When the seeker is ready, the guidance comes on its own.” An earnest desire to grow and a sense of deep commitment are the hallmarks of one who aspires to be a seeker. When at the core of one’s being a person comes to realize he/she needs to seek a path for coming out of one’s unconscious and conditioned life, mysteriously the guidance appears to guide and shows the way. -FORMLESS PATHBy: Santthosh Kumaar
One returns as waking entity when he awakens from sleep; likewise, one perceived the truth by waking from ignorance.When salt dissolves, it becomes one with the ocean; when the ignorance dissolved,mind becomes one with consciousness. –FORMLESS PATHBy: Santthosh Kumaar
The consciousness dwells within the universe or mind as its formless substance and witness. When the universe or mind disappears, then the formless witness is present without the physical body and the experience of the universe. Thus holding the waking or dream entity as self and trying to discover the truth is like trying to drain the ocean drop by drop.When self-wakes up in its formless true nature, the whole universe becomes mere mirage created out of it. And no second thing exist other than consciousness.It takes the role of Witness when wisdom dawns. But when its appearance is withdrawn, the role of Witness is abandoned as well. Thus only in wisdom one consciously becomes aware of the fact that, the witness is real and witnessed is unreal. And the unreal is created out of the real, thus there is no second thing exists other than consciousness.Consciousness assumes the form of the universe; without the universe, it is left naked.If night and day were to approach the Sun, both would disappear. In the same way, their duality would vanish if their essential Unity were seen.In fact, the duality of soul and mind cannot exist in that primal unitive state from which mind or universe emanates. –FORMLESS PATHBy: Santthosh Kumaar
The soul is in the form of consciousness. Soul or consciousness is the innermost self. And it is formless and limitless primal substance of the mind, which is in the form of universe.The soul and the mind are one in essence. Only in ignorance one feels they are not the same. When one becomes aware of the ultimate truth and realizes the fact that, the universe or diversity is mere mirage created out of consciousness. Thus, the mirage which is in the form of universe has no value in the realm of truth, because the mirage is created out of single substance. That substance is formless consciousness. Thus, the individual experiences of birth, life and death which are happening within the unreal universe are bound to be falsehood. Thus the formless substance and witness of the universe is real and eternal. Thus consciousness is ultimate truth. Thus the any sort of experience is part and parcel of the mirage. Thus the ultimate truth cannot be experienced because there is no second thing exist other than consciousness. The experience is possible only in duality but the duality is falsehood from ultimate standpoint. Therefore trying to experience the ultimate truth is like trying to get sunlight in the midnight. Thus the ultimate truth has to be realized not experienced. – FORMLESS PATHBy: Santthosh Kumaar
When one goes into the annals of the history it looks like the true Advaita expounded by Sri Sankara and his param guru, Goudpada was lost or mutilated by the orthodox cult, because their preaching is based on nonduality and practices are based on duality.Sri, Sankara says in Brahma Sutras: that Brahman is the cause of the world, whereas in Mandukya he denies it. This is because he says that at the lower stage of understanding, the former teaching must be given, for people will get frightened as they cannot understand how the world can be without a cause, but to those in a higher stage, the truth of non-causality can be revealed.Sri, Sankara himself has warned us not to use ambiguous words, and to practice semantic analysis in his book "Definition of one's own Self. [" Page 199, v.24 of "Sankara's Selected Works]Brahman is considered the all-pervading consciousness, which is the basis of all the animate and inanimate entities and material. (brahmano hi pratisthaham, Bhagavad Gita 14.27)Sri, Sankara’s notion of Maya, the cosmic illusion [mind or matter], which must be transcended in order to realize the truth of Brahman, which means ultimate truth.If Brahman is considered the all-pervading consciousness then, it is necessary to realize, the consciousness as self, which pervades all the three states, to realize the fact that, there is no second thing exists other the consciousness. Thus, consciousness [Ataman] is ultimate truth [Brahman].The Sruti itself says: "This Atma is NOT to be attained by a study of the Vedas. [Katha Upanishad I, 2, 23.]It means the seeker has to investigate on his own and realize the ultimate truth or Brahman.-FORMLESS PATHBy: Santthosh Kumaar
