When waking
experience disappears the deep sleep appears. In deep sleep the dream experience
appears and deep sleep disappears. The sense of duality is with in the
experience of waking or dream. Hence the waking and dream are state of duality.
And deep sleep experience is non-dual because it is empty of experience of
duality.
The dream is
parallel waking experience. And waking experience is parallel dream. Therefore
the invisible witness [knower] of the appearance and disappearance of dual and non-dual experiences is within the experience of diversity, but it is apart from
it. It is within the experience of
diversity as its invisible substance. And it is apart from the experience of
diversity as its invisible witness. It is apart because it is not and entity or
identity within the experience of diversity.
In deep sleep there
is no experience of diversity. Therefore the witness [knower] of the three
states has to be traced in order to know the true self. The witness is unaffected
and eternal because it is formless and non-dual in its nature. Without the witness it is impossible to
witness the three states. Without the witness of the dream it is
impossible to experience the dream. Similarly without the witness of the Waking
experience it is impossible to experience the Waking. Similarly without the
witness it is impossible to the experience of the deep sleep. Thus it is
evident that the witness is apart because it is fully aware of the appearance
and disappearance of the three states. Therefore all the three states have to
be viewed separately in order to unfold the mystery.
It is very much necessary
to realize the fact that, the birth, life and death are reality within the
experience of illusory diversity. The individual experiences are happenings within the
experience of diversity or mind. The
mind appears and disappears as waking or dream. Therefore the formless witness
of the three states has to be mentally traced to realize the fact that, the waking experience also is as
real as dream. And the witness of the three states is the consciousness which is the innermost self is real and eternal.
Until man tries to
seek, view and judge the truth on the waking entity, he will not be able to
succeed in his pursuit of truth. The
waking entity is present only in waking experience. Similar way the dream
entity is present only in dream. Therefore the waking and dream entity are not
the same. But the invisible witness of the dream and waking is the same. Therefore the truth has to be viewed and
judged on the base of invisible witness of the waking and dream experiences,
never on the dream or waking entity.
One can speak of
dream and deep sleep experiences only in waking experience. In dream one is not
aware of the waking experience or deep sleep. The dream appears on its own, it
is no one’s doing. Similarly the Waking
also has appeared on its own and it is also nobodies doing. The birth life and
death are reality within the Waking experience. The individual experiences are
happening within the waking experience.
The waking experience is fully dependent on the invisible witness for
its existence. Similar to the dream, as it is fully dependent on its invisible
witness. The waking also disappears similar way the as the dream. The dream
becomes unreal when waking takes place. Similarly the waking becomes unreal
when the witness of the waking is traced and realized. The invisible witness
itself is the true self. Realizing the witness of the three states as true self
is self realization or wisdom.
Only through proper
and deeper understanding of the nature of the mind the aspirant becomes aware
of the fact the experience of diversity is a mental experience created and
sustained and witnessed by the consciousness or Atman. Without Atman or consciousness the
experience of diversity ceases to exist. Therefore the mind is an object to the
self. And mind is a parasite is wholly dependent on the self for its existence.
Self seeks the
abeyance of it self in deep sleep, but it cannot continue indefinitely to
accept this self-refutation. Since, it is still in ignorance of its true nature
due to intoxication of duality. Only when the self regains its true nature and
it will be able to view and judge the worldview on the true base, consciously
aware of itself, in the midst of experience of diversity, and prevails in the non-dual ultimate state of existence.
Though man attempts through sleep or suicide or by using drugs to escape the burden of experience diversity, but he cannot escape from its torturous suffering, until and unless he becomes aware of the fact that ‘I’ is not the self but the invisible witness of the ‘I’ is the true self. Only by realizing the true self he becomes aware of the fact that the waking experience is mere mirage and it is also as real as dream. Therefore it is necessary for man to have self knowledge to realize the fact that, only self- knowledge frees one from the state of the cycle of birth, life and death.
