The karmic account is never ending because one has to be born again and again to reap his good or bad karma carried forward one life to the next.+

The karma theory is introduced to control the populace to do good to the society by the ancient sages.  The fear of karma very often anchor our ego to irrelevant or even wrong things, the karmas draw our ego only into good and noble thoughts.  This is number one.  Number two is they draw us away from all bad thoughts. But karma theory is based on the physical self.  The physical self (ego or you) is the false self within the false experience(waking).  

Law of karma holds good only on the base of the false self(ego or you), within the false experience(waking). On the standpoint of the Soul, the  Self,  the waking experience is as real as a dream.

Karma theory is based on the waking entity. The waking entity (ego or you) is the false self within the false experience, whereas the Soul, the Self is birthless and deathless because it is ever formless. Karma performed by false self within the false experience is bound to be a falsehood.

The religious believers hold,  the law of karma as the universal law and very sacred, because they have blindly accepted their experience of birth, life, death and the world as reality without verifying the validity of their accepted truth.

The path of religion, the theory of karma, yogic path and the path of wisdom were intended for different classes of people. 

The Advaitic wisdom is for the advanced seekers of truth. It deals with the nature of the ultimate truth or the ultimate reality. It is meant for superior aspirants who have an inner urge to know the truth and it is not for those who are immersed in earthly desires.

The doer, the doing, and the world are created out of a single stuff.  The karma implies duality.   From the ultimate standpoint, the duality is not a reality. 

Peoples observation based on dualistic (form, time, and space) perspective, whereas a Gnanis judgment, is based on the nondualistic (soul or consciousness) perspective.  

What is the use of discussing about the karma, which takes place within the unreal world? Instead,  one has to find how this world is unreal (illusion). 

In the Atmic discussion, the form, time, and space (universe) are merely an illusion. The karma is possible within the scope of the experience of the form, time, and space (universe).

That is why Sage Goudpada said:~  The merciful Veda teaches karma and Upasana to people of lower and middling intellect while Jnana is taught to those of higher intellect.

When the self is not the form,  but self is formless then whose karma. The one which is born lives and dies is not the self then the question of karma does not arise.  Waking entity (you) is the false self within the false experience (waking). 

Thus, whatever action and inaction, the past, present, and future belong to the waking experience, which is a falsehood.

What happens to the dream entity which did good karma in the dream world and it died and reincarnated in the next life and suffered but when the waking takes place the dream becomes unreal.

The waking becomes unreal when waking entity (you) realizes the fact that it itself (you) are not the Self but the self is the Soul, which witnesses the coming and going of the three states in succession. 

Thus, neither the karma of waking entity nor the karma of dream entity has to mean because the self is neither the waking entity nor the Self is a dream entity but the Self is the  Soul. 

You are not the 'Self'  because you are the birth entity; you are bound by form, time and space,  whereas the Soul, the Self is birthless.  If the Soul, the Self is birthless then how does the karma theory have any meaning while the karma theory based on the false self (you) and false experience (world).  

The karma theory is a religious fable meant for the people who are fully immersed in the practical life and practical world believing the experience of the birth, life, death and the world as reality.   

If the Self is birthless then what values the karma theory will have because it is based on birth, life, death, and rebirth.

The karma theory is mere religious and yogic fable.

Sage Ramana, Maharishi J. Krishnamurti, Nisargadatta, all died of cancer type illness. It does not make any difference if they died of cancer or not of cancer or any illness. Even Lord Krishna died of a painful death.  The death is the certain cause of death is irrelevant to a Gnani. When the self is birthless then it is deathless 

A Gnani is unconcerned to the death because he is fully aware of that the illusion is only a passing show.   Thus, the karma theory is nothing to do with the birthless Self. Thus, people’s painful death cannot be taken as evidence because self is ever deathless because it birthless because it is formless.

The karmic account is never ending because one has to be born again and again to reap his good or bad karma carried forward one life to the next.   The karma theory is mere religious and yogic fable.

Sage Sankara says in Aparokshanubhuti:~  88. When the whole universe, movable and immovable, is known to be Atman, and thus the existence of everything else is negated, where is then any room to say that the body is Atman?

   89. O enlightened one, pass your time always contemplating on Atman while you are experiencing all the results of Prarabdha; for it ill becomes you to feel distressed.

