Seekers intense urge and sincerity to know the truth will lead
him towards the ultimate end. The true self is the teacher and when one focuses
his attention on the self, which is not physical but it is formless
consciousness (soul) than the all barricade will start vanishing and the
formless runway becomes very clear.
Seekers first step makes him realize there are no step and no
climber. There is no need to ignore anything.
We all including the whole universe exist because of ignorance.
We are living within the ignorance. If there is no ignorance then there is no
separation, no duality, no mind, no world, it is only oneness. Only when one
gets rid of the ignorance through Self-Knowledge one becomes aware of the
truth. The ignorance holds the duality/ illusion as reality. Ignorance is the
cause of experiencing the birth, life, death and world as reality.
Therefore, one has to find the root of this ignorance, which holds the whole physical existence as reality. We are discussing the truth within the state of ignorance. Therefore, how can we get rid of the ignorance, when we are unaware of it? And because of ignorance we experience the duality or illusion as reality. Therefore, there is a need to verify the truth of our own existence to get rid of the ignorance.
Pursuit of truth is a mental journey. There is no need for any teaching or teacher in this journey of self-verification. If one has intense urge to know the truth, then that urge will take him to his spiritual destination.
One has to learn to think and reason on his own without the aid of his accumulated knowledge, to get rid of the ignorance. One should not be judge anything on the base of logic, intellectuality, comparing everything with the accumulated knowledge and perverse thinking, which is greatest obstacle in pursuit of truth. If one is ready to do this then he is ready to move forward towards his non dual destination.
A well-directed inquiry, analysis and deeper reasoning with all humility, seriousness and sincerity will definitely lead one towards realizing the ultimate truth.
One has to try to find answers for himself without imagining it but pondering through deep thinking: -
If the self is not physical then:-
v With what one is able to know himself as a person and perceive
the world?
v Whether the mind is within the physical body or physical body and the world are within the mind.
v Whether the mind is within the physical body or physical body and the world are within the mind.
Whatever answers comes from within one has to verify through deeper reasoning constantly, until the inner dialogue starts, and when one starts getting answers from within, and all the doubts and confusion starts getting cleared. Then there is no need for mental spoon feeding. It takes a long time because the subconscious not receptive to accept the new truth. But one’s it becomes aware of the fact that, the self is formless [soul/consciousness] then it will drop all the accumulated knowledge based on the ego/physical self.
If the subconscious receptive this will happen instantly,
otherwise it happens gradually. Once the reasoning base is rectified from form
base to formless base then one becomes aware what is truth and what is untruth
and he will be able to reject the untruth mentally. When untruth is rejected
whatever prevails is the ultimate truth. One should not expect this to happen
instantly. It takes time it is a mental journey it is inner work through deeper
thinking and reasoning. One has to have lots of patience and humility in
pursuit of truth.
Since this is the vast subject it cannot be discussed in length in one or two posting. I am not a teacher and this is not teaching. I am sharing my conviction derived from my inner journey with fellow seekers.