The real journey begins inwardly when one finds all the outer journeys are inadequate and useless in quenching his spiritual thirst.

Yoga and meditation is beginning of one’s spiritual journey.  The real journey begins inwardly when one  finds all the outer journeys are inadequate and useless in quenching his spiritual thirst.  The real renunciation is renouncing the ignorance.  Ignorance is the cause of experiencing illusory duality as reality. Yoga and meditation and god and guru glorification are not the means to acquire non dual wisdom. Without wisdom freedom from duality is impossible. 

 A real spiritual retreat is where there is no compulsion of any sort: no set programme to be followed, no meetings of saints, no god glorification and prayers or worship so that the seeker is spared from the unnecessary strain which is of no  use in the pursuit of truth.

In pursuit of truth there is no need to frame rules and regulation and code of conduct to control the mind of the seeker, because these rules and regulations and code of conducts are useful only in practical  life, not in the pursuit of truth. The seeker can attain the highest wisdom without common enforced discipline and discover the self evident truth, through deeper  inquiry and reason and analysis on the base of the soul,which is in the form of consciousness. The consciousness is the innermost self.  The realization surges up by a free impulse when the seeking mind becomes receptive enough to accept the truth.

While it is true that not all the seekers are ripe enough thus need for constant reflection on the true self, which is  Consciousness,which is the innermost self ,through inquiry and reasoning  on the base of soul as self until the mind is capable and receptive to receive the knowledge of true self, which is the soul.

The religious theory that : This seemingly boundless universe stretching far beyond human imagination and consisting billions of stars, planet, solar systems and galaxies has not come into existence all by itself. It has to have a creator, and that creator is God.

Every nook and corner of this entire universe is governed by identical laws of nature. Hence there are no many gods but only one god. This creation and creator theory seems to be true when man is unaware of the true self and views and judges the three states  as `I' as self which is false self within the illusory Waking experience.

It is the formless soul, the innermost  Self that is in illusion and it is the self that gets free from the bondage of the illusion. The illusion is present in the form of mind. The mind is in the form of the universe. The universe appears as waking or dream and disappears as deep sleep.  The individual experiences of birth, life, death and the world are within the waking experience.  The dream is a parallel waking experience and waking is parallel dream.

Deeper self-search reveals the fact that the, self is neither the waking entity nor the self is the dream entity but the self is formless soul, which witnesses the coming and going of the three states in succession without the physical apparatus.  This has to be mentally grasped and assimilated to realize the formless soul, the innermost   self is nothing to do with the three states. On the standpoint of the three states, the three states are mere illusion.

The practical life within the practical world, which is present as waking experience, is mere illusion. If waking experience is mere illusion than the individual experience of birth, life, death and the world are mere illusion.   If the experience birth, life death and the world are mere illusion, it means the form; time and space are mere illusion.  If form, time and space are mere illusion, it means the past, present and future is mere illusion. Thus it is necessary for the seeker to realize the fact that,   form, time and space are one in essence, in order to realize the three states are one in essence. That essence is consciousness. Thus all the diversity is created out of   formless consciousness. Thus no second thing exists other than consciousness, the innermost self. Seeker of truth has to constantly reflect on the subject in order to get a firm conviction of the truth.  The seeker has to reflect on the same truth again and again until it becomes reality. One needs to constant reflect on the subject until he gets a firm conviction of what is what.

Real rebirth is dying from the matter into the Spirit. This is the significance of the crucifixion of Jesus*****

The cause of thirst for life and a thirst for rebirth is ignorance of the reality hidden by the ‘I’. the ‘I’ is the dualistic illusion.

The ‘I’ hides the Soul, the Self, which is present in the form of the consciousness.   The ‘I’ is the matter whereas the ‘Self’ is the Soul, the Spirit.  The matter is nothing but an illusion created out of Spirit.  The universe is nothing but matter hides the Spirit because the universe is created out of the Spirit.

