The seeker has to identify ‘I’ as mind and “Mind as universe. And universe as waking or dream” and ego as “Seeking Mind” in order to assimilate the Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.
The seeker has to be aware of the fact that, the true self is not “He” or “She”.
It is wrong to identify the self as he or she
because it refers to physicality. The self is genderless because it is
formless. Identifying “Self” as he or she, leads to all sorts’ of doubts and confusion. When
the self is identified as he or she it becomes physical self or ego.
When the ego is not the self, it is erroneous to
judge the truth on the base of ego/physical self and come to some conclusion of
finality on the physical base is erroneous because the truth is the prior appearance
of the physical existence. Thus, the truth has to be judged on the ultimate
point of view, not on the base of what appeared later on.
Man has been conditioned to think and be and behave
and believe and live as an individual separate from the world. Therefore, the
self has been identified with the physical body with the name within the waking
experience.
The ‘mind’ is the Waking or dream experience. The
Waking or dream is not the experience of the physical body but of the
Soul , the innermost self. The man and his world are within the mind; therefore the mind is not
within the brain. This has to be understood to assimilate the self-knowledge.
Without understanding this fact the assimilation is an impossibility.
The nature of the Self is formless non-dual.
The nature of the mind is duality or diversity. The self is the formless
substance of the mind or duality . Therefore, the whole experience of
the diversity created out of single stuff. Therefore, there is no
division in ultimate standpoint is the self ,which in the form of
consciousness. Viewing the three states on the base of the physical self is the
cause of division and separation.
When the seekers become aware of the
fact that the true self is not physical but the soul, he becomes aware of the
fact that the mind is mere illusion. The one who is ignorant of the true
self experiences the duality as reality.
A person perceives the world within the mind.
Absent of mind is absent of waking or dream. Thus waking or dream is
mind.
One thinks he is an individual separate from the
world within the mind. He is unaware of the fact that the mind is not within
his brain, but he and his experience of the world are within the mind.
Thus, he thinks he is born in this world and the world existed prior to him.
Thus this conviction makes him believe the birth, life and death as
a reality. Till this conviction is there he will views
and judges the three states on the physical base, which is the cause of ignorance
of the fact that, the true self is the formless soul.
This ignorance of the true self is the main hurdle
in pursuit of truth. Therefore, it is very much necessary to rectify the
seeking base from physical (form) to spirit (formless) before proceeding
further in pursuit of truth.
If the seeking base is not rectified it will lead
one towards hallucination. When the mind itself is a myth then the man and his
experience of the world is bound to be a myth. Therefore a perfect understanding of
the mind will help one to unfold the mystery of the mind. It is
impossible to unfold the truth on the base of false self within the false
experience, because the truth is prior to the appearance of the
falsehood. And falsehood creates ignorance.
The seeker has to burn down the ignorance by rectifying
the base of reasoning by realizing the fact that the self is not physical but it is
the spirit.
