Intellectuals
approach is more practical, and they stuck with the reality of the practical life
within the practical world, and they take it as real,which becomes great hindrance in realizing the ultimate truth
Some intellectuals take all three states are also
real- they are not illusions to any person witnessing the material and
energetic effects of another in a state of illusion- as it is
observable! there is only one moving present.
When the witness is not physical and it is apart from the three states and it witnesses the coming and going of all the three states then the reality of the witnessed[three states] are mere illusion. Until one hold the three states as real the the wisdom will not dawn.
The dream becomes unreal when waking takes place and waking becomes unreal when the self becomes aware of the fact that it is neither the waking entity nor self is dream entity but it is formless witness of the three states. Until one considers the three states are also real they are stuck with the reality of experience of the birth,life,death and the world which is mere illusion from ultimate standpoint.
The physical existence is reality on
the base of physical self. Whatever one feels as a person is reality within the
physical existence [waking]. If physical existence is taken as reality then
there is no meaning in seeking truth because he has accepted the physical
existence as truth. Once physical
existence is accepted as reality then the experiences within the physical
existence prevail as reality.
My point is we have to view our life
from ultimate point of view, then only we become aware its illusory
nature.
The nature of things necessarily unpreventable
and uncontrollable when one regards world as world of diversity. Only when one is able to base his-self from
ultimate standpoint and views the experience of diversity [mind] as
consciousness only, then he becomes aware of their unreal nature of the
physical existence or mind.
One, who has realized that existence
and non-existence and change are in the nature of things, easily finds repose,
being unperturbed and free from ignorance.
The pain and pleasure exist as reality because of having the idea of two
[duality]. To get rid of the reality of
the pain and pleasure one has to find the formless substance of the duality
[mind] to realize the whole diversity is created out of single substance, which
is consciousness. Realizing the consciousness as ultimate truth, one becomes
aware of the unreal nature of the mind, which appears as waking or dream
[duality] and disappears as deep sleep [non-duality] .
Serious Seekers who desirous to know
the truth, for them nothing bring contentment other then acquiring the
self-knowledge. For one who becomes aware of the fact that, the self is not physical but consciousness
becomes aware of the fact that, the physical existence [illusion] has no base,
and its reality is in illusory in its nature.
Our individual life is nothing to do
with ultimate truth. The individual life
is reality within the waking or dream. The three states are mere illusion on the
ultimate standpoint. The ultimate truth, which is consciousness, is the
substance and witness of the illusion and it is within the illusion and it is
always apart and eternal.
As person perceiving the world one thinks he
is born in this world and world existed prior to him, this conviction makes him
physical oriented, thus he views and judges the worldview on the physical base
therefore his understanding is limited to the physicality.
Deeper inquiry reveals the fact that,
the self is not physical but it is formless [consciousness]. On the base of
formless [consciousness] as self, one becomes unreal nature of the mind, which
appears as waking or dream. Thus, the
waking is as unreal as dream.
When man his world are within the illusion and
all his experiences are happenings within the illusion. Until one thinks the physical
self as real self, he is bound to be in the realm of duality. The one which
knows itself as body with the name is not the body but it is consciousness.
When the consciousness withdraws itself then there is neither body, nor the
name, nor the world exists. And consciousness alone prevails as non-dual
existence.
Where is the body, where
is mind, where is the world; the void; or despair in the true self, which the
taintless soul or consciousness. They are or have becomes consciousness.
One thinks there is
mind when he has thoughts, but when thoughts are not considered different from
the consciousness, which is the true self, then where is the division into,
waking, dream and deep sleep etc.
Void implies to
duality: the universe may not exist but the thought of the second is
there. If one knows there is Void
[emptiness/nothingness], then there is something there to be known and know.
They are or have become consciousness.
What are scriptures, what is
self-knowledge, what is mind without the objects, what is contentment, and
where is desirelessness for the formless soul/true self, which is ever devoid of
sense of duality.
What is knowledge? What is
ignorance? What is the ego? What is duality? What is mind? What is bondage?
What is liberation? What is
definableness to the formless self/soul, which is in the form of consciousness?
All theses appearances are mere
mirage, which come and go; hence meaningless to the formless soul/true self.
The ego based knowledge is not
ultimate knowledge because ego based knowledge is dualistic knowledge based on
the object [body] as subject. But in non-dualistic Knowledge whatever seems to
exist also is consciousness; therefore there is no scope for the existence of
the second thing.
