To realize oneness, you must unfold the mystery of the ‘I’. without realizing what is this ‘I’ supposed to be in actuality oneness is an impossibility.
Sage Sankara said: ~ Talk as much philosophy as you like, worship as many Gods as you please, observe ceremonies, and sing devotional hymns, but liberation will never come, even after a hundred aeons, without realizing the Oneness.
The ‘I’ is the ignorance. Until one holds the ‘I’ as the Self, it is impossible to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Athma Gnana.
The seeker has to get rid of the ignorance, which is present in the form of ‘I’, to realize the ultimate truth or Brahman.
What is this ‘I’?
The ‘I’ is not a thought. The ‘I’ is the mind. The mind is the whole universe. The universe appears as waking or dream (duality and disappears as deep sleep (non-duality).
The one that appears as waking or dream (duality) and disappears as deep sleep (nonduality) is the Soul, the Self.
The Soul is present in the form of consciousness. Consciousness pervades everything and everywhere in all the three states.
Without knowing what is the mind, it is impossible to realize the truth, which is beyond form, time, and space.
People think the mind is within the body, but deeper self-search reveals the fact that the world in which you exist itself is the mind.
When the ‘I’ is there then only the mind is present.
If the mind is there, then only the universe is present.
If the universe is present, then only the waking is present.
Thus, it is very much necessary to realize the ‘what ‘I’ is in actuality. Without knowing ‘what is this ‘I’, it is impossible to realize the ‘I-less’ truth, which is beyond form, time, and space.
Till you hold the ‘Self ‘as the ‘I’ you will never be able to get Self-realization. ‘I’ hides the Soul, which is the Self. ‘
'I’ is ignorance.
‘I’ is the duality.
‘I’ is the form, time, and space.
‘I’ is the universe.
‘I’ is the waking.
‘I’ is the dream.
‘I’ is the illusion.
‘I’ is the experience of birth, life, death, and the world.
But remember:~
Without the ‘I’ there is no ignorance.
Without the ‘I’ there is no duality.
Without the ‘I’ there is no form, time, and space.
Without the ‘I’ there is no universe.
Without the ‘I’ there is no waking.
Without the ‘I’ there is no dream.
Without the ‘I’ there is no illusion.
Without the ‘I’ there is no experience of birth, life, death, and the world.
The ‘I’ hides the Soul, the Self, which is the cause of ‘I’.
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.
The Bhagavad Gita: ~ The permanent is always there, only the transient ‘I’ comes and goes. (2.18)
Perfect understanding of ‘what is what’ leads to the realization of truth hidden by the ‘I’. :~Santthosh Kumaar
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