Tripura Rahasya, 18: 89:~ Second-hand knowledge of the Self gathered from books or Gurus can never emancipate a man until its truth is rightly investigated and applied; only direct realisation will do that. Realise yourSelf, turning the mind inward.
For a Gnani: ~
Where is the body, where is the mind, where is the world; the void; or despair in the true Self, which the taintless Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. They are or have become conscious.
One thinks there is the mind when he has thoughts, but when thoughts are not considered different from the consciousness, which is the true Self, then where is the division into waking, dream, and deep sleep, etc.
The void implies duality. The universe may not exist, but the thought of the second is there. If one knows there is a Void (emptiness/nothingness), then there is something there to be known and know. They are or have become the consciousness.
What are the scriptures, what is Self-knowledge, what is the mind without the objects, what is contentment, and where is desirelessness for the formless Soul, the Self, which is ever devoid of the sense of duality?
What is knowledge? What is ignorance? What is the ego? What is duality? What is the mind? What is bondage? What is liberation? What is definableness to the formless Soul, the Self, which is in the form of the consciousness?
All these appearances are merely an illusion, which comes and goes; hence, they are meaningless to the formless Soul, the Self.
Egocentric knowledge is not the ultimate knowledge because ego-based knowledge is dualistic knowledge based on the object (body) as the subject. But in non-dualistic Knowledge, whatever seems to exist is also consciousness; therefore, there is no scope for the existence of the second thing.
What are past karmas? What is liberation in this life? What is that liberation at death? for the birthless Soul, which is ever formless.
The nearest state to understanding the Soul by itself is to eliminate mentally waking and dream as in deep sleep. Once this is grasped, one has to understand that everything is consciousness, which is the real Self.
What is the doer or the enjoyer? What is the cessation of thoughts or rising of thoughts? What are the immediate perception and its result to the formless Soul, which is ever impersonal? A Gnani is never afraid of thinking and knowing all his individual experience and the world to be consciousness.
What is the world and what is meant by the aspirant for liberation; what is contemplative and what is the man of knowledge; what the Self is and what liberated Self to the formless Soul, which is the non-dual essence.
When we analyze the dream experience, we find the dream entity, the dream world with all the people in it appeared as a whole, and the dream reality lasted until waking experience appeared.
When one tries to know the truth of his true existence in the waking through inquiry, analysis, and reasoning, one becomes aware that the Self is not physical, but it is a formless Soul, which is in the form of consciousness.
Consciousness is the essence of the three states from which the three states are made.
Thus, the illusions of the three states are made of one single substance, which is consciousness.
By realizing the formless substance, which is consciousness as the Self, ignorance vanishes, and one becomes aware that the three states are merely an illusion from the standpoint of the formless substance, which is also the witness of the three states. :~ Santthosh Kumaar
No comments:
Post a Comment