What is past karmas? What is
liberation –in this life? and what is that liberation at death?for the birth-
less soul,which is ever formless.
Nearest state to understand the soul
by itself is to eliminate mentally waking and dream as in deep sleep. Once this is grasped one has to understand
everything is consciousness, which is the true self.
What is the doer or the
enjoyer? What is cessation of thoughts
or rising of thoughts? What is immediate perception and its result to, the
formless soul, which is ever impersonal.
A Gnani is the one who is never afraid of thinking and knowing all his
individual experience and the world to be consciousness.
What is the world and what is meant
by the aspirant for liberation; what is contemplative and what is man of knowledge;
what the self is and what liberated self to the formless soul, which is the
non-dual essence.
When we analyze the dream experience
we find the dream entity, dream world with all people in it appeared as a
whole, and the dream reality lasted until waking experience appeared. When one
tries to know the truth of his true existence in waking through inquiry,
analysis and reasoning, one becomes aware of the fact that, the self is not
physical but it is formless soul, which is in the form of consciousness which
is the essence of the three states from which the three states are made. Thus the illusions of the three states are
made of one single substance, which is consciousness. By realizing the formless substance, which is
consciousness as self, the ignorance vanishes and one become aware of the fact that the
three states are mere illusion on the standpoint of the formless substance
,which is also the witness of the three states.
When knows the consciousness[ soul] as the true
self:-
What are projection and retraction,
what are end and means; what are failure and success to the formless soul,
which is formless and non dual in its nature. The mirage appears and merges back
into its essence is not an appearance at all.
What is the knower, the means of
knowledge, the object of knowledge; what is anything or nothing to the soul
which is ever formless. Knower,
knowledge, object, thing, nothing or any word one may utter is after all they
are the words and words have meaning only within the mirage. The consciousness is ever present in all the
three states but as a person, one is unconscious of the consciousness because
he thinks the body as his self.
When all knowing, known and knower
are simultaneously mental as in dream what else is there to trouble about
understanding them. Because of
considering the waking experience as reality one is incapable of
understanding and assimilating the non-dual truth.
What is the
distraction?What is the concentration, dullness ad delusion, happiness and sorrow
to the formless soul, which is ever actionless.
As a person one may be
drawn to observe his body and the world, but the Gnani is not disturbed by
because they all are consciousness to him.
The physical attributes are nothing to do with
the soul/self wrongly; all the attributes belong to the ego not the soul. Identifying the physical attribute to the
soul is the cause of the ignorance.
What is relative? What
is absolute happiness and misery to the formless soul, which is ever devoid of
thought and activity?
If anything has a
meaning it is only in duality. Happiness and sorrow are the nature of duality,
which is mind, there differences therefore illusory on the standpoint of the formless
soul, which is ultimate reality.
What is illusion? What
is ignorance? What are birth, life and death? What is world? What is attachment
and what is detachment to the soul/self, which is ever formless.
The mind and soul are one in essence
ultimately. All argument about consciousness never touches it. The soul is not the ego in this particular
body but principle which holds the whole physical existence [universe], which
contains everyone and everything known and unknown. All words have no place and
thoughts cannot reach. Even the thought of the soul or consciousness is just
illusory and contradictory, because the thought and words belong to the world
of duality.
What is activity or inactivity,
liberation and bondage to the formless soul/self, which is ever immutable and
indivisible. There is no division into
nations, races and colours of kinds of men in wisdom. It is not enough to but one must always see
the formless soul [consciousness] as self and the witness the witness of all
the three states and always realize and practice it. Some
people get glimpses of truth and lose it; so it must be established. Such
fixidity is the goal.
What is instruction and scriptural
injunction? What is disciple and guru? What indeed is object of life for the
formless soul, which is absolute and free from limitation?
Life is with world. World is within
the waking or dream, the illusory limitation. When there is no second other
than consciousness, then what is there for the soul /self to attain? But when
one thinks the self is physical, then there is various things he will want to
get and so be trouble by their lack. Hence don’t wrongly imagine the self to be
the body.
What is existence, non-existence,
unity or duality? What need us there to say more? Noting from the soul because
whatever seems to emanate from it, is non-different from itself. There is no second thing other then the soul,
which is in the form of consciousness. One should not mistake self [soul] for
the ego.
Those who assert world is reality,
are still in elementary stages of preliminary analysis. The world is reality
within the waking experience but the waking experience is mere illusion. The
same way the dream world was reality within the dream experience. The dream became unreal when waking took
place same way waking becomes unreal when nondual wisdom dawns.
