God is not belief. Holding belief as God is holding the illusion as reality
God
is not belief. Holding a belief as God is holding the illusion as reality,
because the belief is possible only within the realm of duality. Duality
is mere illusion from the ultimate standpoint. Without the belief in
God the belief system holds no water. Belief is not God. Belief needs
the believer. The believer needs to be born in this world. If the believer is
born than he is part of the illusion. Without the believer there is no
belief. The believer and his world and his belief of GOD are part of
the illusion because the self is birth-less because the self is
formless. The one, which is born, lives and dies, is not the self.
The innermost self is formless substance and the witness of the falsehood
[universe or waking or illusion], which is soul or consciousness,
consciousness is ultimate truth or Brahman or Christ.
The
falsehood is present in the form of ‘I’ (mind or universe). The ‘I’ is
the cause of the ignorance. If one crosses the ‘I’ (mind or universe) than
the self in the kingdom of non-dual heaven without the body and
without experience of the world undefined.
In the Holy Bible first says: -there is GOD and then it says GOD is
within and finally it says SELF is GOD. (They misinterpret it as I AM
GOD)
Spirit is my father; I and my father are one. – Soul, which is in the form of formless Spirit undefined
‘I’ (mind or universe) are one. Soul and mind are one in essence.
Therefore there is no second thing exists other than formless Spirit (Father or GOD) – everything is Spirit or consciousness.
If the Biblical insights are physicalized than it gives dualistic
meaning. Only when we are able to view and judge the worldview on the
base of the Spirit, which is the innermost self, we will be able to
recognize the Advaitic or non-dualistic essence hidden in the Bible.
People who are conditioned by religion will not accept anything other
than their accepted truth. The scriptures are meant for those who are
stuck the practical life within the practical world as reality.
The universe is both real and unreal. It is real because it is a
manifestation of consciousness, but is unreal, in the sense, that it is
not absolute and eternal like consciousness itself. Dualist’ sages’
approaches were more practical, and they stuck with the reality of the
world, they took it as real. Therefore. Their understanding is based on
the ego , which is false self within the false experience.
People think ‘I’ or ‘I AM as self only their body is not self. Only when
the ‘I’ is there than only the body, ego and the world are there. If ‘I’
disappears than the body, ego and the world disappear. Without the ‘I’
there is neither body, nor ego and nor world. The ‘I’ is present when
the mind is present. The mind is present only when the universe is present.
The universe is present only when the waking is present. Waking is present
only when there is ignorance.
Thus ‘I’ is the cause of the ignorance. Getting rid of the ignorance is very much necessary in pursuit of truth.
Non-dualistic truth is supreme truth; all dualistic systems hold false self undefined
as real self and false experience [universe or waking] as reality.
Non- dualistic wisdom is the culmination of all systems including theistic non-duality. The true non-dualist will not quarrel and argue with any
theoretical philosophy because he is fully aware of the fact that, this
orthodox theistic non-dualistic scholars or pundits like Dualist sages
could not distinguish between ‘I’ and ‘formless witness.’ The 'I' was
the witness. Their highest was the Jiva. One is so much attached to the
'I' that he does not want to think that 'I' does not exist. Again one is
unable to detach the ‘I’ from the Real witness.
There is need
to study the scriptures. One has to self-search the truth and realize it
without the scriptures. And then when he reads the scriptures he
becomes aware the scriptures are also saying the same thing but
everything is misinterpreted.
Thus holding the ‘I’ or ‘I AM’
as self and trying to assimilate the self-knowledge will not yield any
fruit. Thus deeper verification is very much necessary to drop the ‘I’
or ‘I AM THAT – declared by the sages in the past which are useful only
in the lower stages.
That is why BUDDHA SAID: - Believe
nothing just because a so-called wise person said it. Believe nothing
just because a belief is generally held. Believe nothing just because it
is said in ancient books. Believe nothing just because it is said to be
of divine origin. Believe nothing just because someone else believes
it. Believe only what you yourself test and judge to be true.
Therefore nothing to be accepted as truth without verification.
The ignorance is the cause of experiencing the duality [universe or
waking] as reality. Thus eradicating the ignorance completely is
necessary. And this is possible only through self-knowledge. Thus,
there is no other road to freedom other than Gnana. There is no other
entrance other than except Gnana. The ignorance will vanish only when
the non-dual wisdom dawns. Detachment to attachment is impossible without
wisdom. Only when one realizes the fact that, the self is not form but
self is formless, then only it is possible to detach the ‘self’ from the
false attachment.
That is Sri Sankara, in Bhaja Govindam
says: - [Jnana Viheena Sarva Mathena Bajathi na Muktim janma Shatena] -
one without knowledge does not obtain liberation even in a hundred
births, no matter which religious faith he follows.
Thus it
proves that wisdom is universal irrespective of any religion of faith
one belongs. Thus religion is not the means to self-knowledge. Thus
Sri, Sankara’s Advaita minus orthodoxy is true Advaita.
Sri Sankara himself says : - 59. The study of the Scriptures is useless so long as the highest Truth
is unknown, and it is equally useless when the highest Truth has
already been known.
60. The Scriptures consisting of many words
are a dense forest which merely causes the mind to ramble. Hence men of
wisdom should earnestly set about knowing the true nature of the Self.
61. For one who has been bitten by the serpent of Ignorance, the only
remedy is the knowledge of Brahman. Of what avail are the Vedas and
(other) Scriptures, Mantras (sacred formulae) and medicines to such a
one?
62. A disease does not leave off if one simply utters the
name of the medicine, without taking it; (similarly) without direct
realization one cannot be liberated by the mere utterance of the word
Brahman.
63. Without causing the objective universe to vanish
and without knowing the truth of the Self, how is one to achieve
Liberation by the mere utterance of the word Brahman ? — It would result
merely in an effort of speech.
So long as one is in the realm
of duality, one has to explain how or why one thing came from another;
and contradictory views are expressed. But when a Gnani shows there is
no second, there is no production, and the contradictions do not arise
at all, when the ultimate thing is consciousness alone. Thus
consciousness is ultimate truth or Brahman.
The dualists’
arguments are based on false self (ego or waking entity) and false
experience (waking or dream or universe) to show the weakness of the
position of dualistic view point. They at their wits end to explain.
Existent cannot be a cause and effect at the same time, from the point
of view of the dualist, but deeper self-search shows the Existent is
no-two and causality can’t rise at all. Dualistic theory says that
whatever was in the cause was also in the effect. They say that the gold
brick, the gold medal, the gold ornaments --are in the seed--the gold.
Deeper self-search reveals the fact that, if cause and effect are one
what is the difference between the two?