Scientists now concluded that you are not the brain (body). Consciousness requires the joint operation of the brain, body, and the world. "You are not your brain. The brain, rather, is part of what you are."
The Biology of Consciousness
by Alva Noƫ. Hill and Wang, 2009
Alva Noe, a University of California, Berkeley, philosopher, and cognitive scientist, argues that after decades of a concerted effort on the part of neuroscientists, psychologists, and philosophers "only one proposition about how the brain makes us conscious ... has emerged unchallenged: we don't have a clue." The reason we have been unable to explain the neural basis of consciousness, he says, is that it does not take place in the brain. Consciousness is not something that happens inside us but something we achieve it is more like dancing than it is like the digestive process. To understand consciousness the fact that we think and feel and that the world shows up for us we need to look at a larger system of which the brain is only one element. Consciousness requires the joint operation of the brain, body, and the world. "You are not your brain. The brain, rather, is part of what you are."
Thus, science is going in the right direction in its invention and one day it will declare that everything is consciousness, which Sage Sankara declared 1200 years back ~ everything is Atman- because Atman is in the form of consciousness.
Whatever is real in the world in which we exist is God. All that is real in the world in which we exist is the Soul, the Self.
Thus, by realizing the Self, which is the Soul, we discover the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness itself is God which is hidden by the ‘I’, which is the dualistic illusion.
Even Bhagavad Gita says: ~ Brahmano hi pratisthaham ~ Brahman (God) is considered the all-pervading consciousness, which is the basis of all the animate and inanimate entities and material. (14.27).
When Bhagavad Gita says, God is considered the all-pervading consciousness which is the basis of all the animate and inanimate entities and material then nothing has to be accepted as truth other than consciousness.
Even Brihadaranyaka Upanishad: ~ Brahman (God) is present in the form of the Athma, and it is indeed Athma itself.
Even Rig Veda: ~ The Atman is the cause; Atman is the support of all that exists in this universe. May ye never turn away from the Atman the innermost self. May ye never accept another God in place of the Atman nor worship other than the Atman?" (10:48, 5)
The world in which you exist is a dualistic illusion created out of the ‘Self’ which is not you but the Soul, which is present in the form of the consciousness. Whatever you have seen, known, believed, and experienced is within the dualistic illusion. Thus, your existence is bound to an illusion created out of consciousness, which is real and eternal.
Everything you see must become consciousness. It is a most difficult practice because every minute you are being drawn away from consciousness. When you take a walk you think only of the walk and surrounding instead of the consciousness because you fail to recognize the world in which you exist is created out of the consciousness.
Thus, it is very much necessary to understand, assimilate. whatever you have seen, known, believed, and experienced in this world is nothing but consciousness because the world in which you exist is created out of consciousness. Thus, consciousness alone is real, and eternal all else is merely an illusion.
In the scientific field of knowledge, one can bank on discoveries of different scientists. Newton discovered the law of gravity and Einstein formulated the principle of relativity. And scientists take it for granted that these principles are valid. It is not so in the pursuit of truth.
If one sage discovers the ultimate truth, it cannot be accepted blindly by the seeker without verification. The seeker has to discover afresh on his own to realize’ what is the truth’ and ‘what is not truth’ and accept only the truth and mentally drop the untruth. Thus, constant reflection on the subject is very much necessary in the pursuit of truth.
In the scientific field of knowledge, one can bank on discoveries of different scientists. Newton discovered the law of gravity and Einstein formulated the principle of relativity. And scientists take it for granted that these principles are valid. It is not so in the pursuit of truth.
If one sage discovers the ultimate truth, it cannot be accepted blindly by the seeker without verification. The seeker has to discover afresh on his own to realize’ what is the truth’ and ‘what is not truth’ and accept only the truth and mentally drop the untruth. Thus, constant reflection on the subject is very much necessary in the pursuit of truth.
The dualists say:~ The consciousness and mind are co-eternal. Each is independent o of others; each represents one complimentary aspect of reality. While the mind is present the consciousness is absent. It is through collaboration between these two aspects of reality that evolution takes place. Apart from these two aspects of reality, the realists or dualists do not recognize the ultimate reality transcending these, serving as the base of these.
Creator and Creation theory is based on the false self (waking entity or ego) within the false experience(waking).
There is neither creation nor creator in the realm of ultimate truth or Brahman because there is no scope for duality of any sort. The ultimate conclusion is this there is no second thing that exists other than consciousness. Everything is consciousness.
Thus, diversity has no value in light of wisdom. Thus, recognizing the mind ( the illusion or the universe) as consciousness in the midst of diversity brings unity in diversity.
The Soul is the Self. the Soul is present in the form of consciousness. Consciousness is the only reality and the universe to be but an illusory manifestation or an appearance that is not real.
The Mind (universe) and Soul (Self) do not represent two complementary aspects of reality because they are one in essence.
The Soul is the Self. the Soul is present in the form of consciousness. Consciousness is the only reality and the universe to be but an illusory manifestation or an appearance that is not real.
The Mind (universe) and Soul (Self) do not represent two complementary aspects of reality because they are one in essence.
Thus. the essence has to be taken as a reality, and the illusory manifestation cannot be considered as a reality because it is created out of single stuff, which is consciousness.
Thus, the experience of birth, life, death, and the world is within the dualistic illusory manifestation bound to be an illusion.
Remember:~
Nothing can be independent of consciousness because no second thing exists other than consciousness. The whole universe without form, time, and space is consciousness. Without the form, time, and space there is no universe but it is only the formless, timeless, and spaceless consciousness. But this truth has to be grasped to assimilate and realize the true essence of Advaita.
The Soul is the Self. The Soul is present in the form of consciousness. Consciousness is the highest Reality. The world in which you exist is nothing but consciousness. Thus, there is no second thing other than consciousness.
The ultimate truth must be realized in the waking experience when all objects are present. Objectlessness is not wisdom. Realizing all the objects are nothing but consciousness is wisdom.
This means that objects do not disappear, they are there, and yet they are non-dual. Disillusionment is not the same as appearance.
Remember:~
Nothing can be independent of consciousness because no second thing exists other than consciousness. The whole universe without form, time, and space is consciousness. Without the form, time, and space there is no universe but it is only the formless, timeless, and spaceless consciousness. But this truth has to be grasped to assimilate and realize the true essence of Advaita.
The Soul is the Self. The Soul is present in the form of consciousness. Consciousness is the highest Reality. The world in which you exist is nothing but consciousness. Thus, there is no second thing other than consciousness.
The ultimate truth must be realized in the waking experience when all objects are present. Objectlessness is not wisdom. Realizing all the objects are nothing but consciousness is wisdom.
This means that objects do not disappear, they are there, and yet they are non-dual. Disillusionment is not the same as appearance.
The essential message of Advaitic wisdom is that the whole world, whatever is seen is only an illusion created out of consciousness.:~Santthosh Kumaar
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