On the dawn of Self-knowledge Atma Gnana it is known to have no existence apart from consciousness***

Realization of the ultimate truth or Brahman is possible on this very life itself. The highly evolved seeker, who has an intense urge, and sharpness to grasp non-dualistic or Advaitic truth, is fit to realize the ultimate truth or Brahman.

One who has realized ultimate truth or Brahman, is freed from experiencing the duality as reality. He is a Gnani. A Gnani is liberated from the ignorance, which is the cause of the duality. Thus, a Gnani is freed from experiencing the form, time and space as a reality while still living in the practical world.  He continues to live in the practical world   in self-awareness.

The ignorance is burnt in the Self ~awareness. The waking entity along with the waking experience eventually dies, and a Gnani is said to have attained Moksha before his physical death.  Thus,he is free from experiencing the birth, life death and the world as reality. ~Santthosh Kumaar

 A   person, seeing a rope in dim light, mistakes it for a snake. He is as much frightened as he would have been if there had been a real snake there.  The snake is said to have ‘illusory reality’.  The illusory snake is described as a superimposition on the rope. The snake is not real, because, it is found on examination with a light that it never existed there. At the same time, it was experienced as reality till ignorance prevailed. Similarly, this waking experience experienced   as reality till wisdom dawns.  On the dawn of Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana it is known to have no existence apart from consciousness. Consciousness is ultimate truth or Brahman. The waking experience is therefore said to be superimposed on consciousness same way as the dream is superimposed on the consciousness.  The  waking experience   is the practical   reality,  because  it  is  real  until  the  attainment  of  Self-realisation.  Consciousness alone has absolute reality; because it is absolutely changeless because it is formless.      

One could go on and on but the point is that the Upanishads approach the Supreme immutable truth in multiple ways and try to articulate the manifest and un-manifest aspects of the Brahman.

For those that are deluded, the multiple points of view may amount to contradictory perceptions but Upanishads are the epitome of an attempted understanding of the immortal, immutable Brahman by mortals caught in the dynamism of this Universe. 

The rope does not give birth to the snake. The rope is that which causes apprehension of the snake. That is all. Objects of imaginations alone have birth and death and not the formless consciousness because consciousness is not an object of imagination.

One has to discriminate between formless witness (subject) and three states (object)    becomes aware of the fact that both formless witness (subject)   and three states (object)   are consciousness, not formless witness alone.

The consciousness never changes.  The nature of   the consciousness is this: It can never be changed under any circumstances. It may be misrepresented. It must apply to the whole of existence, to the whole of the universe.

Deeper self-search reveals fact that: - all the three states are an object to the formless subject.   It is in the waking or dream alone that one has all changes. The formless witness remains unchanged. The formless witness, as such remains immortal. It can never die for it never changes.

 The body and the world are seen, and goes, but the formless witness or seer or knower of the body and the world, can never go. Seeker has to take this principle as his guiding thread and self-knowledge becomes easier to understand assimilate. The formless witness or seer can never be subject to the changes of the seen or waking or dream; it is unchanged. The mistake usually made is that witness or seer becomes waking or dream entity which is within waking or dream or seen whereas the witness is the one which witnesses the coming and going of the three states.

If one wants to have an absence of contradictions, absence of duality, there must be one entity, one being. If one has a thought, an idea, there is a contradiction between the witness and witnessed, for "thought" is of the duality. Distinction implies contradiction. Distinction means two things are not the same, hence duality exists there.

 There is no moment when the Self as consciousness does not exist, nor can the seer remain apart from consciousness.

A Gnani does not see his body as body, his ego as ego and his experience of the world as the world, but he sees them all as consciousness, which is the innermost self. He sees the consciousness   like a jeweller estimating gold in various ornaments. For a Gnani the whole universe including his body and ego is nothing but consciousness.  Thus,he is fully aware of the fact that there is no diversity in reality, but there is only unity.      

