Tuesday, 24 December 2024

Many people adopt the attitude that what they know is the truth. And they think what others say is false.+

People are still primitive thinking fall into faulty reasoning through their inherited conditioning, such faulty thinking and reasoning make them accept the experience of birth, life, and death as a reality; taking what one sees through the senses as real, taking what is apparently obvious and superficial as true because it is less troublesome.

Many people adopt the attitude that what they know is the truth. And they think what others say is false. This attitude makes them not verify anything other than what they know. 

One needs to be rational, not merely logical. Logic has its value only in the domain of form, time, and space. Logic implies duality. 

As one advances towards the spiritual plane, he sees the truth underlying experience and becomes more rational. His reasoning is two-fold—dualistic and nondualistic. He uses dualistic reason for practical purposes and nondualistic reason for spiritual pursuit.  

Remember:~ 

You are not the ‘Self’ because you are mortal. You are mortal because you are bound by the experience of birth, life, death, and the world. The ‘Self’ is the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness and is immortal because it is ever formless, timeless, and spaceless existence. 

The one that is in ignorance is the Soul; the one that has to wake up from the sleep of ignorance is the Soul, the Self.

The world in which you exist is the product of ignorance. When ignorance vanishes the world in which you exist is merely an illusion created out of consciousness. 

Without the illusion, the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness alone will prevail as the ultimate reality or Brahman. Thus, consciousness is Brahman.

Self-realization is necessary to realize ‘what is truth and ‘what is the untruth.

Ashtavakra Gita:~ The Soul, the  Self is perfect and the same in misery and happiness hope and despair, and life and death, therefore in this way enter into the state of dissolution. 

If you hold the Self as 'I' then you are holding the dualistic illusion as a reality. if you hold the dualistic illusion as a reality you are in ignorance of your true existence.

Do not make the mistake of holding the ‘I’ as the Self because it is not permanent. ‘I’ disappears and becomes ‘I’-less.

‘I’ is an illusion and the ‘I-LESS’ is real and eternal. The ‘I-LESS-Soul ‘appears as ‘I’ and ‘I ’‘disappears as I-LESS-Soul.
Bhagavad Gita: ~ The permanent is always there, only the transient ‘I’ comes and goes. (2.18)

The ‘I’ hides the truth of the whole.

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 Soul appears as the universe, in waking and the universe disappears as the Soul is in deep sleep. The Soul is the universe and the universe is the Soul.

The universe is merely an illusion created out of the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. The illusion and the reality are nothing but consciousness. Thus, consciousness alone is real and eternal. :~ Santthosh Kumaar 

By criticizing the religion religious God, religious Gurus, and religious rituals wisdom will not dawn.

The seekers' aim is to discover and realize the truth not to indulge in condemning or criticizing the religion. The seeker must know the falsity of the religion and yoga for his own information.

The seeker must know that religion has nothing to do with spirituality. Do not mix religion and yoga in spirituality. Religion and yoga are based on myth because religion and yoga are based on blind belief, not truth.

Spirituality is based on the Spirit the God in truth.

The Bible says: ~ “God is a Spirit, and they that worship God must worship God in spirit and in truth. (John 4:24)

Yajurveda – chapter- 32:~ God is Supreme Spirit.

So, the religious Gods are not God in truth but they are based on imagination by the founders of the religion.

The seeker has to realize that religion religious God, religious Gurus, and religious rituals are not the means to acquire Self-knowledge.

There is no need to indulge in criticizing the religion, religious God, religious Gurus, and religious rituals but there is a need to realize, that the religion, religious Gods, and Gurus are meant to serve the ignorant populace. They are not the means to Self-realization.

The religion, religious God, religious Gurus, and religious rituals have nothing to do with the ultimate truth or Brahman. The religion religious God, religious Gurus, and religious rituals are a great hindrance in realizing the truth, which is beyond form, time, and space.

Mundaka Upanishad says: ~ The rituals and the sacrifices described in the Vedas deal with lower knowledge. The sages ignored these rituals and went in search of higher knowledge. ... Such rituals are unsafe rafts for crossing The sea of samsara, of birth and death. Doomed to shipwreck are those who try to cross The sea of samsara on these poor rafts. Ignorant of their own ignorance, yet wise in their own esteem, these deluded men Proud of their vain learning go round and round like the blind led by the blind.