The burden and bondage of the waking experience binds to the state of illusion and propel him again and again into the maelstrom of the experience of diversity. Aspirant has to realize the fact that mind is an experience, not and experincer. Man and his world are experience within the mind. Therefore mind is experience of diversity, which contains the whole universe. Same way dream contains the man and universe. Till man thinks his an individual separate from the world, he is bound to be in the clutches of duality. Until he is in clutches of duality he will not be able to progress in his pursuit of truth.
Sleep does not confer positive benefit. Due to the fact that the experience of diversity is totally abeyance during deep sleep, the mind is actual union with the true self. The waking and dream experiences both are dream to the self. When the self is dreamless it is in tranquility of its formless non-dual true nature, which is beyond the experience of diversity. But inasmuch as sleep is a submergence of the self into oblivion, it does not bestow upon itself the conscious realization of truth that, it will eventually experience, when it is freed from the clutches of the experience of diversity.
The shift from sleep to waking experience is from unconsciousness to illusory consciousness [waking and dream]. But full nondual consciousness can come only through wisdom or self-knowledge.
For the person who is unaware of the self:-
1. Deep
sleep---- unconsciousness
2. Dream
and waking ---- illusory consciousness of duality.
The beyond state of duality roused from wisdom or knowledge of the true self. The unconsciousness of the self always involves temporary return to the original nondual nature of the self regardless of the cause, whether it be deep sleep, swoon, drugs or physical accident.
Therefore it is necessary to analyze the three states through inquiry and reasoning in order to go beyond the experience of diversity or duality. That is unconsciousness of the self to consciousness of the self. Therefore it is very much necessary to realize the fact that the self is within the experience of diversity as its invisible substance. And it is apart from the experience of diversity as its invisible witness. It is apart because it is not and entity or identity with in the experience of diversity.
1. In
deep sleep is totally unaware of the self and experience of diversity.
2. In
waking or dream is totally unaware of the true self.
3. In
state of wisdom is fully aware of the self and illusion.
Wisdom is not absent of diversity, but knowledge of the ultimate reality and fully established on the base of the true self and free from the burden and bondage of the experience of diversity.
The conscious and unconscious state of self is known only in the waking experience when the three states are analyzed through deeper inquiry and reasoning. The one that witnesses the conscious and unconsciousness is within the experience of diversity [mind] but it is beyond the experience of diversity. It is beyond because it is not an entity or identity within the experience of diversity. Therefore the experience of diversity is an object to the true self. Thus, the true self, is fully aware of the appearance and disappearance of the three states is apart from it. It is within the experience of diversity because it pervades all the three states as its invisible substance.
The mind itself is the matter. Without the mind there is no matter. Without the matter there is no experience. Without the experience there is no duality. Without the duality it is nondual reality. Therefore it is necessary to understand and realize the whole experience of diversity is created out of single invisible substance and there is no second thing other then that invisible substance in the experience of diversity. Only through inquiry, analysis and reasoning it is possible to discover and realize the invisible substance which is the true self.
When the true self is traced and realized, the ‘I’ or the mind, which is present as waking experience is mere mirage created out of the self or spirit. Therefore the whole experience of diversity is spirit in its substance.
Until one holds physical body as experincer and the world as reality one will not be able to overcome the experience of duality. One has to verify whether the physical body is an experience or it is an experincer to unfold the mystery of the mind. If one finds the physical body is experincer then the world is reality and whatever one sees, knows, experiences, believe as a person is reality. If one finds the physical body is mere experience then one has trace the invisible experincer of the physical body which functions as physical body and perceives the world. It is erroneous to give the authorship of the experience of the world to the physical body when it is not the experincer. If physical body and its experience of the world are mere experience, on the base of the invisible experincer (witness) then the whole waking experience is as real as dream. Therefore one can conclude the self is apart. The waking and dream are mere mirage created and witnessed by single substance.
The absent of experience of diversity creates unconscious non-dual peace. Wisdom gives the non-dual peace in the midst of experience of diversity. One has to realize the fact that the dream is experienced without the physical apparatus. Since the physical body and the world are within the dream. Thus question is who witnessed the dream without the physical apparatus. Similarly the waking also is experienced without the physical apparatus. Thus it is necessary to find what it, which witnesses the waking, and dream without the physical apparatus to unfold the mystery of the existence. When the witness is not an entity within the waking or dream experience then it is witnessing the waking and dream as movie. When the whole experience of diversity is created out of single invisible substance and that substance itself is the witness it becomes self-evident that there is no second thing other then that invisible substance. Hence it is non-dual.
