Religion, belief in God, is
an escape from realizing ultimate reality. Belief in god and belief system blocks one's realization
of ultimate truth or Brahman.
People of various walks of
life believe in their inherited belief system and its idea of God. People indulge
in God and guru glorification to symbolize that they are religious people.
Religion makes one believe
that, the practical life within the practical world as reality. By believing the practical life within the
practical world as reality one is bound to believe, the experience of the birth,
life, death and the world as reality. By
believing in the experience of birth,
life, death and the world as reality one is accepting the false self (waking
entity or ego) as true self and the
illusory world(waking) as reality). By accepting
the false self as real self and illusory world as reality, one is accepting the
experience of the form, time and space as reality. By accepting the experience
of the form, time and space as reality one is accepting illusion
or mind or universe or waking as reality.
Religion and its idea of
God make one, more and more egocentric. Egocentricity makes one feel he is an individual
separate from the world and world existed prior to him and he is born in this
world afterwards. Thus this conviction
or condition or samskara is so deep rooted therefore it is impossible acquire
Self-Knowledge or brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.
Religion is tool for giving samskara
or conditioning to be, to behave, to believe, to live according to its code of
conduct, in family and society to live peacefully honestly loving the humanity
with the fear of GOD. Thus region is belief
centric not truth centric.
Religion makes one getting stuck with the reality of the practical
life within the practical world. Religion is nothing to do with the Self-knowledge
or brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana because it is based on the formless soul, which
is the innermost self, whereas religion is based on the form or waking entity (ego).
Therefore
mixing religion with spirituality or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana and trying to realize
the truth is like trying to find snow in the desert.
The one who thinks religion and yogic path is for moksha or nirvana
escapes from realizing the fact that, the self is neither waking entity nor the
self is dream entity but the self is formless witness of the three states. Therefore,
one has to realize the existence of the three states, which is apart from the
three states. The
waking entity (ego) or waking world (mind or universe) is nothing to do with
soul or consciousness, which is the innermost self and it is ever free from
experience of form, time and space.
Every religionists, yogis
and theorist (ignorant) are saying their own accepted truth, over and over
again. They are merely propagating their truth, but none of them are able to
establish it with certainty, which can be verified here and now, not in the
next life or next world.
In dualistic philosophies the
imaginary god is made as creator basing on cause and effect theory. Then the
doubt natural arises, who is the cause of the creator. The creator is dependent
on creation for his existence. Without the creation the creator ceases to
exist. Thus the dualistic theory holds no water, because it is based on mere
imagination and speculation, which they try to prove it on citing the mythological
stories and doctrine of code of conducts. When the self is not the body then
all these dualistic ideologies hold no water. Therefore the
devotional paths, which are based on the human conducts, are not the means for TRUTH
–REALIZATION.
Truth realization is Self-Realization. Self-Realization is God Realization.
Even the religious based non-dualism
is not the means for truth realization, because their preaching is
based on the non-duality but their practice is based on dualistic view
point. Therefore, it is difficult to get TRUTH
–REALIZATION from conduct based orthodox non-dualism. Thus it looks like
the real essence of non-dualism is lost or destroyed in the past by the
orthodox oriented priest craft and propagated and injected only priest-crafted
non-dualism, to the mass, the reason best known to the masters of the
past. Therefore, it is impossible to come out of all these priest crafted
confusions in one life time. Through orthodox non-dualism it is impossible to
get truth realization.
There is no need to collect all
these baggage of confusions, if one is seeking truth, nothing but truth. The
guru is necessary only in religious and yogic paths, but guru is not necessary
in pursuit of truth. Path of truth is a personal path and it is the path
of verification. But in religion and yoga the verification is not allowed.
Blind faith is main ingredient in belief system and yoga. Gurudom
is playing with words because maybe the meaning is floating somewhere in
between the spaces of words...
People who think themselves to be in
a position to air their knowledge forget one basic fact, namely that they go by
mere appearances. Someone expounds knowledge and the one who receives it begins
to ape the person from whom he has received the knowledge. They never
question the validity of that knowledge.
That
is why 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.
When Advaita declares Atman is Brahman then direct realization of truth is
possible without the scriptures. Know
the soul to be the true self. And true self is in the form of consciousness and
realize consciousness as ultimate truth or Brahman.
Upanishad
says:
This Ataman cannot be attained by the study of the
Vedas, or by intelligence, or by much hearing of sacred books. It is attained by him alone whom
It chooses. To such a one Ataman reveals Its own form. [Katha Upanishad Ch-II -23-P-20]
Mundaka Upanishad :-
This Ataman cannot be attained
through study of the Vedas, nor through intelligence, nor through much
learning. He who chooses Ataman—by him alone is Ataman attained. It is Ataman
that reveals to the seeker Its true nature. [
3 –page-70 
Mundaka Upanishad Upanishads by Nikilanada]
When the Upanishads say:-
It is
attained by him alone whom It chooses. To such a one Atman reveals its own
form. Then what is the use of indulging
through our intelligence or our accumulated knowledge, when one is not chosen
by the self, which is the soul, which is in the form of consciousness.
There is no
need for any philosophy in pursuit of truth because they take the seeker nearer
to truth but they create more doubts and confusions.
The scriptures and theories and teaching based on the ego are
not the yardstick. Using them as yardstick to understand and assimilate the
truth will lead one towards pursuit of arguments. Seeker of truth has to
discover on his own, the truth of his true existence by inquiring “what is
mind?” and “what is substance of the mind?” and move forward.
