One has to go beyond Vedas means go beyond religion. Go beyond religion means, go beyond concept of god. Thus, going beyond Veda, religion and conceptual god means going beyond illusion. That is end of Vedas [Veda –antha]
When one goes into the annals of the history it looks like the true Advith expounded by Sri Sankara and his param guru, Goudpada was lost or mutilated by the orthodox, because the preaching and practice does not match.
It is necessary for the seeker to do his homework, and verify the validity of all the claims, rather than blindly believe, what others expound as knowledge, till; the un-contradicted truth is obtained.
The seeker must have the courage of Buddha to accept the truth and reject the untruth. Since Buddha rejected religion, idea of god and scriptures, therefore, it is evident that, he has gone through every aspect and verified and found them to be inadequate and useless for the pursuit of truth.
Even Buddhism is mixed up with regional culture and traditions of the local religion, wherever it existed. Thus to get the full essence from Buddhism is very difficult.
The scriptures are for ignorant masses, who wholly accept the material world as it presents itself. Wisdom is for those who have begun to realize that things are not what they seem.
One has to go beyond Vedas means go beyond religion. Go beyond religion means, go beyond concept of god. Thus, going beyond Veda, religion and conceptual god means going beyond illusion. That is end of Vedas [Veda –antha]
When one goes into the annals of the history it looks like the true Advith expounded by Sri Sankara and his param guru, Goudpada was lost or mutilated by the orthodox, because the preaching and practice does not match.
It is necessary for the seeker to do his homework, and verify the validity of all the claims, rather than blindly believe, what others expound as knowledge, till; the un-contradicted truth is obtained.
The seeker must have the courage of Buddha to accept the truth and reject the untruth. Since Buddha rejected religion, idea of god and scriptures, therefore, it is evident that, he has gone through every aspect and verified and found them to be inadequate and useless for the pursuit of truth.
Even Buddhism is mixed up with regional culture and traditions of the local religion, wherever it existed. Thus to get the full essence from Buddhism is very difficult.
The scriptures are for ignorant masses, who wholly accept the material world as it presents itself. Wisdom is for those who have begun to realize that things are not what they seem.One has to go beyond Vedas means go beyond religion. Go beyond religion means, go beyond concept of god. Thus, going beyond Veda, religion and conceptual god means going beyond illusion. That is end of Vedas [Veda –antha]
When one goes into the annals of the history it looks like the true Advith expounded by Sri Sankara and his param guru, Goudpada was lost or mutilated by the orthodox, because the preaching and practice does not match.
It is necessary for the seeker to do his homework, and verify the validity of all the claims, rather than blindly believe, what others expound as knowledge, till; the un-contradicted truth is obtained.
The seeker must have the courage of Buddha to accept the truth and reject the untruth. Since Buddha rejected religion, idea of god and scriptures, therefore, it is evident that, he has gone through every aspect and verified and found them to be inadequate and useless for the pursuit of truth.
Even Buddhism is mixed up with regional culture and traditions of the local religion, wherever it existed. Thus to get the full essence from Buddhism is very difficult.
The scriptures are for ignorant masses, who wholly accept the material world as it presents itself. Wisdom is for those who have begun to realize that things are not what they seem.Ignorance of the innermost self makes one remain in the realm of physicality. Formless Consciousness or Atman is the innermost self. Consciousness is the formless substance and witness of the duality [form, time and space or universe]. In ignorance one is bound to experience the duality [universe or waking] as reality. The dream becomes unreal when waking takes place. Similarly, the waking becomes unreal, when the non-dual wisdom dawns in the midst of duality. Nondual wisdom dawns when the waking entity realizes it is not the self but the self is the formless substance and witness of the three states. The formless substance and witness of the three states are one in essence and that essence is consciousness. Thus there is no second thing exists other than consciousness, which is the innermost self. Thus consciousness is the ultimate truth or Brahman. Realizing the consciousness or Ataman as the innermost self is self-realization. Thus knowledge of the true self is self-knowledge or brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.