It is very much necessary for the aspirant in the pursuit of truth to know the fact that ‘I’ is not the self but ‘I’ is the whole experience of diversity. And the invisible substance and witness of the ‘I’ is the true self.
Till one limit the ‘I’ to the physical entity and try to discover and realize the truth he will not be able to unfold the mystery of the mind. One has to realize the fact that ‘I’ is not limited the physical entity, but to the whole experience of diversity. Until and unless the aspirant gets the conviction the mind (I) is the whole experience of diversity he will not be able to realize the truth.
The individual experiences such as birth, life and death are happening within the experience of diversity. Therefore the self is the witness of the birth, life and death. The one who has realize the true self is spirit or Atman is free from the cycle of birth, life and death. The birth, life and death are happening within the mind which is mirage. The one, who knows the invisible substance of the mirage, as true self, is free from the experience of duality, which he was experiencing it as reality.
Self is absolutely independent. The only way to approach it is through constant reflecting on the invisible substance of the mind (I) and invocation of its formless non-dual nature.
Self is all pervading in everything and everywhere in the experience of diversity. In order to awaken the self constant reflecting on its true nature through inquiry and reasoning the self will be awakened from the illusory experience of diversity. Once the self is awakened one becomes free from the burden and bondage which he was experiencing it as reality.
The experience of diversity or mind keeps the self unconsciousness of its formless non-dual true nature. Only through inquiry, analysis and reasoning one becomes aware of the fact the ‘I’ is not the self but ‘I’ is the whole experience of diversity. Therefore seeking truth and realizing it on the base of ‘I’ will lead one towards hallucination. The truth has to grasped through inquiry and reasoning. The mind is unconsciousness of the self. And self is unconsciousness of the mind. The truth is within the mind and it is without the mind. Therefore it is necessary to know and realize: what is mind and what is the substance of the mind, in order to grasp and realize the nondual truth.
Although the important work of self is always done during the waking experience. Dream and deep sleep experiences also play important role to analyze the truth. The secret lies not in individual experience. Therefore seeking truth on the base of birth identity will lead the aspirant towards imagination or hallucination.
The three states analyze serves as bridge to crossover to the beyond. The self swings between the dual and non-dual experience unaffected and remains as witness and reach is the state of equanimity. The absent of waking and dream is deep sleep. Deep sleep is unconscious state of the self. The conscious state of the self has to be realized only in waking by realizing the fact that ‘I’ is not the self, but the self is the invisible witness of the ‘I’. If one learns to witness mentally, the appearance and disappearance of the three states on the base of the invisible witness, then the wisdom dawns.
Only in waking and dream the self is not completely dormant as in deep sleep but it powers illusory experience of diversity. The greatest obstacle is practicing Samadhi on the base of physical entity or trying to achieve and attain wisdom on the base of physical entity as an author.
Aspirant has to realize the fact that the physical entity and the world are within the experience of diversity or mind and man perceives the world within the experience of diversity. All individual experiences are happening within the experience of diversity. Therefore birth, life and death are individual experiences within the experience of diversity. The witness of the experience of diversity or ‘I’ is formless and non-dual. Without the invisible witness the experience of diversity is impossibility. The witness prevails with or without the experience diversity but the experience of diversity is wholly dependent on the witness. Thus holding the ‘I’ as self trying to negate other then ‘I’ is like attempt to empty the ocean drop by drop.
All the three stats are illusory. Waking and dream experiences are unconsciousness of the self. Deep sleep is unconsciousness of the self and illusion. The nature of the self is like deep sleep. But deep sleep is not the self. The self knowledge is possible only in the midst of the waking experience.
All the three states are independent. Every state has to be analyzed separately. The waking experience should not be mixed with the dream and viewed. The dream should not be mixed with the waking and viewed. The deep sleep which is experience- less state is also as independent as dream and waking. Experience-less state also is an experience. Therefore it is necessary to trace the invisible witness of these three states which appear and disappear in succession.
Individual experiences happening within the three states are not impotent in acquiring the self knowledge. The individual experiences are nothing to do in pursuit of truth. When inquiry revels that self is not the physical body the individual experiences are meaningless in pursuit of truth. The aspirant has to focus his attention mentally on the self which is not the body and analyze the three states on the formless entity which is the witness of the three states in order to unfold the mystery of the mind.
Without coming to firm conviction about the true self which is the sprit or Ataman, it is impossible to move deeper in the pursuit of truth. The whole attention has to be focused mentally on the true self to realize the fact that the spirit or Ataman is the witness of the three stats which appear and disappear in succession.
The one which witness is the three states is not an entity or identity within the experience diversity. Therefore it is erroneous to view and judge the truth on the base of waking entity which is limited waking experience. Thus it is necessary to analyze the three states in order grasp and realize the presence of formless witness. Without that witness the experience of diversity is impossibility.
When the all the three states are dependent of the formless witness the focus of attention has to be on the formless witness in order to overcome the duality. One has to learn mentally view and judge the worldview on the base of the formless witness to unfold the mystery of the mind.
There is no use of seeking truth on the birth identity, since the self is formless and it is beyond the birth identity. Aspirant has to think deeper in order to grasp this point.
When the physical body is not the experience of the physical body itself, then with what it is able to function and perceives the world as a person. As a man one does not view and judge on the base of the self. Viewing and judging on the physical entity as self creates all sorts of doubts and confusions. This doubts and confusion cannot be overcome; until one becomes aware of the fact the ‘I’ is not the self. Viewing and judging on the base of ‘I’ as self create conflict. To overcome the conflict aspirant has to know what is ‘I’, in order to know what true self is.
Viewing and judging the world view on the base of ‘I’ as self create different opinions and theories. But in other hand when the worldview is viewed and judged on the base of true self the understanding comes easily. Therefore one has to grasp the self by deeper inquiry and analyzing and reasoning and learn to view and judge the worldview on the base of the true self.
The aspect of the experience diversity dream or waking] is that, regardless of the experience of diversity entails, it has no direct effect upon others then the person experiencing it. Since al other person and the world are within the experience of diversity.
The duality is within the experience of diversity. The birth, life and death are happening within the experience of diversity. Therefore the individual experiences happening within the waking experience are as real as dream. Therefore it is necessary to know the witness of the dream which witnessed the whole dream without the physical apparatus because the person and the world were within the dream.
The whole confusion is due to limiting the mind or ‘I’ to the physical entity and thinking the person is apart from the world. Once the aspirant realizes the ‘I’ is the whole experience of diversity and the physical entity within the experience of diversity is not the self. The true self is that which witness the appearance and disappearance of the ‘I’ or whole experience of diversity.
One knows about the dream and deep sleep experience only in waking experience. Thus the waking experience very is the state of action. There is no need to follow religion, god glorification, study the scriptures or practice of yoga and following any path in order to get wisdom. The wisdom dawns only when one analyzes the three states deeply and realizes the fact that the witness of the three states which appear and disappear is apart and it is formless and non-dual in its nature. Thus one has to learn the worldview on the base of this formless entity in order to unfold the mystery of the mind.
In the beginning it seems a difficult task but as the aspirant goes deeper in inquiry and reasoning he will get convinced and the will start having conviction. As the conviction becomes firm he will be able to view and judge on the base of the invisible witness and realize the fact that all the three state are mere mirage on the standpoint of invisible witness.
Once one establishes on this witnessing base all the doubts and confusions will get cleared. Once the aspirant has the glimpse of the truth, he gets the firm conviction and the mind turns inward again and again in an effort to understand it self. This process of establishing in the true base is purely a mental effort. The self is absolutely independent. The only way to approach it is, through inquiry and reasoning and constantly reflecting on its formless nondual true nature and invoking it.
