People believe in old myths
propagated by their religion. Every religion has propagated its own myth. Every
religious belief contradicts other beliefs. It is a mere blind belief accepted as
truth without verification and evidence. This causes division. Modern science has
exposed many Religious dogmas as myth. All these dogmas were introduced in
the primitive era before people had
the benefit of modern science. Science attempts to objectively discover how
life works, and religion makes one blindly believe and cast his burden on the blind belief without
verification, to live in peace and harmony
in practical life within the practical
world.
The seekers main aim is to investigate both dual and non-dual experiences to find and define the underlying truth in everything, thereby realizing what the ultimate truth is. Because of so many beliefs propagated by a belief system, people think seekers of truth are atheists because they do not accept the belief blindly. Seekers of truth believe the religionists and atheists both are believers because religionists believe in the belief of god and atheists believe in belief in no god.
Pursuit of truth is all about accepting uncertainty and open questions and seeking for the things that are certainty. Believers and nonbelievers will not accept anything other than their inherited belief system or accepted truth. Atheists feel there is no proof for god’s existence. So the atheist chooses to just believe there is no such thing called God. And religionists just believe in the existence of their conceptual god. A Gnani is one who is fully aware of the fact that, the existence or non-existence of God cannot be proven on the base of the physical self. Therefore deeper understanding is necessary to understand and assimilate the truth about Gods existence to know what is supposed to be the God.
In Vedas the God (Soul/Ataman) has been described as:-
The Self or Atman is God and God is the Self or Atman.
The seekers main aim is to investigate both dual and non-dual experiences to find and define the underlying truth in everything, thereby realizing what the ultimate truth is. Because of so many beliefs propagated by a belief system, people think seekers of truth are atheists because they do not accept the belief blindly. Seekers of truth believe the religionists and atheists both are believers because religionists believe in the belief of god and atheists believe in belief in no god.
Pursuit of truth is all about accepting uncertainty and open questions and seeking for the things that are certainty. Believers and nonbelievers will not accept anything other than their inherited belief system or accepted truth. Atheists feel there is no proof for god’s existence. So the atheist chooses to just believe there is no such thing called God. And religionists just believe in the existence of their conceptual god. A Gnani is one who is fully aware of the fact that, the existence or non-existence of God cannot be proven on the base of the physical self. Therefore deeper understanding is necessary to understand and assimilate the truth about Gods existence to know what is supposed to be the God.
In Vedas the God (Soul/Ataman) has been described as:-
The Self or Atman is God and God is the Self or Atman.
Sakshi
(Witness)
Chetan
(conscious)
Nirguna
(Without form and properties).
The Soul/God further has been told as
Nitya
(eternal)
Shuddha
(pure)
Buddha
(omniscient)
Mukta (unattached).
It means the ultimate truth is God. That is Atman is Brahman. That is the true self is ultimate truth.
In Advaita Vedanta: - Brahman is without attributes and strictly impersonal. It can be best described as infinite Being, infinite Consciousness and infinite Bliss. It is pure knowledge itself, similar to a source of infinite radiance. Since the Advaitins regard Brahman to be the Ultimate Truth, so in comparison to Brahman, every other thing, including the material world, its distinctness, the individuality of the living creatures and even Ishvara (the Supreme Lord) itself are all untrue. Brahman is the effulgent cause of everything that exists and can possibly exist. Since it is beyond human comprehension, it is without any attributes, for assigning attributes to it would be distorting the true nature of Brahman. Advaitins believe in the existence of both Saguna Brahman and Nirguna Brahman; however they consider Nirguna Brahman to be the absolute supreme truth.
Atman is the true self. The true self or Atman is in the form of consciousness is ultimate truth and it is God.
The Atman is within the mind (universe) and mind (universe) is within the soul. The universe is within the self and self is within universe. The chicken is in the egg and the egg is in the chicken. The tree is in the seed and the seed is in the tree. The same thing that was told by the Vedas was repeated by the Saint John (10-38)? Father is in me and I am in Father. Thus the father (soul, the innermost self) is our immediate, neighbor- love thy neighbor. Therefore, one has to love the soul(Christ) in order to become one with the formless spirit or soul or Christ, which are the creator, sustainer and dissolver of the world(duality).
Therefore, self-realization is necessary in order to realize the ultimate truth or god. Self-realization is real God realization.
People are ignorant and they are unaware of the reality of their true existence. Man and his experience of universe is simply a mirage created out of the consciousness. Soul or Consciousness is the real Self. Thus consciousness is the ultimate reality or Brahman.
In Advaita Vedanta: - Brahman is without attributes and strictly impersonal. It can be best described as infinite Being, infinite Consciousness and infinite Bliss. It is pure knowledge itself, similar to a source of infinite radiance. Since the Advaitins regard Brahman to be the Ultimate Truth, so in comparison to Brahman, every other thing, including the material world, its distinctness, the individuality of the living creatures and even Ishvara (the Supreme Lord) itself are all untrue. Brahman is the effulgent cause of everything that exists and can possibly exist. Since it is beyond human comprehension, it is without any attributes, for assigning attributes to it would be distorting the true nature of Brahman. Advaitins believe in the existence of both Saguna Brahman and Nirguna Brahman; however they consider Nirguna Brahman to be the absolute supreme truth.
Atman is the true self. The true self or Atman is in the form of consciousness is ultimate truth and it is God.
The Atman is within the mind (universe) and mind (universe) is within the soul. The universe is within the self and self is within universe. The chicken is in the egg and the egg is in the chicken. The tree is in the seed and the seed is in the tree. The same thing that was told by the Vedas was repeated by the Saint John (10-38)? Father is in me and I am in Father. Thus the father (soul, the innermost self) is our immediate, neighbor- love thy neighbor. Therefore, one has to love the soul(Christ) in order to become one with the formless spirit or soul or Christ, which are the creator, sustainer and dissolver of the world(duality).
Therefore, self-realization is necessary in order to realize the ultimate truth or god. Self-realization is real God realization.
People are ignorant and they are unaware of the reality of their true existence. Man and his experience of universe is simply a mirage created out of the consciousness. Soul or Consciousness is the real Self. Thus consciousness is the ultimate reality or Brahman.