There is a need to drop ignorance. Once ignorance is dropped then one becomes aware of judging ‘what truth is, and what is the untruth.

It is impossible to find and realize the truth via religion and scriptural study. Even Upanishads confirm this.

Katha Upanishad: ~ This Atman cannot be attained by the study of the Vedas, or by intelligence, or by much hearing of sacred books. It is attained by him alone whom It chooses. To such a one Atman reveals Its own form. (Ch-II -23-P-20)

Mundaka Upanishad: ~ This Atman cannot be attained through the study of the Vedas, nor through intelligence, nor through much learning. He who chooses Atman—by him alone is Atman attained. It is Atman that reveals to the seeker Its true nature. ( 3 –page-70 )

When the Upanishad says:~ the human goal is to acquire Self- Knowledge and they indicate the personal Gods, scriptures, worship, and rituals are not the means to Self –Knowledge, then why anyone should indulge in it.

Religion, the concept of an individualized God, and scriptures are the greatest obstacles to Self-realization because they are based on a false self. The seeker of truth has to search for the ultimate truth without losing himself in the labyrinths of philosophy, through deeper, inquiry, analysis, and reasoning, and assimilate and realize it.

That is why Sankara, indicated in Bhaja Govindam says:~(Jnana Viheena Sarva Mathena Bajathi na Muktim janma Shatena) - one without knowledge does not obtain liberation even in a hundred births, no matter which religious faith he follows.

Then it is no use going a roundabout way, tracing the Brahman which is the formless substance, and witness of the universe, which is in the form of the mind. By tracing the source of the mind or the universe, one will be able to realize the Brahman or God in truth.

Self-knowledge is meant only for those who have an intense urge, and courage to accept the truth with humility and reject the untruth. Since people start comparing with their scriptural knowledge, it becomes impossible to assimilate and realize the non-dual truth. Therefore, there is no need to convince anyone other than our own selves to get a firm conviction.

So they clearly indicate rituals and theories are not meant for those who are searching for higher knowledge or wisdom. The path of wisdom is the only means. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar

Buddhists believe in emptiness but they are unaware that emptiness is the nondual nature of the Soul, the Soul.+

Dalai Lama said:- Buddhism need not be the best religion though it is most scientific and religion and inquisitive. But Buddhism has no answer to certain questions like the existence of Atama (Soul) and rebirth. Dali lama said that as an individual he believes in rebirth as he had come across a few cases of rebirth. Modern science, Dalai Lama hoped would unearth the mystery behind the rebirth. (In DH –dec-212009-Gulbarga).

Santthosh Kumaar:~ Abiding in emptiness without knowing emptiness is the nondual nature of Athma is a foolish venture.

Buddhism has not proved the truth of Nonduality. There is no doubt Bhagavan Buddha pointed out the unreality of the world. He told people they were foolish to cling to it. But he stopped there. He came nearest to Advaita in speech but not to Advaita fully.
Buddhism does not believe in the existence of Athma.
Buddhists believe in emptiness but they are unaware that emptiness is the nondual nature of the Soul, the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.
Buddhists are unaware of the fact that the Athma is Self-evident. It is not established by extraneous proof. It is not possible to deny the Athma because It is the very essence of the one who denies It. Athma is the basis of all kinds of knowledge, presuppositions, and proofs.
The Athma is everything. Athma is present in the form of consciousness and is the ultimate truth or Brahman or God in truth
.Sage Sankara disagrees with Buddhists who say, there is nothing - a nonentity. Sage Sankara believes there is some reality, even though things are not what they appear to be. If one knows the truth, he will know what to do to find inspiration for action. The seeker of truth‘s subject is to know what is it that is Real.
Buddhism says:- All things are illusory and nothing exists. However, Advaita avers that it is not so. It says that the universe, of course, is illusory, but there is Brahman (consciousness), that exists forming the very substratum of all things (illusion or universe).

Remember:~

People who argue that the Soul does not exist are not aware that their own existence is dependent on the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.

One should not conclude because some great thinker said so or some philosophy says so. Without consciousness, the mind, which is present in the form of the universe ceases to exist.

