People think what they know is the ultimate truth, but they are unaware of the fact that their dualistic knowledge has nothing to do with the invisible Soul, the Self, which is the ultimate truth or Brahman.
The 'I' know attitude blocks one from realizing the Self hidden by ignorance.
The seeker needs to be receptive to understand and assimilate the Self-knowledge effectively. He has to have patience and humility and allow the man of truth to speak freely and express himself about the Self-Knowledge, without hindrance or interruption. In return, the seeker will receive free expression and then try to grasp what he is saying.
The seeker should not be a judge on the base of his accumulated knowledge and simply argue on his own point of view. The seeker has to accept other views if they find them uncontradictable truth.
The seeker has to verify the validity of all claims by using his own reason. The seeker has to get all the doubts cleared by questioning patiently and pointing out all the doubts and confusion with humility.
The argument is the greatest obstacle in the pursuit of truth; therefore, never indulge in arguments. Therefore, discussion with humility is the way towards the ultimate truth. This will enable him to provide the understanding and to see the fellow seekers' perspective, that is not to say that he has to agree to their point of view, however, it will offer or enable one to consider another option. And it helps the seeker to think deeper when he is not satisfied with the answers and find the answer on his own reasoning, till un- the uncontradictable answer is found.
If one can truly understand “what is Mind”? “What is the substance of the mind?” it would lead to resolving a lot of perhaps unnecessary trouble, and conflict.
If we look closely at the nature of the mind, what it is really, how it has come into being, and what constitutes it, it will become clear of the fact that the mind is merely an illusion; the formless substance of the mind, which is the spirit, is real and eternal.
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The seeker should always think of the Soul, the Self, which is hidden by the dualistic illusion or Maya. The dualistic illusion is present in the form of the ‘I’.
Remembering the invisible Soul, the Self, through reading the words of wisdom, even if one does not understand what they read, it will be absorbed subconsciously, and it is very important for the seeker because whatever he reads in my blogs and posts will help the seeker as autosuggestion.
Remember this again and again:~ You and the world in which you exist are the dualistic illusion or Maya. Whatever belongs to you is a reality within the dualistic illusion or Maya. The universe itself is an illusion, on the other hand. The invisible Soul, the Self, is the ultimate reality.
The invisible Soul, the Self, is present in the form of consciousness is infinite; the universe is merely an illusion created out of the consciousness.
The dualistic illusion or Maya is present in the form of the ‘I’. The ‘I’ is present in the form of form, time, and space. The form, time, and space are present in the form of the universe. The universe appears as waking or dream (duality) and disappears as deep sleep (nonduality).
The dualistic illusion or Maya is created out of the invisible Soul, the Self, which is present in the form of consciousness.
When the Self is not you but the invisible Soul, what is the use of identifying the Self as you?
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The Self is not you. You are not eternal because you are bound by the experience of birth, life, death, and the world.
The invisible Soul, the Self, is eternal. The invisible Soul is birthless and deathless because it is ever formless, timeless, and spaceless existence.
It is foolish to say I AM THIS or I AM THAT’ because the ‘Self ‘is not ‘I’. The ‘Self is the invisible Soul, which is the cause of the ‘I’.
That is why Ashtavakra Gita 16:10:~ If you desire liberation, but you still say ‘I’, if you feel the Self is the ‘I’, you are not a wise man or a seeker. You are simply a man who suffers.
Even after knowing the Self is not ‘I’, people are stuck in ‘I-centric teaching and Gurus. Those who are stuck with ‘I’ or ‘I AM’ will never be able to get rid of ignorance. : ~Santthosh Kumaar
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