Real rebirth is dying from the matter into the Spirit. This is the significance of the crucifixion of Jesus. 

Whenever identification with the body and the world exists, a body and the world are always available, whether in the dream or waking or vision or astral, till the duality disappears by merging into the Source – the Spirit, or the Soul, Self.

The stone which is projected upwards remains in constant motion, till it returns to its source, the earth, and rests. Pain continues to give trouble, till the pre-pain state is regained.

The quest for self-knowledge is inherent in the very nature of life, which is Absolute Existence – truth. Although indestructible by nature, by false identification with its destructible instrument, the body, consciousness imbibes a false apprehension of its destructibility within the dualistic illusion; hence it tries to perpetuate that instrument, which results in believing the experience of birth, life, and death as a reality. But however long these experiences may last; they eventually come to an end and yield to the Soul the Spirit, which alone eternally exists.

The seeker has to give up identification with the ‘I’ which is the world in which you exist. The world in which you exist is a dualistic illusion.  Remember, the world in which you exist cannot exist without the Soul, the Self, whereas the   Soul, the Self can exist without the world in which you exist; in fact, it is always without it.

People think human being may take an animal birth in some other life. These ideas are based on accepting the present birth as a reality. When the present birth which happens within the world itself is an illusion then the future birth is bound to be an illusion.  The seeker has to realize the fact that, the experience of birth, life and death are a reality within the dualistic illusion. part of the illusion, therefore, the birth rebirth and reincarnation which happens within the illusory world is bound to be an illusion.  The Self is the Soul hidden by the dualistic illusion. The Soul is the cause of the dualistic illusion (universe) and it itself is uncaused.

How can you identify the Self as you when the Soul, the ‘Self’ is birthless and deathless because, the Soul is formless, timeless and spaceless existence.

'I' or waking or dream or mind or duality or universe is one and the same thing.

For a   Gnani, the experience of  birth, life, death and the world is a mere mirage, because he is fully aware of the fact that all the three states are mere illusion created out of consciousness. All the three states they appear and disappear in succession. The formless witness  and  three states are one in essence. And that essence is consciousness.  Consciousness is the soul. The formless soul is the innermost self. 

When one is “awake,” he incessantly thinks, and when he goes to sleep and dream, he does not think any the lesser. But when he  passes from dreamful to dreamless sleep, his  thoughts cease and he enjoys undisturbed peace, till he  wakes again and resume his  thinking and with it his  restless, peace-less state. But all these are happening within the three states and he is aware of theses  experiences only in the waking experience.

Birth, life and death are part of the waking experience. The waking experience is present in the form of 'I'. 'I' is present in the form of  mind.  When the mind exists, then only the duality prevails. Absence of mind absent of duality. Therefore 'I' or waking or dream or mind or duality or universe  is one and the same thing.

People think life is miserable because they are not aware of the fact that ‘I’ is not the self and all the three states are unreal on the standpoint of the formless  soul,  the innermost self.

Waking  or dream  is nothing but experience. In deep sleep the waking and dream disappears and the experience -Free State prevails.  But soon experience appears again in the dream or astral or vision and continues till a full “waking” takes place in a new body, after another dreamless lull. This daily cycle of waking and sleeping is a miniature of the cycle of birth, life and death.

 Man and the universe are part of the illusion, which exists as waking/dream. The substance of the waking and dream  and deep sleep is  the formless soul or consciousness from which these three states arise. To transcend birth, life, death and the world ,  one has to transcend the three states and abide in the eternal substance which is the formless soul, the innermost  self.

The terrible fear of death is absent only in deep sleep.  The fear seizes only in deep sleep. Fear is present only when sees his body and the world in waking/dream. But in dreamless sleep, or when one is under Anastasia.  Fear haunts one only when one is fully “awake” and perceive the world, including his body. 


If one becomes aware of the true self and learns to view and judge the three states on the standpoint of the formless soul, the innermost self, the fear becomes part of the mirage. Therefore, it is necessary to analyze the three states and become aware of the fact that, the true self, which witnesses the three states, is apart from the three states.

