A man may wish
to live for a hundred years, performing his duties as prescribed by the
scriptures, but he will not be able to assimilate the self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana. If one does duties in the way prescribed in
the scriptures, it may be good for the worldly life within the waking
experience. The results of whatever one do will cling to the duality, which he
is experiencing it as reality. There is no other way other then, finding the
true self and realizing the fact that ‘I’ is not the self, but the soul is the true
self.
There is no
point in renouncing the practical life within the practical world in search of
the ultimate truth. There is no point in
running after the pleasures the world within the practical world. These
pleasures are momentary, because the waking experience is momentary. If one runs
after them he will only become the pleasure hunter within the practical world and bound to
experience illusory suffering as reality.
Not everyone
is in a position to acquire the self-knowledge. People want to enjoy life, and
to such people the religion, god glorification and yoga are necessary. They
must fulfill their desires strictly according to the rules laid down by the religious
and yogic scriptures. This will slowly lead to the purification of the mind
that is, the hankering for sense pleasures will go, the spirit of
discrimination will grow strong, and love for Self-knowledge will develop. When
this happens they will no longer be attached to what they have been doing all
their lives. The result is that they will be receptive to self-knowledge.
Religion, yoga
is for those who are not in the position to grasp the non-dual truth. They need
not feel lost. They can take time. However, eventually they have to come to the
path of the truth. Until then they must follow their chosen path.
Science
is based on objects; its invention is based on object as subject. Thus the
modern science can get the truth of objectified subject. Elimination of object
mentally and realizing the subject then judging the worldview on the base of
pure subject leads to discovery of ultimate truth.
The
feelings and impressions and notions are based on the physical self. The
scientific inventions are based on the physical self. Deeper inquiry, analysis and
reasoning revels the fact that the physical self is false self within the false
experience.
Modern
science is the very opposite of the Gnani’s standpoint of view. Gnani
says that a thing exists on the standpoint of the form as self and form ceases
to exist without the formless self.
Therefore,
it is necessary to know the fact that, the true self is not physical but the
formless spirit, which we call it soul or self.
There
is a need for sufficient distinction or discrimination has to be made between
the witness and the witnessed. The witness is mixed and identified
with what it witnessed and the result is doubts and confusion still prevailed
without identifying the witness.
Personal
feelings, ideas, judgments entered into the presentation of facts
by the so called gurus and the whole mass passed as truth,
the process often being given the high-sounding name of Intuition, Vision or
Revelation which are mere fancy based on the physical self.
The
religious idea of rewarding the virtuous and punishing the sinner in graded
degrees are popular among the mass. These are some of the very well-known
instances of pathetic fallacy, that is to say, introducing the element of
personal sentiment in our appreciation of events and objects. Even today
literate mass follow or observe these religious dogmas superstition
and tradition.
Witness
and Witnessed
Science
cuts itself from the witness and remains aloof from the witnessed. The
scientist not only stands aside, outside the field of witness. It is because
the scientist is unaware of the witness, is apart from the witnessed, and he
and his invention are part of the witnessed. Therefore science cannot cross the
threshold of the physical existence. Thus its invention is limited to physicality,
which is part and parcel of the witnessed [universe or waking or mind] .
