For Gnani the “self” shines
without the form, name and experience of the universe, because he is fully
aware of the fact that, his body, name and his experience of the universe are
mere mirage created out of consciousness therefore he treats his body, name and
his experience of the universe to be consciousness. Thus for a Gnani
consciousness alone is real and any second thing other than consciousness is
mere illusion.
The consciousness is the formless
substance and exists within the universe or mind. The universe or mind is an
object to the formless subject. Thus holding the object as reality without
being aware of the formless subject, which is consciousness is cause of the
ignorance.
The soul or self is in the form of
consciousness and the mind or universe is mere mirage created out of
consciousness. Holding the mirage as
reality and judging on the base of the body as self and thinking that these two
are one is cause of the ignorance.
Consciousness is sentient, mind,
which is in the form of universe, is insentient. Therefore all the contents of
the universe are insentient. Thus holding the insentient as sentient is cause
of ignorance.
Consciousness is eternal and ever
existent, Mind, which is in the form of universe, is transient and nonexistent,
it is due to self - ignorance, the duality is experienced as reality. Only through self-awareness, the self becomes
aware of its formless non-dual nature.
Thus it is the self that has to become aware of itself by realizing the
fact that the mind or universe is mere mirage.
Thus it is the self that has to become aware of the fact that, it is not
the waking entity, which perceives the world to realize the waking experience is
mere mirage in the midst of waking experience.