If one traces this fear to the object, the loss of which gives rise to it, he will find that that object exists within the waking or dream which exists in the form of the mind.

The attractive world and the senses that are touch, taste sights, sounds, smells, etc are within the waking or dream(duality).

People would be too glad to be rid of worldly life and all the problems and inconvenience it creates for them if continued awareness were vouchsafed to them. It is the awareness, the consciousness, and not the body, he fears to lose. Everyone loves existence because it is eternal awareness, which is their own Self.

The seeker of truth has to hold on to the pure awareness right now, while in this  body and be free from all fear which is created out illusion.

People want to know about rebirths. Theosophy speaks of 50 to thousands-year intervals between death and rebirth. But all these are imaginations based on the false self. There is no relation between the standard of measurements of one state of consciousness and another. 


All such measurements are hypothetical. It must be distinctly understood that it is not the soul that comes and goes, but the three states which appear and disappear. The three states are mere illusion on the standpoint of the formless witness which is the formless  soul, the innermost  self.

On the plane of duality that is in the waking the waking world a waking body exists, in the dream, dream world a dream body exists. In dreamless sleep or in death, it remains worldless and bodiless therefore illusion less.

The Gnani, the Self- Realized person, whose mind has already ceased to act, remains unaffected by birth, life death (duality): it has dropped never to rise again as reality. The chain of illusions has snapped forever for him.

It is now clear that there is neither real birth, nor real death. It is the illusion that creates the sense of reality in duality. The sense of reality of the duality will prevail till it is destroyed by Self-Realization.

Wisdom can only remove one’s own ignorance; it does not bring a new thing. Wisdom is for realizing the truth here and now.

The seekers of truth should follow the path of Brahman not the path of the orthodox priest- craft. Only by dropping all the accumulated priest crafted baggage, one has to move forward to reach the non-dual destination in lesser time and effort.   

Sage Sri Sankara, in Bhaja Govindam says: - (Jnana Viheena Sarva Mathena Bajathi na Muktim janma Shatena) - one without knowledge does not obtain liberation even in a hundred births, no matter which religious faith he follows. 

Thus it proves that religion is not the means to self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.  

Sage Sri, Sankara:- VC- 61. For one who has been bitten by the serpent of Ignorance, the only remedy is the knowledge of Brahman. Of what avail are the Vedas and (other) Scriptures, Mantras (sacred formulae) and medicines to such a one?

62. A disease does not leave off if one simply utter the name of the medicine, without taking it; (similarly) without direct realisation one cannot be liberated by the mere utterance of the word Brahman.

63. Without causing the objective universe to vanish and without knowing the truth of the Self, how is one to achieve Liberation by the mere utterance of the word Brahman ? — It would result merely in an effort of speech.

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 experience of Birth, life, death is happening within the world. From the ultimate standpoint the world is mere illusion.  Due to ignorance, the illusion is experienced as reality. The illusion is present in the form of ‘I’ or mind. The mind is present in the form of the universe. The universe appears as waking or dream and disappears as deep sleep.   The three states are one in essence and that essence is consciousness. The consciousness (soul) is the innermost self. On the standpoint of the innermost self the three states are illusory.

Everything is consciousness, which Sage Sri Sankara declared 1200 years back:-  everything is Atman because Atman is ultimate truth or Brahman. Brahman is present  in the form of consciousness. 

Wisdom can only remove one’s own ignorance; it does not bring a new thing.  Wisdom is  for realizing the truth here and now. 

Self-realization is the highest and is the only tool to freedom. Non duality is the truest wisdom. In non-dual wisdom there is no second. One has to realize the fact that the self is not the form but self is formless.

The test of truth is to be able to realize the fact that, all the three states are mere mirage created out of consciousness. Constant reflection is necessary during the early stages of this path.  One has to learn to view and judge the three states  on the base of the formless [soul] as self, and drop the old habit of viewing and judging it on the base of form [‘ego’], which is the false self.  

