People who argue that soul does
not exist are not aware of the fact that their own existence is dependent on
the soul, which is in the form of consciousness.
One should not conclude because some great thinker
said so or some philosophy says so. Without consciousness the mind, which is in
the form of universe ceases to exist. Man ceases to exist without the universe.
The soul is in the form of formless
consciousness. Formless consciousness is the formless substance and witness of the
mind or universe, which appears as waking or dream and disappears as deep sleep.
Seeker of truth has to inquire,
analyze and reason deeply by discriminating between the dual [waking or dream]
and non-dual [deep sleep] experiences and understand and assimilate this existence
of consciousness, which is beyond the form time and space. Consciousness is the
very form of existence, though one would find it difficult to understand
because of the intoxication of experience of duality.
This formless non-dual
consciousness, which is beyond the mind and it, is never subject to any change
by any cause, but the waking is subject to change as deep sleep or dream, and
when this is realized than one becomes aware of the fact that, the subject and
object are one in essence.
The difference between mind [universe]
and soul [consciousness] is only when one considers the waking entity as self. From
the ultimate standpoint there is no second thing exist other than consciousness,
because the formless substance and witness of the mind or universe is
consciousness. The mind and soul are one in essence.
Universe or mind does not have a separate existence
without Consciousness. Only in illusion there is diversity but in reality there
is always unity.
It is not proper to identify self
as form. The universe in which man perceives the world is only an illusion and
is really the consciousness itself.
In waking or dream the duality
appears as a real, due to the ignorance of its real nature. Consciousness appears, to be the whole
universe in waking or dream. In deep sleep it is in its own
formless non-dual nature. Since one becomes aware of the deep sleep experience
only in waking experience, which is the states of ignorance therefore no one
identifies it as the nature of the consciousness which is true self.
Consciousness is the cause for the
universe. There is no cause for this
universe except consciousness. So the entire Universe with its contents is consciousness
and nothing else, by clear understanding one becomes aware of the fact that,
the cause and effect theory is based on the ego, which is the false self within
the false experience.
The universe one sees is consciousness,
and the difference between consciousness which pervades, and the universe in which
it is said to be pervading, in nonexistent and the difference is a result of an
illusion. The illusion exists as reality, because man is unaware of the fact
that he and his experience of the world are within the illusion.
There are no different forms of consciousness,
and there is nothing else except the consciousness, so how can there be
difference between soul [consciousness] and the mind [universe].
