Those who realize that consciousness is everywhere in everything are no longer separate from others and the universe.

There is no such thing as the "I," one cannot live for his-self, whether "He” is an individual, a family, a community, a nation or a race.  It is not truth and therefore such separation will go, even though it will take a long time.

There is necessity of renouncing ignorance is born of an illusion, an erroneous belief in the reality of a separate "me": those who realize that consciousness is everywhere in everything are no longer separate from others and the universe.   One cannot really separate himself from universe because man and universe appear together and they disappear together.   

Realizing the difference between the seen [waking/dream] and the formless witness/soul, when the soul gets disunited from `seen [waking/dream]' and established in identity with itself, which is the supreme Spirit, one is said to have known liberation from duality.  

While dreaming one is being reminded his waking state, he comes to recognize the dream, therefore, he wake up. Immediately he realizes that waking is the only means of escape from the woes of the dream state. 

Even so the seeker of truth following the path of self-Knowledge, while perceiving the difference between the Seen [waking/dream] and the Formless Witness [soul/self], comes to realize the apparent connection with the Seen was due to mistaken identity. 

The seeker is able to re-establish the real connection and recognizes real identity [soul]. – The Truth, Consciousness and Bliss solidified. Such a seeker is said to have come to know his /her liberation from duality. The moment this truth is realized, the entire realm of objective reality becomes unreality along with ignorance and Truth -Realization takes place immediately.

People firmly think a guru /god men /pundit as source of self-knowledge.

To explain to beginners   to study the path of truth in layman’s language and as brief as possible is a hurricane task. One has to indulge in pursuit of truth without using religion/scriptures/yoga and god glorification, how would they do, when they   firmly think a guru /god men /pundit as source of self-knowledge. 

Part of the readiness of any person to listen to any kind of knowledge, including worldly knowledge, is the willingness to hear and the necessity to ask for that specific knowledge.

Preaching is not teaching. Someone willing to know the truth must realize the fact that, there is “no need to study the Scriptures, and indulge in religious rituals   and there is no need practice yoga? 

The nature of the true self is non-doer ship, and the qualification `One' to elevate its non-dual nature in the experience of diversity, to bring unity in diversity.  That is to say, just as the one sun lights up the entire universe, so does the one Self infuse life and activity into the waking/dream world .

Through different mental apparatuses, the Self appears to manifest itself differently in different bodies, but it is for the seeker to realize the fact that, the man and the world appears within the waking/dream. Without the waking/dream, the man and the world cease to exist. Thus, waking/dream are mental states, and they are impermanent in nature. Thus seeker has to indulge in deeper thinking through inquiry, analysis and reasoning to get the firm conviction about these facts.

 Nevertheless, like the sun, the Self neither performs the actions pertaining to the bodies nor does it cause them to be performed, nor is it tainted by evils like duality or partiality etc. because all man is the doer within the world and world exits within the waking/dream. The self is the formless witness of the three states.  That to immortal Self ever remains pure, conscious action-less, immutable, unchanged, impartial and stainless under every circumstance.

Dispelling one's ignorance is important for the realization of the non-dual truth. The means of dispelling ignorance is possible only through perfect understanding derived from inquiry, analysis and reasoning on the true base. 

By means of non-dual wisdom one is able to realize that man and the world are within the experience of duality [waking/dream] and waking and dream is an object the true self which is the subject.

Waking/dream  is knowable, subject to change, perishable, mutable, material and transient; whereas the Soul/ true self  is its knower, conscious, changeless, action-less, eternal, imperishable, unattached, pure, of the same stuff as Knowledge, and one; that the two being wholly diverse in character. 

The true self/soul is entirely different from the `waking/dream/duality'; that the apparent identity of. The two is rooted in ignorance; that, in reality, the `true self/soul ' has no connection whatsoever with the `waking/dream/duality '. This is what is meant by perceiving with the eye of wisdom the difference between the `waking/dream/duality / mind ' and the `the formless witness/soul'.

True nature of the self is “without the three states”.

The consciousness is the true self and non-duality is pure nature of the consciousness. To capture the essence of non-dual reality, where witness and the witnessed are identical, it is only pure consciousness that by which its very nature is self-revealing and self-knowing.

