Unless one has the
knowledge of the true self, liberation can never be attained. Pilgrimage to
sacred places, observance of austerities or giving wealth in charity studying
of scriptures practicing yoga is not the means to self-knowledge.
What is
self-knowledge?
How one has to
acquire the self knowledge?
Self-knowledge is
that knowledge, which not only imparts an intellectual insight of the existence
but also conscious awareness of it. Such knowledge can come only to the
aspirant only through inquiry and reasoning on the true base.
Goal of every
seeker of truth is to realize the true self. The self is related to the
experience of diversity, as its invisible substance and witness. When it is in
experience of diversity it is in self forgetfulness and when it is in its
formless true nature it is in self awareness. The experience of diversity is
mere mirage on the standpoint of true self.
Self knowledge is
meant to teach the world the eternal truth of the one behind the experience of
diversity. F.P holds the key to unfold the mystery of one’s own existence, thus
great mission of the serious seekers of truth lie in making themselves aware of
the reality of their own existence.
The consciousness
of a person within the experience of diversity or mind expresses itself through
physical apparatus which is the seat of all human attributes. This individual
consciousness makes a man think he is an individual separate from the world
which causes duality and the duality causes ignorance of reality within the
experience of diversity [I]. This separative consciousness is the cause of
limiting the mind or ‘I’ to the physical entity. Limiting the mind [I] to the
physical entity is the cause of experiencing the illusion as reality.
Experience the
illusion as reality is the cause of experiencing the birth, life and death as
reality. The birth, life and death are the cause of fear and suffering.
Suffering is the cause of hope and desire to find remedies to the eternal
happiness and peace. The quest for permanent eternal happiness and peace is the
quest of the truth.
The whole
experience of diversity is governed by the spirit or Atman which is the true
self. The experience of diversity is like a spider caught in the web. When the self becomes self-aware, then there
is neither the web nor the spider.
Since man is
conditioned to view and judge on the physical base he is subject to compulsion
of subconscious. All the efforts of man are directed towards overcoming the
fear and frustration. Yoga and religious activities give him the sense of
overcoming this helplessness, but it is a temporary. Hence man seeks
refreshment through the oblivion of deep sleep; it is the deep sleep that lifts
the pressure of burden and bondage within the experience of duality or mind at
least temporarily.
It is necessary to
discuss the true nature of the deep sleep; in order to understand the nature
and significance of true wakefulness. Man is physically awake but spiritually
asleep. If the mind is really aware of its formless nondual true nature; there
is no need to withdraw into self forgetfulness of sleep. Thus it is necessary
to analyze the three states in order to overcome the experience of diversity
which is mere mirage on the standpoint of the true self.
What is the
difference between sleep and death?
Sleep is not the
annihilation of consciousness but withdrawal into formless non-dual true nature
of the self. Death is the self transcends back and remains in its formless non-dual true nature. The wakefulness is
not wakefulness of person within the experience of diversity, but becoming
aware of the true self in the midst of the experience of diversity. This is possible only when one has the full
conviction that ‘I’ is not the self but ‘I’ is the whole experience of
diversity which present as mind. The mind appears and diapers as waking and
dream. The invisible substance and
witness of the ‘I’ which appears and disappears in succession is the true self.
The invisible substance and witness of the ‘I’ is the spirit or Atman. On the
standpoint of the Atman or spirit as self the experience of diversity is mere
mirage. F.P blogs is thrown a new light on the
secret of the three states which appear and disappear.
When one is in the
experience of diversity he experiences the burden and bondage as an individual
perceiving the world. He experiences the
birth, life and death, pain and pleasure as reality. But as an individual he is
unable to observe the fact that they are happenings within the experincer of
duality which is present as mind. The mind appears and disappears as waking and
dream. Thus all the individual experiences are happenings within the experience
of diversity or mind. Mind is mere mirage or illusion. Thus it become necessary
to know what has this illusion in order to unfold the mystery of the mind.
Whatever one knows,
believes, experiences of the world are within the scope of the mind not beyond.
