Sage Sankara declaration: ~ “Brahman is the truth the universe is unreal
everything is truly Brahman and nothing else has any value.
You and your experience of the world are a reality within the dualistic
illusion or Maya. All your individual experiences of birth, life, death, and the world have
nothing to do with the Self.
Your experience of pain and pleasure has
nothing to do with the Self. Because you and your experience of the world are a
reality within the dualistic illusion. The dualistic illusion hides the Soul,
the Self, which is present in the form of consciousness.
Remember: ~
The Self is not you but the Soul, which is the cause of the dualistic
illusion and it, itself is uncaused.
The dualistic illusion or Maya is present in the form of the universe. The
universe appears as waking or dream(duality) and disappears as deep sleep
(nonduality).
The one that becomes dual and nondual is the Soul, the Self,
which is present in the form of consciousness.
‘I AM’ is not a reality. Whenever the ‘I AM’ is there the dualistic
illusion is present. Whenever dualistic illusion is present the world in which
you exist is present.
The world in which you exist appears and disappears.
Thus, the ‘I AM’ appears and disappears. The ‘I AM’ is not permanent.
The Soul, the Self is the witness of the coming and going, of
the ‘I AM. It is erroneous to identify the Soul, the Self as the ‘I
AM'.
The ‘I am’ represents ignorance. How can you watch the ‘I AM’ the truth
that is hidden by the ‘I AM'. by you keeping quiet and keeping silent the truth
will not emerge?
The ‘I’ hides the Soul. Therefore, the seeker has to realize ‘what is
this ‘I’ supposed to be in actuality.
If the Self is not ‘I’ but the Self is the Soul then from the standpoint
of the Soul, the Self: ~
Where
is the ‘I’?
Where
is the ego?
Where
is the body?
Where
is the mind?
Where
is the world in which you exist?
Where
is the form, time, and space?
Where
is the waking experience?
Where
is the duality?
Where
is void?
They are or have become one with the Soul which is present in the form
of consciousness. Consciousness is the ultimate truth or Brahman.
The ‘I’ is present only when the mind is present. The mind is present
only when the world is present. The world is present only when the waking experience is present.
Deeper self-search reveals that the waking experience is not
considered different from the world. The world is not considered different from
the mind. The mind is not considered different from the I’. This truth has to
be assimilated.
The ‘I’ is merely an illusion created out of the Soul, which is present in
the form of consciousness. ‘I’ is not the subject. The ‘I’ is an object to
the Soul, which is the formless, timeless, and spaceless subject.
If
the ‘I’ is an illusion, then the world in which you exist is bound to be an
illusion.
If
the ‘I’ is an illusion, then three states are bound to be an illusion.
If
the ‘I’ is an illusion, then the form, time, and space are bound to be an
illusion.
If
the I’ is an illusion, then the individual experience of birth, life, and death
is bound to be an illusion.
If
the ‘I’ is an illusion, then the words and thoughts are bound to be an
illusion.
If
the ‘I’ is an illusion, then the duality is bound to be an illusion.
The seeker has to make sure what is this ‘I’ supposed to be? The seeker
has to make sure the unreal nature of the ‘I’ comes and goes to
realize the truth, which is beyond form, time, and space.
That is why Bhagavad Gita: ~ The permanent is always there, only the transient
‘I’ comes and goes. (2.18)
The ‘I’ hides the Soul, the Self, which is the cause of the 'I'.
People think the ‘I’ without the body is the Self. The seeker has to
understand that ‘I’ is not the Self, but the witness of
the ‘I’ is the true Self, which is eternal.
That is why Ashtavakra Gita 16:10: ~ If you desire liberation, but you
still say "I," If you feel the ‘Self’ is the ‘I’, You are not a wise
man or a seeker. You are simply a man who suffers.
People are stuck with the reality of the ‘I’, which they take 'I' as real
because some Gurus have propagated that the Self is the ‘I’. is no need to convince
such a mindset. The seeker of truth accepts only the truth nothing but the truth.
That is why Sage Sankara says: - VC-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.
People refuse to accept anything other than their Gurus' words. For them,
their Guru's words are the ultimate truth. They do not accept anything else
other than their accepted truth. There is no need to convince such a mindset.
Such a mindset is not fit to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or
Atma Gnana. The seekers of truth accept only the truth nothing but the
uncontradictable truth.: ~ Santthosh
Kumaar
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