Without the self realization, man remains as ignorant of the ultimate truth or
Brahman. Without the realization of ultimate truth, the seeker remains as a
seeker. On the physical plane there is
a seeker, seeking and destination, but from the ultimate standpoint, there is
neither seer, nor seeking nor destination.
: ~ Santthosh Kumaar
People fail to understand that, the awareness is the nature of the soul, which present in the form of consciousness. When the soul becomes aware of its own formless non-dual nature then it becomes empty of ignorance or illusion or duality. Thus, whatever remains empty of duality or ignorance or illusion is non-dual reality. Only in self-awareness the soul is in its own awareness in the midst of duality.
That is why Sage Sri, Sankara said: - VC Without causing the objective universe to vanish and without knowing the truth of the Self, how is one to achieve Liberation.
The waking experience will not remain as reality when wisdom dawns. Waking is a mere mirage created out of consciousness and there is conscious awareness of unity in diversity because there is no second thing exist other than the consciousness.
One thinks he is imprisoned within this body; whereas the body, ego and his experience of the world are within the mind. The consciousness is hidden within the three states, but it is without the three states. The one, which has the awareness of the three states, is not the body, but the formless soul, which is in the form of consciousness. Thus, the consciousness is not limited to waking experience alone because it pervades all the three states. Till one views and judges the world-view on base of ego or the waking entity, he is in the grip of individuality or intellectuality. The self is not an individual because it is universal. And it pervades in everything and everywhere in all the three states. Thus, individualized judgment will not lead one non-dual destination.
That is why Sri, Sankara says: ~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.
66. Therefore the wise should, as in the case of disease and the like, personally strive by all the means in their power to be free from the bondage of repeated births and deaths.
The seeker one has to know what is real by realizing our body, ego and our experience of the world is mere illusion created out of consciousness, which the innermost self. The nature of the self is emptiness. And it is identified by different masters with a different name, such as Brahman, Buddha’s nature, Christ consciousness, Self, Ultimate Truth.
When the soul, the innermost self becomes aware of its formless non-dual nature it becomes empty of ignorance or illusion or duality or objects. Thus, whatever remains empty of the duality or the ignorance or an illusion, is the non-dualistic or Advaitic reality. Only through wisdom, one becomes aware of the truth in the midst of the duality.
People fail to understand that, the awareness is the nature of the soul, which present in the form of consciousness. When the soul becomes aware of its own formless non-dual nature then it becomes empty of ignorance or illusion or duality. Thus, whatever remains empty of duality or ignorance or illusion is non-dual reality. Only in self-awareness the soul is in its own awareness in the midst of duality.
That is why Sage Sri, Sankara said: - VC Without causing the objective universe to vanish and without knowing the truth of the Self, how is one to achieve Liberation.
The waking experience will not remain as reality when wisdom dawns. Waking is a mere mirage created out of consciousness and there is conscious awareness of unity in diversity because there is no second thing exist other than the consciousness.
One thinks he is imprisoned within this body; whereas the body, ego and his experience of the world are within the mind. The consciousness is hidden within the three states, but it is without the three states. The one, which has the awareness of the three states, is not the body, but the formless soul, which is in the form of consciousness. Thus, the consciousness is not limited to waking experience alone because it pervades all the three states. Till one views and judges the world-view on base of ego or the waking entity, he is in the grip of individuality or intellectuality. The self is not an individual because it is universal. And it pervades in everything and everywhere in all the three states. Thus, individualized judgment will not lead one non-dual destination.
That is why Sri, Sankara says: ~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.
66. Therefore the wise should, as in the case of disease and the like, personally strive by all the means in their power to be free from the bondage of repeated births and deaths.
The seeker one has to know what is real by realizing our body, ego and our experience of the world is mere illusion created out of consciousness, which the innermost self. The nature of the self is emptiness. And it is identified by different masters with a different name, such as Brahman, Buddha’s nature, Christ consciousness, Self, Ultimate Truth.
When the soul, the innermost self becomes aware of its formless non-dual nature it becomes empty of ignorance or illusion or duality or objects. Thus, whatever remains empty of the duality or the ignorance or an illusion, is the non-dualistic or Advaitic reality. Only through wisdom, one becomes aware of the truth in the midst of the duality.
That is why Sage Sri, Sankara said:~ VC-63- Without causing the
objective universe to vanish and without knowing the truth of the Self, how is
one to achieve Liberation.
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.
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.
All
appearance has not appeared to the physical entity, but to the soul. Man and
the world are mere appearance. That is, the illusion is mere appearance. Thus, man cannot be considered as the witness, since man and his experience of the world are within the illusion. Thus, the witness of the illusion is within the illusion but it is apart from the illusion.
It is with is within the illusion as its formless substance and it is
apart from the illusion as its formless witness. The formless substance and witness is the
soul or the consciousness. The soul or consciousness is the true self. Realizing
the soul as self is the Self -Realization.
Therefore, the soul alone is real and all else is mere illusion. By Learning to view and judge the three states on the base of the soul, which is the innermost self, leads to nondualistic self-awareness.