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Deeper self-search reveals the fact that, the self is neither the body, nor the ego. If the self is neither the body nor the ego then it proves the fact that, whatever is seen, known, believed and experienced on the base of the self as body or ego is bound to be false hood. Thus arguing on the standpoint of the body or ego, which is not the “self”, is erroneous. Thus the whole argument has to be based on the true self, which is not the body or ego. Thus it is necessary to realize the fact that, the “self” is not the form but the “self” is formless in order to realize the Advaitic or non-dualistic truth.
It was desperately important for the believers of their belief system for some reason that others shared their beliefs because they assume that their religious doctrine is literally true, and then justify their beliefs because "God says so in their doctrine ".
It is no use of arguing with someone who has faith in his belief system because for him there can be no possible refutation of what he believes, so rational argument is entirely useless. He clings to his belief so strongly that he makes no distinction between the truth and his belief. One has to know the fact that god cannot exist without his existence. The truth does not depend on gods’ existence but it entirely depends on man’s existence. Thus it is foolish to venture in knowing the truth of gods existence without verifying the facts about his true existence.It was desperately important for the believers of their belief system for some reason that others shared their beliefs because they assume that their religious doctrine is literally true, and then justify their beliefs because "God says so in their doctrine ".
It is no use of arguing with someone who has faith in his belief system because for him there can be no possible refutation of what he believes, so rational argument is entirely useless. He clings to his belief so strongly that he makes no distinction between the truth and his belief. One has to know the fact that god cannot exist without his existence. The truth does not depend on gods’ existence but it entirely depends on man’s existence. Thus it is foolish to venture in knowing the truth of gods existence without verifying the facts about his true existence.Parental grooming is the main cause of religious influence upon the mass mind-set and it cannot be wiped out without knowing the truth of one’s true existence. Thus, teaching children to view and judge everything on religious point of view by their parents, which warps the minds and destroys the capacity to think beyond the belief system of their grooming.
People who are yearning for spiritual truth will not find it what they are seeking for. Religious truth is individual truth and it is not universal truth because the religion is based on individuality.
As one goes in deeper investigation find nothing satisfying in any religion. The more he learns of any religious doctrine they become aware of the fact that, the religion is not the means for self-realization because the true ‘Self” is not the form but the true self is formless. The religion is based on the false self [ego] and false experience [universe]. Religion takes the false self as real self and false experience as reality. Thus whatever is based on the false self and false experience is bound to be falsehood.People are making unlimited sacrifices and enduring unlimited suffering in the name of protecting their religion and god. They are therefore ignorant about the truth and incapable of understanding the ultimate truth, which is universal God. All organized religions have unequivocally claimed man for the life in the truth; thus it is sheer folly to fight in the name of religion and god.
It is time that humanity had a fresh vision of truth that the mind, which is in the form of universe, is myth and consciousness is the only thing that is real and that matters. On the base of consciousness as self, the physical life is a vain and empty pursuit of illusory values.Some of the impediments are: intense attachment to particle life within the particle world taking them as reality; lack of subtlety of the intellect, indulging in perverse arguments based on their accumulated second-hand unverified knowledge and scriptural mastery which makes them more and more egoic. Belief in Orthodoxy belief in personal god, karma theory, rebirth, heaven, hell and sin are greatest obstacle in pursuit of truth because they are based on the false self-[waking entity] within the false experience [waking].
A yogi cannot attain realization because he thinks his body to be body and world to be world and fails to see them as consciousness and thinks his experience of Samadhi is because of his individual effort. The individual experience is limited to waking experience is mere illusion. Thus even his Samadhi is also limited to the waking experience, which is mere illusion. He thinks the thoughtlessness is Samadhi but thoughts are of the individuality. Thoughts disappear even in deep sleep. Therefore deep sleep is not wisdom. If one thinks thoughtlessness is Samadhi and Samadhi is Brahman then any one get knowledge of Brahman by taking sleeping pills or hemp.
