Individualized God belongs to individuality.

 Many people simply claim :  God is doing this or that, or God  has such and such power , they are  hallucinating with their inherited belief. They are simply assuming, because   they did not see God doing it?

God is only a settled fact for believers, but for others God’s existence is problematic. The truth of organized belief system can only be proved by physical strength or by imagination, or power of the weapon or power and force, never by reason.  Thus without knowing what is truth of the existence and causing the wars and violence in the world in the name of god and their belief system is the cause of concern of world today.  

Without proof it is foolish to believe Mysticism. Mystic claim that mysticism  is  the fulfillment of science but it is not  so.  mystic claim that, they  know mystery unknown to science is known to them. such claims has no value as proof. 

Yogic or religious truths are individual truth, not universal because they are based on the false self (ego or waking entity) and false experience(waking).  

 The mystics cannot claim that they have experienced the whole. The whole cannot be experience because man and his experience of the world are within the whole.    There is no proof they have seen the whole, because the whole is not individual experience. 

 If anyone claims, “he knows from experience” he merely assumes so.” Mystics experience is based on ego thus it is part of illusion. Self-Realization is not individual experience.  The yoga and mysticism are individualized truth. Since they consider the ‘I’ as self they cannot know the Soul,  the universal self or the whole. 

 Every belief system places God as the unknown reality”. Every believer has a different idea of God inherited from the belief system he belongs to. Everyone has a different idea of reality or truth. Hence there is need of definition before study. 

 The fallacy of people appeal to scripture lies in the varying and conflicting interpretations of the same scripture, which different men feel, entitled to give or hold. 

People who sees or experiences something in his meditation, which he takes as the highest is mere individual experience, within the false experience (waking) “whatever is based on individuality is not the ultimate truth or Brahman. Any type experience is falsehood because self cannot be experienced because it is prior to any type experience. 

Individualized God belongs to individuality. No one can prove the existence of such God.  Such God cannot exist without the believer.  Therefore individualized  god is dependent on man for his existence. Thus there is a need to verify man’s existence in order to unfold the mystery of one’s own existence to realize only the inner most self can be called god because it is universal truth.

Scriptures are the experience only of the few; hence it is only individualized truth. Reason and universal experience must take precedence over it and over hearsay in the quest of ultimate truth regarding the three states. No scripture can help in pursuit of truth. One’s mind will be prejudiced by this man's or that man's view. 

There are unfortunately so many different kinds of Yoga. But no yogi uses  the reason based on the soul, the innermost self.  Yoga means killing reason, thus it is no use in to acquire self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana. Yoga is good as a preparation only.

 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. 

Conversation can occur only in the sphere of religion, never in pursuit of truth. When one knows non dualistic  truth, he becomes free from sphere of imagination.

If one’s reason is not sharp enough, then only religion and yoga can satisfy him. The seeker of truth examines both scientific and religious doctrines and discoveries and to evaluate them.  

"All men are mortal" because they exist within the illusion (waking or dream). One sees all men and the world  within the waking or dream.  If there is no waking or dream then there are no men and the world . Man  and world exists within the waking and imagines on the base of waking entity or ego which is limited only to waking experience whereas the the soul or consciousness  pervades in everything and everywhere in all the three states. 

 As logic is built upon more imagination based on the false self (ego), therefore it is no path to the non-dualistic wisdom. It is like religion and mysticism. One postulate certain things and show they agree with others that he has already taken for granted. This is called the "coherence" theory of truth. But it is fallible.

When one trying to get rid of thinking in yoga he cannot get any truth. Thinking is a main tool in pursuit of truth. If  anyone avoids thinking and  runs after religion and yoga than  he may be sure that they do not want to be troubled by effort to think to unfold the mystery of his true existence. 

Science stops in midway, if went to the very root; it would get non dualistic  truth. All this science helps to make the reason clear, sharpens the mind, but it will take centuries for them to go to the very root.  

 Theology is based on imagination; scholasticism upon logic.  The non-dual truth can be got only inquiry analysis and reasoning on the true base and not by millions of karmas /actions as scriptures declare. Since man, world and universe is part and parcel of the illusion. Therefore, the karma based on the false self within the false experience is no use.  It is unfortunate that people agree the body is not the self, but they refuse to accept the fact that the karma theory is based on false self (ego or waking entity) since they are still slaves of their samskara or  conditioning.

Even if one attains the knowledge of all the subjects of the world, yet he will not be in satisfaction without the self-knowledge.

If  the seeker who has intense urge, receptiveness, humility, sharp power of discrimination and courage to accept the truth and reject the untruth and the desire for knowledge of the ultimate reality, than he   is qualified for the Self-Knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana. 

