Thoughts like “I” and “I am” will not cease until one understands What is ‘I’.+

The ‘I’ is the universe. Without the ‘I’ the universe ceases to exist. The Soul, the ‘Self’, and the universe are one in essence because the universe is nothing but an illusion created out of the Soul, the Self, which is present in the form of consciousness.

This universe is only the veil of ignorance on the Soul, the Self, which is present in the form of consciousness. The Self is not you but the Soul, which is hidden by the universe.

The Soul is hidden by the universe because the universe is merely a dualistic illusion or Maya created out of the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.

Sage Sankara: ~ “VC~ All this universe which through ignorance appears as of diverse forms, is nothing else but Brahman (Consciousness) which is absolutely free from all the limitations of Maya.

When you finally realize the Self is not you but the ‘‘Self’’ is the Soul then you will realize the world in which you exist is merely an illusion created out of the Soul. The Soul is present in the form of consciousness.

Sage Sankara says:~ VC-47 All the effects of ignorance, root, and branch, are burnt down by the fire of knowledge, which arises from discrimination between these two—the Self and the non-self.

Remember: ~ All is consciousness. The whole universe is consciousness. From consciousness, the universe comes. When the universe disappears, the consciousness still remains without form, time, and space.

Till you think you are an individual separate from the world and the world existed prior to you and you are born in it afterward ignorance will prevail as a reality.

Till ignorance is there the universe prevails as a reality. Until the universe prevails as a reality the religion thrives.

Remember:~

Thoughts like “I” and “I am” will not cease until one understands What is this ‘I’.

One has to understand that the thought will not rise without the waking or dream therefore, the waking or dream has to be there prior to the real thought process.

Thoughts have nothing to do with the formless witness of the waking or dream. Thoughts are concerned to the individual, not to the formless witness. Whatever is part of the mind has to be a falsehood.

The thoughts, which arise to the false self within the false experience are bound to be a falsehood. It is erroneous to trace the source of the thought instead one has to first realize the fact that the ‘I’ is not the Self.

‘I’ is not limited to the physical entity but ‘I’ is the whole universe, which appears as waking or dream and disappears as deep sleep.

If ‘I’ is there then the mind is there. If the mind is there then the universe is there. And the universe is present only when waking or dream is present.

One sees differences between things because of ignorance, all these differences would vanish when one gets wisdom and the various thoughts arise because one considers ‘I’ as the Self.

The cause for this ignorance and the universe is subtle and one without a second and unchanging existence, Similar to the water being the cause of clouds and snow.

One must be desirous of knowing the ultimate truth. The pursuit of truth is the most difficult. But it is not difficult for those serious seekers who want nothing other than the truth.

Receptivity is needed in pursuit of truth. Accumulated knowledge, scriptural mastery, or logical conclusions are not yardsticks in pursuit of truth.

One cannot imagine the truth and imagination is not truth. Imagination is possible only when there is duality. Duality is falsehood.

All our individual experiences are part and parcel of the duality. Therefore our individual experiences of birth, life, death, and the world are illusory.

To realize it is falsehood one has to realize that the Self is neither the waking entity nor the dream entity but the self is the formless substance and witness of the three states.

Getting rid of the world does not mean that it must become imperceptible to the senses. It means that one must know that it is destructible, it is ever-changing.

One must know its real nature; its unreality. He must give up the notion that it is real.

The knowledge of consciousness cannot destroy the objective world, but can only give him the idea that it is unreal.

Modern science proves that everything is changing every moment. Spirituality has to consider and answer the questions: How does that which changes, appear to be, changeless?:~Santthosh Kumaar