People think the self is ego. When one considers the mind to the physical entity then it becomes ego. In spiritual sense the self means, the source
of the whole existence. By limiting the self to the physical entity is cause of all sorts of doubts and confusion.
Science and modern thinkers limit the self to the ego. The ego, body world, intellect are division
created out of consciousness. They all
appear together and disappear together. All the energy, thought, world, ego body
whatever accumulated dross and conditioning can be summed up and called with
single word as mind, because they all exist when the mind exist, without the
mind all these ceases to exist. Therefore, there is only a need to discriminate
between mind and no mind experiences.
All the intellectual analysis is not required because it is beyond
intellectuality.
We have to use less word to get the truth. That which one knows best in the waking, that which is
nearest to him, that of which he can never be free, whose existence is
supremely certain, is his consciousness which is the self. One may doubt
anything else but he directly perceives his-self, which is consciousness.
Hence one has to begin the pursuit of truth with the study
of consciousness, not, as is mistakenly done by theologians, metaphysicians,
with the supposed Absolute.
All gold ornaments with different shapes are made of this
same single material, so to explain the nature of the unknown self,one has
start with something known and familiar, viz. consciousness, which one has in
the three states, and proceed step by step from that onwards. One knows his -self
as physical but it is mistake. If one
considers the self is physical then it becomes ego. The self is not the ego but
the knower of the ego. This soul/self is not physical but it is consciousness, which
holds the whole physical existence. After knowing the fact that this
consciousness is the self, one becomes aware the consciousness is ultimate
truth.
All the three states product of the consciousness which
should enable anyone to understand everything [all the three states] is
consciousness. Moreover everyone has and knows this consciousness; therefore it
is a universal datum. It is something which everybody can grasp, not merely
some occultist or mystic; therefore there is no mystery-mongering in the study
of truth.