   90. The theory one hears of from the scripture, that Prarabdha does not lose its hold upon one even after the origination of the knowledge of Atman, is now being refuted.

   91. After the origination of the knowledge of Reality, Prarabdha verily ceases to exist, inasmuch as the body and the like become non-existent; just as a dream does not exist on waking.

   92. That Karma which is done in a previous life is known as Prarabdha (which produces the present life). But such Karma cannot take the place of Prarabdha (for a man of knowledge), as he has no other birth (being free from ego).

   93. Just as the body in a dream is superimposed (and, therefore, illusory), so is also this body. How could there be any birth of the superimposed (body), and in the absence of birth (of the body) where is the room for that (i.e., Prarabdha) at all?

 94. The Vedanta texts declare ignorance to be verily the material (cause) of the phenomenal world just as the earth is of a jar. That (ignorance) being destroyed, where can the universe subsist?

   95. Just as a person out of confusion perceives only the snake leaving aside the rope, so does an ignorant person see only the phenomenal world without knowing the reality?

  96. The real nature of the rope being known, the appearance of the snake no longer persists; so the substratum being known, the phenomenal world disappears completely.

   97. The body also being within the phenomenal world (and, therefore, unreal), how could Prarabdha exist? It is, therefore, for the understanding of the ignorant alone that the Shruti speaks of Prarabdha.

   98. “And all the actions of a man perish when he realizes that (Atman) which is both the higher and the lower”. Here the clear use of the plural by the Shruti is to negate Prarabdha as well.

   99. If the ignorant still arbitrarily maintain this, they will not only involve themselves into two absurdities but will also run the risk of forgoing the Vedantic conclusion. So one should accept those Shrutis alone from which proceeds true knowledge.

The above proves that the karma is a reality only on the base of the false self, where one thinks body and the universe as reality. When one becomes aware of the fact that, the true self is Soul, then karma becomes part and parcel of illusion.   

My point is that, if one accepts the karma theory as reality, he will never be able to come out of the ignorance. And ignorance makes him believe the cycle of birth, life, and death as a reality.  

Thus, the freedom which one is seeking will remain a distant dream. For the one who accepts the birth life and death as a reality, Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana is impossible. :~Santthosh Kumaar 

The doubt is to be got rid of "by the sword of Advaitic wisdom.+

Man is misled by what confronts him or influenced by what he experiences. Man exists in the world, which is merely an illusion, and he experiences it as reality because man thinks of himself as the Self and he experiences birth, life, death, and the world as a reality.  

This Self-knowledge is necessary to realize the fact that,  man and his experience of the world are part of the illusion. 

The Soul is the Self is not part of the illusion, but the Soul is present in the form of consciousness,  is the formless substance, and is the witness of the illusion. The illusion is present as mind (I) other universe or waking experience.

 Many seekers in this path of inquiry are still struggling even after long years and waiting for something to happen. Even after reading and inquiring deeply enough, still, they are still unable to progress further.  

Even if they are unable to get any benefit in their spiritual pursuit through Self - inquiry they are unable to give up the Self-inquiry due to the attraction of  Sage  Ramana Maharishi. 

Self-inquiry prescribed by Sri Ramana Maharishi is a good tool at the beginning of the pursuit of truth. However, the seeker will find it inadequate in the latter stages. However, it creates lots of doubts and confusion.  

The seeker has to find the answers on his own through deeper reasoning, all his doubts and confusions will be cleared, and he will be able to move ahead in the path of inquiry, and he will be able to reach his non-dual destination.

You and your experience of the world have nothing to do with the Soul, the Self because you are not the self.   WHO AM ‘I’?- inquiry is for beginners.  WHO AM ‘I’?- inquiry is inadequate in the later stages. 

There is no need to inquire ‘WHO AM ‘I’?-because, the ‘I’, itself is an illusion. The seeker has to realize how this ‘I’ is an illusion,  by a perfect understanding of ‘what is what’.

The Soul, the Self is not you, but it is the witness of you and your experience of the world together. Therefore, when you are not the self, then how can you say ‘I AM THIS’ or ‘I AM THAT.  Therefore,  it is necessary to realize self is not ‘you’ to realize ‘that you are part of the illusory world. 

