The truth is
beyond all philosophy. When one realizes all his accumulation of knowledge from
outer sources is inadequate and useless in quenching his spiritual thirst, then he
will start his inner (mental) journey on his own. The journey is full of obstacles because we
have to drop all the accumulated dross and all the conditioning (samskaras) to
cross the ocean of duality or Samsara.
As one
indulges in deeper self-search he will know somewhere he is going wrong, and it
is for him to overcome the entire obstacle on his own by
knowing what is obstructing his realization.
The greatest hindrance is mixing religion, God, scriptures, and yogic
theories and intellectual speculations and logical conclusions. Moreover,
attachment to scriptures, personal god and religious code of conduct keeps one
permanently in the grip of duality.
All religions of the world and all philosophies of the world are based
on the individuality or ego; find no answers for many questions. Truth seekers
all over the world are trying to find answers for themselves, and they imagine
and write articles and books of their ideas and others will read and blindly
accept them as truth.
There is no need to condemn any ones’ views and ideas or writing,
but without being judgmental, seeker has to verify whether the author is
speaking on the standpoint of ego, or whether he is speaking on the standpoint
of soul, the innermost self. If his views are based on the standpoint of
the waking entity or ego, then there is many doubts and confusion. If his
views are based on the soul as self then there is no confusion and doubts of
any sort.
Nothing has to be accepted without verifying the validity of any claim
in pursuit of truth. Only un-contradictable truth has to be accepted as truth.
There is no need to condemn any religion or any saints or sages, but
seeker has to think beyond religion, scriptures and individualized
gods.
The religious, yogic and worldly truths are individual truth based on
the ego or waking entity. The spiritual truth is universal truth, which
is based on the formless soul, the innermost self. The soul, innermost self is present in the form of consciousness. The truth which is based on
the formless soul, the innermost self is
the ultimate truth or Brahman or Christ or Emptiness.
The religion is based on the body (form) as self, since it is based on
the birth. Spirituality is based on the soul [formless]. Thus there is need to
bifurcate the religion from spirituality. Religion views and judges on the
standpoint of the physical self/ego, whereas the in pursuit of truth everything
is viewed, judged and concluded on the base of the soul, which is the true
self. Whatever is based on the physical entity is not spirituality
because the soul has no form, so it has no religion. Therefore, seeker of
truth has to rectify the reasoning base, from form to formless, to
understand and assimilate the Self-Knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.
