The Soul ,the One Without A Second.+

Bhagavad Gita: 7: 19:~ "Such a man who has attained true knowledge, the knowledge of Self, the knowledge of Atman, worships ‘Self’ as~ Atman (God in truth) alone exists~ everything is Atman, there exists nothing except Atman. Such a man is extremely rare."

All is the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. The whole universe is consciousness. From consciousness, the universe comes. When the universe disappears, the consciousness still remains without form, time, and space

People think everything is energy but without consciousness, how can one know it is energy. It is only intellectual speculation.

Chandogya Upanishad:~ One who meditates upon and realizes the 'Self' discovers that everything in the cosmos-- energy and space, fire and water, name and form, birth and death, mind and will, word and deed, mantrams and meditation--all come from the Self.

The sun, the moon, the stars, planets shine because of the Soul or Spirit. The Soul shines and all things else shine as a result. Everything in the universe reflects but that light of the Soul which is present in the form of consciousness. Merely to know the truth is not enough to escape from the tangle of illusion.

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The mind is in the form of the universe. From the standpoint of the Soul, the Self the universe is merely an illusion. The illusion arises from ignorance. Enlightenment comes with detachment from the illusion by realizing the experience of the form, time and space are one in essence.

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

One should not conclude because some great thinkers said so or some philosophy says so. Without consciousness, the mind, which is 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 innermost Self. The Soul can exist with or without the universe. 

 The form, time, and space are one in essence. That essence is the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. Deeper self-search is necessary to understand, assimilate and realize the truth, which is beyond the form, time, and space.

The Soul, the One Without A Second:~ 

The Soul is Self-evident. It is not established by extraneous proofs. It is not possible to deny the Soul because It is the very essence of the one who denies It. The Soul is the basis of all kinds of knowledge, presuppositions, and proofs. The Soul is the Self.

The  Self is within,  the Self is without;  the Self is before,  the Self is behind;  the Self is on the right, the  Self is on the left;  the Self is above and the Self is below.

The Soul is everything. Thus,  the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness, is the ultimate truth or Brahman.

Once the seeker accepts the fact that, the Self is neither the ‘I’, nor the body then realizes the fact that, the consciousness is the true Self, and he establishes himself in that conviction.  Once this conviction is established the then the waking experience is absolutely non-existent as reality.

It is very difficult for those who strongly believe the ‘I’, as the Self to realize the truth. Most of the spiritual paths hold the ‘I’, as the Self and spin their imagination on the base of the ‘I’, which leads them to hallucination.  People mistake that Self as “I” whereas the gross bodies are many. So ‘I’ cannot be the Self.

Sentimentally and emotionally getting involved with some teachings or teachers is a great hindrance in the pursuit of truth. People hold their guru as the ultimate authority and drop their pursuit of truth and indulge in their glorifying and worshiping the gurus, which keeps them in the permanently in ignorance.

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The serious seeker should constantly reflect on the Self constantly through deeper Self-search.   The Soul, the innermost Self is in the form of consciousness.   Realizing the Self is not ‘I’ but the Self is the Soul, which witnesses the ‘I’. Self-knowledge is the only tool for the acquisition of final freedom from experiencing the illusory duality as a reality.

The seeker has to have the indifference mentally to all the three states because the three states are an illusion created out of consciousness. Holding the three states as reality is a great hindrance in the pursuit of truth. 

Thus, one has to remove all the obstacles and mental barricade one by one, by realizing the Self is not the form but the Self is the formless Soul.    The three states are perishable in their nature because they are an illusion created out of the Soul or consciousness.

The Soul or the consciousness, which is the formless substance and witness of the mirage, is real and eternal.  Thus, the Soul or consciousness is the Self. And knowing and realizing consciousness as the Self is the means to the attainment of Self- Realization or Truth-Realization. 

The Soul is the Self. The Soul is present in the form of consciousness. Consciousness is the formless substance and witness of the three states. Consciousness is alone real and permanent. The three states are an object opposed to it, which is transient – such a settled conviction is truly known as discrimination.

Turning attention completely from all the three states and concentrating only on consciousness which is the formless substance and the witness of the three states is the only means to acquire non-dual wisdom.

Intense urge to become free from the bonds of this birth, life deaths and world, leads, one to indulge in pursuit of truth.

Only serious seekers who have an intense urge to acquire Self- Knowledge should have the courage to discard the false-knowledge with a view to attaining non-dualistic wisdom.:~Santthosh Kumaar