If self is not form but
formless than our judgment and reason and conclusion has to be based on the
formless than only it is possible to acquire self –knowledge. Since our judgment is based on the waking
entity, which is the false self within the false experience, we end up with all
sorts of doubts confusions. It takes a long time to rectify the reasoning a
base subconsciously.
The look of an object will
depend upon the medium through which the observer views it. In fact, our mental
and intellectual conditions will determine the phenomenal universe observed and
experienced.
The botanist viewing a
flower will see it differently than nature lover viewing the same flower. Each
one interprets the object that he sees in terms of his existing knowledge. Gnani knows his body, ego and his experience
of the world as consciousness. Whereas the meditator or yogi thinks he is
experiencing the bliss because of his physical effort. When the waking
experience itself is false hood whatever experienced on the base of waking
entity is bound to be falsehood.
A man of perfection is one
who has realized the fact that, the true self is within the three states but it
is without the three states. And he has
a firm conviction the true self is the formless substance and witness of the
three states. Thus your true identity is
without the body and the universe and unaffected and witnesses the three states
as passing show. Thus when you become
soul centric then your egocentric experience is mere mirage. Thus one becomes
fully aware in the midst of duality the waking life is mere passing show. A Gnani is fully aware of the fact that, the
substance and witness of the mirage are one in essence and that essence is
consciousness. Thus there is no second
thing exist other than consciousness. Other than consciousness all else is
illusion. Experience is possible only
where there are two [duality].
Thus, where there is experience [duality] unity
in diversity is impossible. Therefore,
only realization of truth is necessary to reach the experience- less
[non-duality] state. Thus whatever
experienced as a person within the waking experience [duality] is
falsehood. Thus it is necessary to
realize the fact that, how the three states are falsehood and on what
standpoint.
Panchadashi:- The Atman is the witness-consciousness that
experiences the action, the actor, and the world of separate things. It is like
a light that illuminates everything in a theatre, revealing the master of
ceremonies, the guests, and the dancers with complete impartiality. Even when
they all depart, the light shines to reveal their absence.
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Everything exists when wisdom dawns but there unreal nature is revealed. There is self-awareness. A Gnani is fully aware that, his own body and his experience of the universe is mere mirage created out of consciousness. Thus the form and names has no value because they are part of the mirage.
The real, is the consciousness from which the whole universe is made. Thus through wisdom one reaches the stillness of the self, which is formless non-dual in its nature. Thus the one is aware of the material [consciousness] not the things [mirage] made out of the material.
As gold is important materiel in making ornaments, so, consciousness is the material is essential for the three states to arise. Without the gold remains as gold when it is not ornaments. In self- awareness the consciousness remains in its formless non-dual true nature in the midst of duality.
Form, time and space
are product of ignorance. Until ignorance is there the waking remains as
reality when ignorance vanishes in the
midst of waking experience the waking
experience also becomes
unreality, same way as the dream becomes unreal when the waking takes
place.
