The waking entity within the waking experience not
aware of the formless witness of the three states because the waking
experience, itself is the state of ignorance.
The formless consciousness, which is the innermost self, witnesses the
three states without the physical apparatus.
The witness is apart from three states because it not and entity or identity or thing within the waking or dream But it is the formless substance and witness of the three states. the waking experience is the states of ignorance. The inner most self has to wake up from the illusory state of ignorance, to realize, it is without the body and without the experience of the world.
Limiting the consciousness to the waking entity is cause of the ignorance and it is caught in the web of physicality. Until seeker becomes aware of the fact that, the individual experience of the birth, life, death and the world are nothing to do with the formless consciousness ,which is the innermost self because it is not an individual because it pervades everywhere and in everything in all the three states.
The love, compassion and virtues and service, conducts, service to human kind are most valuable in practical life within the practical world, but they are not qualification to acquire nondual wisdom. Only inner urge leads one towards venture to find the inner realities.
The seeker has to realize the fact that:-
The witness is apart from three states because it not and entity or identity or thing within the waking or dream But it is the formless substance and witness of the three states. the waking experience is the states of ignorance. The inner most self has to wake up from the illusory state of ignorance, to realize, it is without the body and without the experience of the world.
Limiting the consciousness to the waking entity is cause of the ignorance and it is caught in the web of physicality. Until seeker becomes aware of the fact that, the individual experience of the birth, life, death and the world are nothing to do with the formless consciousness ,which is the innermost self because it is not an individual because it pervades everywhere and in everything in all the three states.
The love, compassion and virtues and service, conducts, service to human kind are most valuable in practical life within the practical world, but they are not qualification to acquire nondual wisdom. Only inner urge leads one towards venture to find the inner realities.
The seeker has to realize the fact that:-
v ‘I’ is not the self but 'I' is mind.
v Mind is in the form of universe
v Universe appears as waking or dream and
disappears as deep sleep
The seeker move deeper in his inner or mental journey
because he and his experience of the
world are product of ignorance . To get
rid of the ignorance he has to overcome the inborn conviction, that he is an individual
separate from the world and world existed prior to him and he is born in it in
later date. Until this inborn conditioning
which is present ‘I’ or ‘I AM’ is there
the nondual truth is impossible to grasp. The ‘WHO AM ‘I’? and ‘I AM THAT are the stages. The ultimate lies beyond ‘WHO
AM ‘I’ or ‘I AM THAT’. ‘WHO AM ‘I’ or ‘I AM THAT’ revels only half
truth, that is the unreal nature of the physical entity or ego. The truth will not reveal until one investigates
the world confronts him. It is necessary
to understand, assimilate and realize by perfect understanding of ‘ what is what' to grasp to realize the
ultimate truth or Brahman.
If one is seriously seeking truth than it is time to drop all the accumulated knowledge and sentimentalism and devotion towards their gurus or sages, which becomes great hindrance in acquiring self-knowledge or Bramha Gnana or Atma Gnana.
If one is seriously seeking truth than it is time to drop all the accumulated knowledge and sentimentalism and devotion towards their gurus or sages, which becomes great hindrance in acquiring self-knowledge or Bramha Gnana or Atma Gnana.
Seeker need not condemn any guru or sage, his only
aim is to acquire nondual wisdom on his own.
That is why Upanishads indicated:-
They alone in this world are endowed with the highest wisdom who are firm in their conviction of the sameness and birthlessness of Ataman. The ordinary man does not understand their way. (Chapter IV — Alatasanti Prakarana 95-P-188 in Upanishads by Nikilanada)
This citation indicates the fact that everything is Ataman or spirit. The one who views and judges the worldview on the base of his birth or body will not realize the fact that, the man including the world is created sustained and finally dissolves as Ataman. Thus Ataman alone is, and all else is mirage.
Sage Sri, Sankara indicated that:- VC-56. Neither by Yoga, nor by Sankhya, nor by work, nor by learning, but by the realisation of one's identity with Brahman is Liberation possible, and by no other means.
58. Loud speech consisting of a shower of words, the skill in expounding the Scriptures, and likewise erudition - these merely bring on a little personal enjoyment to the scholar, but are no good for Liberation.
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 utter the name of the medicine, without taking it; (similarly) without direct realisation 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.
64. Without killing one’s enemies, and possessing oneself of the splendour of the entire surrounding region, one cannot claim to be an emperor by merely saying, ‘I am an emperor’.
65. As a treasure hidden underground requires (for its extraction) competent instruction, excavation, the removal of stones and other such things lying above it and (finally) grasping, but never comes out by being (merely) called out by name, so the transparent Truth of the self, which is hidden by Maya and its effects, is to be attained through the instructions of a knower of Brahman, followed by reflection, meditation and so forth, but not through perverted arguments.