Man ceases to exist without the universe. The universe ceases to exist without the Soul, the Self. The Soul can exist with or without the universe., which is a dualistic illusion.

However, one can attest that the Soul does exist because the whole physical existence is dependent on it. Even though one can't see it he cannot exist without it.

Without the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness, nothing can exist and nothing can be known or seen or experienced.

Until one thinks of his body as the ‘Self’, he will remain ignorant of the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.

Thus, he remains unaware of consciousness because he exists in the dualistic illusion. He identifies the ‘Self’ with the physical body becomes ignorant of the Soul and experiences the dualistic illusion as a reality. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar

The Guru-disciple concept belongs to religion and yoga. Gurudom is nothing to do with Spirituality or Adyathma.+

The Guru-disciple concept belongs to religion and yoga. Gurudom has nothing to do with Spirituality.
The Guru is useless so long as the ultimate truth is unknown, and the Guru is equally useless when the ultimate truth or Brahman has already been known.
A Guru is needed for the religious and the yogic path. There is no need for a Guru to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.
Sage Sankara: ~ "Though I wear these robes of a Sanyasin, it is only for the sake of bread."
So he wore a Guru's robe only for the sake of the ignorant. So he was identified as a Guru with parampara by religious people. For the truth seekers, Sage Sankara is a Brahma Gnani.
Sage Sankara himself said: ~ A Gnani "bears no outward mark of a holy man" (Stanza 539).
Thus, it proves that the religious gurus and yogis are not Gnanis because they identified themselves as holy people.
Tripura Rahasya: ~ 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 realization will do that. Realize yourself, turning the mind inward. (18: 89)
The Gurus, yogis, and Swamis are not Gnanis. The Gurus, yogis, and Swamis have nothing to do with the ultimate truth or Brahman. In the path of wisdom, the Guru is not necessary.
Advaitic truth is very simple, but it becomes very difficult if one wants to realize it through some Guru or some teaching.
To realize this simple truth one need not go to any Guru, one need not lose him’ Self’ in the labyrinth of philosophy; one need not spend his lifetime indulging in glorifying Guru or Gods, one need not search for truth in the books, one need not renounce his family life. One has to be in the world but not of this world.
It is because of our inherited samskara or conditioning we are carrying the baggage of mental junk. We have to burn all the junk, which is blocking our realization of the ultimate truth or Brahman.
If one is seeking truth nothing but truth one has to drop worshiping the physical Gurus and stick to the Gurus emotionally. Glorifying the Guru and God is for those who are not seeking the truth.
Vedas bar human worship: ~

Yajur Veda :~
Translation 3-
"They are enveloped in darkness, in other words, are steeped in ignorance and sunk in the greatest depths of misery who worship the uncreated, eternal Prakriti -- the material cause of the world -- in place of the All-pervading God, But those who worship visible things born of the Prakriti, such as the earth, trees, bodies (human and the like) in place of God are enveloped in still greater darkness, in other words, they are extremely foolish, fall into an awful hell of pain and sorrow, and suffer terribly for a long time. "- (Yajur Veda 40:9.)
Then why to worship and glorify the Gurus and Yogis (human form) in place of God when Veda bars such activities and also warns people who indulge in such activities to are enveloped in still greater darkness, in other words, they are extremely foolish, fall into an awful hell of pain and sorrow, and suffer terribly for a long time.
By worshiping the gurus as Gods, the wisdom will not dawn. The person who indulges in such activities will not be able to cross the threshold of dualistic illusion. One has to understand, assimilate, and realize the truth, which is beyond form, time, and space. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar

Those who follow I-centric Gurus and their teaching are blocking themselves from the truth, which is hidden by the ‘I’.+

All Gurus and their teaching of the past and present Glorified the ‘I’ and made seekers permanently remain in ignorance.

Most seekers are sentimentally and emotionally involved with ‘I-centric Gurus and their teaching and refuse to accept anything other than their Guru's teachings. Such seekers who follow 'I-centric Gurus and their teaching are blocking themselves from the truth, which is hidden by the ‘I’, which itself is ignorance.

Yoga Vasistha says: ~ Self-knowledge or knowledge of truth is not had by resorting to a Guru (preceptor) nor by the study of scripture, nor by good works: it is attained only by means of inquiry inspired by the company of wise (Gnani). One’s inner light alone is the means, naught else. When this inner light is kept alive, it is not affected by the darkness of inertia.