One has to get rid of his doubts, But that does not mean, simply going and believing everything he is told. The doubt is to be got rid of "by the sword of  Advaitic wisdom.

In WHO AM ‘I’ and ‘I AM THAT’ teachings,   the ego, is not the truth. To get ultimate truth one has to inquire into the nature of the mind, which is in the form of the universe.  Inquiring into the nature of the mind or the universe is higher.  Thus ‘WHO AM ‘I’? and ‘I AM THAT’   will not reveal the truth of the whole,  thus the journey is incomplete.

‘WHO AM ‘I’ and ‘I AM THAT’ serve only as the starting point. What one has learned from the teaching of the sages be understood through the exercise of reason as far as the reason might go.  And what one has assimilated must be realized. There are stages in the seeker's goal.

The seeker of truth must realize the fact that Self-awareness is not some mystical experience propagated by yogis. Self-awareness comes only from the Gnana or Advaitic wisdom. 

That is why Sage Sankara indicated:~ VC -65. As a treasure hidden underground requires (for its extraction) competent instruction, excavation, the removal of stones and other such things lying above it, and (finally) grasping, but never comes out of being (merely) called out by name, so the transparent Truth of the self, which is hidden by Maya and its effects, is to be attained through the instructions of a knower of Brahman, followed by reflection, meditation and so forth, but not through perverted arguments.

There is only one Reality to be known, the same for all seekers, but the ways to it, are hidden by the religion.  Self-discovery is the only way, towards the non-dualistic absolute without any religious doctrines, which will help the seekers to unfold the mystery of the illusion in which we all are searching for the truth of our true existence.

Sage  Sankara varied his practical advice and doctrinal teaching according to the people he was amongst. He never advised them to give up their particular religion or beliefs or metaphysics completely; he only told them to give up the worst features of abuse: at the same time, he showed just one step forward toward the truth.  Sage  Sankara was extremely precise and careful in his choice of words. 

Sage  Sankara' gave religious, ritual o,r dogmatic instruction to the masses, but pure philosophy only to the few who could rise to it. Hence, the interpretation of his writings by commentators is often confusing because they mix up the two viewpoints. Thus, they may assert that ritual is a means of realizing Brahman, which is absurd. 

Sage Sankara says:`  in the commentary in the Vedanta Sutra that what is accepted without proper inquiry will not lead a person to the final goal. On the contrary, such acceptance will result only in evil, something which is detrimental to our spiritual progress.

Seekers of truth should not believe blindly in traditional orthodox Advaita without verifying all the facts from every angle. The orthodoxy has nothing to do with spirituality, which is based on the soul or spirit.  One has to reflect through reasoning over and over again without getting tired of the process.  Santthosh Kumaar 

By holding the breath (vital force) as the self, one cannot get rid of the ignorance.+

Reality is simply the loss of ignorance. Till ignorance is there the body, ego and the world exist as a reality. When ignorance vanishes, then the Soul, the Self remains in its own nondual awareness. In Self - awareness there is unity in diversity, thus, there is only oneness.  

You and your world are within the illusion.  The experience of the birth, life, death, and the world are within the dualistic illusion. Whatever is to happen within the illusion will happen.

Till ignorance is there the dualistic illusion thrives. The illusion is as if the ready and a full movie of illusion, from the beginningless beginning to the endless end, is being projected continually.

Within the illusion, one may die at any moment. The dualistic illusory life has no guarantee because no one can know for certain what will happen the very next moment. Except for the Soul, the Self, which is God, everything is an illusion.

The practical life within the practical world is meaningless because it is happening within the illusion.

Thus,  it is to realize the soul, the only God is real and the world in which we exist is merely an illusion created out of God, which is present in the form of the Spirit. 

Sage Sankara says you must first know what is before you. If you cannot know that, what else can you know or understand? If you give up the external world in your inquiry, you cannot get the whole truth. 

Even the Advaita Sage Sankara' gave religious, ritual, or dogmatic instruction to the masses, but pure philosophy only to the few who could rise to it. Hence, the interpretation of his writings by commentators is often confusing because they mix up the two viewpoints. Thus, they may assert that ritual is a means of realizing Brahman, which is absurd. 

The duality is present as reality till ignorance is there. Ignorance vanishes the soul remains in its own awareness. 