The seeker who is ripe for Self-knowledge the veil of his ignorance will drop merely by listening, reading hearing as the non-dual truth revealed to him, he would be free of his doubts and confusions and grasps “what is truth” and “what is untruth” by sound discrimination and mentally drops the untruth by establishing in the truth and gets freedom from experiencing the illusion as reality.

Even if one attains the knowledge of all the subjects of the world, yet he will not be in  satisfaction without the self-knowledge.  People do not know how this existence comes into being and how is it dissolved’. 

Seeker of truth wants to find out how this existence comes into being, what sustains it and how it is dissolved.  And he also wants to know if there is a way out of this process leading to the self-awareness.

As one goes in deeper self-search he becomes aware of the fact that, this existence arises in consciousness and also it dissolves in consciousness.

When one becomes aware of the fact that:-

v  What is mind?

v  What is the substance of the mind?

v  What is the source of the mind?

v  What is the nature of the mind?

When one becomes aware of the nature of the mind than he becomes aware the fact that, the mind is not within the body but body and the universe are within the mind,  because the mind itself is the universe, which appears as waking or dream and disappears as deep sleep.

The mind which is in the form of universe is sustained by consciousness. As long as there is craving for experiencing the objective world, so long the world is experienced as reality. When desire is totally worn out, there is self-knowledge, and that establishes into self- awareness’.

Consciousness is the Self hidden in everyone, everything and everywhere in all the three states. As seeker indulges in deeper self-search, which leads him into self-awareness.

When one becomes fully   aware of the fact that, his body and his experience of the universe are made out consciousness than he is free from the ignorance, and also he gets freedom from experiencing the duality as reality.

When ignorance has been eliminated, self is free from bondage and burden of the waking experience. There is no more seeking of wealth, friends, sensual pleasure, scriptural studies or any sort of knowledge.

Realizing the consciousness is the true self and the Witness of the three states, the self or consciousness is free from the illusory burden and bondage. 

The one who is free of uncertainty within, and who outwardly wanders as a house holder, can only be known by someone of his the same level of understanding. 

By acquiring the Self-Knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana is the only means for freedom from experiencing the duality as reality. Freedom from experiencing the limitations of the individual existence as reality, and freedom from experiencing the bondage of the form, time and space as reality, and also  freedom from experiencing the birth, life, death and the world as reality. 

Every seeker is keen to know is whether liberation is attainable by renouncing the worldly life and only through wisdom. 

The practical life within the practical world is nothing to do with the pursuit of truth. There is no need to renounce the worldly life in order to acquire Self-Knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana. Being a householder anyone who has inner urge and serious and sincere in his pursuit of truth can acquire Self-Knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana. 

The worldly life should not be mixed with pursuit of truth. In the midst of practical life one must devote as much time as possible to his inner journey.   There is no need to renounce anything or perform celibacy, because mostly the seekers of truth are naturally not much attracted towards worldly pleasures.  They are happy and contended whether they have luxuries of life or simple living.  

The freedom is not losing the practical life in the practical world but realizing the fact that the self is neither the waking entity nor the dream entity but the self is the formless substance and witness of the three states. 

There is no need to renounce the practical life in practical world in order to acquire Self-Knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana. The seeker of truth is ripe enough and his focus of attention turned inwards and his mental condition is such that he even though he may live with all his worldly possessions and comforts on the physical plane as householder but he has mentally renounced it.  That is he is lives in the practical world but not of it. 

As long as one is not disillusioned about the way of the world, and inwardly free of worldly pursuits.  Seeker must cultivate the required framework and then only indulge in pursuit of truth without disturbing his worldly life. 

 When one is finds the religion or yoga or theoretical philosophy the  are inadequate and useless in quenching his spiritual thirst  then only he  enters into the inquiry regarding the ultimate nature of reality and the true significance of existence. 

When one mentally drops the Self-identification with the three states than there is self-awareness. In self-awareness he is fully aware of the fact that the all the experiences of the three states are mere mirage created out of consciousness. Thus there is no forth state because the three states are itself are mirage. Thus consciousness alone shines as self. And consciousness is ultimate truth or Brahman. 

Physical existence is rooted in falsehood of form, time and space, and is sustained by form, time and space and can be dissolved by transcending the form, time and space. 

Without the form, time and space the universe cease to exist. Without the universe, it is formless, timeless and spaceless existence, which everyone experiences and identifies it as deep sleep due to ignorance.  Thus the real nature of the self is like deep sleep experience. But going to sleep is not Self-Realization but consciously aware of the true self in the midst of waking experience leads to self-awareness. 

