Consciousness is the ultimate truth.
Consciousness is without attributes and strictly impersonal. It is pure
knowledge itself. Since the consciousness is the ultimate truth, so in
comparison to consciousness, every other thing, including the material world,
its distinctness, the individuality of the living creatures and even whatever,
seen, known, believed and experienced in the world as a person , are all
untrue.
Consciousness is the effulgent cause of everything
that exists and can possibly exist. Since it is beyond human comprehension, it
is without any attributes, for assigning attributes to it would be distorting
the true nature of consciousness. The dualistic consciousness is the mind,
which is in the form of universe. The mind or universe rises from non-dualistic
consciousness and subsides as non-dualistic consciousness, which is ultimate
truth. The dualistic consciousness is
mere mirage created out of non- dualistic consciousness. The non dualistic
consciousness or the soul is the source of dualistic consciousness ( mind or universe or waking) Thus, dualistic consciousness (mind or universe or waking) is
unreal because it is impermanent in its nature and non-dualistic consciousness (soul) is the absolute supreme truth.
The mind, which is in the form of
universe, is not just conscious, but it is consciousness, and this
consciousness(soul) is ultimate truth or Brahman. In nondualistic consciousness (soul ) the
forgetfulness of its true nature arises, as if a drop of water from a vast ocean
thought itself separate, and that the only path to merge back into that its non-dual true nature through deeper self-search.
If one seeks ultimate truth via wisdom,
he seeks truth and accepts it no matter what it is. He accepts the truth that,
the self is not physical, but the self is
the soul or consciousness. And he also
becomes fully aware of the fact that,
his body is not body ,ego is not ego and his experience of the world is not world but they are mere mirage created out of consciousness. thus there is no separation. And septation is mere mirage created
out of consciousness. When mind (universe or waking) is permanently absorbed into soul or consciousness and become
one and the same with it then the duality ceases to exist as reality. This is how one forever escapes from experiencing the
duality as reality.
Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana
is the destroyer of ignorance. Formless soul or Consciousness is all pervading and the cause of
all the three states.
The
means of attaining to Self-Realization for the acquisition of final liberation,
serious seeker should constantly reflect into the nature of the mind/’I’.
The
indifference with which one treats the excreta of a animal – such an
indifference to the three states from the realm of Consciousness in view of
their impermanent nature, is called pure dispassion.
Consciousness
the formless substance and witness of the three states itself is alone
permanent, the three states [seen] are opposed to it that is transient – such a
settled conviction is truly known as discrimination.
Turning
away the focus of attention completely from the three states to the formless
substance and witness of the three states with lots of patient endurance will
help the seeking mind to establish in the Consciousness the true self.
Through
self knowledge one can be free from the bonds of this world that is birth, life
and deaths. To acquire self-knowledge seeker must have a burning desire.
Only
that person who has intense urge and courage to accept the truth and reject the
untruth and ready to drop all the pre-conceived ideas derived from the
accumulated knowledge, and ready to learn to view and judge the worldview on
the base of Consciousness as self, without arguing on the base of scriptural
authorities, ready to accept only un -contradictable truth, is qualified
indulge in pursuit of truth. Seeker of truth should constantly reflect with a
view to attaining Knowledge, desiring his own good.
Self-
Knowledge is not brought about by any other means other than inquiry, analysis
and reasoning on the true base, just as an object is nowhere perceived (seen)
without the help of light.
