Many books of thoughts, logical books are vitiated in value because they do not inquire into the nature of the mind. the ego body and the world are within the waking experience. The waking appears and disappears every night as sleep. The 'I'(object) is always changing but the formless witness[subject] never changes.
The soul, the innermost self"
is different from “mind” because without the soul, the mind ceases to
exist. The formless substance and witness of the mind is the
soul, the innermost self. Thus the soul,which is present in the form of consciousness pervades in everything and everywhere in all the three states.
It is
the formless soul, the innermost self that is in ignorence ot its own true nature. Due to ignorence it experinces the illusory duality as reality. And it is the soul, the innermost self that has to get free from the bondage
of the illusion. The illusion is present in the form of mind. Mind is in the
form of universe. Universe appears as waking or dream and disappears as deep
sleep. The individual experiences of
birth, life, death and the world are within the waking experience. The dream is parallel waking experience and
waking is parallel dream.
Deeper
self-search reveals the fact that , the self is neither the waking entity nor
the self is the dream entity but the self is formless soul, which witnesses the
coming and going of the three states in succession without the physical
apparatus. This has to be mentally
grasped and assimilated to realize the formless soul, the innermost self is nothing to do with the three states.
On the standpoint of the three states, the three states are mere illusion.
The
practical life within the practical world, which is present as waking experience,
is mere illusion. If waking experience is mere illusion than the individual
experience of birth, life, death and world are mere illusion. If the
experience birth, life death and the world are mere illusion, it means the form;
time and space are mere illusion. If
form, time and space are mere illusion, it means the past, present and future
is mere illusion. Thus it is necessary for the seeker to realize the fact that, form,
time and space are one in essence, in order to realize the three states are one
in essence. That essence is consciousness. Thus all the diversity is created
out of formless consciousness. Thus no
second thing exist other than consciousness, the innermost self.
The seeker of
truth has to constantly reflect on the subject in order to get firm conviction
of the truth. Seeker has to reflect on
the same truth again and again until it becomes reality. One needs to constant
reflect on the subject until he gets firm conviction of what is what.
That which becomes aware of
anything is Mind. The objective awareness is called mind. the mind is in the form of universe. the universe appears as waking or dream. Mind is not permanent whatever one
thinks of himself of the world or of the god, he is aware of it only when the
mind is present and they are absent when the mind is absent. Thus the
physical existence including the body and the world is mind. When mind becomes
still , it remains in its formless non dual nature of its substance. The substance of the mind is conciousness. conciousness is the soul, the innermost self.
Gods existence depends on
the mind. If there is no mind, then there is no man, no world, no god. Whatever
prevails without the mind is ultimate truth. Thus formless soul, the innermost self prevails with or without the mind. The consciousness(soul) is ultimate truth or Brahman. Brahman truth is
God.
One can it say that
God is here or is not here or anywhere only in waking experience. The waking
experience is mere mirage. Mirage is not permanent, thus the
personal God is part of the mirage. Belief in personal god is a
biggest obstacle in pursuit of truth, because there is no second thing exists
other then formless soul or conciousness.
Experience is
impossible if there is no consciousness (witness). consciousness and soul is one and the same ; the names only are different. Those who advocate
nothingness, or sunya are not gone deep enough, because if there were no
soul (consciousness) to say so one would be blocks of wood, incapable of
experience.
Advaitin disagree with Buddhists who say, there is nothing -
nonentity. Advaitin believe there is some reality, even though things are not
what they appear to be. If one knows the truth, he will know what to do to find
inspiration for action. Seeker of truth‘s subject is to know what is it that is
Real.
DVI" means two.
DVI" connotes dual existence and the non-dual. Which of these two is
non-existence? People think that there is God and that the jivas--souls--
like them form the second, other than them. There is no such duality at
all.
"Soul”, which is
present in the form of consciousness, is the only reality and there is nothing
other than this soul or consciousness, which is the innermost self. On the
stand point the formless soul or consciousness, innermost self, there is no
second thing exists other than consciousness.
Because the whole universe in, which we all exist is created out of
consciousness. There is no second thing
exist other than consciousness. Hence it is nondual (non-duality)
The ego is the thing one
is attached to most; his attachment to the body is less. The religious thinkers think
that the consciousness in one is different from the mind in
another. He cannot measure consciousness, cannot say that it is confined
to this or that body or that it starts here and stops there. Therefore, religionists
who say every soul is different and teach the reality
of the individual soul, is because they cling to this ‘I’, because they lack
the humility to give up the ego, because they don't understand that the Ego is
not a permanent thing: everyday the ‘I’ dies in sleep. Thus the theory of
individual soul is mere words.
Religious thinkers could not
distinguish between ‘I’ and ‘Formless witness.’ The 'I' was the witness. There highest was the Personal self. It is so much attached to the 'I'
that it do not want to think that 'I' does not exist. Again, it is unable to
detach the ‘I’ from the Real witness, which is formless.
The intellectuals argue and
says: If everything else is false, then soul also is false.
However, when he says Ataman, is false, there must be the awareness,
consciousness, behind the very statement. He is making statement with in
the waking experience will also go, die, therefore waking experience is not
permanent . The formless witness of the three states is permanent.
