Friday 24 February 2017

Sage Sri, Sankara said: ~ Without causing the objective universe to vanish and without knowing the truth of the ‘Self’, how is one to achieve Liberation.*****



Those who propagate you are the only reality and only the mind is unreal propagating half-baked knowledge.   Without knowing what is mind? -  ‘how can one know the truth which is hidden by the mind?

The ‘Self’ is not you. You are bound by the burden and bondage of the birth, life, death and the world.

The ‘Self’ is the Soul, which is present in the form of the consciousness.  The nature of the Soul is awareness. The Soul is formless, timeless and spaceless existence.

You’re not what you see because you are not the ‘Self’. The ‘Self’ is Soul that sees the coming and going, of the world in which you exist. Thus, the world in which you exist is nothing but the Soul, which is present in the form of the consciousness. Thus, the world in which you exist is nothing but the consciousness.
One thinks the mind is within this body; whereas the body and his experience of the world are within the mind. The consciousness is hidden within the three states, but it is without the three states.
The one, which has the awareness of the three states, is not the body but the Soul which is in the form of consciousness. Thus, the consciousness is not limited to the waking experience alone because it pervades all the three states.
Until one view and judges the world-view on the base of ego (waking entity), he is in the grip of individuality. The Self is not an individual because it is universal. And it pervades everything and everywhere in all the three states. Thus, individualized judgment will not lead one non-dual destination.
Till one thinks the mind is within the body, all the doubts and confusion will prevail. When one indulges in deeper Self-search he becomes aware of the fact that, the body and the world are within the mind. It is necessary to realize the fact that the body and the world together are the mind (I). Thus, it is necessary to investigate ‘What is this mind (I)?’, ‘What is the substance of the mind?” and ‘What is the source of the mind?’”
The seeker has to know what is real by realizing our body, ego and our experience of the world are an illusion created out of the Soul, the innermost Self.
The nature of the Self is emptiness. And it is identified by different masters with a different name, such as Brahman, Buddha’s nature, Christ consciousness, Self, the Ultimate Truth.
When the Soul the innermost ‘Self’ becomes aware of its formless non-dual nature then it becomes empty of ignorance (illusion or duality or experience of waking or dream). Thus whatever remains empty of duality or ignorance or illusion is the non-dual reality. Only through wisdom one becomes aware of the truth in the midst of duality.
That is why Sage Sri, Sankara said: ~ VC-63- Without causing the objective universe to vanish and without knowing the truth of the ‘Self’, how is one to achieve Liberation.
The universe will not remain as reality when Advaitic wisdom dawns. The universe is a mere an illusion created out of the consciousness and there is conscious awareness of the unity in diversity because there is no second thing exist other than the consciousness. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar


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