No intellectuals has discovered that the Ego is an illusion; hence, their systems have not risen above it.

 

People  think that the ‘soul’ or ‘spirit’ is something different from the mind. They believe that the ‘Self ’  is really two. This is the confusion among Religionists . If 'Soul' has any meaning so long as one  thinks of  the soul it is  merely idea. the soul is the innermost self . the innermost self is neither the waking entity  nor the dream entity but innermost  is the formless soul. The formless  soul is in the form of consciousness. Consciousness is   formless substance and witness of the three states ,which comes and goes in succession.  Discovering and realizing the soul as true self leads to self-awareness.

No intellectuals  has discovered that the Ego is an illusion; hence, their systems have not risen above it. The key to truth  is ego and non-ego. The religionists has hardly gone beyond form,time and space therefore , they cannot go beyond the ego therefore,  they  remain in the realm of form,time and space. By remaining in the realm of form,time and space means remaining in ignorance. Remaining in ignorance means remaining in the realm of duality. Reaming in the realm of duality means remaining in the realm of   illusion. Remaining in the realm of  illusion means experiencing the the birth,life,death and the world as reality. Experiencing birth,life,death and world as reality means remaining in forgetfulness of the soul,which is the innermost self. 

 Intellectuals consider the 'I' or 'I AM' as self. The sense of 'I'  cannot rise without the form. The form cannot exist without universe. Universe ceases to exist without the waking or dream.   Therefore considering the ‘I’  or 'I am' as self  itself is erroneous.

Deeper self -search  alone can help the seeker of truth  to progress. Intellectuals  have not distinguished between ego and soul. Their "self" is of ego. Hence English word self  creates confusion,it must be used carefully. Ego is false self with in the false experience[waking or dream]. Formless  Soul  or consciousness is the innermost  self ,which witnesses the three states which comes and goes.

Soul  or consciousness the innermost self   is  never separate from what it  sees. Seen arises and disappears in soul or consciousness. There can be no seer without a seen.

 the 'I' is  Mind. Mid is the whole universe.  The universe appears as waking or dream. The individual exists within universe or waking or dream. Thus  The individual is cease to exist without the universe or  waking or dream. Therefore, the individuality  is entirely part of the mirage.  A Gnani  says ‘I’ “is fallacious, because one  starts by assuming the I as self. The ‘I’ itself is mirage.

There is no individual self in the thoughts.  The Thought are part and parcel of the mirage. because they  appears and disappears with mind . Mind is mere  mirage. 

The idea  that it will go to some world  after death, some astral plane or religious heavens will disappear as nonsense with the disappearance of belief in the reality of the I.

The ego itself is part of the object [waking or dream] the formless  Witness is the subject which sees the object[three states].

When one  analyzes deeply than  he  finds the I is  mind and mind is in the form of universe and universe appears as  waking or dream. However, the three states are  itself is only mental . Thus the three state are an object to the formless witness which is the subject.

A child  thinks only of the ‘I’  as its   body; later as it grows to adulthood  it thinks, of the ‘I’ as all its past personal autobiographical experience, its knowledge, aspirations etc. However,  it is unaware of the fact that , the individual experiences are happenings within the waking  or dream. And it is also unaware of the fact  that,  which is aware the three states,which comes and goes. The innermost self  is neither the waking entity nor dream entity but it  is  the formless soul  or consciousness.

The soul or consciousness  is  permanent is always there; only the transient ‘I’ comes and goes. Really, there is no such thing as ‘I’ .

Psychologists are beginning to suspect that the ego is apart from consciousness, but what the latter is they do not know. Intellectuals  has yet to explore into the meaning of the word “I”. However, this is so difficult because ‘I’ is the dearest thing in the experience o duality and hardest to give up.

Seeker has to realize the fact that,  all these mental states known, not  to the  ‘I’ or  ego  which comes and goes along with the waking or dream. Pursuit of truth  starts with ego, as being the knower, then ask what is the objective experience[waking/dream], and this leads to discovery that ego itself is, part and parcel of objective experience.

To Gnani the meaning of the word “self," is not ‘I’ but the  self is formless  substance and witness of the ‘I’.  Therefore, it is better not to call it as  self-realization, but as  truth-realization. The religionists  often understood "Self-realization" wrongly too, because they take it on a Yogic not spiritualistic  sense.

The ‘I’ that disappears every night in sleep, so there  is no  use of being attached to it.  It is illusory. There is no ‘I’ in the realm of truth. ‘I’  dies in  deep sleep. However, the notion of its unreality will gradually enter the head of the serious  seekers . Individuality is illusory.