Wednesday, April 23, 2025

The desires belong to the ego. The ego belongs to the duality. The duality is merely an illusion.


All likes and dislikes are of the ego. All good and bad belong to the ego. 

The desires belong to the ego. The ego belongs to the duality. The duality is merely an illusion.

You, your body, and your experience of the world belong to the ego. You, ego, the body, and the world appear together and disappear together.

All the doubts and confusion are only from the dualistic perspective. There is no doubt and confusion from the non-dualistic perspective.

In Self-awareness, there is unity in diversity in consciousness. On physical awareness, there is diversity in consciousness.

The seeker has to be always aware of this truth! Everything within the dualistic illusion is merely an illusory division created within the consciousness.

The error is in observing the worldview. Egocentric observation yields objective awareness. Soulcentric observation leads to Advaitic awareness in the midst of diversity.  Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana leads to Advaitic awareness.

The Soul is the Self. The Soul is present in the form of consciousness. The nature of consciousness is awareness. :~ Santthosh Kumaar
 

The three states are waking (Jagarath), dream(Swpan), and deep sleep (Shusupthi).+



The three states are created out of the invisible and unborn Soul, the Self, which is present in the form of consciousness.
The three states are waking (Jagarath), dream(Swpan), and deep sleep (Shusupthi).
The one who is aware of the invisible substance withness of the three states mentally enters the state of oneness or the state of Advaita.
The Soul is the witness of the three states. The formless witness can exist with or without waking or dreaming. But waking or dream ceases to exist, without the formless witness.
The gross waking experience is merged into the mental experience in the sense that, when it is analyzed, it is found to exist inseparably in and as the Soul 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 form, time, and space.
The one that appears as waking or dream (duality) and disappears as deep sleep (nonduality is the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. Thus, all three states are nothing but an illusion created out of consciousness. Thus, consciousness alone is real and eternal.
Remember:~
To get freedom, no qualification is actually needed. It is possible to have the realization of the nondual truth here, in this very life.
The universe appears as waking, dream [duality], and disappears as deep sleep [nonduality]. Gaining the knowledge of the knower of the three states is the only way one can transcend the triad of states. To gain this knowledge by perfectly analysing the very states of dream and sleep in the waking state, to benefit from the states rather than becoming victims of the states.
A Gnani knows that the enjoyment of desires within the waking also is as unreal as in the dream, because he is fully aware that the Self is neither the waking entity, nor the dream entity, but the Self is the invisible Soul, which witnesses the three states.
Thus, the universe, which appears as waking or dream, is merely an illusion created out of consciousness, the invisible substance and witness of the three states.
The pain and pleasure are part of the waking or dream. The waking or dream is an object to the invisible Soul, the Self, which is present in the form of consciousness.
When awake, one should first picture to himself vividly what he has seen in a dream and then carefully and constantly think over the conditions of dreaming and wakefulness, and analyse and realize that the witness of the three states is invisible and a part.
The invisible witness has nothing to do with the individual experience happening within the illusory universe, which appears as waking or dream.
The dream entity and dream universe have nothing to do with the waking entity.
The waking entity and the waking universe have nothing to do with the dream entity.
In deep sleep, the invisible Soul, the Self, which is the witness, remains without the waking or dream experience.
In waking alone experience the waking entity is aware of the dream or deep sleep experiences, but the waking entity was absent in the dream or deep sleep.
One who is aware of the three states is neither the waking entity nor the dream entity because the deeper inquiry reveals that the Self is not physical, but the Self is the invisible Spirit or Soul or consciousness.
The one that witnesses the waking or dream is not the form, but it is the formless, because the form is limited to the waking or dream.
Thus, the witness is that which witnesses the waking or dream experience as a whole without the physical apparatus.
The seeker must observe deeply and find out the essential similarity between the dream and waking experience. He should realize that the witness of the three states is formless and apart. He should then give up the notion of the reality of the waking experience, same way he gives up the dream realities, when waking takes place, and cease to be attached to both waking and dream, by holding mentally the invisible Soul, the Self, which is the witness as real and eternal.:~ Santthosh Kumaar