True nature of the self is “without the three states”. It is the absence three states and presence of fullness of consciousness in its true form which allows for the clear recognition of the Self.

Consciousness is the true self and it is the Knower and the Known, the Seer and the Seen, without any duality.  Self, being one without a second, is always self-knowing. There is no “other” for it to know. That is why it is refer to the Self as the natural. The reference to natural implies the non-dual nature of the Self.

While deep sleep is a state of complete unconsciousness.  The true state is the state of full and complete consciousness. Deep sleep is still the state of ignorance. And a true state of consciousness is the state of self-awareness. In a very real and true sense the true state of the consciousness is the state of “deep awake”. The self is fully asleep to the world of perceptions and fully awake in its true nature, which is non-dual consciousness.

The true nature   of consciousness cannot be understood without self-knowledge. But it is not impossible to understand it. People who speak about true nature of the self without the being aware of the fact that self is not physical can only speculate about its nature. Because such people are confused about nature of the self, their statements create confusion for others.

The three states can continue to exist and function after acquiring self-knowledge. But for Gnani all the three states are unrelated, because he has become one with the witnessing consciousness.

After Self-Realization, the duality is seen as existing but not separate from the Self. The Self knows itself even though the duality still exists.  The duality exists as a condition that rises from the Self and then is absorbed back into it. It is due to the presence of the duality, (until it disappears by death), that Knowledge of the Self can be passed on by the Realized beings to others who seek such knowledge.

Some people refuse to accept the world as illusion without understanding it aright.

Some people refuse to accept the world as illusion without understanding it aright. They have to understand assimilate the fact that:-

v  Consciousness is real;

v  The universe, which is in the form of mind or ‘I’ is a myth;

v  Consciousness is the universe because the substance of the universe is consciousness.

The universe is conceived to be apart from the witness, and that perception is wrong, because the witness and witnessed are one in essence.  The universe [witnessed] is created out of the formless witness, which is consciousness.  Thus the substance of the universe, which is in the form of mind, is also consciousness. Thus the witness and the substance both are one in essence.

Universe is unconditioned superimposition. After the truth of the self is known, the illusion of the universe is removed once and for all.

“But one should also take into account the conditioned superimposition, i.e., ‘the water in the mirage.’ “The mirage does not disappear even after one knows it to be a mirage. The vision is there, but the man does not run to it for water. Ultimate truth must be understood by perfect understanding. The universe, which appears as waking, is a myth. The dream is parallel waking and waking is parallel dream.  Even after knowing it, it continues to appear. It must be known to be consciousness and not apart by realizing the consciousness to be ultimate truth.

With the conditioned as well as the unconditioned illusions considered, the phenomenon of the water in a mirage is purely illusory because that water cannot be used for any purpose, whereas the phenomenon of the world is different, for it is purposeful. How then does the latter stand on a par with the former?

“A phenomenon cannot be a reality simply because it serves a purpose or purposes. Take a dream for illustration. The dream creations are purposeful; they serve the dream purpose. The dream-water quenches dream-thirst. The dream-creation, however, is contradicted in the two other states. What is not continuous cannot be real. If real, the thing must ever be real, and not real for a short time and unreal at other times. So it is with miragified creations. They appear real and are yet illusory.

The universe cannot be real of itself. That is to say apart from the consciousness, which is    underlying Reality. Illusion is used to signify the manifestation of the Reality. Self-knowledge is not philosophy but it is finding the truth of one’s true existence. Self-awareness does not arise by study of scriptures.

Becoming aware of the self is important to realize the fact that, universe is mere mirage created out of consciousness. Consciously becoming aware of the illusory nature of the mind, that is in the form of universe, as consciousness leads to self-awareness.

If one is serious and sincere in his pursuit of truth and sharp enough to grasp the truth than he ready for the inner venture straight away.

Gnani sees consciousness in everything and everywhere in all the three states, thus nothing exist other than consciousness for him.

 One who follows the inner path reaches the end.  One has to become aware of the fact behind the appearance of the universe is consciousness, which is the true nature of the self.

