Consciousness
is neither the body, nor the senses, nor
the ego, nor the world because they are all transient. The consciousness is the
pervades in everything and everywhere in the world. Thus it is not limited a
thing because the whole world created out of consciousness. Thus consciousness alone is real and all else
is mere illusion.
The ignorance
always flashes as 'I'. The soul
powers the ‘I’. The ‘I’ is present in the form of Mind. The mind is present in
the form of the universe. The universe appears as waking or dream and diapers
as deep sleep. The one which is aware of the coming and going of the three
states is neither the waking entity nor the dream entity but the formless soul,
which is present in the form of consciousness. When the soul becomes aware of its formless non-dual true nature in the midst of duality it is called self –awareness. It is
foolish to limit the consciousness only to duality because the consciousness
pervades all the three states.
The formless
soul is self-luminous. The three states do
not. The formless soul or consciousness is permanent the three states
are impermanent. The soul and the three
states are one in essence.
When the ultimate truth is rightly
known and one attains eternal life thereby. Through soul, the innermost self he
gains strength and through its knowledge immortality.
Not by intellectual speculation but only by an awakening to the
reality of his true existence he gets soul-centric vision. Soul, the innermost
self’s nature is like state of deep sleep.
Religion, yoga and intellectualism
are not the means to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana. Without getting rid of the ignorance and
trying to get self-awareness through religion and yoga is like a sleeping man
trying to know what he is about, without waking up. As sleep is to waking, so
is ordinary life to the state of realization.