Tuesday, April 22, 2025

Nothing has to be accepted as God other than consciousness.+


The final stage of the pursuit of truth is to know that the ‘Self’ is consciousness. Consciousness is the ultimate truth, or Brahman or God in truth.
Even the Bhagavad Gita says: ~ Brahmano hi pratisthaham ~ Brahman (God in truth) is considered the all-pervading consciousness, which is the basis of all the animate and inanimate entities and material. (14.27).
When the Bhagavad Gita says that God is considered the all-pervading consciousness, which is the basis of all animate and inanimate entities and matter, then nothing has to be accepted as God other than consciousness.
Consciousness is not limited to the waking state alone because it pervades everything and everywhere in all three states.
Waking and dream emerge from consciousness. The emergence of the waking or dreams does not make any difference to consciousness.
Consciousness remains unchanged and unaffected by the waking or dream, even though both the waking and the dream objects and the waking or dreams are aspects of consciousness.
The dreamer would not realize that dream objects and the dreams are simply aspects of consciousness unless he wakes up from the dream. When the waking takes place, the dream becomes unreal; in the same way, when Advaitic wisdom dawns the waking becomes unreal.
The unchanging reality behind the waking or dream experience is consciousness.
The waking or dream experiences are external manifestations of consciousness.
As long as a person is caught up in phenomenal existence, he does not see the unity behind the multiplicity.
When one wakes up to consciousness as it is in itself, not perceived or interpreted, or the noumenal level, he becomes aware of the one, non-dual consciousness, which was the cause of the three states.
Thus, consciousness is supreme. It is the reality. It has no beginning and end. It is eternal and beyond the reach of pain and pleasure.
Consciousness is indivisible, immeasurable, and without names and forms. It cannot be avoided, as it is present everywhere.
Consciousness cannot be grasped, as it is transcendent. It cannot be contained in anything, as it contains everything.
Consciousness is indefinable, for it is beyond the range of action and speech. Thus, consciousness is reality itself, pure and absolute consciousness.
Consciousness is the ultimate reality is defined as that which persists. Consciousness exists in all periods of time and remains the same in the past, present, and future.
Consciousness is the ultimate reality that exists both in the manifest and the unmanifested.
The mind, which is in the form of universe arises out of the consciousness . Consciousness exists in all the three states. The mind rises from it and Merges back into consciousness.
Consciousness is the substratum and the three states. Consciousness is like the ocean, and the mind is like a wave. A wave exists in the ocean and Merges back into the ocean. Similarly, the mind or universe is nothing but consciousness. Everything is consciousness.
Consciousness is a principle of utter simplicity. There is no duality in consciousness, for no qualities are found in the concept of consciousness. It is also simple in the sense that it is not subject to inner contradictions, which would make it changeable and transitory.
To understand the nature of consciousness and to speak of it, consciousness in its reality is not a metaphysical postulate that can be proved logically, but it must be grasped and realized mentally, not through argument or logical conclusions, but through perfect reasoning.
Consciousness is one: It is not a `He or She ', a personal being; nor is it an `It', an impersonal concept. It is that state which comes about when all subject-object distinctions are obliterated.:~ Santthosh Kumaar

Mythological Gods and Goddesses are based on blind belief. God, based on blind belief, is not God in truth.+