From the standpoint of the Soul, the Self, there is no second thing that exists other than the Soul, which is present in the form of the Spirit. Thus, the Spirit alone is. And everything is spirit.  The unreal(universe)  is created out of the real(Soul or Spirit). 

Everything is Atman, which Sage Sankara declared 1200 years ago –everything is Atman because Atman is in the form of consciousness. 

Sage Sankara:~  VC ~I65- 166 ~ The vital- air-Sheath cannot be the self because it is the modification of air (Vayu). Like air, it enters the body and goes out of it never knowing the joy and sorrow like others. It is ever dependent on the self.  

Breath, body, and the world are one in essence. That essence is consciousness. Consciousness (soul) is the Self.  Breath, body, and the world in which you and your body exist are part and parcel of the illusion. 

By holding the breath (vital force) as self, one cannot get rid of ignorance. Without getting rid of ignorance, Advaitic wisdom will not dawn. Advaitic Wisdom dawns only when one realizes that the illusory e form, time, and space are one in essence.  :~Santthosh Kumaar 

People who argue there is nothing beyond the universe; there is nothing other than the matter and death was the end of all.+

People who argue there is nothing beyond the universe; there is nothing other than matter; that the body was man, and death was the end of all.  According to them, there is no truth other than the practical life within the practical world, which they hold as reality. Their only agenda is as long as they live in the world and live happily with all the pleasant things of life, who can demonstrate that there is something left after physical death.  Beg, borrow, or steal – but live happily is their mantra.     

Some people believe strongly there was a spirit that defied the ravages of time, which cannot be confined in space; that spirit transcends the limits of this universe in which the body exists. 

How one can decide what is the truth when he is bound by birth, life, and death or form, time, and space?  

Consciousness is the Self.  The nature of consciousness is formless and non-dual.  One should realize consciousness as the whole universe without parts.  

To describe non-duality as a system is erroneous because the dual and non-dual is the nature of the Self. 

Duality is the illusory nature of the Soul, the Self, and non-duality is the real nature of the Soul, the Self. The Soul is present in the form of consciousness.  The ultimate truth cannot be confined to a narrow set of ideas.  

Chandogya Upanishads:~This universe comes forth from Brahman and will return to Brahman. Verily, all is Brahman. A person is what his deep desire is. It is our deepest desire in this life that shapes the life to come. So let us direct our deepest desires to realize the Self. 

If one is seeking the truth,  then it is necessary to bifurcate and drop the traditional Advaitic path which is not the means to Self-knowledge, and move ahead without the traditional baggage to get direct realization on his own as suggested by the great sages. 

Thus,  the seeker of truth has to know what this universe is? What is this ultimate truth or Brahman? , to realize the non-dualistic or Advaitic truth?  

No one can escape the waking experience,  which is the very basis of physical existence. What was the waking experience before it appeared? Was their existence before the appearance of the waking experience?  When the waking perishes, does the soul or consciousness survive alone?  Is there a self or soul?  The seeker has to find answers for all these doubts to realize ‘what is the truth’ and ‘what is untruth’.  

As one goes deeper in self-search one becomes aware that the Self is neither the waking entity nor the Self is the dream entity, but the Self is the formless substance and the witness of the three states. And the formless substance and witness of the three states are one in essence.  That essence is consciousness.  

If the formless substance and witness are one in essence, then there is a second thing that can exist, other than consciousness. Thus, consciousness alone is real and all else is merely an illusion created out of consciousness.

In Self-awareness, the Soul will as objectless –awareness in the midst of the duality, and then the duality will cease to exist as a reality.

The mind is nothing but objective existence.   The seeker has to eliminate all the objective knowledge through wisdom and then objectless knowledge will alone remain. This is the nature of the Soul, the  Self.

As for the well-known example of the hallucination of a snake in a coil of rope, the rope is real and the snake is unreal. There is neither the snake nor the rope in self-awareness.  

Even after the truth about the snake is realized and the hallucination of a snake dismissed, there is still the reality of the rope persists.  

Until the rope is recognized to be the Self, the Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana is an impossibility. 

The universe is like the snake, because, it is merely an illusion.  Deeper self-search reveals the fact that the universe is neither the snake nor the rope but is the soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. The true nature of the soul is objectless awareness. 

