Man and his experience
of the world are present only within the duality. The duality is present in the
form of mind. Mind is present in the form of universe and universe appears as
waking or dream (duality) and disappears as deep sleep (non-duality). Without realizing
this fact, it is impossible to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma
Gnana.
One cannot live without the physical world; it is the basis of one’s life, but the physical world one lives within the waking experience. The same way the dream world and dream
entity exists within the dream. The dream entity and dream world are reality within the dream. Similarly, the waking entity and the waking world are reality within the waking experience.
The dream becomes unreal when waking takes place and waking remains as reality till the ignorance is there. The ignorance will prevails till the waking entity remains unaware of the existence of the formless witness. Thus, one has to trace the formless witness of the three states in order to realize the self is neither the waking entity nor the self is dream entity but the self is that which witnesses the coming and going of the three states without the physical apparatus.
The dream becomes unreal when waking takes place and waking remains as reality till the ignorance is there. The ignorance will prevails till the waking entity remains unaware of the existence of the formless witness. Thus, one has to trace the formless witness of the three states in order to realize the self is neither the waking entity nor the self is dream entity but the self is that which witnesses the coming and going of the three states without the physical apparatus.
The
path of wisdom is inner (mental) journey. Self-knowledge and the wisdom are one and
the same thing. Without the intense urge it is difficult to tread this path.
Self-realization is not an experience because self is not an individual because
it is formless and it pervades in everything and everywhere in all the three
states.
The soul or consciousness, the innermost self is the witness-consciousness that experiences the action, the actor, and the world of separate things. It is like a light that illuminates everything in a theatre, revealing the master of ceremonies, the guests, and the dancers with complete impartiality. Even when they all depart, the light shines to reveal their absence.
Deeper self-search reveals the fact that: -the experience implies duality. And duality is falsehood from the ultimate standpoint. The ego, body and world appear together and disappear together. One cannot get rid of the ego alone. It is no use of challenging or indulging in an argument whether one is right and others are wrong, in pursuit of truth, because the pursuit of truth is pursuit of verification. It is for the seeker to know how he is right how others wrong and on what standpoint he is right and others are wrong. And seeker has to verify himself what he knows as truth, is the truth or not.
The soul or consciousness, the innermost self is the witness-consciousness that experiences the action, the actor, and the world of separate things. It is like a light that illuminates everything in a theatre, revealing the master of ceremonies, the guests, and the dancers with complete impartiality. Even when they all depart, the light shines to reveal their absence.
Deeper self-search reveals the fact that: -the experience implies duality. And duality is falsehood from the ultimate standpoint. The ego, body and world appear together and disappear together. One cannot get rid of the ego alone. It is no use of challenging or indulging in an argument whether one is right and others are wrong, in pursuit of truth, because the pursuit of truth is pursuit of verification. It is for the seeker to know how he is right how others wrong and on what standpoint he is right and others are wrong. And seeker has to verify himself what he knows as truth, is the truth or not.