Mythological Gods and Goddesses are based on blind belief. God, based on blind belief, is not God in truth.
The belief implies duality. From the ultimate standpoint, duality is merely an illusion.
Thus, whatever one sees, knows, believes, and experiences within the dualistic illusion is bound to be an illusion.
Mythological stories are a myth. Whatever is based on myth is merely a superstition.
Mythology was introduced in the past for the ignorant masses. It has to be discarded as one progress in his spiritual advancement.
All the mythological Gods are worshipped in the form of idols. The belief system that propagated ideas of many Gods and Goddesses, Bhakti is the only way to God, is simply trying to lead the people to darkness with its dogma and idea of many Gods, which is apart from the ‘Self’.
Mythology breeds superstition, blind belief, and senseless rituals and most irrational and gives them a divine outlook.
Mythological stories are a myth. Whatever is based on myth is merely a superstition. Mythology was introduced in the past for the ignorant masses. It has to be discarded if one has to realize the ultimate truth or Brahman or real God.
Through deeper self-search, one gains a new understanding of certain dogmas.
Ideas injected by religion about the literal heaven, where people are immersed in pleasure, in a literal hell, where people suffer, are fables.
God is not up there to judge and decide our good and bad deeds. All the mythological stories about mythological Gods are religiously injected fables.
Hell is merely a metaphor for the isolated soul, which like all souls ultimately will be united in love with God.”
The seeker of truth must remember the fact that religion is not Spirituality.
The religion is based on the ego, which is the false self (ego) within the false experience (waking). Spirituality has nothing to do with religion.
Spirituality is based on the Spirit, which is present in the form of the invisible and unborn Soul, the Self.
The Vedas are based on the Spirit because they hold God as the Spirit.
Yajurveda – chapter- 32:~ God is Supreme Spirit, has no ‘Pratima’ (idol) or material shape. God cannot be seen directly by anyone. God pervades all beings and all directions. Thus, Idolatry does not find any support from the Vedas.
Vedas and Upanishads confirm that God is the Soul, the Self is present in the form of the Spirit or consciousness.
Rig Veda: ~ The Atman (Soul or Spirit) is the cause; Atman is the support of all that exists in this universe. May ye never turn away from the Atman, the Self. May ye never accept another God in place of the Atman nor worship other than the Atman?" (10:48, 5)
The Spirit is the root element of the universe. The Spirit is present in the form of the Soul, the Self. The Soul is present in the form of consciousness.
From the Spirit, the universe comes into existence. In the Spirit, the universe resides. And into the Spirit, the universe is dissolved. The Spirit is the parent of all that is there.
Even the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad: ~ Brahman (God in truth) is the form of the Athma, and it is indeed the Atman itself.
There is a clear-cut idea of God in the Vedas, Upanishads and Bhagavad Gita. And also, there is a clear-cut idea of what not to worship as God in place of the real God.
Thus, it proves from the Vedic perspective that the Puranic Gods are not Vedic Gods.
Vedas says never accept another God in place of the Atman, nor worship other than the Atman.

One must remember that for all periods the Vedas are the final goal and authority, and if the Puranas differ in any respect from the Vedas, the Puranas is to be rejected without mercy.
If you feel the Puranas say something and the Vedas say something else, reject the Puranas and believe in the Vedas. The Puranas are just a myth.
India takes pride in being the descendants of the Sages of truth who gave the Advaita the ultimate truth. The Advaitic truth is the ultimate truth or Brahman.
All the mythological Gods' existence is a myth. Such Gods can exist only within the dualistic illusion. Thus, the existence of such Gods is illusory.
Mythological Gods and Goddesses based on blind belief. The belief implies duality. From the ultimate standpoint, the duality is merely an illusion.