If one dreams he was poor farmer he did not know that one of his ancestors had buried a large quantity of gold under the ground in his field lives, when someone who knows the secret informs him about the treasure, he collects it and lives happily but when waking takes place the dream reality is never again becomes reality. Similarly when wisdom dawns the waking reality never again prevail as reality to a Gnani, even though they exist.
The veil of ignorance, which is in the form of form, time and space, will vanish when the wisdom dawns. Thus the division within the consciousness also no longer remains as reality. Thus, the illusory reality loses its luster of reality in self –awareness. One knows his body, ego and his experience of the world as mere mirage created out of consciousness. Thus consciousness alone is reality the forms and names and things are mere illusion.
Who sees the universe as reality may try to deny it. What has the experience of birth, life and death to do? In self-awareness one who sees his body, ego and universe but he is fully aware of the fact that they too are nothing but consciousness.
If one think he is born in this world grew up and got married and have children and grandchildren and he is 90 years of age in a dream and when he wakes up the dream becomes unreal. The sense of form, time and space of the dream were reality within the dream. Similarly the sense of form, time and space will prevail as reality until the waking entity , which is in pursuit of truth becomes aware of the fact , it is not the self but the formless knower or witness of the three states which comes and goes is the true self.A Gnani is completely free from all human attributes by realizing the fact that, the self not human has anything to gain from action or inaction, meditation or japa, or rituals and yoga.
A person who meditates continuously attains identity with the object of meditation, but this identity ceases if the practice of meditation is given up. But the realization of the Self, once attained through knowledge, is never lost. Every living being including the universe is in reality consciousness, but is ignorant of this fact. Self - Knowledge only reveals this truth.
Because of ignorance, which conceals their real nature, people do not realize the purpose of life. The sages in past thought just as begging is better than starving, it is better to practice, love devotion and meditation for those who are immersed in practical life within the practical world because they are incapable of grasping and realizing the ultimate truth or Brahman thus they prescribed karma Bhakti and yoga love to help the mass.- Inquiry into the nature of the Self by deeper self-search and then reflecting on them is the direct means to Self-realization.
Direct realization of ultimate truth of Brahman will not come by hearing the sermons of the gurus or scholars. Intellectual understand of the nondual truth though essential, is not sufficient. Seeker must constantly reflect mentally on the nature of the self, which is in the form consciousness.
Faith in belief system obstructs the rise of direct knowledge. Accumulated knowledge is what obstructs the rise of self - knowledge.
Deeper-self-search should be continued until realization. If one does not get realization he will get it as his understanding matures and when all obstacles have been eliminated.
If even over a long period realization does not arise, it is due to various impediments. Realization will dawn when the impediments are removed. The serious seekers of truth have to take path of reason and discrimination. By becoming aware of the non-dual [attributeless] consciousness, which is the true self, leads one to direct realization.
Conviction becomes firmer as one becomes aware of the existence of the formless witness of the three states. As ones understanding matures subconsciously he enters into self-awareness. Self –awareness brings unity in diversity in the midst of diversity [waking].
In self-awareness there is no separation between of body, ego and experience of the world because there is no division in consciousness because everything is consciousness because one is fully aware they are mere mirage created out of consciousness.
When one is able to discriminate between the dual [waking or dream] and non-dual [deep sleep] experiences, leads to self-awareness and illusory duality never remains as reality. There is then a perfect realization of ultimate truth or Brahman as immutable, association -less, eternal, Self-luminous, without a second and infinite.When one is unable to quench his spiritual thirst from his guru or teaching he has to look elsewhere to clear the cobwebs of his understanding and to move forward in his spiritual quest.
It is difficult for tradition-bound people to accept anything as truth other than what they inherited from then parental grooming. Only intense urge to know the truth and courage to accept the truth after verification with better understanding one will be able to drop all his accumulated dross, which is the main obstacle in self-realization.
A person who is not able to grasp the non-dual truth should constantly reflect on the formless substance witness of the three states, without distraction.
A person, who has realized the fact that the Self is neither the waking entity nor self is dream entity but the formless substance and witness of the three states, realizes the self is beyond form, time and space.
