The ignorance is present as sense of ‘I’ or ‘I AM’

Consciousness is the inner most self by nature is non-dual peace, and effulgence, with dawning of the wisdom of which the waking reality becomes like a dream. The waking or universe is seen as no reality but as  a mirage. 

Wisdom is not something that has to be acquired by physical effort but one has to mentally  grasp and realize it by perfect understanding and assimilation.  

Only in duality all sorts misery, restlessness, pain and pleasure is experienced.  It is because of ignorance. Ignorance makes one takes things what is not reality as reality.  

There is no ignorance when self, which is in the form of consciousness, becomes conscious of its own formless non-dual true nature in the midst of duality. 

Just as the dream lasts only for the short time so with non-dual wisdom the delusion of waking reality disappears. That is the universe or waking is seen as no reality but mere mirage.  

If one gets all kinds of enjoyment in practical world and also all sorts of sufferings.  But all this pleasure and pain of the practical life within the practical world are reality with in the waking experience or universe.  Through non-dual wisdom one becomes unreal nature of the universe or waking experience in the midst of waking experience. When the waking entity is not the self then the formless true   self is nothing to do with practical life with in the practical world.  Thus the experience of the birth, life, death and the world is nothing to do with the birthless and deathless self.  

All the material enjoyment depends on the waking experience which is impermanent. Whereas the non-dual unceasing peace   is only in true nature of the formless true self, which is permanent.  

The pain and pleasure is possible only when there is sense of ‘I’. The sense of ‘I’ present only when there is mind. The mind is present only when there is duality.  The duality is present only when there is universe. The universe is present only when there is waking or dream. Thus the ‘I’ mind, duality, universe, waking or dream are one and the same thing. This has to be grasped first by the seeker of truth.   Reduce mentally the universe into waking experience and waking experience into mind and mind into consciousness in order to get unity in diversity. 

Universe or waking experience is but the illusory states of consciousness. In reality it is nothing but illusion. This existent and non-existent do not lose their inherent nature. 

The nature of the true self is, free from mental contents, immutable, effortless and spot less and it is neither faraway nor near ever present.  The moment the ignorance ceases   and the consciousness the inner most self is apprehended the veil of illusory duality drops off and the reality of experience of   birth, life, death and world will lose its lustre.   

Knowing for certain that the true self formless consciousness and consciousness is ultimate truth or Brahman and existence and non-existence are figments, what does one which is free from form, time and space has to do with illusion of form, time and space.   

The ignorance is present as sense of ‘I’ or ‘I AM’. When the 'I' or 'I AM' than the mind is present. If the mind is present than the universe is present. If universe is present the waking or dream is present   is present. If the waking or dream is present the the duality is present. Until one holds the 'T' or 'I AM' as self the non-dual wisdom will not dawn.

The sense of I or I AM are annihilated for the Gnani who has become truly free from all doubts and confusion by realizing all the three states as formless consciousness.  A seeker by indulging in deeper self-search risen in to reason based on the formless self and finally gets rid of the ignorance, which is present in the form ‘I’ OR ‘I AM’, and reaches the stage of Gnani.  

The seeker, who has attained the non-dual tranquility, has no distraction, no concentration, no increase in knowledge no ignorance. 

  Yoga is not the means to acquire self-knowledge or non-dual wisdom.  Yoga and religion are helpful in the practical life within the practical world.  Without wisdom the ignorance will not vanish.  Thus Gnana alone is the means for freedom from experiencing the illusory duality as reality.  

In success or failure in gain or loss, in society or solitude there is no difference to the Gnani whose mind has become still.

On the standpoint of inner most self –Where is Dharma, where is karma, where is Artha?

The multitude of so many different theories, opinions, fancies, which prevail among people are mere ideas based on imaginations based on the waking entity which is the false self within the false experience. Our individual life of birth, life, death and the world is nothing to do with our inner most self, which is formless non-dual consciousness.  Thus the whole universe which is in the form of mind is created out of formless material. The Gnani takes no position whatever, joins no such separate class as Advaitin, for he is in non-duality. 

On the standpoint of inner most self –Where is Dharma, where is karma, where is Artha? Where is discrimination, where is duality and where, even is non-duality for the self, which abides in its own formless non-dual true nature. Non-duality is an idea which is antithetic to the idea of duality.  A Gnani is above all ideas. 

For the inner most self, which is ever formless, where is the past, where is future, where is even the present, where is space, where is even the eternity? The time is mind, the form is mind, the space is mind.  The mind is mere illusion created out of consciousness, which is the inner most self. 

Where the self, and where is non-self, where is good or evil, where is anxiety and where is non-anxiety for the inner most self, which is ever formless. 

Both witness and witnessed both are one in essence and same in ultimate standpoint. Where is dream, where is deep sleep, where is wakefulness and where is fourth state, where is even fear for the formless self   to abide in its own formless non-dual true nature.  

Where the waking is not waking, dream is not dream, deep sleep is not deep sleep, where everything exists as oneness, where is the place for the fourth states or Turiya.  The three states are mere illusion created out of ignorance. When ignorance vanishes through wisdom and all the three states becomes consciousness then where is the place for the second thing other than formless consciousness, which is the innermost self. All is then consciousness and consciousness is the very essence the illusory three states.  

Where is distance where is proximity; where is exterior, where is interior; where grossness, and where is subtlety for the formless consciousness which is the innermost self.   No form can exit outside the mind because form is mind. No time can exist outside the mind because time is mind. No space can exist outside mind because space is mind. Universe ceases to exist without the mind because universe is mind.  There is no duality without the mind because the duality is mind. No one can experience waking or dream because mind appears as waking or dream. The formless substance and witness of the mind or universe or waking or dream or duality or form, time and space is consciousness. Thus consciousness alone is real and eternal.  Whatever is real and eternal is ultimate truth or Brahman.  Thus consciousness is ultimate truth or Brahman and mind universe is mere mirage created out of consciousness.   

Where is birth, life and death, where is the universe, where is individuality, where is worldly relations of practical life within the practical world; where is dissolution or concentration for the formless self while abiding in its own formless non-dual true nature.   

 The experience of the birth, life, death and the world of the waking is reality within the waking experience. Similarly the experience of the birth, life death and the world of the dream is reality within the dream.  The dream becomes unreal when waking takes place similarly the waking experience becomes unreal when the non-dual wisdom dawns. The non-dual wisdom dawns when the waking entity realizes the fact that the self is neither the waking entity nor the self is the dream entity but self is the formless substance and witness of the three states. The formless substance and witness is one in essence. And that essence is consciousness.    Thus self is not the form but the self is formless is very much necessary. 

If the self is not form but self is formless then it is no point in limiting the self to individuality. The individuality and individual experiences of the practical life within the practical world are reality within the waking experience, but the waking experience itself is falsehood from ultimate standpoint.  Thus the reasoning base has to be rectified from form to formless in order to grasp, understand assimilate and realize the non-dual truth.  

      

Self is only the witness of the experience of birth, life, death and the world together [mind or waking or universe] and self is also the formless substance of  what it witnesses . thus the witness and witnessed are one and the same.

The universe is not seen in reality for those who rise to the level of the formless witness and they do not see their body as body, ego as ego, the universe as universe but they see all as consciousness,which is ultimate truth or Brahman   

To a Gnani to talk about the practical life of the practical world is needless, to talk about yoga, philosophy, religion and god is purposeless and even to talk about wisdom is irrelevant because for him who repose in the true nature of his innermost self.