears as ‘I’ or mind or
universe or waking or dream is consciousness and it disappears as deep sleep is
also consciousness. In deep sleep it is
in its formless nondual true nature. The
one, which witnesses the coming and going of the three states, is also
consciousness. Thus the witness and witnessed are one in
essence.
Thus the universe is reality on the base of individuality
and universe is unreal on the base of the consciousness, which is the innermost
self. The seeker gradually will grasp and realize the unreal nature of the
universe or mind. Individuality is illusory because the self is not an
individual because self is formless and it pervades in everything and
everywhere in all the three states. .
Dualists’ sages have written big volumes
about the soul. Yet they are quite ignorant of the fact that the ‘I’ about
which they write itself comes and goes and has no permanent existence, is only
an idea after all.
