The the three states are both real and unreal. It is real because it is a manifestation of
consciousness, but is unreal, in the sense, that they are not absolute and eternal
like consciousness itself.
Peoples approach
is more practical, and they stuck with the reality of the three states , they take them
as real. That is why all the confusion.
Soul-centric reason
alone leads to Self-awareness. There is
no confusion when one becomes aware of the fact that, the form, time and space
are one in essence. Therefore there is
no form, time and space in the realm of truth because there in only oneness.
The self, one wants
to know, is the innermost self, which is formless, birthless, deathless, world
less eternal existence.
There is only one
self and that self is not the waking entity. The real self is the soul. Waking entity (you
are) false self within the false experience (waking). Identifying the self as
‘I’ or ‘I AM’ is erroneous.
The soul is the
only self. Seeker has to remove and
abandon his wrong ideas about the self, in order to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.
Soul or consciousness, the innermost self is not waking entity. And consciousness is not limited to the waking entity alone because it pervades in everything and everywhere in all the three states. Limiting the consciousness(soul or self) as waking entity (body) and thinking it is limited to waking body alone is cause of the ignorance.
It is wrong to think
the self is within the body , because deeper self-search reveals the fact that, the
body and the world are within the soul, which is the innermost self.
By deeper
discrimination between dual (waking or dream) and non-dual (deep sleep)
experiences one realizes the form, time and space are one in essence and enters
into Self-Awareness.
Formless Soul is the source of the mind. The
mind is in the form of universe. Universe appears as waking or dream. Waking or
dream disappears as deep sleep. The
form, time and space are within the waking or dream. The waking or dream are
absent in deep sleep. Thus form time and space are absent in deep sleep. The
nature of the self is like deep sleep. But deep sleep is not wisdom has to be
got in the midst of waking experience.
Self is ‘I’- less. Self is bodiless. Whatever is connected to
‘I’ or ‘I AM’ is ignorance. When ignorance ends it is Gnana. When Gnana arise
than the body, ego and the universe is mere mirage created out of
consciousness. Until one gets the firm
conviction that the self is not physical but self is formless consciousness and
learns to view and judge and conclude on the base of formless self, Gnana will
not arise. Gnana is the result of
contemplation; it in annihilates ignorance. Ignorance is the cause of
experiencing the illusion as reality.
Ignorance is cause of the illusion. When the self becomes aware of it formless non-dual true nature then the ignorance vanishes and reality appears. When the reality appears than
the universe is illusion created out of the consciousness, which is the inner
most self.
Once the conviction about the soul, the innermost
self becomes firmer and one becomes aware of ‘what is what’ then the innermost
self will unfold its own meaning.
This has to be
understood and assimilated for getting firm conviction to realize ‘what is
what’. Suppose you hold the deep sleep experience as ‘self’ than the waking or
dream are absent there is only oneness this is only illustration. When the
‘self’ (soul) becomes consciously aware of its true nature in the midst of
waking experience it is called self-awareness.
Thus Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana is necessary to get
Self-Awareness.
