The Soul is in the form of consciousness. The consciousness
is the innermost self. The witness (consciousness) can never be something
known. The ego being known cannot be the witness. Whatever is seen and known
cannot be taken as reality. Therefore, mind (universe or waking or dream)
cannot be considered as real, because they appear and disappear. The witness of the appearance and
disappearance of the mind (universe or waking or dream) is consciousness.
Consciousness is ultimate reality or Brahman.
Ultimate truth is known only in the negative way. One
cannot make it an object of knowledge. One can know that he cannot have an idea
of an object unless he posits a knower, unless the knower is implied already.
The witness itself is wisdom, that is, it knows everything else. The self is
known only when one sees something else, for that other thing reminds him of
it. The self is unknowable as an object.
Knowing the ultimate truth means
knowing that consciousness(soul) exists. The word “know” implies duality, something
known; on the other hand Wisdom does imply an object. Consciousness, the
innermost self knows the universe or waking or dream as an object. The knowing
powers, the Formless Witness, the knower can have no statement made about it,
other than that its existence cannot be negated. The ultimate truth which one can
know is that consciousness is not something to be known.