Thus, whatever one sees, knows, believes, and experiences within the dualistic illusion is bound to be an illusion.
Mythological stories are a myth. Whatever is based on myth is merely a superstition. Mythology was introduced in the past for the ignorant masses. It has to be discarded as one progress in his spiritual advancement.
Swami Vivekananda: This bending the knee to superstitions, this selling yourself to your own mind, does not befit you, the Soul. Self is infinite, deathless, and birthless. Because the Self is infinite Spirit, it does not befit you to be a slave. ... Arise! Awake! Stand up and fight! Die if you must. There is none to help you. Self is the entire world. Who can help you?
Mythology breeds superstition, blind belief, and senseless rituals and most irrational and gives them a divine outlook.
Swami Vivekananda: ~ If superstition enters, the brain is gone. Superstition is our great enemy, but bigotry is worse.
Mythological stories, religious, are fables, yet are taken seriously by pundits. All these stories are a reality within the dualistic illusion. The waking experience is a dualistic illusion.
Thus, whatever belongs to the dualistic illusion is bound to be a falsehood. In reality, there is no duality because there is only Oneness.
The PURANAS, including Vishnu Purana and Siva Purana, are based on the false idea of a personal God, because the writers have thought of Him as a glorified man and woman.
The translations made till now of Indian philosophical works have represented religion and mythology, not philosophy. The greatest pundits do not understand it, for they do not understand science. What has this mythological teaching done for India? Look at its state today. Look at the conversions. Imagining that God has ashes on his forehead or blazing like the sun-- that is all poetry and depends only on faith.
The Saiva Siddanta sect is a dualistic, unphilosophical religion like Ramanuja's sect.
Why did not Ramanuja and Madhva not write commentaries on the Upanishads (as Sankara did to establish Brahman) but stop, content with writing commentaries on the Vyasasutras, and culling some paras only from the Upanishads with convenient vagueness to establish their God and Theology?
Indians are more religious than other people. The six systems of Indian Philosophy are really six systems of Indian speculation. For there is only one Truth.
The ancient Hindu tenet borrowed by theosophists of the universe appearing and dissolving, days and nights of Brahma, entering into pralaya, etc., is intended for mediocre intellects who cannot rise to truth. It is a convenient fable representing the philosophic truth that the whole universe dissolves in your mind in deep sleep, thus entering pralaya, and rises again next morning, i.e., it is all imagination, idea. The Brahma-God has nothing to do with it.
That is why Swami Vivekananda said:-
THE MASSES IN INDIA CRY TO SIXTY MILLION GODS, AND STILL DIE LIKE DOGS. WHERE ARE THESE GODS?
Knowing this, stand up and fight! Not one step back, that is the idea. ... Fight it out, whatever comes. Let the stars move from the sphere! Let the whole world stand against us! Death means only a change of garments. What of it? Thus fight! You gain nothing by becoming cowards. ... Taking a step backward, you do not avoid any misfortune. You have cried to all the gods in the world. Has misery ceased? The masses in India cry to sixty million gods, and still die like dogs. Where are these gods? ... The gods come to help you when you have succeeded. So, what is the use? Die game. This bending the knee to superstitions, this selling yourself to your own mind, does not befit you, my soul. You are infinite, deathless, birthless. Because you are an infinite spirit, it does not befit you to be a slave. ... Arise! Awake! Stand up and fight! Die if you must. There is none to help you. You are the entire world. Who can help you?- Swami Vivekananda (Delivered In San Francisco, on May 28, 1900) The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda/Volume 1/Lectures And Discourses/The Gita II
Vivekananda said:- Creeds and sects have their parts to play, but they are for children; they last but temporarily. Books never make religions, but religions make books. We must never forget that. No book ever created God, but God inspired all the great books. And no book ever created a soul. We must never forget that. -Talk given at Unity Hall, Hartford (Connecticut), USA, on March 8, 1895, as reported in "Hartford Times" (March 11, 1895). Complete Works, 1.324.:~
There is a clear-cut idea of God in the Vedas, Upanishads, and Bhagavad Gita. And also, there is a clear-cut idea of what not to worship as God in place of the real God. Thus, it proves from Vedic perspective the Puranic Gods are not Vedic Gods.
Vedas says never to accept another God in place of the Atman, nor worship other than the Atman. :~Santthosh Kumaar

The Isa Upanishads indicate that:- By worshiping gods and goddesses and going to the world of gods after death is of no use. +