From where does all
the experience of diversity [mind or Waking or dream] come from?
It does not come
from outside the self but from within the self. It is created sustains and
witnessed by the self and dissolves in it. No one but the self knows about it
because everything is created and sustained and witnessed by the self.
Therefore the substance and witness of the experience of diversity is one in
their essence. They exist only to the self which is Atman or spirit or consciousness.
The individual experiences
within the Waking and dream is witnessed by the formless consciousness true self. All the person and
objects within the waking experience is as real as dream. Therefore the witness
of the dream has to be traced to realize the fact that the waking is also a
dream. The dream and waking is fully dependent on the invisible witness, without
it the experience of diversity is impossible. Therefore the independent
invisible entity has to be traced to realize the true fact of the existence.
The experience of
diversity solely exist for the self and it comes from nowhere but within the
self—it has been created out of self and
witnessed by the self. What is called
the Waking experience and the individual experiences within it, is mere mirage.
All the persons and objects within the waking experience are mere mirage
created and experienced out of single substance which is formless non-dual spirit
or Atman. The Atman or formless consciousness is the true self. When Waking takes place, the
dream becomes mirage. When wisdom dawns the waking becomes mirage. Therefore it
is necessary to trace the witness of the mirage in order to overcome the mirage
which everyone experiences it as reality.
In waking
experience the dream becomes mere mirage. Similarly in dream the waking
experience is non-existent. When wisdom dawns one becomes aware of the fact
that the dream and waking both are mirage witnessed by the invisible substance
which is the sprit or Atman. Therefore Atman is the true self because it is
the substance and witness of the dream and waking experience. When the
substance remains unconsciously in its true state it is called deep sleep. When
it consciously remains in its true state in the midst of the experience of
diversity, it is called wisdom.
Thus the Atman or
spirit is the sole creator and sustainer and witness of the waking and dream
experiences. All the people and objects and experiences contained in the
experience of diversity is sole created by Atman or spirit, thus everything is Atman or spirit nothing but Atman or
spirit. Therefore Atman or spirit is
second to none. When wisdom dawns the ignorance which is mind which one thinks
as reality disappears.
Three states
experiences, being one of the most significant phenomena in the existence of
the individual, must be thoroughly understood if the purpose is to unfold the
mystery of one’s own existence.
Any attempt to give
an explanation of the three states in purely physiological terms will be
incomplete and misleading as well. Many people view and judge the worldview on
the base of waking entity. All the three states have to be individually viewed
and analyzed.
The waking and
dream experiences appear and disappear as mind [I]. The ‘I’ is present only
when the mind is present. Mind is present only when the Waking or dream
experiences are present. Therefore limiting the mind or ‘I’ to physical entity
is the cause of the ignorance. Mind means the man including the world. The ‘I’ has to be considered as mind and mind
has to be considered as whole experience of the waking or dream.
The seeker has to
make sure the fact that ,the ‘I’ which appears and disappears as waking or
dream cannot be limited to physical entity but to the whole experience of
diversity.
Many people
consider the three states to be the experience of an individual but fail to
observe that fact that one knows his individuality and knowledge of the three
states within the waking experience. Whatever one sees, knows, believes and
experiences of the world has to be within the Waking experience [mind]. Without
the mind there is no experience. Without the experience there is no duality.
Without the duality there is no illusion. Without the illusion it is non-dual
reality.
Still other
religious and yogic authorities regard the three states to be as individual
experiences. Since they view and judge the worldview as an individual person
perceiving the world within the Waking experience. This is because they limit the ‘I’ to the
physical entity, which is not the true identity. Limiting the ‘I’ to physical
identity and viewing and judging is the cause of ignorance. The ignorance is
the cause of illusion. Illusion is the cause of experiencing the duality as
reality. If the ignorance vanishes the reality of the experience of duality
vanishes.
Many teachers are
limited by their own life experiences and what they have and what they have not
worked within their own given ego’s. Many seekers expect what their masters who
they trust tell them and much of the time the master they believe did the same
thing and him-self never really knew for sure firsthand.
