Those who realize
the fact that, the Self is not physical [form] but the self is consciousness
[formless] enter into the realm of non-dual tranquility. They are fully aware
of the fact that, the consciousness is the true self and it pervades everywhere
and in everything in the universe, which is in the form of the mind. Thus the
mind or universe is mere mirage created out of consciousness. The mind or universe is myth on the
standpoint of consciousness, which is the true self. Whatever the mind or universe contains is
myth. Thus, the birth, life and death or
pleasure and pain which are happenings within the mind or universe are
myth. Thus judging the truth on the
base of the physical self /ego is erroneous.
The gross
universe is merged into the mental universe in the sense that when it is
analyzed, 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 will remain ignorant.
A Gnani is free
from experiencing the illusion [body + universe] as reality, he is fully aware
of the fact that, his body and his experience of the world as consciousness,
which is ultimate truth.
People who are
incapable to inquire and reason are tending to follow some philosophy without
verification. Therefore the more ignorant they are the easier to get them into
a religious fold. Religion is so strong and popular because it makes no demand
on the intelligent: It simply requires belief in guru and his teachings.
It never strikes
believer to doubt whether his inherited belief system is true. They never use
their reason because they start and conclude that their belief system alone is true, because they never question.
Theological
philosophers say God is a perfect being, but they have never known God, never
proved his existence; their idea of god is based on their belief and
assumption. Hence their ascription of perfection to Him is
purely self-imagined or assumed.
The scholastic or
mystic argument is endless. If one says "God is formless” another will say,
"No, God has attributes! If one says "his religion is higher"
another will reply, "No, it is lower." It is impossible to get
anywhere with such talk because both sides are merely imagining because they
think on the base of the false self and false experience. When the self is not
physical then whatever seen, known, believed and experienced as person is bound
to be falsehood because all these ideas are imagined and assumed within the
illusion. Therefore, there is need to
know the fact that, the self is formless. Whatever is based self as a form is
bound to be falsehood.
The paradise or
heavens and hell are mere religious injected imagination. When the self is formless then the experience
of birth, life death and the universe are mere mirage created out of
consciousness. But where people have got
a little thinking capacity, they begin to disbelieve through the contradictions
of various contending orthodox claims and descriptions.
For religion one
can interpret texts as he likes, in whatever way that pleases him, he simply
imagine away. The idea of god injected
in the past and inherited by people and they refuse to verify the facts because
they think it blasphemy even to question their inherited belief system.
In pursuit of
truth the ultimate truth has to be proved, not assumed. Pundits who take
scriptures for granted are not Gnanis.
Pundits teach
that all is your-self, but none of them can show that this is so, none has analyzed
it scientifically, and none can prove it. Rational proof is needed, so that one
arrive at knowing truth i.e. wisdom; punditry is mere dogma, parrotism,
repetition of what they read in scripture. Scriptures are not yardstick and
scriptural truth is not proof. Pundits
take scriptures as authority.
Authoritarianism merely assumes as true what another says, but what has
yet to be proved.
Pundits have to
test truth in this world not in the next world.
There is no proof other than blind belief based on the scriptures,
belief is not truth. So, doctrines are
not the means to realize the ultimate truth. There is no need to follow them.
Doubts and
Confusions arise when seeker finds the scriptures and yoga are inadequate or
useless to quench his spiritual thirst.
Disappointments in religion or yoga or even science imply error or
ignorance. Seeker reaches a stage whether he is right?" Where is the
certainty that he is proceeding on right lines?" Thus doubts arise and the
inquiring spirit comes and impels to search elsewhere for truth where it will
not be possible even to have doubt. The test is therefore in experience. And
only in non-duality, where there are no two to argue about views or to have
difference of opinion can such doubtlessness be possible. Belief depends upon unstable bases whereas certainty
depends on proof.
Seeker of truth
has to get rid of his doubts through deeper inquiry, analysis and reasoning on
his own, to realize the fact that, the self is not the form but self is
formless. Thus his analysis and reasoning has to be based on the formless not
on the form. By simply go on believing
and accepting whatever said by the punditry will not lead one towards path of
wisdom. All the doubt has to be got rid of "by the sword of Self -
Knowledge." The scriptures, yoga
are not necessary if one follows the inner [formless] path. Religion and yoga are not the means to path of
wisdom.
