The
consciousness is cause for existence of the body and world and it itself is uncaused. Consciousness is
the innermost self. In self- awareness the body and world cease to exist as
reality. The whole universe is mental; it is in mind; universe is mere mirage
created out of consciousness!" the ‘I’ is not confined to the body; but ‘I
is the mind and mind is the whole universe and universe appears as waking or
dream and disappears as deep sleep.
Deeper self -search reveals the fact that, mind is not limited to the physical entity but the Mind is this whole Universe. Thus thinking the mind is within the body is cause of the ignorance. And ignorance is cause of experiencing the illusion as reality. Illusion is cause of duality. Duality is cause of sedation. Within the duality one thinks he is and individual separate from the world and world existed prior to him and he is born in it afterwards. Until this conviction is there one remains in ignorance of his true existence, which beyond form, time and space.
"Verily
nothing is mine" If you have universe in the mind, in Brahman; what is
there to say that this is mine when there is nothing beside consciousness,
which is ultimate truth or Brahman; when whatever is, is myself. c.f. deep
sleep illustration, when everything is converted into conciousness.
All "spiritual" planes are really
mental: those who regard them as different or higher are deceiving themselves.
The
dream becomes unreal when the waking takes place; similarly the waking becomes
unreal when the wisdom dawns. Therefore
everything has to be grasped mentally, not argued on the intellectual point of
view, which is limited to the false physical entity(ego or waking entity) within the false experience.
The
unreal (mind or universe) is created out of real (soul or consciousness) , and
when one views and judges on the standpoint unreal (ego or waking entity) then
there is duality. When one is able to view and judge on the standpoint of real
[soul or consciousness] then there is only non -duality. Therefore, when the wisdom dawns then there
is neither duality, nor non duality, only reality.
All
these confusion will go on, until man thinks, he is an individual and apart
from the world, and the world existed prior to him and he is born in it
afterwards. Therefore, it is necessary to know the fact that, the true self is not
ego, but the formless soul. If the formless osul is the true self then one has to view and judge the three states on the base of the formless soul inoder to unfold the mystery of the mind or universe.
Viewing and judging the three states
on the standpoint of the physical self (ego) is erroneous, because the waking entity(ego) is not the self. One has to view and judge on
the standpoint of the formless soul (consciousness) to realize the fact that, the world
along with man is a mere illusion. The illusion (universe or mind or waking) is created
out of consciousness. Thus consciousness is Brahman or ultimate reality. Thus
no second thing exists other than consciousness.
Deeper self-search reveals the fact that, the
mind, which is in the form of universe is an appearance. Only on the standpoint of physical entity (waking entity or
ego), the universe is reality. But on the
base of the formless soul, which is in the form of consciousness the universe is unreal.
The formless witness or consciousness itself is the substance of the
universe. The man perceives the world
within the mind or waking. Therefore, man, ego, world together is
mind.
The mind is in the form of universe. the universe appears as waking or dream(duality) and disappears as deep sleep(non-duality). The formless soul or consciousness is
the innermost self and witness of the mind or universe. The universe appears as
waking or dream disappears as deep sleep.
The waking or dreams are dualistic appearance and deep sleep is
non-dualistic. The one which witnesses the three states is formless, apart and
eternal. The mind or universe is mere
mirage created out of consciousness. on
the standpoint consciousness which is the formless substance and witness of the three
states the three states are not real.
The formless substance witness is soul
or consciousness, which is in the form of consciousness. Therefore nothing
exist other than consciousness. The objective awareness is mere illusion
created out of consciousness, the innermost self. Therefore, consciousness
itself is ultimate truth or Brahman, because there is no second thing exit
other than consciousness.
Consciousness
is ultimate truth. Consciousness alone is real. Universe is unreal.
Everything other than consciousness is unreal.
The waking objects fall into two
categories- practical life within the practical world waking objects become
unreal on the dawn of non-dual wisdom. The egocentric knowledge within the
practical life is not Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana. Self-knowledge
or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana means the means the knowledge of the soul, which is the innermost self. The
soul is in the form of consciousness. Therefore, formless consciousness is the
innermost self. Thus basing the reason
on the soul is soul-centric inquiry.