A true seeker is not content with the spiritual knowledge based
on hearsay…. He insists s on direct realization of ultimate truth or
Brahman.
In beginning stages of pursuit of truth a fundamental difficulty
which is faced by the seeker of truth is to make sure whether belief in God and
all religious propagated idea of heaven, hell, sin, karma, rebirth and
reincarnation are true or false. It is very difficult to accept belief in God
and all religious propagated idea of heaven, hell, sin, karma, rebirth and
reincarnation are falsehood because of the inherited conditioning of parental
grooming and societal restrictions. Religious believers are more interested in God
and God’s working in the universe but for the atheist refuse to accept such
idea of existence of God and all the religious dogmatic ideas.
Seeker of truth is more interested in knowing the truth of his
true existence because individualized GOD’s existence is dependent on his
existence. Without his existence the universe ceases to exist. Therefore he is
more interested in realizing the truth of his true existence in order to unfold
the mystery of the universe in which he exists.
Brahman means ultimate truth. Oneness is nature of
Brahman. The soul is the innermost self.
The soul is present in the form of consciousness. Nature of the consciousness is one ness.
In scriptures one will find many way to realize
Brahman but after getting all the information about all the path one has to
begin to investigate, in order to realize the ultimate truth or Brahman cannot
be realized through scriptures, religion or god or guru glorification because
the ultimate truth or Brahman is beyond form, time and space whereas man and
his experience of the world his religion, his belief of God are within the
scope of form, time and space. From
ultimate standpoint form, time and space are illusion because they are one in
essence.
Seeker has to indulge in deeper
self-search. It is very difficult to
accept the scriptures reveal the truth. How does one know that the scriptures
reveal the truth? How does one know that the sage, who may be a perfectly
truthful man, speaks the Ultimate Truth? How does one know that he is not
mistaken?
One must indulge in deeper self-search
and then he will be able to judge 'what is what' .
Whoever begins with the question "Who
Am I” inquiry falls into the physical trap? The point is, how does this question arise at
all.
Seeker must start with the universe first
and then only after the question "What is the world" is answered
should one deal with the question "what is this body ".
This
is the natural order of inquiry because unprejudiced minds always begin with
asking about the world confronting him first.
What is ‘I’? The ‘I’ disappears in deep sleep, so what is the
use of being attached to it? It is illusory.
There is really no ‘I’. It dies in deep sleep. But the notion of
its unreality will gradually grasped by the serious and receptive seekers.
Individuality is illusory.
One is ignorant of the fact that the ‘I’ or mind comes and goes as
waking or dream and has no permanent existence, is only a mirage after all.
Scriptures prescribe many way to find Brahman but
they are mere information. After verifying all the information one will not
find Brahman in of these. One will never
succeeds in realizing the ultimate truth unless his soul, the innermost self
becomes restless for acquiring the ultimate truth of Brahman. One must begin to do his own home work
without the scriptures, only then it is possible to acquire Self-Knowledge or
Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.
