The soul, the innermost self has to be free from experiencing
the duality as reality. To overcome the
duality, the waking entity has to know it itself is not the self but the self
is the soul, which witnesses coming and going of the three states. Thus self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma
Gnana is necessary to realize ‘what is truth’ and ‘what is untruth’ to reject
the untruth by accepting the truth.
Lust, anger, greed are part of the duality. From the ultimate
standpoint the duality is mere illusion. If duality is mere illusion than the
form, time and space are mere illusion. If form, time and space are mere
illusion than the universe is mere illusion. If the universe is mere illusion,
than the three states are mere illusion. If the three states are mere illusion
than the experience of birth, life,
death and the world are mere illusion. If birth, life, death and the world are mere
illusion than the individualized god, heaven, hell, sin, and karma are part of
the illusion. Therefore it is necessary
to realize ‘what is illusion’ and ‘what is reality’ in order to get freedom
from falsehood.
By inquiring WHO AM I? It
unfolds the fallacy of the forum thus only half the truth is revealed. The ignorant
who fail to apprehend the ‘self’ are caught in the web of illusion experience,
the birth, life, death and world as reality.
The people who think the ‘I’ or ‘I AM’ as self are caught up in the web
of duality experiences the pain and pleasure as reality.
As the waking entity or ego becomes more and more inward turned,
it becomes gradually free from experiencing the duality as reality. When the soul, the innermost self becomes
freed from all the obstruction by fully eliminating the ignorance it remains in
its own awareness. When the soul,
remains in its own awareness in the midst of duality then the duality is mere
illusion created out of the soul, which is present in the form of
consciousness.
When the soul, the innermost self gives up identification with
the waking entity than and recognizes its true nature is as undifferentiated
awareness, unaffected by form, time and space and enter into its own awareness
of its formless nondual true
nature.
The seeker directs his attention resolutely towards the source
of the three states and looking for the three states as a matter of
indifference seeker has to release the mind, which is present in the form of the
universe and the soul, which is present in the form of consciousness are one in
essence.
The seeker should become aware of the fact that, the self is neither the waking entity nor the self is dream
entity but the self is the formless soul. On the standpoint of the soul, the
innermost self the three states are non-existent as reality.
The seeker has to realize the fact that, it is
not the waking entity (you) which witnesses the three states. The formless soul is the witness of the
coming and going of the three states. The soul is immutable. The soul is unaffected
by the happening within the three states because the three states are mere
mirage created out of the formless soul, which is present in the form of
consciousness. The soul or consciousness is the innermost self.
When the Upanishad says: the
human goal is to acquire Self-Knowledge and they indicate the personal gods,
scriptures, worship and rituals are not the means to Self –Knowledge, then why
anyone should indulge in it. The religion, concept of individualized god and
scriptures are the greatest obstacle to realize non-dual truth or self-realization,
because they are based on false self.
The seeker of truth has to search the ultimate truth without losing
himself in the labyrinths of philosophy, through deeper, inquiry, analysis and
reasoning and assimilate and realize it.
That
is why Sage Sri Sankara, indicated in Bhaja Govindam says: - [Jnana Viheena Sarva Mathena Bajathi na Muktim janma Shatena]
- one without knowledge does not obtain liberation
even in a hundred births, no matter which religious faith he follows.
Then it is no use
going roundabout way, trace the Brahman which is the formless substance and the
witness of the universe, which is in the form of mind. By tracing the source of the mind or the universe
one will be able to realize the Brahman.
