As ice and clouds are not different from water, so the mind
emanating from the soul is not different from it. The mind [three states] emanating from the
soul [consciousness] means mind being the effect from the soul [consciousness]
is not different from it. Analysis shows it. Analysis needs thinking. The ice
and clouds have form; but where is the form in the water. Where did the form come from? All that one
can say is that the water is not different from the ice and cloud. The mind is
same as the soul, as the water produces the ice and clouds, so the soul
[consciousness] produces the experiences of the three states.
One has to know this through analysis. As cloth when analyzed,
is found to be noting but thread, so this mind, when duly considered, is
nothing but consciousness [soul].
As one start analysing deeply through inquiry and reasoning he
becomes aware of the fact that, the self is not physical but it is
consciousness. Thus, judging the truth on the physical base is erroneous
because the self is not physical. Thus the reasoning base has to be rectified.
Therefore, one has to rectify the reasoning base from form to formless, and
then only it is possible to overcome all the obstacles which is blocking the
realization of the ultimate reality.
When one refuses to inquire and reason and wants the truth on
his own terms and conditions, on the base of his accepted truth, then it is
impossible to cross the threshold of duality.
They will remain satisfied with their preconceived speculated truth.
Deeper analysis revels that matter is mere division created
within the consciousness. When the
division is identified with name and form it becomes a thought. When
consciousness is identified with name and form then there is duality. The duality creates sense of reality in
fragmented consciousness.
When one discern truth on base of waking or dream must also
understand ultimate truth cannot
be held onto; it can only be
discerned in moment to moment
experiences, for the truth of
one moment is not the truth of
another. Wherein one moves from
one moment with a concept of
truth into another, the next
moment is entered into a prejudice based on the old moment´s truth, and in that prejudice, he is
incapable of discerning truth of
this new moment because he is still in the shackles of physicality. The
physical truth is mere intellectuality based on speculation. Intellectual truth
makes one waking or dream-centric[ego] and he gets emotionally involved with the
teacher or teaching or theories or scriptures
and will remain in pursuit of speculation. The ultimate truth is beyond form, time and
space. To understand and assimilate the ultimate truth one has to first realize
the fact that, the self is not physical but self is consciousness, which is
formless.
If one realizes the fact that the self
is formless, then seeking truth and trying to understand and assimilate the
truth on the base of the form as self, is erroneous. Therefore the reasoning base has to be
rectified from form to formless in order to understand and assimilate non dual
truth.
If one does not want to fully inquire
and verify the facts, he cannot know the fact that he and his experience of the
world is mere illusion created out of consciousness. If one becomes aware of the fact that, the
consciousness [soul] is the true self, than he realizes, whatever he has seen,
known, believed and experienced as a person is mere illusion.
Intellectuals argue, if everything is
consciousness how can one give up anything?
Can you give up anything? These
types of question are speculation based on the waking or dream or speculation.
They are incapable of understanding and assimilating truth because they refuse
to verify and they want the truth on their own terms.
How a yogi who practices Samadhi will
understand the truth, when he thinks the self is limited to individual and
universe is apart from him. Therefore
his understanding and realization is limited to physical self. He is unable to
grasp the truth that, the whole universe in which he exists as person and
perceives it is consciousness. The
consciousness powers the illusion [universe] and consciousness can exit with or
without the illusion [universe].
Self-Knowledge is quite different from
meditation, yogic Samadhi and practices which are based on physical self
[waking or dream], which is the false self within the false experience.
Meditation and yoga are not the means to acquire the self-knowledge but they
are helpful tools in the preparatory stages to make one receptive and keep away
from all the distractions.
Speaking of ultimate truth and then
opining that one need not inquiry to verify the facts is meaningless. Even as a
method to get at ultimate truth one has to analyze the mind [universe/waking].
Speaking is different from realization.
Just as sugar generated from sugarcane
juice is wholly pervades by that juice, so the mind produced in consciousness
permeated by consciousness through and through.
This can be understood and assimilated
only through illustration of waking, dream and deep sleep. The body, waking or dream and the world exist
only in waking or dream. And waking is as false as dream. In waking and dream
the consciousness pervades in everything and everywhere through and
through.
The three states appear from the ignorance of consciousness and
disappear with the knowledge of consciousness.
The mind appears from non-cognation of the consciousness and disappears
with its recognition.
The moment one knows that three states are consciousness, there
is no ignorance. One has to know the consciousness is everything and everything
is nothing but consciousness.
Begin to see your-self as a consciousness with a body and the
world rather than a body with a consciousness.