Consciousness is ultimate ground of the physical existence. So consciousness provides the key for all the problems of existence. By understanding of the nature of the mind, one will be able to rise above the illusory duality and to lead a life of liberated soul, living in this world without involving himself in any of its affairs, embodying in his life and action, consciousness free from the bondage of egocentric existence.

Only real knowledge is self –knowledge. The self is in the form of consciousness dwells in everything and everywhere in all the three states.

Only real knowledge is self –knowledge. The self is in the form of consciousness dwells in everything and everywhere in all the three states.

 Buddha:- There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth: not going all the way... and not starting.

 "Jesus said:-"Those who seek should not stop seeking until they find. When they find, they will be disturbed. When they are disturbed, they will marvel, and will reign over all." (Gospel of Thomas 2)

One has to be soul-centric to grasp and understand, assimilate and realize the non-dualistic or Advaitic truth.  Those whose consciousness is unified abandons all attachment to the results of action and conducts and attains non-dualistic -awareness . But those whose desires are fragmented, who are selfishly attached to the results of their work and conducts, are bound in everything they do and remain egocentric. Egocentricity is the cause of experiencing the duality as reality.  Experiencing duality as reality, is accepting the experience of  birth, life, death and the world  as reality.

The nature of truth is to be free from contradictions. As one approaches nearer and nearer truth as he finds less and less contradictions. The only thing which is so free is non-duality'. 'This may be achieved at first, in lightning flashes, in fleeting momentary glimpses, but later this must be established into permanency. One should stabilize them through constant reflecting on the nature of the true self, and through the constant reminder that the mind ,which is present in the form of universe  is not separate from consciousness, which is the true self.

The same word, used in similar contexts, cannot carry different meanings with different persons. When one says ‘I’ meaning ‘as his body’, another understands it in the same sense, meaning ‘his body’. But when the other person uses the same word ‘I’, he means ‘his body’, which is entirely different from ‘his body’. But this ‘I’ is not all these. This ‘I’ is the mind, which is present in the form of universe. And  the universe  appears as whole waking or dream(duality) and disappears as deep sleep(non-duality). 

When the ‘I,’ appears  than only  the mind appears.  When ‘I’ disappears than  the mind disappears. Therefore, ‘I’ is mind.   When the mind (I) is there then there is waking or dream. Absent of mind is absent of waking or dream. Thus, mind has to be considered as the whole waking or dream experience. 

Thus, in the case of everyone, the bodies meant are different; but the word used is the same ‘I’, always. So the ‘I’ must mean: either the individual body or it must evidently the mind, which is in the form of whole universe.

The latter being the only possible alternative, the ‘I’ must necessarily mean that the universe, which contains everyone and everything and which appears and disappears as mind. This is the real meaning of ‘I’.

The true self which is consciousness is not comprehensible because it is the formless substance and witness of the mind. Until and unless seeker  indulges in deeper self-search  and realizes the fact that,  the self is neither the waking entity nor the self is dream entity but the self is the formless soul,which is present in the form of consciousness he will not be able to realize  the non-dualistic  or Advaitic truth.

Without realizing the fact that, the consciousness is the  formless substance and witness of the three states, the duality will prevail as reality.

seeker has to mentally trace the source of the mind  and  focus his  attention on the source    by realizing the fact that, the soul, the innermost self  is the  formless source form where the mind rises and subsides.

T he mind,which is present in the form of universe is dependent on soul,which is present in the form of  the consciousness for its existence.  The consciousness can exist with or without the mind or universe. (Illustration: deep sleep) There is no second thing other than consciousness because the whole universe is created out of consciousness.

Truth will be revealed only when the seeker  learns to view and judge the three states on the standpoint  of the soul or consciousness as self. It is erroneous to pass a judgment, on the standpoint of the  false self or with existing inherited or accumulated knowledge based on the false self.

The past, present and future are reality  within the waking or dream(duality) . It is erroneous to reason  on the base physical entity which is bound by form, time and space. Therefore it is necessary to find the source  from which the mind rises and subsides.

The individual experience of  birth,life,death and the world  is nothing to do with ultimate truth or Brahman. On the realm of truth, the birth, life, death and world  or   form, time and space or past present and future are mere mirage.

He who knows the 'thoughts , words and the world  as the consciousness,   is the knower of ultimate truth or Brahman . One, who has realized the non-dualistic or Advaitic truth, has entered into the realm of the Brahman.

