Many People adopt the attitude that what they know is truth.
And what others say is false. This attitude makes them not to verify
anything other then what they know as truth. One needs to be rational, not
merely logical. Logic is has its value only in physical plane.
As one advances towards spiritual plane he sees the logic underlying
experience and becomes more rational. His reasoning is two-fold--implicit and
explicit.
There is a need of facts of physical proof in scientific invention,
whereas in pursuit of truth the proof has to be grasped mentally and realized.
Therefore, the truth is realized only by few who take this mental
pursuit. “Whatever facts revealed, which is un-contradictable has to be
accepted as truth.
The truth based on the formless soul/self is worthwhile; without it, one
has something else, not truth. Most people refuse to venture into pursuit
of truth; because they do not want to go into the root of things.
Until one gets firm conviction of the
ultimate truth he has to constantly reflect on the nature of the innermost self,
till he achieves the equilibrium. Thus
renouncing the worldly life is not necessary in order to acquire non-dual
wisdom.
This universe is but a state of ignorance. In reality universe is nothing but illusion
created out of consciousness. The existent and non-existent of forms, name and
things do not lose their inherent nature. The consciousness self-existing,
which knows both existence and non-existence, never ceases to be because it is
cause of the illusion and it itself is uncaused.
The nature of the consciousness,
which is the true self, is free from mental contents (three states),
effortless, immutable, and spotless is neither far way nor near but ever
present in all the three states as their formless substance and witness. When
the formless substance and witness are one in essence the three states are mere
mirage created out of that formless essence.
The universe exists because of
consciousness. The moment the ignorance vanishes the universe with all its
contents becomes unreal. Thus realizing the unreal nature of the universe or
waking experience in the midst waking experience leads to self-awareness.
Self-awareness frees one from experiencing the waking experience as reality.
Non-dual Peace is the true nature of
the innermost self, which is soul or consciousness. Peace is lost when one admits the second
thing, which is the cause of ignorance. Ignorance is the cause of experiencing
the duality (waking) as reality.
Consciousness, that which know or
is. There can be no ignorance in its
true nature. Taking things for what it is not, leads to Self –Awareness. Just
as a dream reality lasts only a short time so with Gnana or non-dual wisdom the
delusion of the waking reality disappears. i.e. the universe is seen as no
reality but as an illusory appearance.
Consciousness is always present
everywhere. It is within the form, time and space but it is beyond form, time
and space, with not before or after. It is undeniable and obvious. Nothing can
be said about it because it exists prior to the appearance of form, time and
space and also it prevails after disappearance of the form, time and
space.
As soon as one realizes that self is not the form but self is formless then he
becomes free from experiencing the illusory birth, life, death and the universe
as reality. True
Self is free from the bondage of Karma, from the fetters of desires, from the
mirage of this mundane life and its concomitant evils and miseries.
One sees the clouds. The clouds move continuously
but their moment is within the waking or dream. If one takes a photograph, he sees
the Clouds in the picture, but there is no motion of clouds in the picture.
Motion is mental creation within the waking or dream.
Motion means duality. Motion is mind. The
object appears to move only. Motion is illusion. Behind the objects that move
there is the absolutely motionless consciousness which witnesses the motion. Consciousness
is still, it is all-pervading, and Infinite. Consciousness is everywhere,
because it is all-pervading and infinite.
The true self is the soul. Soul is in the form of consciousness,
which is hidden within the three states, and its nature is formless and non-dual. It can be known only through discrimination between the dual and non-dual experiences. And it is beyond
the reach of speech and words and thoughts and form, time and space.
Discriminating between the Soul, which is in the form of consciousness
and mind, which is in the form of universe one realizes what is real and what
is unreal. by identifying consciousness
as true self one becomes aware the mind
which is in the form of universe is mere mirage created out of consciousness and consciousness alone is real and ultimate
truth or Brahman.
All worldly enjoyment depends on the
waking experience, which is a second thing; whereas the everlasting happiness
is only in non-dual reality.
If one gets abundant enjoyment by
acquiring all kinds of worldly objects than surely he cannot be happy without
renouncing all. But one need not renounce them for the sake of
getting wisdom being in the midst of illusion one must know and realize the
unreal nature of the waking experience by mentally renouncing the waking
experience in the midst of waking experience leads to self-awareness.
