The seeker's goal is to realize the Atman (consciousness). The Atman (consciousness) is nothing but Brahman. By realizing Atman (consciousness) as Brahman (ultimate truth) is truth realization or Self-Realization. There is no need to follow the religion, study the scriptures, or glorify the Gods and the Gurus.
There is no need to follow the path of doubts and confusion by losing oneself in the labyrinths of philosophy to get self-realization. The path of wisdom is an easier path.
By mentally tracing the source of the mind, from where it rises and subsides, one becomes aware of the fallacy of the mind. The mind rises as the universe and subsides as the nonduality ( deep sleep). The mind rises from consciousness and subsides as consciousness.
Make sure the Self is not ‘I’. If the Self is not then whatever you have seen, known, believed, and experienced as an individual is bound to be a falsehood.
If the Self is not ‘I’ then there is no other ‘I’ because the ‘I’ exist only in the domain of duality. The Self is the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. The nature of the Soul is ever nondual. The ‘I’ is an illusory nature of the ‘I’. the ‘I’ appears and disappears.
Thus holding the ‘I’ as the self and trying to assimilate Advaitic truth is trying to drain the ocean drop by drop.
What is this “I”? The ‘I’ is the mind. The body and the world together are the mind. If the mind is there, then only you and your experience of the world are there. If the mind is not there, then you and your mind cease to exist.
If the ‘I’ is an illusion, then it is no use of inquiring ‘Who Am I? . Till one holds the ‘I’ as the Self, is caught up in the prison of duality.
Sage Sankara:~ VC~.63: "Without knowing and examining the external world, one can’t know the Truth, as the idea that the external world exists, won't go. It can go only by an inquiry into the nature of the external world.
A deeper self-search reveals the fact that by inquiring- Who Am I? wisdom will not dawn. Who Am I? inquiry is only for beginners and it is inadequate and useless in the later stages.
Until one gets convinced that the ‘I’ is not the Self, he will remain in ignorance of the formless Soul the Self. If self is formless, then the experience of birth, life, death, and the world is bound to be an illusion. Therefore, it is necessary to know and realize the fact that, the self is not the form, but it is formless before indulging in the inner (mental) journey.
The waking and dream emerge from consciousness. The emergence of the waking or dreams does not make any difference to the consciousness. The consciousness remains unchanged and unaffected by the waking or dream, even though both the waking or dream objects and the waking or dreams are aspects of the consciousness.
The dreamer would not realize that dream objects and dreams are simply aspects of the consciousness unless he wakes up from the dream. Once the waking takes place the dream becomes unreal, the same way when wisdom dawns the waking becomes unreal. The unchanging reality behind the waking or dream experience is consciousness.
The waking or dream experiences are the external manifestation of consciousness. As long as a person is caught up in the phenomenal existence, he does not see the unity behind the multiplicity.
The waking or dream experiences are the external manifestation of consciousness. As long as a person is caught up in the phenomenal existence, he does not see the unity behind the multiplicity.
When one wakes up to consciousness as it is in itself, not perceived or interpreted, or noumenal level he becomes aware of the one, non-dual consciousness, which was the cause of the three states.
Thus, consciousness is supreme. It is the reality. It has no beginning and end. It is eternal and beyond the reach of pain and pleasure. The consciousness is indivisible, immeasurable, without names and forms. It cannot be avoided, as it is present everywhere.
The consciousness cannot be grasped, as it is transcendent. It cannot be contained in anything, as it contains everything. Consciousness is indefinable, for it is beyond the range of action and speech. Thus, the consciousness is reality itself, pure and absolute consciousness.
The ultimate reality is defined as that which persists. Consciousness exists in all periods of time and remains the same in the past, present, and future.
Consciousness is the ultimate reality that exists both in the manifest and the unmanifested. The mind, which is in the form of the universe arises out of consciousness. Consciousness exists in all three states. The mind rises from it and merges back into consciousness
Consciousness is the substratum and the three states. Consciousness is like the ocean and the mind is like a wave. The wave exists in the ocean and merges back into the ocean. Similarly, the mind or universe is nothing but consciousness. Everything is consciousness. Therefore, consciousness is a principle of utter simplicity. There is no duality in consciousness for no qualities are found in the concept of consciousness.
It is also simple in the sense that it is not subject to inner contradictions, which would make it changeable and transitory. To understand the nature of consciousness and to speak of it, the consciousness in its reality is not a metaphysical postulate that can be proved logically, but it must be grasped and realized mentally not through argument or logical conclusions but perfect reasoning. Thus, consciousness is one: It is not a `He or She ', a personal being; nor is it an impersonal concept. It is that state which comes about when all subject-object distinctions are obliterated.:~Santthosh Kumaar
It is also simple in the sense that it is not subject to inner contradictions, which would make it changeable and transitory. To understand the nature of consciousness and to speak of it, the consciousness in its reality is not a metaphysical postulate that can be proved logically, but it must be grasped and realized mentally not through argument or logical conclusions but perfect reasoning. Thus, consciousness is one: It is not a `He or She ', a personal being; nor is it an impersonal concept. It is that state which comes about when all subject-object distinctions are obliterated.:~Santthosh Kumaar
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