Self is not ‘I’. The ‘I’ is present in the form of the mind. Limiting the mind (’I’) to the waking entity (you) is the main hurdle in the pursuit of truth. The seeker of truth must investigate ‘what is the mind?’ to realize the mind ('I')  is not limited to the ego or the waking entity but ‘I’ is the mind. The mind is present in the form of the universe. And the universe appears as a waking or dream.  

When the Self is neither the waking entity (ego) nor 'I' then 'WHO AM 'I'? -inquiry will not yield the full truth because it yields only the fallacy of the form, not time and space. ~Santthosh Kumaar

No one can know the untruth, without knowing, what is truth.+

The ultimate truth has to be ascertained without the scriptures, by realizing the Self is neither the waking entity (you) nor the dream entity but the Self is the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. 

In the realm of truth the form, time, and space are created out of single stuff. That single stuff is consciousness. 

Realizing the single stuff as the ultimate truth is self-realization or truth realization. To realize this truth there is no need for the scriptures. This I am highlighting again and again on my blogs.  

Sage Sankara said:~Neither by the practice of yoga nor philosophy, nor by good works, nor by learning, does liberation come, but only through the realization that Atman and Brahman are one in no other way. (1) VivekaChudamani v 56, pg 25

The citations from scriptures are not proofs.  The ultimate truth has to be proved without the scriptures.  The ultimate truth is the universal truth and it does not belong to any religion.  Religion causes diversity in unity, whereas, the ultimate truth brings unity in diversity. 

I quote Scriptural citation and also the citation of the sages of truth only after verification of reality and proved the truth, to point out that the scriptures teach the same thing. If one quotes them before having demonstrated truth, then it is scholasticism.

Scriptures are being added from time to time. This process will go on. There is the final authority among them? One contradicts the other: duality reigns supreme. 

That is why Sage Sankara himself says: ~ VC 59. The study of the Scriptures is useless so long as the highest Truth is unknown, and it is equally useless when the highest Truth has already been known.

60. The Scriptures, consisting of many words are a dense forest that merely causes the mind to ramble. Hence, men of wisdom should earnestly set about knowing the true nature of the Self.

61. For one who has been bitten by the serpent of Ignorance, the only remedy is the knowledge of Brahman. Of what avail are the Vedas and (other) Scriptures, Mantras (sacred formulae), and medicines to such a one?

It is not that one should pore over the ancient scriptures.  There is no need to study first, and then realize. One has to realize first, then only he will know ‘what is truth’ and ‘what is untruth’. One has to make his discoveries through the process of rational thinking.

That is why Sage  Sankara says:~ VC-65- As a treasure hidden underground requires (for its extraction) competent instruction, excavation, the removal of stones and other such things lying above it and (finally) grasping, but never comes out by being (merely) called out by name, so the transparent Truth of the self, which is hidden by Maya and its effects, is to be attained through the instructions of a knower of Brahman, followed by reflection, meditation and so forth, but not through perverted arguments.

One has to drop all his accumulated knowledge, which he is using as a yardstick, and lands himself in pursuit of an argument without reaching anywhere.  One has to think deeply analyze and verify everything, and accept only the uncontradictable truth.  Nothing has to be accepted as truth because some great thinker says it or some guru or teacher says it without verification.  

Those who lack the intelligence to discriminate between formless witness (subject) and 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.

The truth can never change. The nature of truth is, that it can never be changed under any circumstances. It may be misrepresented. It must apply to the whole of existence, to the whole of the universe. It is in the object (three states)alone that one has all changes, as deeper analysis points out.

 The subject (formless witness) remains unchanged. The subject (formless witness), as such remains immortal. It can never die for it changes. The body and the world are an object and go, but the subject or the knower of the body and the universe can never go. 

The seeker has to take this principle as his guiding thread and non-dual truth becomes easy to grasp. The formless witness can never be subject to the changes of the object; it is unchanged. The mistake usually made is that the subject becomes the object, or that the object is the subject. 

Remember:~

An ignorant observation is based on the dualistic (matter or body or ego) perspective, whereas a Gnanis judgment is based on the nondualistic (soul or spirit or consciousness) perspective.  There is neither the stone, nor the animal, nor does the world exist as a reality, when the Soul, the  'Self' remains in its own awareness.