The soul seems to be different from the ego or  the waking entity because it is prior to the appearance of anything that exists, but they are one in essence. The soul is not an entity or identity or a thing within the universe, which appears as waking or dream. The soul, which is in the form of consciousness, is the very basis of the three states because it pervades in everything and everywhere in all the three states as their formless substance and witness.  Thus, the universe or mind is consciousness in its substance.

The soul is only a mental picture or an idea within the waking experience. Even if one say that the self is immortal and exist eternally, it the ego or  the waking entity that must tell him this, i.e. to the mind that it is only an idea.

Ego never reaches soul or the  consciousness. The ego never knows it. He who says he has a vision of the highest or describes it as supra-mental etc. does not understand consciousness, because it is free from imaginations.  It is free from imagination because it is formless. To imagine anything the form has to be there.  Without the form there is no ego. Without the ego there is no thinker. Without the thinker the imagination is impossible. 

Ordinarily knowledge arises from experience of the object by a subject; that all knowledge of objects will only lead to more thinking but never gives you the  ultimate reality.

Intellectuals think by thinking   more and more of objective experience one may get the reality. The intellectuality is based on individuality and individuality is based on the form. When the self is no the form,but the  self is formless consciousness, then what is the use of thinking on the base of the form, which is the false self within the false experience.

It is impossible to know and realize nondual reality, without rectifying the reasoning base.Intellectuals can never get at ultimate truth that way because it leads to endless thoughts and because it ignores the formless witness of the three states, intellectuals must first realize the existence of the formless witness in order to find the ultimate reality or Brahman. 

There is no second thing exists, other than consciousness. Everything is one, that is, unity in diversity***

The ultimate truth has to be ascertained without the scriptures by realizing the self is neither the waking entity not the dream entity, but the self is formless soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. In the realm of truth the form,  the time and  the space are created out of single stuff. That single stuff is consciousness. Realizing the single stuff as the ultimate truth is self-realization or truth realization. To realize this truth there is no need of the scriptures.

The ultimate truth has to be realized first then only it is possible to know what the scriptures are saying. 
 

The scriptures are being added to from time to time. This process will go on. There is the final authority among them? One contradicts the other: duality reigns supreme. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar

The duality is present only when form, time and space are present. The form, time and space are one in essence. The ego, body and the world are one in essence.  That essence is consciousness. Thus, there is no division in  the consciousness in the  reality.  The thinker,  the thoughts and the world are one in essence. that essence is the soul or the  consciousness.

 The one who has realized the soul is the true self will not see the illusory division even though he is in the midst of duality. A Gnani is fully aware of the fact that, his body, his ego and his experience of the world are mere mirage created out of consciousness whereas the ignorant thinks that, the experience of the birth, life, death and the world as reality. Because ignorant bases himself on the waking entity (ego), which is the false self within the false experience (waking).  

So long as one is in the realm of duality, one has to explain how or why one thing came from another, and contradictory views are expressed. But when a Gnani shows there is no second, there is no production, and the contradictions do not arise at all, when the ultimate thing is consciousness alone. Thus, the  consciousness is ultimate truth or Brahman.

The dualists’ arguments are based on the false self (ego or the waking entity) and false experience (mind or waking or dream or universe)    to show the weakness of the position of dualistic view point.  They at their wits end to explain. 

Existence cannot be a cause and effect at the same time, from the point of view of the dualists, but deeper self-search shows the Existent is no-two and causality can’t rise at all. Dualistic theory says that whatever was in the cause was also in the effect. They say that the gold brick, the gold medal, the gold ornaments --are in the seed--the gold. Deeper self-search reveals the fact that, if cause and effect are one what is the difference between the two?

The logic holds good for the practical purpose in the practical life (waking). Soul-centric reasoning leads to non- dualistic self-awareness.  