66. Therefore the wise should, as in the case of disease and the like, personally strive by all the means in their power to be free from the bondage of repeated births and deaths.
Thus Sage Sri Sankara clearly indicated that: - yoga, intellectualism, scriptural mastery is not the means to self-knowledge. But by the realization of one's identity with consciousness, which is ultimate truth or Brahman, freedom from experiencing the illusion as reality is possible, and by no other means.
The Seeker of truth has to get rid of his doubts through deeper inquiry, analysis and reasoning on his own, to realize the fact that, the self is not the form but self is formless. Thus his analysis and reasoning has to be based on the formless not on the form. By simply go on believing and accepting whatever said by the punditry will not lead one towards path of wisdom. All the doubt has to be got rid of "by the sword of Self - Knowledge." The scriptures, yoga are not necessary if one follows the inner [formless] path. Religion and yoga are not the means to path of wisdom.
Thus Self-knowledge or Bramha Gnana or Atma Gnana is the aim of every human being. Since everyone thinks the physical body is the self, their aim is misdirected and they focus their attention on materiality which makes one feel the duality (waking) as reality.
Self-Knowledgeor Bramha Gnana or Atma Gnana is the aim of every human being. Since everyone thinks the physical body is the self their aim is misdirected and they focus their attention on materiality which makes one feel the duality (waking) as reality.
Therefore there is no need to study scriptures, or indulge in god and guru glorification or performing religious rituals. Since, they are not the means to acquire non-dual wisdom. It is only waste of time and effort to indulge in those things.
That is why Upanishads indicated:-
They alone in this world are endowed with the highest wisdom who are firm in their conviction of the sameness and birthlessness of Ataman. The ordinary man does not understand their way. (Chapter IV — Alatasanti Prakarana 95-P-188 in Upanishads by Nikilanada)
This citation indicates the fact that everything is Ataman or spirit. The one who views and judges the worldview on the base of his birth or body will not realize the fact that, the man including the world is created sustained and finally dissolves as Ataman. Thus Ataman alone is, and all else is mirage.
Sage Sri, Sankara indicated that:- VC-56. Neither by Yoga, nor by Sankhya, nor by work, nor by learning, but by the realisation of one's identity with Brahman is Liberation possible, and by no other means.
58. Loud speech consisting of a shower of words, the skill in expounding the Scriptures, and likewise erudition - these merely bring on a little personal enjoyment to the scholar, but are no good for Liberation.
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 utter the name of the medicine, without taking it; (similarly) without direct realisation 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.
64. Without killing one’s enemies, and possessing oneself of the splendour of the entire surrounding region, one cannot claim to be an emperor by merely saying, ‘I am an emperor’.
65. As a treasure hidden underground requires (for its extraction) competent instruction, excavation, the removal of stones and other such things lying above it and (finally) grasping, but never comes out by being (merely) called out by name, so the transparent Truth of the self, which is hidden by Maya and its effects, is to be attained through the instructions of a knower of Brahman, followed by reflection, meditation and so forth, but not through perverted arguments.
66. Therefore the wise should, as in the case of disease and the like, personally strive by all the means in their power to be free from the bondage of repeated births and deaths.
Thus Sage Sri Sankara clearly indicated that: - yoga, intellectualism, scriptural mastery is not the means to self-knowledge. But by the realization of one's identity with consciousness, which is ultimate truth or Brahman, freedom from experiencing the illusion as reality is possible, and by no other means.
The Seeker of truth has to get rid of his doubts through deeper inquiry, analysis and reasoning on his own, to realize the fact that, the self is not the form but self is formless. Thus his analysis and reasoning has to be based on the formless not on the form. By simply go on believing and accepting whatever said by the punditry will not lead one towards path of wisdom. All the doubt has to be got rid of "by the sword of Self - Knowledge." The scriptures, yoga are not necessary if one follows the inner [formless] path. Religion and yoga are not the means to path of wisdom.
Thus Self-knowledge or Bramha Gnana or Atma Gnana is the aim of every human being. Since everyone thinks the physical body is the self, their aim is misdirected and they focus their attention on materiality which makes one feel the duality (waking) as reality.
Self-Knowledgeor Bramha Gnana or Atma Gnana is the aim of every human being. Since everyone thinks the physical body is the self their aim is misdirected and they focus their attention on materiality which makes one feel the duality (waking) as reality.
Therefore there is no need to study scriptures, or indulge in god and guru glorification or performing religious rituals. Since, they are not the means to acquire non-dual wisdom. It is only waste of time and effort to indulge in those things.
The individual self is not real, is not accepted by many. The nondual wisdom is based not on the
individual self [ego]. Until people hold
the ‘I’ [ego] as witness, they will not reach the ultimate understanding.