However, all their explanation and deductions cannot prove their vision, as long as he who doubts cannot see what they see. And he cannot see it as long as both of them use different ways of perceiving.

No logical or philosophical demonstration can get wisdom because the wisdom has to be acquired by the seeker himself by indulging in deeper self-search.  Seeker has to make sure of the fact that, the self is neither the waking entity nor it is a dream entity but self is formless consciousness.  The waking or dream, which contains forms, names and the universe are mere mirage created out of consciousness. What is left when one becomes aware when he becomes aware of the fact that his body and his experience of the world is mere mirage, it is only conscious non-dual self-awareness.

That the consciousness is not only limited to the physical identity within the waking or dream but it pervades the whole the waking or dream world.  Thus limiting the consciousness to the physical entity is cause of the ignorance.  Thus one has to understand the fact that the self is not within the physical body but it pervades the whole universe as its formless substance.  Until this is not understood it is difficult to grasp non-dual truth.

One should not blindly accept the world as illusion because some guru said so or some teaching says so or some philosophy says so,   without verifying the validity of these claims. One has to indulge deeper self-search until he gets un-contradictable truth.

v  How the world is illusion.

v  Why the world is illusion?

v  On what standpoint the universe is illusion?

Until all the confusion is cleared with sound reasoning   and solved the riddle of the universe as illusion to gain self-awareness is impossible.

It is the doubts and confusion that creates questions and goes in search of answers. It takes some time for the inner dialogue, which starts revealing the answers clears all the doubts and confusion.   Until the un-contradictable truth is ascertained there is no satisfaction arises. 

Until one mentally clears all the doubts and confusion the question after question emerges, from within and starts getting answers from within and all the accumulated knowledge will be burnt and finally the wisdom dawns.    

Self-Knowledge derives perfect understanding assimilation and realization of the truth

Self-Knowledge derives  perfect understanding assimilation and realization of the truth that, the self is neither the waking entity nor the dream entity but the formless substance and witness of the three states  through deeper self-search. 

Through deeper self search one becomes aware of the fact that , Consciousness is ultimate reality.  Reality always is and, by its own nature, is the perfect fullness always. The consciousness is ever present, for nonexistence of oneself is not known by anyone ever.

 The consciousness  is unalterable at any time, for what changes is not real but an illusion or mis- perception of what is real, and what truly exists is immutable, there being nothing else to alter it.

 If it is not completely experienced all the time, such is not due to a change or any modification in the real Absolute Self. It is not due to any external factors, for such would be only an effect of a precedent, delusive cause.

 It is due only to ignorance, which actually has no existence of its own and which does not actually belong to the immutable, ever-luminous Self,which is in the form of consciousness. Nor can it belong to another, for the conception of another is a product of ignorance, the experience of the universe ,which is in the form of  ‘Mind’ and the mind appears as whole waking or dream experience  is product of  ignorance.  Though unreal, it seems to veil the Truth, this unreal cause yielding an unreal effect of bondage. Therefore, it is imperative that ignorance be destroyed so that no obscuration of the Self is experienced. Ignorance can be destroyed by  Self- Knowledge alone and not by any other means.

Ignorance is the lack of discrimination regarding what is real and not, what is the Self and not. discrimination, is the perception of what is real and actually the Self. Discrimination is essential for the destruction of ignorance and the inner revelation of truth. 

Spiritual Discrimination means discriminating between  matter[mind]  and the spirit[soul]  to realize  the ultimate reality. The essence of the means is the end itself. The end itself appears as the means. By clear discrimination, one discovers,understands ,assimilates and understands what is real and what is unreal and able to drop mentally what is unreal. 

Thus, one knows the Reality as it is. Discrimination  between the real and illusion  shows the direct and clear path. It shows what Realization is. It is what composes the path. In its true nature, the ultimate truth  is directly realized without any intermediary. That is the Knowledge of self , by  the self ,which is Consciousness, itself.

Self - Knowledge is not based on physicality. Physical based  knowledge is not self knowledge.  Self-knowledge is realizing, the  knowledge of the reality of the physical existence.  Self-Knowledge  basis on  Existence itself. Its attainment endures, as existence endures, for it is not dependent upon anything of a transitory character. This is the formless path to the Formless existence.