Self-Knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana
is the aim of every human being. Since everyone thinks the physical body is the
self their aim is misdirected and they focus their attention on materiality
which makes one feel the duality (waking) as reality.
Millions are in search of the ultimate truth,
and only one in million will be able to grasp and realize it. By focusing more
attention on soul, the innermost self. as
conviction becomes firmer and the duality will fade away as reality.
soul, the innermost self which is one’s true
identity will prevail as birth-less and deathless, eternal substance and
witness of the mirage called duality.
After long deeper persuasion the seeker will realize the fact that, the
world is reality only on the base of the waking entity, only then he will be
able to get the conviction that the three states are unreal.
It is absolutely necessary to know the fact that, the self is neither the waking entity nor the self is dream entity but the self is formless soul,which is present in the form of consciousness.
Nothing
can be independent of consciousness because no second thing exists other than
consciousness. The whole universe without the form, time and space is
consciousness. Without the form, time
and space there is no universe but it is only the formless nondual
consciousness. But this truth has to be grasped to assimilate and realize the
true essence of non-duality.
When
one puts aside the imagination and has the thinker-- what does he get with
thinking—he can get only a thought. Meditation is only an effort of the ego
within the illusion; it is imagination based on the false self; the consciousness
remaining the same with or without ideas.
When
formless witness witnesses the waking experience and its attention is fixed to
the waking experience, which is an object to it, than it is in ignorance of its
formless non-dual true nature and it is in forgetfulness of its own formless non-dual true nature. Same thing is applied to the dream. But when formless
witness is free from waking and dream it is in its formless non-dual true
nature, which identified as deep sleep in the waking experience, which is the
state of ignorance. Until waking entity
traces the formless witness mentally and realizes it itself is not the self but
the formless witness, which is in the form of consciousness is the true self,
the wisdom will not dawn.
The ignorance is the cause
of experiencing all sorrow and calamities as reality. Eradicating the
ignorance completely is necessary in order get liberation from experiencing the duality as reality and this is possible only through Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana. Thus, there is no other
road to freedom other than Gnana. There
is no other entrance other than except Gnana.
The ignorance will vanish only when the non-dual wisdom dawns.
Sage Sri Sankara,
in Bhaja Govindam says: - [Jnana Viheena
Sarva Mathena Bajathi na Muktim janma Shatena] - one without knowledge does not obtain liberation even in a hundred
births, no matter which religious faith he follows.
Thus it
proves that religion is not the means to self-knowledge.
Therefore,
there is no need to study scriptures, or indulge in god and guru glorification
or performing religious rituals in pursuit of truth. Since, they are not the means to acquire
non-dual wisdom. It is only waste of time and effort to indulge in those
things.
When one tries and verify all this paths and practices and find them
useless and inadequate to acquire non dual wisdom, then he will find FP and IP BLOGS are helpful sign posts in pursuit of truth.
If one is aiming to be a master, Guru or teacher, he will
never reach his destination. One has to share his knowledge with the fellow
seeker not to make them his followers but only direct them if they are
interested to travel beyond form, time and space.
It is foolish to
impose our idea on others because everyone is not in same level of
understanding. Every one's inner work is
on. When they are ripe enough they will understand, assimilate and realize on
their own. If they are ready and sharp enough
they will grasp it instantly and they will reach their destination with lesser
time and effort. Thus preaching, teaching is not wisdom, but by very careful
reasoning, seeker has to determine the nature of reality. Thinking in right
direction alone helps seeker determining the nature of reality.