The Guru is useless so long as the ultimate truth is unknown, and the Guru is equally useless when the ultimate truth or Brahman has already been known.

That is why Swami Vivekananda said: ~ “You have to grow from the inside out. None can teach you, and none can make you spiritual. There is no other teacher, but your own Soul.”

A Guru is needed for the religious and the yogic path. There is no need for a Guru to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

Swami Vivekananda: ~Jñāna Yoga is divided into three parts. First: hearing the truth--that the Atman is the only reality and that everything else is Maya. Second: reasoning upon this philosophy from all points of view. Third: giving up all further argumentation and realizing the truth. This realization comes from being certain that Brahman is real and everything else is unreal.

The ‘I’ becomes ‘I’-less in deep sleep and the ‘I’-less appears as waking or dream (duality). The one that appears as the ‘I’, and the one that disappears as the ‘I-less, is the Soul which is present in the form of consciousness. The ‘I’ (mind) and ‘I-less (Soul) both are one in essence.

From the standpoint of the Soul, the Self, the three states are merely an illusion. The ‘I’ never exists in reality.

The ‘I’ is impermanent. The ‘I’ comes and goes as waking or dream, and disappears as deep sleep. There must be something permanent, to register the coming and going, of the ‘I’. The ‘I’ itself is an illusion. The Soul is the witness of the ‘I’ is permanent and eternal.

The Soul is the Self. The Soul is present in the form of consciousness. Consciousness pervades everything and everywhere in all three states.

It is for the seeker to go on his own and remove all the obstacles, which are blocking the realization of the truth, which is beyond the form, time, and space.

The greatest hindrance is mixing religion, God, scriptures, and yogic theories. Moreover, attachment to scriptures, personal God, and religious code of conduct keep one permanently in the grip of the dualistic illusion or Maya.

Embark on the journey of the truth; it frees the Soul from the illusion of form, time, and space.

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, which is present in the form of consciousness.

Remember:~

Self-inquiry is to realize the ‘Self’ is not ‘I’ but the ‘self is the ‘I-LESS Soul’, which is present in the form of consciousness.

You are not the ‘Self.
You are bound by form, time, and space.
You are bound by the experience of birth, life, death, and the world.
You are never free because the world in which you exist is the product of ignorance.
It is not you who is in ignorance but it is the Soul, which is in ignorance of its own true nature.
When the Soul wakes up from its sleep of ignorance and remains in its own awareness the world in which you exist becomes one with Soul-awareness.
When ignorance vanishes through Advaitic wisdom then the world in which you exist never again prevails as a reality.
The world in which you exist is created out of single clay. That single clay is the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.
The Soul is the Self. The Soul is not ‘I’. The Soul is the witness of the ‘I’ which appears and disappears.
The Soul is the only permanent thing and the ‘I’ is merely an illusion. If you do not understand this truth you will never be able to cross the ‘I’, which is the dualistic illusion or Maya.
The seeker has to make sure what is this ‘I’ supposed to be? The seeker has to make sure of the unreal nature of the ‘I’ which comes and goes.
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 whole universe.
People think the ‘I’ without the body is the Self. The seeker has to understand the fact 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.
Advaita is the true nature of existence. The ‘I’ hides the Advaitic reality. Realize the ‘I’ is merely an illusion created out of consciousness, which is Advaita. Consciousness is Advaita because it is second to none.
The world in which you exist is the Dvaita (duality) is merely an illusion created out of consciousness, which is Advaita. The Advaita (non-duality) is real and eternal the Dvaita (duality) is merely an illusion.

Holding ‘I’ as the ‘Self’ is the cause of ignorance. Realize the ‘I’ is merely an illusion. Stop identifying the Self as ‘I’ or ‘I AM’. Till you identify the Self as ‘I’ or ‘I AM’ the Soul will remain in the cage of ignorance. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar

Sunday, 22 December 2024

Both subject and object are consciousness, not subject alone.+


Self–knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana is an inexhaustible wealth. Other wealth disappears as one spends, but with the Self–knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana, the more one shares more he gains.
The origin of the mind is the Soul. The Soul is the Self. The Soul is present in the form of consciousness.
The mind is in the form of the universe. The mind comes and goes as a waking or dream. The ego or physical entity does not become steady in one place and it is restless in its nature.
Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana cannot be surmised by merely reading the Vedas and Upanishads.
An intense urge to know the truth arises from the source. The source is the Soul.
The mind and its substance and the source are one in essence. The mind or universe is the product of ignorance.

