When one realizes
the fact that, the whole universe and its contents, movable and immovable, is
known to be consciousness, and thus the existence of everything else is
negated, where is then any room to say that the universe is universe. Universe
and its contents bound to be consciousness.
Sage Sri , Sanakara said:-
(VC) 65. As a treasure hidden underground requires (for its
extraction) competent instruction, excavation, the removal of stones and other
such things lying above it and (finally) grasping, but never comes out by being
(merely) called out by name, so the transparent Truth of the self, which is
hidden by Maya and its effects, is to be attained through the instructions of a
knower of Brahman, followed by reflection, meditation and so forth, but not
through arguments.
One cannot expect mental spoon feeding for everything. Seeker has to do his own homework. One will not understand and grasp the ultimate truth through egocentric argument,
which leads nowhere but to perversity because ultimate truth is not based on the ego but it is based on the formless soul.
That is why BUDDHA SAID: - Believe nothing just because a
so-called wise person said it. Believe nothing just because a belief is
generally held. Believe nothing just because it is said in ancient books.
Believe nothing just because it is said to be of divine origin. Believe nothing
just because someone else believes it. Believe only what you yourself test and
judge to be true.
Swami Vivekananda said: - “You have to grow from the inside
out. None can teach you, none can make you spiritual. There is no other teacher
but your own soul.”
The real Moksha or freedom is to realize the fact that ‘I’ -awareness
is mere physical awareness. Physical awareness is not self-awareness. The self
–awareness is when the formless soul or
consciousness, the innermost self remains aware of its own awareness.
Dualist sages could not distinguish
between ‘I’ and ‘formless witness.’ The 'I' was the witness. Their highest was
the Jiva. One is so much attached to the 'I' that he do not want to think that
'I' does not exist. Again one is unable to detach the ‘I’ from the Real
witness.
Most of the modern Gurus are also
stuck with ‘I’ awareness as self-awareness. The ‘I’ awareness is present only
when the mind is present. Mind is present only when the universe is present.
Universe is present only when the waking or dream is present. The ‘I’ awareness is absent when the mind is
absent. Mind is absent than the universe or waking or dream is absent. Thus ‘I’
awareness is mere illusion. The
self-awareness is ‘I- LESS AWARENESS.
