From consciousness, universe comes. When universe disappears, the consciousness still remains without form, time and space.

All is consciousness.  The whole universe is consciousness. From consciousness, universe comes. When universe disappears, the consciousness still remains without form, time and space.

All biblical insights lead to non-dual Self-awareness. Self-Awareness is Christ consciousness.  Self –Knowledge or Brahma Gnana in biblical sense is Truth or Christ.  The truth was not written down but was imparted orally to the chosen few. 

John 8:32

You will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” 

Jesus said:-  "Know what is in front of your face, and what is hidden from you will be disclosed to you. (THE GOSPEL OF THOMAS- Saying 5) 

It means one has to know the world which confronts him confronts to realize his body and world are made of the same essence and that essence is Spirit [father].  

Sri, Sankara said : one must first know what is before him. If he cannot know that, what else can he know or understand? If he gives up the external world in his inquiry, he cannot get the whole truth.

 [63. Without causing the objective universe to vanish and without knowing the truth of the Self, how is one to achieve Liberation by the mere utterance of the word Brahman? — It would result merely in an effort of speech.

 Sri, Sankara said in (VC)   65. As a treasure hidden underground requires (for its extraction) competent instruction, excavation, the removal of stones and other such things lying above it and (finally) grasping, but never comes out by being (merely) called out by name, so the transparent Truth of the self, which is hidden by Maya and its effects, is to be attained through the instructions of a knower of Brahman, followed by reflection, meditation and so forth, but not through perverted arguments.

"Jesus said:-"Those who seek should not stop seeking until they find. When they find, they will be disturbed. When they are disturbed, they will marvel, and will reign over all." (Gospel of Thomas 2)

"The Kingdom of God is inside you and all around you, Not in a mansion of wood and stone.  Split a piece of wood and God is there, Lift a stone and you will find God." (Gospel of Thomas)

 

1.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).

2. According to Clement of Alexandria (150-215 CE), ‘Mark’ preached three different gospels. The New Testament version was intended for ‘beginners’, but there was also a Secret Gospel of Mark for those who were ‘perfected’, i.e. initiated. Clement advised one of his students that the existence of this secret gospel should be denied ‘even under oath’, for ‘the light of the truth should be hidden from those who are mentally blind’. The third gospel was so mystical that it was not written down but was imparted orally to the chosen few (JM 120-1).

When the seeker indulges in deeper self-search than he realizes the fact that, the experience of birth, life, death and the world are mere illusion created out of spirit or Brahman or Christ, the innermost self.     

Intense urge, sincerity, seriousness, silence, receptivity and humility are often the best ways to acquire Self-Knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

All doubts and confusion are based on the physical self (waking entity or ego) . The physical self (waking entity or ego) is the false self within the false experience(waking). it is not possible to understand and assimilate through scientific invention in present form, which is based on physicality, because the truth lies prior to physicality.  

The one which is aware of the physical existence is not physical, therefore investigating on the physical base and trying to discover, assimilate and realize the truth on laboratory condition is impossibility.  The brain and Nero science is part of the physical existence, and the ultimate truth lies beyond form,time and space.  Science demands physical proof based on for,time and space.Thus there is a need to know what exists prior to physical existence to unfold the mystery of the mind,which i present in the form of universe.

Deeper inquiry, analysis and reasoning revels the fact that, the self is not physical.  The modern scientific inventions are based on physicality. 

The fallacy of religionists appeal to scripture lies in the varying and conflicting interpretations of the same scripture which different men feel entitled to give or hold.

When one does not know the ultimate  truth, then he can only guess, imagine, hence doubts and questions and discussions arise.

One has to know the fact.  One cannot get rid of the doubts by blindly accepting something as truth without proper reasoning.

People think ‘I’ as self or something else lies within the brain is the doer. They are unaware of the fact that, there is something else lies beyond the brain and the world. 

"Know the true self". Knowing the true self means by inquiring, analyzing and reasoning in to the nature of the mind, which is in the form of universe.  one has to grasp and assimilate the fact that, the self is not physical but it is the formless soul or consciousness or  spirit. It is not possible to know the self by reading books or scriptures or hearing the sermons of great speakers or by glorifying the god men or guru.

If the self is not physical, then it is erroneous to view and judge the truth on the physical standpoint.  Therefore, whatever seen, known, believed and experienced as a person of the world is based on the  physical standpoint.  The truth lies beyond physicality. Deeper inquiry analysis and reasoning revels the fact that, the self is not physical but the spirit.  Therefore, it is necessary to learn to view and judge the physical existence(universe), on the standpoint of the soul or consciousness ,  the innermost self, to unfold the mystery of the mind or universe or ’I’.

Intense urge, sincerity, seriousness,  silence, receptivity and humility are often the best ways to acquire Self-Knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana. Not because they offer solutions for the complexity of our lives but because they bring us in touch with our sacred center, where truth dwells. That sacred center may not be analyzed. It is the source from where the mind(universe) rises and subsides.  The source is formless soul; therefore the mind is mere mirage on the standpoint of the source, which is the formless  soul or consciousness or spirit. 

The source itself is the true self.  The true Self is neither bound nor free. An end to illusion! It is all groundless. For the whole of creation, though it rests in the Self, is without foundation.