Attributes are merely an illusion. All attribute-based knowledge is dualistic knowledge. All the attributes are present only when the ‘I’ is present.
Without realizing what this ‘I’ is supposed to be in actuality, the truth, which is hidden by the dualistic illusion, will not be revealed.
All attribute-based knowledge, which is inferior, has to be bifurcated and excluded to know the ultimate truth.
The reason is the common ground for all whole humanity in the modern age, whereas the appeal to scriptural relations reaches only the sects.
Those who argue that truth is only in their religion are vain logicians, depending on mere ideas, speculations, and imaginations.
The truth is a bitter pill. It becomes very difficult for the seeker to accept it at first; because of his inherited conditioning. Gradually he will be able to grasp it as he moves on.
One has to go beyond Vedas means thinking beyond religion. Going beyond religion means, thinking beyond the belief of a religious God.
Thinking beyond the Vedas, religion, and the belief in God is thinking beyond form, time, and space. That is the end of dualistic knowledge. The end of the dualistic knowledge is the end of the ‘I'.
That is why Bhagvad Gita: ~ “You must first see the ‘I’ as illusory before you see others as illusory. ~ CH.2 v.16
It is necessary for the seeker to do his homework and verify the validity of all the claims, rather than blindly believe what others expound as knowledge, till the uncontradicted truth is obtained.
The invisible Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness, is without attributes. All the attributes are merely an illusion created out of the invisible Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.
Reality and unreality are created out of a single stuff because the unreality (the world in which we exist) is experienced as a reality; we are unaware of the reality hidden by the unreality.
There is no second thing that exists other than the invislbe Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. The dualistic illusion, which is present in the form of the ‘I’, hides the truth.
When the matter is an illusion created out of the Spirit, then Spirit alone is real.
When the object is created out of the subject, then the subject alone is real.
When the attributes are created out of the invisible Soul, then the invisible Soul alone is real.
When the world in which you exist is created out of consciousness, then the consciousness alone is real.
The knowledge of both matter and spirit is the True knowledge. The true knowledge is Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.
Krishna tells Arjuna: - that knowledge of both matter and Spirit is the True knowledge. (Gita, Chap.XII)
In Advaita: - Brahman is without attributes and strictly impersonal. It can be best described as infinite Being, infinite Consciousness, and infinite Bliss. It is pure knowledge itself, similar to a source of infinite radiance. Since the Advaitins regard Brahman to be the Ultimate Truth, in comparison to Brahman, every other thing, including the material world, its distinctness, the individuality of the living creatures, and even Ishvara (the Supreme Lord) itself, are all untrue. Brahman is the effulgent cause of everything that exists and can possibly exist. Since it is beyond human comprehension, it is without any attributes, for assigning attributes to it would be distorting the true nature of Brahman. Advaitins believe in the existence of both Saguna Brahman and Nirguna Brahman; however, they consider Nirguna Brahman to be the absolute supreme truth.
All the attributes belong to the domain of form, time, and space. From the standpoint of the invisible Soul, the Self, the form, time, and space are mere
You and the world in which you exist are within the mind. From the standpoint of the invisible Soul, the Self, the mind is a dualistic illusion.
The invisible Soul is present in the form of consciousness. Consciousness is the formless substance and witness of the ‘I’, which comes and goes. The ‘I’ is the dualistic illusion.
The truth is hidden within the dualistic illusion (‘I’), and it is without the dualistic illusion (‘I’).
Bhagvad Gita: ~ “The permanent is always there, only the transient ‘I’ comes and goes.” (2.18)
The invisible Soul is not ‘I’. The Self is not the ‘I’. The invisible Soul is the Self. The invisible Soul, the Self, is the witness of the ‘I’ which appears and disappears.
You are seeking to realize the truth of your true existence. To discover the truth, there is a need to understand the nature of the ‘I’.
Without knowing what this ‘I’ is supposed to be, an actuality, you will never be able to realize the truth, which is beyond form, time, and space.
Till you hold the Self as the ‘I’, you will never be able to get Self-realization. ‘I’ hides the Soul, which is the Self.
Know what this ‘I’ is first. Without realizing what this ‘I’ is supposed to be, the invisible Soul can't free itself from the dualistic illusion.
The ‘I’ hides the truth of the whole. The ‘I’ hides the truth. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar
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