The soul is in the form of consciousness. The consciousness pervades in everything and everywhere in the universe, which is in the form of mind. The mind appears as waking and dream and disappears as deep sleep. Consciousness is in the rock which is crumbling, in the grass which is growing and then decaying, in the yogi who is meditating, the religious believers  who is immersed in devotion; there is consciousness because the whole universe is created out of consciousness. 

Natural state or Sahaj Samadhi is being in the formless and  non-dual nature of the soul, the innermost  self. To capture the essence of Natural State or Sahaj Samadhi, it is better to say that in the natural state knower and the known are identical. It is only pure consciousness that by which its very nature is self-revealing and self-knowing.

Natural state of the soul, the innermost  self is “without the experience of duality. It is the absence of duality and presence of fullness of consciousness in Sahaja Samadhi which allows for the clear recognition of the soul the innermost  self.

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

While deep sleep is a state of complete unconsciousness, Sahaja Samadhi is the state of Full and Complete Consciousness. Deep sleep and Sahaja Samadhi are the two sides of the same coin. In a very real and true sense Sahaja Samadhi is the state of “deep awake”. One is fully asleep to the world of perceptions and fully awake in the Self, which is non-dual self-awareness.

Sahaja Samadhi cannot be understood without Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana. But it is not impossible to understand it. People who speak about Sahaja Samadhi without the knowledge of the true self can only speculate about its nature. Because such people are confused about Sahaja Samadhi, their statements create confusion for others.

The experience of duality can continue to exist and function after Sahaja Samadhi. 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 arises from the soul, the innermost 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.

The ultimate truth is soul or consciousness alone is real and all else mere illusion.

Brihadaranyaka Upanishad:- The Self is indeed Brahman, but through ignorance people identify it with intellect, mind, senses, passions, and the elements of earth, water, air, space, and fire. This is why the Self is said to consist of this and that, and appears to be everything.

It is very difficult, from the statements of the Upanishads, to distinguish between which actually is the state of liberation while living in the body and which is that of Absoluteness attained after the transcendence of the physical existence. Often, they give the same description with reference to both. This only shows that the distinction between Jivanmukti and Videhamukti is relative and does not have much meaning in itself.

The liberated has no difference of any kind in himself. Freedom is the highest spiritual realization by the individual in the midst of waking experience. In this condition the usual mind takes the form of its original nature of universal knowledge freed from the relations of illusory experience of form, space, time and cause.

 One realizes the formless  soul is the cause of all that exists and it itself is uncaused.  The formless  soul, which is present  in the form of consciousness and is the knower of all, that appears and disappears. The whole physical existence erupts from it. 

Consciousness is first and earlier than the mind which is present in the form of the universe. It is the root of immortality! It is both the subject and also the object. It is the witness and also the witnessed.    It is an illusion and also in reality by knowing this truth one   overcomes the whole ignorance, which is the cause of the illusory universe,which appears as waking or dream

Consciousness is the real and it is the ultimate truth or Brahman.   The one, who knows this Imperishable as self, gets freedom from experiencing the illusion or duality  as reality.

Realizing the difference between the 'Seen' (waking or dream) and 'the formless witness or soul,' when the soul gets disunited from `seen' (waking or dream)' and established in identity with itself, which is the supreme soul , one is said to have known liberation from  experiencing the duality as reality.  

While dreaming one is being reminded his waking state, he comes to recognize the dream, therefore, he wakes 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 or Bramha Gnana or Atma Gnana , while perceiving the difference between the Seen (waking or dream) and the Seer  (Formless Witness or soul), comes to realize the apparent connection with the Seen was due to mistaken identity. 

The seeker is able to reestablish the real connection and recognizes real identity (soul).  The ultimate truth is  soul or consciousness alone is real and all else mere illusion.