There is a need to realize ‘what is this ‘I’ is in actuality. Without knowing ‘what is this ‘I’ is in actuality, it is impossible to unfold the hidden truth, which is hidden by ignorance.
Till you hold the Self as the ‘I’, you will never be able to get Self-realization. ‘I’ hides the invisible Soul, which is the Self.
Until you are ripe to receive Self-knowledge, you will not be able to understand what I am saying.
Realize you are not you, your body is not the body, the world in which you exist is not the world, but they are all made of a single clay. That single clay is the invisible Soul, the Self, which is present in the form of consciousness
Those Gurus who propagated the Self is within the body are in error. This mistake has to be rectified to realize that the invisible Soul, the Self, which is present in the form of consciousness, is the fullness of consciousness.
By emotionally sticking to these ’ I-centric gurus and their teachings, you will remain permanently in the domain of ignorance.
Because of ignorance, you think you are an individual separate from the world and the world that existed prior to you; you are born in it later on.
The ‘I’ is inborn ignorance is the cause of experiencing the illusory world in which you exist as a reality. The world in which you exist is a dualistic illusion.
Whatever belongs to dualistic illusion is bound to be an illusion. So, your experience of birth, life, death, and the world is bound to be an illusion.
Everyone is holding some teaching or a teacher or their accepted truth as a yardstick. All the accumulated egocentric knowledge is inadequate or useless in unfolding the mystery of the mind or the universe.
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) Vivekachoodamani v 56, pg. 25
Sage Sankara: ~ VC Neither sacred baths nor any amount of charity nor even Hundreds of pranayamas* can give us the knowledge about the real Self. The firm experience of the nature of the Self is seen to proceed from inquiry along the lines of the salutary advice of the wise.
Sage Sankara: ~ “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. ~Viveka Chudamani 165-166
Breath, body, and the world are one in essence. That essence is formless consciousness. Consciousness (Soul) is the Self. Breath, body, and the world 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 form, time, and space are one in essence.
The truth realization is very simple. We make it complicated by mixing diverse theories, different ideologies, religions, and yoga.
All your accumulated knowledge is the greatest hindrance in the pursuit of truth. To realize the truth beyond form, time, and space, one must have the courage of Buddha. Buddha got enlightenment only after dropping the religion, the Vedas, and the concept of God.
To realize the simple truth, there is no need to go from one mountain to another, one Ashram to another, or worship Godmen or a Guru as a God, or convert from one faith to another. The truth is universal. Anyone can realize it if they have an intense urge.
There is no second thing that exists other than consciousness. In the world in which we exist, all our thoughts, words, beliefs, and experiences are nothing but consciousness.
Realizing consciousness is everything, is truth realization, or Self-realization, or God-realization. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar
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