Ignorant Gurus in their own ignorance tells finding out, Who says God? Who has this illusion? Find out who has these thoughts?+

Ignorant Gurus in their own ignorance tells finding out, Who says God? Who has this illusion? Find out who has these thoughts?

Without knowing, such question arises to the individual within the dualistic illusion or Maya.

The dualistic illusion or Maya is present in the form of the universe.

The universe is a product of ignorance. Without ignorance, the universe ceases to exist as a reality. The universe hides the God because the universe is merely an illusion created out of the God, the Spirit or consciousness.

That is why Sage Sankara: ~ VC- 63. Without causing the objective universe to vanish and without knowing the truth of the ‘Self’ how is one to achieve Liberation by the mere utterance of the word Brahman? — It would result merely in an effort of speech.

Swami Vivekananda: ~ The wicked are always looking for defects. Flies come and seek for the ulcer, and bees come only for the honey in the flower. Do not follow the way of the fly, but that of the bee.

Remember:~

The objective world is not a creation of the mind because the objective world itself is the mind. Thus, without knowing:~

‘What is mind?

‘What is the substance of the mind?

‘What is the source of the mind?

~ it is difficult to understand, assimilate Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

The Upanishads have spoken of the sleep state at length. This has several purposes?

1. To reiterate that the objective world does not have a permanent reality.

2. To demonstrate that the subject alone remains as the non-dual reality in the sleep state, and therefore in all the states.

3. To prove that the sleep state, being non-dual, gives the greatest bliss to the subject consciousness.

4. To prove to the subject-enquirer that bliss is obtained not from objects but, on the contrary, in the absence of objects.

5. To prove that duality is objective world, misery. And non-duality is Atmic awareness.

6. To give to the seeker ? Preview? A foretaste, of the liberated state.

The Upanishads have spoken of the sleep state at length. This has several purposes?

1. To reiterate that the objective world does not have a permanent reality.

2. To demonstrate that the subject alone remains as the non-dual reality in the sleep state, and therefore in all the states.

3. To prove that the sleep state, being non-dual, gives the greatest bliss to the subject consciousness.

4. To prove to the subject-enquirer that bliss is obtained not from objects but, on the contrary, in the absence of objects.

5. To prove that duality is samsara, misery and non-duality is Atmic awareness.

6. To give to the seeker? Preview? A foretaste, of the liberated state.

Brihadaranyaka Upanishads 4.3.22 alludes to this experience: ~ (In this state a father is no father, a mother no mother, Gods no Gods, the Vedas no Vedas. In this state, a thief is no thief, the killer of a noble Brahman no killer, a monk no monk, a hermit no hermit. This form of his is untouched by good work and untouched by evil work, for he is then beyond all the woes of his intellect.

Instead of finding fault, first realize what is the Self is in actuality. An honest introspection will reveal that all fault lies with you and your own perceptions and attitudes. If there is an error in understanding what 'Self' is in actuality, it is in “you”.

Correcting this and changing to Soulcentric attitude will change your perception and then the Soul; the 'Self' will reveal its formless, timeless and spaceless true nature.

If you are unable to grasp the truth hidden by the ‘I’ then you will never be able to grasp nonduality or Advaita.

First Mundaka - Chapter 2 - Fools, dwelling in darkness, but wise in their own conceit and puffed up with vain scholarship, wander about, being afflicted by many ills, like blind men led by the blind.

Remember:~

It is you who is born in this world. It is you who is living in this world. And it is you who is going to die in this world, the future.

Your birth, life, death and the world in which you exist is nothing to do with the Self because the Self is not you but the Soul, the unborn eternal.

The Soul, the Self, is hidden by the world in which you exist. It is hidden because the world in which you exist is merely a dualistic illusion or Maya created out of the Soul, the Self, which is present in the form of consciousness.

Without consciousness, you and the world in which you exist cease to exist. Whatever you have seen, known, believed and experienced within this illusory world is nothing but an illusion created out of consciousness.

Consciousness is ever-present Without consciousness the world, in which you exist, cease 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, the consciousness is the ultimate truth or Brahman or God in truth.

Whatever you have seen, known, believed and experienced as a person within the waking experience is bound to be an illusion created out of consciousness. Thus, the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness alone, is real and eternal. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar