If one thinks: "I know ‘SELF well" then surely he knows but little of its form; he knows only its form as conditioned by man or by the concept of some philosophy.

If one thinks: "I know ‘SELF well" then surely he knows but little of its form; he knows only its form as conditioned by man or by the concept of some philosophy. Therefore ‘Self’ has to be grasped through deeper self-search because self is prior to form, time and space because it is formless, timeless and space-less existence.

‘SELF’ is not known by those who know it; it is known by those who do not know it. That is when one says he knows ‘SELF; he is saying it as a person. The ‘SELF’ cannot be applied only to the individuality but to the whole experience [three states]. But in reality the person and world created out of consciousness the innermost self, thus nothing exits other than consciousness. Thus if one says he has realized the ‘SELF’ as a person, he is making a wrong statement. One must know consciousness, which the innermost self, as the formless clay of the three states [whole].

Consciousness the inner most self is known when it is realized in every state of mind; for by such Knowledge one attains Immortality. By consciousness one obtains strength; by self- Knowledge, Immortality.

If a man knows the innermost self is consciousness in the midst of duality [waking], he then attains the non dual goal of his mission within the illusion. If he does not know it in the waking experience, than he remains ignorance experiencing the cycle of birth, life and death as reality. Having realized the Self in everything and everywhere in all the three states, the Gnani relinquish the world and becomes mentally immortal before his physical death.