If one thinks: "I know ‘SELF well,"
then surely he knows but little of its form; he knows only its form as
conditioned by man or by some philosophy. Therefore ‘Self’ has to be
grasped through deeper self-search because self is prior to form, time and
space because it is formless, timeless and space-less existence.
‘SELF’ is not known by those who
know it; it is known by those who do not know it. That is when one says he knows ‘SELF; he is
saying it as a person. The ‘SELF’ cannot be applied only to the individuality
but to the whole experience [three states]. But in reality the person and world
created out of consciousness the innermost self, thus nothing exits other than consciousness.
Thus if one says he has realized the ‘SELF’ as a person, he is making a wrong
statement. One must know consciousness, which the innermost self, as the
formless clay of the three states(whole).
Consciousness the inner most self is
known when it is realized in every state of mind; for by such Knowledge one
attains Immortality. By consciousness one obtains strength; by self- Knowledge,
Immortality
If a man knows the innermost self
is consciousness in the midst of duality (waking), he then attains the non dual
goal of his mission within the illusion. If he does not know it in the waking experience,
than he remains ignorance experiencing the cycle of birth, life and death as
reality. Having realized the innermost 'Self' ,which is formless consciousness in everything and everywhere in all the three
states, the Gnani relinquish the waking experience and becomes mentally immortal before his
physical death within the illusion.