The Experience belongs to individuality. And individuality is falsehood. There is neither individual nor his experience in reality. Man and his experience of the world cannot exist without  the  waking experience. Whatever we are discussing, we are discussing within the waking experience. One has to know: whether the  physical body and the world are within the mind or the mind is within the physical body? The mind, physical body,  the ego and the world are present only, when the whole experience of the waking or the  dream is present. And mind is absent, when the waking or dream experience is absent. Thus, one has to conclude  that the mind is present  as the whole waking or dream experience. Thus, the mind appears  as waking or dream experience and disappears as deep sleep. All arguments are truth only on the base of the ego(waking entity) , which is the false self, within the false experience (waking). The individual experiences within the waking are as real as a dream.

Suppose the same subject, if we are discussing in the dream and one asks me the same questions in the dream, then whatever he said in the dream becomes unreal, when the waking takes place. Whatever one saying now, he is saying within the waking experience. The waking is unreal on the base of the formless witness, which is Atman. Atman is in the form consciousness.

How does one see various objects, scenes and persons during dreams? If the dream is experienced without the physical body, then what is it that experiences the dream? Therefore, there must be a formless witness of the dream world. This formless witness is the same witness that is witnessed this Waking experience also. Therefore, the Waking experience and dream both are witnessed by one and only formless witness of which the seeker is not aware of. Since he considers the physical body  as the self or witness and views and judges the world-view on the standpoint of the false self, within the false experience. The formless witness can exist with or without the waking or dream. But waking  or dream cease to exist, without the formless witness.

The gross waking experience is merged into the mental experience in the sense that, when it is analysed, it is found to exist inseparably in and as the mind alone. All "spiritual" planes are really mental: those who regard them as different or higher are deceiving themselves. The dream becomes unreal when the waking takes place; similarly the waking becomes unreal when the wisdom dawns. Therefore, everything has to be grasped mentally, not argued on the intellectual point of view, which is limited to the false physical entity within the false experience.

The unreal is created out of real, and when one views and judges on the standpoint unreal (ego) then there is duality. When one is able to view and judge on the standpoint of real (Atman/true self) then there is only non -duality. Therefore, when the wisdom dawns then there is neither duality, nor non duality, only reality. This is my views and conviction.

All these confusion will go on until the man thinks, he is an individual and apart from the world, and the world existed prior to him and he is born in it afterwards. Therefore, it is necessary to know the fact the true self is not ego, but the true self is the soul, and stop viewing and judging the world-view on the standpoint of the physical self (waking entity or ego), and one has to view and judge on the true self (soul or Atman) to realize the fact that, the world along with the man is an illusion. The formless substance from which the illusion is created is Atman. Thus, Atman is Brahman or ultimate reality. Thus, no second thing exists on the standpoint of Atman or consciousness as self. Thus, there is neither experience nor the experiencer in non-dual reality but only self-awareness.

By becoming more and more intellectual one becomes more and more intoxicated to individuality. The intellectuality is limited to duality.  In the realm of truth the intellectuality is replaced by non-dual wisdom.  There is nothing exists other than formless non dual existence. Therefore, there is   no individual to become sane or insane. There is no second thing exists, other than consciousness.  Everything is one, that is, unity in diversity. The curiosity, urge cannot be imposed on others.  It has to sprout within. One need not become holy Shepard because the holy Shepard is within in to guide every seeker. Until one is aiming to be a master, Guru or teacher, he will never reach his destination. One has to share his knowledge with the fellow seeker not to make them his followers but only direct them if they are interested to travel beyond form, time and space. 

 It is foolish to impose our idea on others because everyone is not in the same level of understanding.  Everyone's inner work is on. When they are ripe enough they will understand, assimilate and realize on their own.  If they are ready and sharp enough they will grasp it instantly and they will reach their destination with lesser time and effort. Thus, preaching, teaching is not wisdom, but by very careful reasoning, seeker has to determine the nature of reality. Thinking in the right direction alone helps seeker determining the nature of reality. 

The sugar cannot know itself its sweetness. The true self without ignorance is without the experience of duality or illusion. Thus, one has to base on the sugar not on its sweetness. Without the sugar there is no sweetness. Similarly without the consciousness, the three states cease to exist as a reality.