Sunday, July 8, 2012

By holding on to theories one remains in the realm of duality




By holding on to theories one remains in the realm of duality. One has to mentally go on dropping what is not truth through deeper self-search. Finally when one becomes aware of the fact that, his ego, his body and the world are one in essence  than there is self-awareness in the midst of duality.  In nondual self-awareness, the ego is not considered as ego, even though ego is present, the body is not considered as body even though body is present, the world which confronts him is not considered as world even though the world is present , the duality ceases even though  the duality  is present  because of wisdom everything is considered as consciousness. Thus there is conscious oneness.
When self becomes aware of its formless non-dual nature it becomes empty of ignorance or illusion or duality or experience of waking or dream.  Thus whatever remains empty of duality or ignorance or illusion is non-dual reality. Only through wisdom one becomes aware of the truth in the midst of duality.

 That is why "Sri, Sankara said: - Without causing the objective universe to vanish and without knowing the truth of the Self, how is one to achieve Liberation. -63- (VC)”

Universe in which we exist will not remain as reality when wisdom dawns. Universe is mere mirage created out of consciousness and there is conscious awareness of unity in diversity because there is no second thing exist other than consciousness.

The soul is the innermost self. The soul is present in the form of consciousness.  It is the soul, which was in ignorance, experiences the duality as reality. When it wakes up to its own true nature there is neither the ego, nor body, nor the world remains as reality.  The soul alone remains in its own formless nondual true nature, in   self - awareness.
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he dream becomes unreal when waking takes place. Similarly the waking becomes unreal when wisdom dawns.  Limiting the consciousness to waking or dream (duality) is erroneous.  It was present even in deep sleep without the body and without the world (without waking or dream). If consciousness was no there is deep sleep than one will not say he had sound sleep in waking experience. Therefore perfect understanding of ‘what is what’ leads to nondual self-awareness in midst of duality.

For that one has to drop all the accumulated knowledge based on the ego (waking entity), which is the false self within the false experience (waking). And lean to view and judge the three states on the base of the formless soul or consciousness, the innermost self, because whatever based on the ego (waking entity) leads to intellectuality.
Intellectuality is based on individuality. Individuality is falsehood because the self is not an individual because it is formless. The formless soul or consciousness pervades in everything and everywhere in all the three states as their formless substance and witness. In the realm of truth the formless substance and witness are one in essence. The essence is consciousness. Thus consciousness alone is real and all else mere illusion because there is no second thing exist other than consciousness.