The Isa Upanishads indicate that:- By worshiping gods and goddesses and going to the world of gods after death is of no use. The time one spends in ritualistic practices is wasted; one can spend the same time moving forward towards Self-knowledge, which is the main goal.
One cannot reach the non-dual destination by glorifying gods and goddesses, and by doing that, one goes deeper and deeper into darkness. It surely indicates that the seeker of truth has to drop the worshiping god and goddess to get Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.
Isa Upanishad says: ~Andharh tamah pravisanti ye Vidyam upasate, tato bhuya iva te tamo ya u vidyayarh ratah.
Into blinding darkness enter those who cling to ignorance, but into still deeper darkness go those who flirt with knowledge. It is the promotion of nescience with the help of scholarship to justify the worship of a mortal in lieu of God. It makes no difference whether God is conceived as clothed with attributes (saguna) or as absolute, attribute-less existence (nirguna).
Sage Sankara:~ VC Let erudite scholars quote all the scripture, let Gods be invoked through sacrifices, let elaborate rituals be performed, let personal Gods be propitiated---yet, without the realization of one‘s identity With the Self, there shall be no liberation for the individual, not even in the lifetimes of a hundred Brahmas put together (verses-6)
Sage Sankara said: ~ Neither by the practice of yoga nor philosophy, nor by good works nor by learning, does liberation come, but only through the realization that Atman and Brahman are one in no other way. (1) Vivekachoodamani v 56, pg 25
Lord Krishna confesses that the oldest wisdom of India (our true Advaitic wisdom ) has been lost: people misinterpret and falsify it today as they did then. It is not yoga but the philosophic truth. But nobody knows it. The teachers of philosophy and leaders of mysticism or religion do not want to inquire into the truth and have no time for it. (Gita –Chap- IV-v.2)
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In the Gita Chapter.IV where Lord Krishna says: ~ "This yoga has been lost for ages." The word yoga refers to Gnana yoga, not other yogas: the force of the word is to point this out.
Lord Krishna describes some of the other yogas, but devotes this chapter separately to Gnana Yoga. So, one sees even in those ancient days, people did not care for Advaita; they wanted religion; hence, Gnana got lost. That is why Krishna calls it "the supreme secret." Krishna points out that the yoga must-see is "Brahman in action."
Gita Chap.IV: "He who achieves perfection in Yoga finds the Self in time." This means that after his yoga is finished, he begins the inquiry into the ultimate truth, and in due course, this inquiry produces the realization of the universal spirit as the result.
Lord Krishna says Ch. V:~ “Those who know the Self in truth.". The last two words (tattvataha) are usually ignored by pundits, but they make all the difference between the ordinary concept of God and the truth about God.
Bhagavad Gita Krishna says: ~It is only one amongst thousands of people who strive for spiritual salvation. Even amongst such seekers, it is only the rare person who gets to know “Self” correctly.’ (7.3)
There is no need for any practice to realize the ultimate truth, or Brahman or God in truth.
Perfect understanding and assimilation of ‘what is what’ is very much necessary to realize the ultimate truth or Brahman or God in truth.:~Santthosh Kumaar

The invisible and unborn Soul is the ultimate truth, or Brahman or God in truth. God is present in the form of consciousness.+


The invisible and unborn Soul is the ultimate truth, or Brahman or God in truth. God is present in the form of consciousness.
God in truth is Self-evident. It is not established by extraneous proofs. It is not possible to deny God in truth because God in truth is the very essence of the one who denies God in truth. God in truth is the basis of all kinds of knowledge, presuppositions, and proofs.
God in truth is the witness-consciousness that experiences the action, the actor, and the world of separate things. It is like a light that illuminates everything in a theatre, revealing the master of ceremonies, the guests, and the dancers with complete impartiality. Even when they all depart, the light shines to reveal their absence.
Sage Sankara’s Supreme Brahman (God in truth) is impersonal, Nirguna (without Gunas or attributes), Nirakara (formless), Nirvisesha (without special characteristics), immutable, eternal, and Akarta (non-agent). God in truth is above all needs and desires. God in truth is always the Witnessing Subject. God in truth can never become an object, as God in truth is beyond the reach of the senses. God in truth is non-dual, one without a second. God in truth has no other besides it. God in truth is destitute of difference, either external or internal. God in truth cannot be described because the description implies a distinction. God in truth cannot be distinguished from any other than the invisible God in truth. In God in truth, there is no distinction between substance and attribute. Sat-Chit-Ananda constituted the very essence or Svarupa of God in truth, and not just God in truth's attributes. The Nirguna Brahman of Sage Sankara is impersonal
Remember:~
Sage Sankara (VC) indicated that:- 56. Neither by Yoga, nor by Sankhya, nor by work, nor by learning, but by the realisation of one's identity with Brahman is Liberation possible, and by no other means.
58. Loud speech consisting of a shower of words, the skill in expounding the Scriptures, and likewise erudition - these merely bring on a little personal enjoyment to the scholar, but are no good for Liberation.
59. The study of the Scriptures is useless so long as the highest Truth is unknown, and it is equally useless when the highest Truth has already been known.
60. The Scriptures, consisting of many words, are a dense forest that merely causes the mind to ramble. Hence, men of wisdom should earnestly set about knowing the true nature of the Self.
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 utters the name of the medicine, without taking it; (similarly) without direct realisation, one cannot be liberated by the mere utterance of the word Brahman.
Holding some teacher or teaching as a yardstick and trying to prove that he is right and others are wrong, and indulging in the perverse argument, will help to unfold the mystery of the mind.
Seeker has to learn to view and judge from the standpoint of the invisible Soul, the witness, and then he will never have any doubts or confusion.
When one thinks deeply, then only the inner revelation starts and starts burning the dross (confusion and doubts).
Luke 1720 And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come, he answered them and said, "The kingdom of God cometh not with observation: Neither shall they say, 'Lo here! or, lo there!' for, behold, the kingdom of God is within."
This means that the "kingdom of God" (heaven) is within - it is not a place to be reached, but rather the truth of one’s true existence, which is beyond form, time, and space. : - Santthosh kumaar