When the Self is not the form (ego or waking entity or you) then the reason based on the form (waking entity or you) will not yield truth. Thus, one has to learn to reason on the formless Soul, the Self to reach the ultimate end of understanding. 

Where is the duality in the nonduality?  From the standpoint of the Soul, the   Self, the manifestation is merely an illusion.  The illusion has no value in the realm of the ultimate truth or Brahman.  And the manifestation also is consciousness, because it is created out of consciousness. 

Persons who accumulated bookish and scriptural knowledge and who declare themselves as gurus and enlightened are bound by some religion and tradition. 

Religion and Tradition are based on ego (you or the waking entity), which is the false self within the false experience (waking),    whereas the ultimate truth or Brahman is based on the soul, the Self. Since yogis and religionists are egocentric, they will not be able to accept anything other than their accepted truth. 

 He who knows the truth knows, what is the untruth. No one can know the untruth, without knowing, what is the truth.  

People who are still in the realm of duality, thinking the Self is internal, how can they judge ‘what is truth?’ and ‘what is not the truth’, without realizing the fact that, the Self is neither the waking entity nor the Self is the dream entity but Self is the formless substance, witness and also the source of the three states. 

The formless substance witness and the source are one in essence. And that essence is the formless soul or consciousness, the Self. From the standpoint of the Soul, the  Self, the three states are merely illusions. 

It is the use of practicing meditation or Samadhi as the body, which is the false self (you) within the false experience(waking). Therefore, every path and practice has to be verified before accepting it as truth. All egocentric paths will not lead to Advatic awareness. The path of wisdom alone leads to self-awareness. 

The truth does not require any tag, the serious seekers who are tired of all the theories, paths, and practices and find them inadequate and useless, will turn towards the perennial springs of spiritual truth, to quench their spiritual thirst. Those who are advanced in the spiritual pursuit will find the entire spiritual tags and branded paths and practices are inadequate and useless, in the pursuit of truth. 

A deeper self-search reveals the fact that the Atman, body, and world are one, in essence, therefore no second thing exists other than Atman, which is in the form of consciousness.  Thus realizing all the three states as consciousness leads to Self-awareness. 

Remember:

If you keep on reading my posts and blogs old as well as new, all your doubts and confusion will vanish.

It takes time for the seeker to gain the perfect understanding of ‘what is truth’ and ‘’what is untruth’. It takes time for the Soul, the Self to wake up from the sleep of ignorance, and it takes time for one realizes the truth, which is beyond form, time, and space.

The body, the ego, and the world together are the mind. If the mind is there then only the body, the ego, and the world are present. The body, the ego, and the world appear together and disappear together. That is the mind that is present in the form of the ‘I’ appears and disappears. 

The one which witnesses the coming and going, of the ‘I’ (mind), is the Soul, the  Self. From the standpoint of the Soul, the  Self the mind (the universe in which we exist) is non-existent as a reality.

The mind cannot be purified because the mind itself is an illusion. Till one thinks the mind is within the body, he will not be able to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana, because the body and the world are within the mind. And the mind is within the Soul.

Ignorance is the cause of the duality. The duality is the cause of the illusion (Maya). The illusion is the cause of experiencing birth, life, death, and the world as a reality.

Self-knowledge leads to Self-awareness. The quest for truth is not the quest for acquiring the dualistic truth within the world. The seeker must have an intense urge to realize the truth which is beyond the form, time, and space.

The dualistic knowledge hides the truth beyond form, time, and space. The practical life within the practical world is nothing to do with the ultimate truth or Brahman.

The dualistic knowledge within the dualistic illusion is not Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

Remember:~

This vast cosmos with all its contents (atom, molecule, sun, moon, planet, and star) all are created out of single stuff. That single stuff is the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. Knowledge of the single stuff is Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

The Soul is the Self. The Soul is present in the form of consciousness. Awareness is the nature of the Soul or consciousness. Consciousness is existence itself.

Consciousness is ever-present. Without consciousness, the world, in which you exist ceases to exist. Consciousness is Self-evident. It is not established by extraneous proofs. It is not possible to deny consciousness because it is the very essence of the one who denies it. Consciousness is the basis of all kinds of knowledge, presuppositions, and proofs. Consciousness is everything. Thus, consciousness is the ultimate truth or Brahman or God in truth. : ~Santthosh Kumaar