The true nature of the mind or universe can be recognized with the power of discrimination.
Discrimination between the eternal and non-eternal is necessary to acquire Self–knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.
Self–knowledge.
Those who lack the intelligence to discriminate between the Soul, which is the witness (subject), and the three states (object) will not be able to grasp ‘what is real’ and ‘what is unreal’.

Both subject and object are consciousness, not subject alone. :~Santthosh Kumaar 

The thought, ‘I AM’ is the dualistic prison’. The thought ‘I AM’ is the cause of ignorance.+


Many spiritual masters say that sticking to "I AM" is a way out of the physical shackles. But that "I AM" itself’ is creates the prison to the Soul, the Self.
By thinking repeatedly, ‘I AM THAT’ the wisdom will not dawn. The thought, ‘I AM’ is the bondage.
The thought, ‘I AM’ is the dualistic prison’. The thought ‘I AM’ is the cause of ignorance.
‘I’ AM ‘indicates the ‘Self’ as being limited to the physical body. When this delusion of ‘I AM’ is destroyed by realizing the Self is not the ‘I or ‘I AM’.
The one, which expresses itself as 'I', is not 'I' but is the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.
The Soul is prior to the appearance of the ‘I’. The ‘Self’ is not the ‘I’ but the ‘Self’ is the witness of the ‘I’.
Remember, the ‘I’ or ‘I AM’ is not the ‘Self’. Considering the ‘I’ or ‘I AM as the ‘Self’ is an error.
The Soul, the ‘Self’, which is in the form of consciousness cannot be called anything nor approached because it is prior to anything that exists.
The Soul or consciousness is the substance of the whole universe with all contents.
The thoughts and the words are part of the dualistic illusion. The Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness, is not a thing or entity, or identity within the universe.
The Soul is the fullness of consciousness without the illusory division of form, time, and space.
Remember this: ~ I or 'I' AM’ is an illusory expression of the Soul. Holding the Self’ as the ‘I’ or ‘I am’ is holding the illusion as reality.
The mind ceases to exist without the ‘I’.
The mind ceases to exist without form, time, and space.
The mind ceases to exist without the universe.
The mind ceases to exist without waking or the dream.
The mind ceases to exist without the individual experience of birth, life death, and the world.
The mind ceases to exist without the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.
But
The Soul, the Self can exist with or without the ‘I’.
The Soul, the Self can exist without the mind.
The Soul, the Self can exist without the universe.
The Soul, the Self can exist without waking or the dream.
The Soul, the Self can exist without the individual experience of birth, life death, and the world.
The Soul, the Self can exist without the dualistic illusion.
The consciousness pervades everywhere and in everything in the universe, which is a dualistic illusion.
The existence of the Soul, the ‘Self’ which is hidden by the ‘I’ has to be mentally grasped and assimilated.
The ‘Self’ is the Soul, the witness of the ‘I’.
Unless the ‘I AM is present the world in which we exist prevails as a reality.
The thoughts of liberation and bondage will remain. So long as one thinks, that the Self as “I AM”.
Wisdom dawns when you realize the ‘Self’ is not the ‘I’ but the ‘Self’ Is the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.
Giving up one physical identity such as ‘I AM’ and replacing it with ‘I AM THAT, will not get to the root of the problem of false identification.
By thinking, ‘I am self-realized is only an imagination. In the realm of truth, there is no scope for such imagination.
The seeker has to transcend the dualistic illusion to enter the formless, timeless, and spaceless existence.

Only through self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana free the Soul, the Self from experiencing the dualistic illusion as a reality.  :~Santthosh Kumaar  

Perfect understanding of 'what is what' frees the Soul, the Self, from the entanglement of dualistic illusion or Maya.+

Perfect understanding of 'what is what' frees the Soul, the Self, from the entanglement of dualistic illusion or Maya. What is the ...