Whatever is going on in our life it will go because it is an illusory play of consciousness.+


Life will go on its own. We did not choose our parents, nor did we have any plans for our lives before our birth,
Our birth just happened. Whatever is going on in our life it will go because it is an illusory play of consciousness.
The actor, director, the play, and the stage are all created out of consciousness. It is like a one-man show. You cannot change the play because you are only part of the illusory play.
Do not try to change the play; whatever is going to happen will happen, and whatever is not going to happen will not happen. So, be calm, and the play goes on and on its own. Be aware of the Soul, the Self, which will free you from illusory anxiety.
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You, your experience of the birth, life, and death part and parcel of the illusory universe or Maya. The Self is not you but the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.
The Soul or consciousness is the cause of the illusory universe or Maya.
When the universe, along with you, is created out of consciousness, then consciousness, which is the cause of the universe alone, is real and eternal.
Ashtavakra Gita: ~” The universe rises from the Self, like bubbles from the sea. Thus, know the Self to be One and in this way enter into the state of dissolution."
Realizing the world in which you exist is nothing but the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness, is Self-realization because the Self is not you but the ‘Self is the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.
When the Soul remains in its own nondual awareness in the midst of the dualistic illusion (the world in which you exist) is Self-awareness.
Remember:~
Sage Sankara said: ~A.A~ 88. When the whole universe, movable and immovable, is known to be Atman (consciousness), and thus the existence of everything else is negated, where is then any room to say that the body is Atman?
That is why Sage Sankara Says: ~ VC-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.
What is the use of saying ‘I AM THAT’- without knowing what the ‘Self’ is in actuality?
Without knowing the truth of the Self, without realizing the truth of the world in which you exist, it is impossible to realize the truth beyond form, time, and space. By a mere utterance of the word ‘I AM THAT', the truth will not be revealed.
Sage Sankara: ~VC~ if the universe is true, let it then be perceived in the state of deep sleep also. As it is not at all perceived, it must be unreal and false, like dreams.
That is why Sage Sankara's declaration: ~ “Brahman is the truth, the world is unreal. Everything is truly Brahman, and nothing else has any value.
Sage Sankara says: ~ ‘What is accepted without a proper inquiry will not lead to the final Goal. (Commentary on Vedanta Sutra)
Sage Sankara says: ~ “The exercise in discrimination between real and unreal and renunciation of the false is real meditation, then why are you indulging in other types of meditation.
Those who tell you that Brahman is unity, that you can get it only by intuition, that you should not reason, you should not question or inquire, are deluding you. Verification must come by thought.: : ~ Santthosh Kumaar