By burning away the accumulated egocentric dross, which was cause of the ignorance, and hence he is free from experiencing the illusion as reality.  In the realm of truth   consciousness has no seed of ignorance for illusion.  For when mirage is  superimposed on consciousness  has merged in the consciousness  on the discrimination of the real  and the unreal , it does not appear again as real  to those discriminating people, just as before, from the conditioning or samskara  persisting in the intellect.

The consciousness in man, creatures and in the sun moon star are one because everything is created out of single stuff.  Those who understand this see through the form, time and space, and go beyond the various sheaths of being to realize the unity of life.

The path of love is path for humanity therefore it is individualized path.

It is no use of finding fault with people. They are conditioned to view and judge the worldview on the base of 'I' as self. They can only understand what they are thought by their upbringing by parents, religion and society and circumstances of life. They cannot think beyond. Thinking there are two ‘I’ is erroneous.  Many think there is big ‘I’ and another small ‘I’. Such ideas will not take anyone to the ultimate end of understanding.   And truth pursuit is not for those who think religion,meditation  and the yoga are the only means to Self-Realization. Philosophical discussions, intellectual speculations, logical conclusions will not lead one to the ultimate destination.

Most of the saints and sages of the past are mostly social reformers, thus they are more concerned to the humanism rather than the truth. Their contribution is very valuable to live in the practical world.  Thus humanism is limited to practical life within the practical world.    The path of love is path for humanity therefore it is individualized path. Thus path of love is limited to the physical structure, it cannot transport one to ultimate end.  Thus seeker has to understand the fact that the practical life and practical world are part of the mirage from the ultimate standpoint. 

The simple reason is that the average person may have desire for knowledge but when the whole society is immersed in belief system and feeling himself   out of place because of societal fear and surroundings circumstances and he thinks it unfits him to pursue the path of truth. 

The seeker of truth is one who is ready verify and has courage to accept and reject the truth when he finds out what is truth and what is untruth. The meek will stick to their inherited conditioning remain experiencing duality as reality.

Pursuit of truth or spirituality is not suited for religionists and yogis who believe in conceptual god. Because religious idea of god, world, heaven, hell, sin karma ceases to exist as real when one becomes aware of the non-dual truth.

Seekers who are ready to accept only truth have to indulge in the pursuit of truth. And people who are satisfied with their faith and belief and accepted truth must continue without disturbing their present outfit.

"I" or "I am" itself creates the physical prison

There is nothing as sacred of Self-Knowledge. Realization of self-drives way the ignorance.

Self-Awareness frees ‘Self’ from the burden and bondage of illusory duality.  It is the self that is in illusion. When it becomes aware of its true nature the universe is mere mirage to the self which is formless and non-dual in its nature. Thus the thoughts and words are part of the illusory existence. 

Many spiritual masters say that sticking to "I am" is way out from the physical shackles. But that"I" or  "I am" itself creates the physical  prison. The one, which expresses itself as 'I', is not 'I' but it is formless consciousness. Therefore the ‘I’ or ‘I AM’ is not the self. Considering the ‘I’ or ‘I AM as self is erroneous.  The self, which is in the form of consciousness   cannot be called anything nor approached because it is prior to anything that exists. When the consciousness is the substance of the whole universe  and its contents thoughts and words  and it is not a thing or entity or identity within the physical existence but it pervades the whole physical existence than it is erroneous to limit the ‘I’ to the physical entity alone. 

one has to grasp mentally the existence of the formless witness.' I or 'I' am is mere expression.

The whole physical existence or universe is an expression. Thus physical existence or universe is mere illusion. The man and his experience of the world and his belief of god are within the illusory expression.  The diversity is created out of single substance and knowing that single substance brings unity in diversity in consciousness. 

Thus the universe [duality]  is mere illusion. That is mind is an illusion. The one that has this illusion is the consciousness, which is the innermost self.

Therefore it is erroneous to seek truth on the base of 'I' because 'I' is not self. It very much necessary to rectify the seeking base by proper understanding  of the fact that ‘I’ or ‘I AM’ is not the  self before indulging in the pursuit of truth.

As long as a person has a firm conviction that 'I' is self, he will not be able to understand ,assimilate and realize the non-dual truth, Because whatever knowledge one assimilate he assimilates as a person, which adds to his existing accumulated information. Therefore, seeker has to discover the fact that 'I' is not the self but 'I' is the whole universe, which appears in the form of mind. Universe is mere mirage.  The duality is experienced only when the universe is present. Thus universe is duality. Consciousness is formless substance and witness of the universe.   Thus consciousness is the true self and cause of the universe but it itself is uncaused because no second thing exist other than it.

It is necessary to have firm conviction 'I' is not self but the formless consciousness is the true self. To understand, assimilate and realize the non-dual truth