There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth:not going all the way... and not starting.— BuddhaUltimate Truth can be known if the seeker keeps up the pursuit to the very end, whereas some asserts that Ultimate Truth cannot be known.When the Vedas and Upanishad declare that Consciousness or Atman is actually nothing but Brahman, then why go round and round, by various tortuous paths, like the blind led by the blind. One has to realize the fact that, the mind is in form of universe. Trace the source of mind and realize that source is consciousness. The mind rises from consciousness as waking or dream and subsides as deep sleep.All are searching truth within the illusion not being aware of the fact that, the illusion is created out of single stuff which is consciousness because everyone thinks their body and their experience of the universe are not consciousness and consciousness is limited to their body.Thus searching the truth in illusion with the illusory self, within the illusory experience, has to be illusion. The illusion is created, and sustained, and finally dissolves as consciousness. Consciousness is material of the illusion. Since, there is no second thing other than the consciousness; the consciousness itself is God/ Brahman/Christ.This conviction derives only through from deeper inquiry, analysis and reasoning.Many People want to take as less trouble as possible and gain as much as possible. They disdain the hard labour of thinking needed in pursuit of truth and hope to get truth by doing nothing i.e. merely believing or refraining from thought in yoga.Conversion can occur only in the sphere of religion, never in pursuit of truth because the truth has to be ascertained by seeker himself. When one knows non dual truth, he becomes free from sphere of imagination. –FORMLESS PATHBy: Santthosh Kumaar- When one goes into the annals of the history it looks like the true Advaita expounded by Sri Sankara and his param guru, Goudpada was lost or mutilated by the orthodox cult, because their preaching is based on nonduality and practices are based on duality.Sri, Sankara says in Brahma Sutras: that Brahman is the cause of the world, whereas in Mandukya he denies it. This is because he says that at the lower stage of understanding, the former teaching must be given, for people will get frightened as they cannot understand how the world can be without a cause, but to those in a higher stage, the truth of non-causality can be revealed.Sri, Sankara himself has warned us not to use ambiguous words, and to practice semantic analysis in his book "Definition of one's own Self. [" Page 199, v.24 of "Sankara's Selected Works]Brahman is considered the all-pervading consciousness, which is the basis of all the animate and inanimate entities and material. (brahmano hi pratisthaham, Bhagavad Gita 14.27)Sri, Sankara’s notion of Maya, the cosmic illusion [mind or matter], which must be transcended in order to realize the truth of Brahman, which means ultimate truth.If Brahman is considered the all-pervading consciousness then, it is necessary to realize, the consciousness as self, which pervades all the three states, to realize the fact that, there is no second thing exists other the consciousness. Thus, consciousness [Ataman] is ultimate truth [Brahman].The Sruti itself says: "This Atma is NOT to be attained by a study of the Vedas. [Katha Upanishad I, 2, 23.]It means the seeker has to investigate on his own and realize the ultimate truth or Brahman.-FORMLESS PATHBy: Santthosh Kumaar
The observer [FW] and the observed [three states] are one in essence. Until we are able to view and judge the on standpoint of the observer we will not become aware the observer [FW] and observed [three states] are one in essence. The essence is consciousness. Thus the consciousness is ultimate truth or Brahman.If the Advita is bifurcated from all the religious add-on it becomes more scientific then it becomes very easy to understand and assimilate. All these scientific –inventions are nearer to truth but they are not truth in themselves.Buddha, Sri,Sankara and Sri, Goudpada have declared non-dual truth centuries back but one has to reach the destination with scientific[rational] investigation not through punditry. Until one mentally reaches the conclusion, the conviction will not arise. Without the firm conviction the wisdom will not dawn. Therefore, there is a need to know consciousness is real all else is myth, which Sri, Sankara declared as the world is myth Brahman alone is real.Sri, Sankara says Atman is Brahman and everything is Brahman is scientific declaration not religious or yogic. Sri, Sankara and Goudpada are more scientific than anyone else in the world. Since, the real Advitic essence is hidden it cannot be got without the inner [mental] journey.Goudpada says that:- The merciful Veda teaches karma and Upasana to people of lower and middling intellect, while Jnana is taught to those of higher intellect.Gnana here is knowledge un-contradictable truth or scientific truth. Thus their scientific truth of the whole not part is declared by Sri,Sankara 1400 years back and thought only to those of higher intellect. Thus karma and upasana[religion and yoga] ,which is meant for the mass has to be bifurcated from Advaita to reach the ultimate end.Wisdom is for those are capable of inquiring into their own existence to know and realize the ultimate truth, which is Brahman. –FORMLESS PATHBy: Santthosh Kumaar
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