Religion promises moksha in
next world or next life whereas the moksha or nirvana is possible right now (in
this very life) and right here (in this very life). Simply repeating or reading or hearing what
scriptures say or whatever god men or guru says does not make one to
understand, assimilate and realize the nondual truth. Seeker should not accept
anything as truth without verification.
That why Buddha said:-
Do not believe a spiritual teaching just because:-
1. It is
repeatedly recited,
2. It is written in a scripture,
3. It was handed from guru to disciple,
4. Everyone around you believes it,
5. It has supernatural qualities,
6. It fits my beliefs anyway,
7. It sounds rational to me,
8. It is taught by a respectable person,
9. It was said to be the truth by the teacher,
10. One must defend it or fight for it.
However, only
when it agrees with your experience and reason, and when it is conducive to the
good and gain of oneself and all others, then one should accept the teachings,
and live up to them."
....Buddha.
Buddhism says: all things
are illusory and noting exists. However,
Advaita avers that it is not so. It says
that the universe of course is illusory, but there is Brahman, that exists
forming the very substratum of all things.
That is why Sri, Sankara (VC) indicated that:-
56.
Neither by Yoga, nor by Sankhya, nor by work, nor by learning, but by the
realisation of one's identity with Brahman is Liberation possible, and by no
other means.
58.
Loud speech consisting of a shower of words, the skill in expounding the
Scriptures, and likewise erudition - these merely bring on a little personal
enjoyment to the scholar, but are no good for Liberation.
59. The
study of the Scriptures is useless so long as the highest Truth is unknown, and
it is equally useless when the highest Truth has already been known.
60. The
Scriptures consisting of many words are a dense forest which merely causes the
mind to ramble. Hence men of wisdom should earnestly set about knowing the true
nature of the Self.
61. For
one who has been bitten by the serpent of Ignorance, the only remedy is the
knowledge of Brahman. Of what avail are the Vedas and (other) Scriptures,
Mantras (sacred formulae) and medicines to such a one?
62. A
disease does not leave off if one simply utter the name of the medicine,
without taking it; (similarly) without direct realisation one cannot be
liberated by the mere utterance of the word Brahman.
Holding some teacher or teaching as yardstick and trying to prove that
he is right and others are wrong and indulging in perverse argument will help
to unfold the mystery of the mind. Seeker has to learn to view and judge on the
standpoint of formless witness (soul, the innermost self). Then he will be
never having any doubts and confusion. When one thinks deeply then
only the inner revelation starts and start burning the dross (confusion and doubts).
Luke
17
20 And when he was demanded of the Pharisees,
when the kingdom of God should come, he answered them and said, "The
kingdom of God cometh not with observation: Neither shall they say, 'Lo here!
or, lo there!' for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you."
This means that the
"kingdom of God" (heaven) is within - it is not a place to be
reached, rather the truth of one’s true existence, which is beyond form, time
and space.
The formless soul or
consciousness is the innermost self and
it is the cause of the form, time and space and it itself is uncaused. Thus
soul or spirit is the ultimate truth or Brahman or Christ or Buddha’s
nature.
Corinthians 3:17: Now the Lord is
the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.
According to the New Testament, Jesus said to his disciples: ‘To
you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of God; but for others
they are in parables, so that seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not
understand’ (Luke, 8:10). While speaking to the multitude in a veiled
manner, ‘privately to his own disciples he explained everything’ (Mark, 4:34), and advised them not to ‘throw your pearls
before swine’ (Matthew, 7:6).
Therefore Self-knowledge or Brahma
Gnana or Atma Gnana is necessary to realize the ultimate truth. Self –Knowledge
or Brahma Gnana it is only for those who has intense urge to know the ultimate
truth or Brahman or Inner Buddha or Christ.
Raman Maharshi said fortunate are
the one who do not lose themselves in the labyrinths of philosophy. Bhagwan
says: Take Vedanta, for instance: it speaks of 15 pranas the names and
functions of it which the student is
asked to commit memory. Will it not be sufficient if he thought only one prana
does the whole work of maintaining the body? Again the antakaran is said to
think, to desire, to will, to reason etc. Why all these details? Has anyone
seen antakarana, or all these pranas? Do they really exist? They are conceptual
divisions invented by teachers of philosophy by their excessive analysis. Where
do all these concepts end? Why should confusion created and then explained
away? Fortunate is the man who does not lose himself in the labyrinths of
philosophy, but goes straight to the source from which they all arise. (GURU RAMANA .By S.S Cohen -vii
Danger of philosophy-Page -58-59)
The above passages further prove
that: Self-Knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana cannot be attained by study
of the Vedas and intellectual understanding or by bookish knowledge. Therefore there is no use of studying the
Vedas and other scriptures in order to acquire the non-dual wisdom. That is why Buddha rejected the scriptures,
and even Sri, Sankara indicated that, the ultimate truth lies beyond religion,
concept of god and scriptures.
Therefore, there is no use of taking
strain to understand assimilate the conceptual divisions invented by teachers
of philosophy by their excessive analysis. There are more and more doubts and
confusions, if one tries to understand and assimilate the ultimate truth
through scriptures.
The innermost self or
formless soul or consciousness is nothing to do with the three states because
it is not an entity or identity within the three states. Consciousness pervades
in everything and everywhere in all the three states as their formless substance
and it is apart from the three states as their formless witness. The formless substance
and witness are one in essence. Thus all the three states are mere mirage
created out of consciousness. Therefore,
no second thing exists, other than consciousness, the innermost self. By Realizing
the soul or consciousness as innermost self, leads to nondual Self-Awareness or
Brahmic awareness or Atmic awareness.
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