To make comparison
of the self it may safely be said that
thinking and hearing of the petrol which is underground and unseen is like intellectual knowledge of
self; seeing the petrol, after drilling
the well, is knowledge of seen; and actually using the petrol is like is
like knowledge by realization.
Let it carefully
noted that the yogic Samadhi is nothing but long trance, is not wisdom or
self-knowledge. Although the mind becomes still for some time, people generally
over estimate their feeling and sensation and a Yogic Samadhi invariably
supposed to be self-realization. The yogic Samadhi is a temporary state; as
soon as one comes out of it one becomes aware of the duality and remains again
in the grip of ignorance. Thus the yogic Samadhi will not eradicate the
ignorance. Eradication of ignorance is very much necessary to get non-dual
wisdom. It is quiet possible for the
seeker, to get, off and on the state of Samadhi which is practiced on the false
entity is nothing whatsoever to do with the self –realization. The yogic Samadhi can never advance the
seeker, just as rest can never accomplish any work.
The yogic Samadhi is can be experienced by the
physical entity, thus it can never take one beyond the experience of duality. The self realization is beyond the experience
of diversity, and is only gained by those who are in the pursuit of truth
through inquiry, analysis and reasoning on the true base. That is who have
transcended the limits of the experience of duality or mind. Thus it is only in
the realm of the self that mind becomes one with the self.
The moment the
wisdom is gained, the ignorance vanishes forever and never returns at any
circumstances and the ego is replaced by the true self or Ataman, and view and
judge the worldview on the base of the true base. For such a mind the
experience of duality is mere mirage. And one is fully aware of the fact that
the there is neither creation nor creator but only non-dual existence even in
the middle of the experience of diversity, which is mere mirage.
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The term
self-realization is glibly used by many people. The dictionary meaning of
realization is understanding, and so even the religionists, yogis and theorists
talk of realized the self though they are spiritually nonentities, since they
are based on the false self.
As a matter of fact self realization means
actual union with the truth. Those who
say it is easy to get realization through religion, yoga and path and practices
are hopelessly ignorant and pitiably stupid. Seeker has to no basics and at
least some idea of what spirituality is, and of the union with the nature of
the self implies.
What is meant by
self knowledge? Certainly it is not nothingness; hence it cannot be non
duality. Self knowledge is the end of the intellectual knowledge based on the
false self, and viewing and judging the worldview on the base of formless true
self. The moment the self knowledge is acquired, the process of the ego based
knowledge starts dropping real self said to be attained.
It is, as it were,
the turning of the unawareness of reality into awareness of reality, the state
of the non-dual self, were duality is mere mirage in the midst of the experience
of diversity. What is meant by wisdom is to know what truth is, and what is not
truth? and viewing and judging everything on the base of the non-dual truth. The
perfection of knowing the truth and basing and judging everything on the
standpoint of the truth is nondual wisdom.
There is nothing
higher then the non-dual true self, the state of perfect awareness of the truth
of its formless non-dual true nature. Other then the formless non-dual true self,
the whole experience of diversity, remains as unreal in existence. And the whole experience of diversity[mind or
waking or dream] remains do not exist as reality for the mind which becomes
aware of its formless non-dual true nature, and it becomes spirituality perfect.
There is unity between the invisible substance and the witness of the
experience of diversity and this state of oneness is beyond the realm of
thought and imagination.
The knowledge
knower and known are found to be of one and the same in their essence. The
reality of the duality dissolves away like snow before the sun.
For the realized
mind within the experience of diversity the connection between the experience
and experincer apparently existing, but it is fully aware of the fact that it
does not exist in reality. Only in the experience of duality one will be able
to have the self knowledge. But in reality the experience of diversity is mere
mirage, nothing exists other then the consciousness which is the innermost self.
Realization of the
self knowledge brings about the restoration of the true base of existence, and
eradication of ignorance, without interfering with life within the experience
of diversity. The whole burden of the experience of diversity is shifted on the
true base, thus one becomes free from the egocentric outlook.
Those who think
they are individual and separate form the world, and those who think the world
exists prior to them and they are born
in it afterwards have to cross mentally all the
physical shackles and the intoxication of duality, to reach and realize the
truth.
Only through
inquiry and reasoning the seeker gets mentally the glimpse of truth. When the
seeker advances as far as the mental sphere, he becomes aware of the fact that
the ‘I’ is not the self but the whole experience of duality. And the ‘I’ which
appears and disappears as waking and dream is mind. And limiting the mind (I)
to the physical entity is cause of the ignorance. The invisible substance which is sprit is the
true self and that invisible substance itself is itself is the witness of the
‘I’ which appear and disappears as Waking and dream.
Searching and
knowing the truth intellectually is one aspect and realizing the truth is
different aspect. In mental sphere the pilgrim is not free and perfect, yet he
has to constantly reflect on the nature of the self to free from the grip of
the experience of duality.
It is not possible
for the yogi and religionists or theorists to go beyond the mental sphere, but
those who are in the path of inquiry and reasoning advances beyond the realm of
experience of duality. And when the mind become one with the substance, the
self becomes free from the false entity which is ‘ego’ with in the false
experience. The seeking mind becomes
free and gains the knowledge of the true self. Acquiring this perfect knowledge
is the self-knowledge.
