Ignorance is cause of the illusion. When the self becomes aware of its formless non-dual true nature then the ignorance vanishes and reality
appears. When the reality appears than the universe is mere illusion created
out of the consciousness, which is the inner most self.
Chandogya
Upanishad
"When
a person is sleeping soundly, free from dreams, with a still mind, that is the
Self, fearless and deathless. That is Brahman, the supreme."
One has to find answers for: - What is that becomes waking? What
is it that becomes dream? What is that becomes deep sleep. As one goes in deeper self-search he becomes
aware of the fact that the consciousness alone is the cause of the three states
and it itself is uncaused. Until one thinks the self is limited to an
individual and it is within the heart he will never be able to come out of
physicality. The self is not an individual because it pervades in all the three
states and it is formless substance and witness of the here states. The individual experiences of birth, life,
death and the world are nothing to do with the self because the self is birth
-less and deathless. The form, time and
space are nothing to do with the self, because it is formless, timeless and
space less existence. Thus judging the
truth on the bases of form, time and space is erroneous. Thus ‘I’ or ‘I AM’, which is limited to
physicality, will yield only half truth.
That is why Sri, Sankara
says in VivekaChudamani :-
63. Without
causing the objective universe to vanish and without knowing the truth of the Self
how is one to achieve Liberation by the mere utterance of the word Brahman? —
It would result merely in an effort of speech.
65. As a treasure
hidden underground requires (for its extraction) competent instruction,
excavation, the removal of stones and other such things lying above it and
(finally) grasping, but never comes out by being (merely) called out by name,
so the transparent Truth of the self, which is hidden by Maya and its effects,
is to be attained through the instructions of a knower of Brahman, followed by
reflection, meditation and so forth, but not through perverted arguments.
The
individual experience within the dream is reality with in the dream. Therefore
waking reality is also is reality within the waking. This waking is parallel
dream and dream is parallel waking. Only when self-wakes up in waking the dream
becomes unreal. When the self-consciously wakes up in its formless non-dual true
nature in the midst of waking experience
then all the three states are
mere mirage created out of its formless non-dual true nature.
The form
time and space within the dream are falsehood when waking takes place.
Similarly the form, time and space of the waking are also falsehood when wisdom
dawns. The wisdom dawns only when one realize the self is neither the waking
entity nor the dream entity. Thus it is erroneous to judge and reason and
conclude the ultimate truth on the base of waking entity and waking world
because waking experience itself is illusion.
Suppose
you were holding the same view in the dream, all your experiences and views are
reality within the dream. The dream becomes unreal when waking takes place.
Similarly the waking becomes unreal when you become aware the fact that, the
self is not an individual. Thus whatever
individual experiences experienced within the waking is as unreal as dream.
Until one thinks body as body and world as
world it is impossible to grasp non-dual truth, because his views and judgments
are bases on physical self with the physical existence. The individuality is reality with the waking
experience but the waking experience itself is false hood. Thus holding the
view as an individual within the false experience is erroneous on the ultimate
point of view. The waking is parallel
dream and dream is parallel waking experience.
