In general we do not observe the coming
and going of the three states. Man is
unaware of the fact that, he is not the witness of the three states, which
comes and goes in succession because he thinks only intellectual way which is
limited to waking experience.
Man thinks he is an individual separate from
the world and world existed prior to him and he is born in it afterwards. But
he is unaware of the fact that, he and his experience of the world are within
the waking experience. The waking
experience appears and disappears, same way as the dream. When there is dream
than there is no waking. When there is waking than there is no dream. When there is neither the dream nor the
waking it is identified as deep sleep in waking experience. One is aware of the dream or deep sleep only
in waking. The one which is aware of the
coming and going of the three states is neither the waking entity nor the dream
entity but the formless witness of the three states.
It
is not waking entity because waking entity was absent in dream and also in deep
sleep. Thus one has to trace the existence of the
formless witness of the three states, which is aware of the coming and going of
the three states in order to realize the waking is parallel dream and dream is
parallel waking. The one which witnesses
the waking or dream as a whole without the physical apparatus is formless
consciousness, which is the innermost self.
When innermost self-witnesses neither the waking nor the dream than it
is in its formless non-dual true nature, but
its true nature is identified as deep sleep in waking experience ,which
is the state of ignorance.
Until one becomes aware of the existence of
the formless witness of the three states the ignorance will prevail and the
three states are considered as individual experiences. Thus it is necessary mentally trace the
existence of the formless witness in order to realize the formless witness,
which is in the form of consciousness alone is real and the three states are
mere mirage created out of consciousness.
How man and his world can exist without
waking experience. Whatever we are discussing, we are discussing within the
waking experience. One has to know:
whether physical body and the world are within the mind or the mind is within
the physical body? The mind, physical
body, ego and the world are present only, when the whole experience of the
waking/dream is present. And mind is
absent, when the waking or dream experience is absent. Thus one has to conclude the mind as the
whole waking or dream experience. Thus the
mind appears and disappears as waking/dream experience. All your arguments are
truth only on the base of the ego, which is the false self, within the false
experience [waking]. The individual
experiences within the waking are as real as dream.
Please think: suppose the same subject, if we are
discussing in the dream and you asked me the same questions in the dream, then
whatever you said in dream becomes unreal, when the waking takes place. Whatever you are saying now, you are saying
within the waking experience. The waking is unreal on the base of the formless
witness, which is soul or Atman or consciousness. Thus it is necessary to realize the soul,
which is in the form of consciousness is the innermost self. Thus all our
conclusions and judgment and conclusions has to be based on the formless
witness of the three states no the on waking entity, which is limited to the
waking experience.
How does one see various objects, scenes
and persons during dreams? If the dream is experienced without the physical
body, then what is it that experiences the dream? Therefore, there must be an
invisible [formless] experincer [witness/knower] of the dream world. This
invisible [formless] experincer [witness/knower] is the same experincer that is
experiencing this Waking experience. Therefore the Waking experience and dream
both are experienced by one and only invisible [formless] experincer of which
the seeker is not aware of. Since he
considers the physical body [ego] is the self [experincer/witness/knower] and
views and judges the worldview on the standpoint of false self, within the
false experience. The formless
experincer [witness/knower] can exist with or without the waking/dream. But
waking /dream cease to exist, without the formless witness.
The gross Waking experience is merged
into the mental experience in the sense that, when it is analyzed, it is found
to exist inseparably in and as the mind alone. All "spiritual" planes
are really mental: those who regard them as different or higher are deceiving
themselves. The dream becomes unreal
when the waking takes place; similarly the waking becomes unreal when the
wisdom dawns. Therefore everything has
to be grasped mentally, not argued on the intellectual point of view, which is
limited to the false physical entity within the false experience.
The unreal is created out of real, and
when one views and judges on the standpoint unreal [ego] then there is duality.
When one is able to view and judge on the standpoint of real [Atman or consciousness, the innermost self]
then there is only non -duality.
Therefore, when the wisdom dawns then there is neither duality, nor non
duality, only reality. This is my views and conviction.
All these confusion will go on, until
man thinks, he is an individual and apart from the world, and the world existed
prior to him and he is born in it afterwards. Therefore, it is necessary to
know the fact the true self is not ego, but the true self is the soul, and stop
viewing and judging the worldview on the standpoint of the physical self [ego],
and one has to view and judge on the true self [soul/Atman] to realize the
fact that, the world along with man is illusion. The formless substance from
which the illusion is created is Atman. Thus Atman is Brahman or ultimate
reality. Thus no second thing exists on
the standpoint of Atman as self.
Deeper inquiry and reasoning on the
true base reveals the fact that, the mind, which is in the form of universe is
an appearance. Only on the standpoint of
physical entity or ego the universe is reality. But on the base of the soul, which is in the
form of consciousness the universe is unreal. The formless witness or
consciousness itself is the substance of the universe. The man perceives the world within the mind
or waking or duality. Therefore, man, ego, world together is mind.
Thus mind appears and disappears as
waking or Dream. The consciousness is the innermost self and witness of the
mind or universe. The universe appears as waking or dream disappears as deep
sleep. The waking or dreams are
dualistic appearance and deep sleep is non-dualistic. The one which witnesses
the three states is formless, apart and eternal. The mind or universe is mere mirage created
out of consciousness. on the standpoint consciousness
which is the formless substance and
witness of the three states the three states are not real.
The substance witness is Atman, which is in the form of consciousness.
Therefore nothing exist other than consciousness. The objective awareness is
mere illusion created out of Atman, the true self. Therefore, Atman itself is
the Brahman or ultimate reality, because there is no second thing exit other than
Atman ,which is in the form of consciousness.
