All the
three states are produced by ignorance, and dissolves in the wake of non-dual
wisdom. The material /cause of this the duality is the One without a second, subtle
and unchanging Existence, just as the water is the material /cause of the cloud
and the like.
The self
is in the form of consciousness. As true self is also the One, the Subtle, the
Knower, the Witness, the Ever-Existent, and the Unchanging, so there is no
doubt that it is the consciousness.
Consciousness
the true self is verily one and without parts, whereas the body consists of
many parts; and yet everyone confound these two as one due to ignorance.
Consciousness
is the ruler of the three states and is internal; the three states are the
ruled and are external.
Consciousness
is permanent. All the three states are illusion
created out of consciousness. Consciousness is the Illuminator and purity
itself; the three states is said to be of the nature of darkness.
Consciousness
is eternal, since it is Existence itself; the three states are transient, as they
are non-existence in essence.
It is very
strange that a person ignorantly rests contented with the idea that self is the
body and world as reality, while he knows that the body and universe exist because
of the consciousness.
True Self
verily consciousness, being equanimous, quiescent, and by nature absolute
Existence, Knowledge. True Self is neither the body nor the mind which are non-existence
in their essence. This is called true Knowledge by the Gnani.
Consciousness
is without any change, without any form, free from all blemish and decay. Consciousness
not subjected to any disease, and it is beyond all comprehension, free from all
alternatives and all-pervading.
Consciousness
is without any attribute or activity, true self is eternal, ever free, and
imperishable.
Consciousness is free from all diversity; true self is immovable, unlimited, undecaying, and immortal.
