Advaitic Gnana is the means to Moksha or freedom from experiencing the illusion as reality.+

The duality is present only when the form, time, and space are present. The form, time, and space are one in essence.

The ego, body, and the world are one in essence. That essence is consciousness. Thus, there is no division in consciousness in Atmic reality.

The thinker. thought and the world are one in essence, which is consciousness. The one who has realized the invisible Soul as the true self will not see the illusory division, even though he is in the midst of duality.

A Gnani is fully aware of the fact that his body, his ego, and his experience of the world are merely an illusion created out of consciousness, whereas the ignorant thinks that the experience of birth, life, death, and the world is reality. Because ignorance is based on the waking entity (ego), which is the false self (ego) within the false experience (waking).

So long as one is in the realm of duality, one has to explain how or why one thing came from another, and contradictory views are expressed. But when a Gnani shows that there is no second, there is no production, and the contradictions do not arise at all, when the ultimate thing is consciousness alone. Thus, consciousness is the ultimate truth or Brahman, or God in truth.

The dualists’ arguments are based on false self (ego or waking entity) and false experience (mind or waking or dream or universe) to show the weakness of the position of the dualistic viewpoint. They are at their wits' end to explain.

Existence cannot be a cause and effect at the same time, from the point of view of the dualist, but deeper self-search shows the Existent is no-two and causality can’t rise at all.

Dualistic theory says that whatever was in the cause was also in the effect. They say that the gold brick, the gold medal, the gold ornaments-- are in the seed--the gold.

Deeper self-search reveals the fact that, if cause and effect are one, what is the difference between the two?

The logic holds good for the practical purpose in the practical life (waking). Soul-centric reasoning leads to non-dualistic awareness.

The mind is an illusion. The mind is present in the form of the universe. The universe appears as the waking state or a dream. Advaitic Gnana is the means to Moksha or freedom from experiencing the illusion as reality.

The practical life within the practical world is a reality within the illusory waking state. The individuality is a reality within the illusory waking state. The reality of individuality lasts only so long as there is ignorance.

The duality is the cause of ignorance. Ignorance is the cause of experiencing the illusory waking state or dream (duality) as reality.

When is self is in delusion due to ignorance of its formless true nature than it experiences diversity as a reality. Within the waking state, it thinks, it acts, and enjoys as an individual separate from the world, on account of ignorance.

In Atmic reality, the three states are not different from consciousness because all three states are created out of a single stuff, which is consciousness.

Just as the bubble becomes one with the ocean when it bursts, just as the pot-ether becomes one with the universal ether when the pot is broken, so also the mind, which is in the form of the universe, becomes one with consciousness when it gets knowledge of consciousness, which is the ultimate truth or Brahman.

When knowledge dawns in it through annihilation of ignorance, consciousness is freed from experiencing the illusion as reality. And the mind merges itself in the ocean of formless nondual consciousness.

Thus, there is a conscious unity in diversity in the midst of diversity. This is the Truth and a release from experiencing the birth, life, death, and world as reality. The absolute merging of the mind(I) in consciousness or Atman, which is the ultimate truth or Brahman.

Prior to the appearance of the mind (I), what was the mind(I)? It did not exist as a waking state or a dream.

What was it? What prevails without the waking state or a dream? What is it that is aware of all three states, which appears and disappears in succession?

Only when one becomes aware of the existence of the formless witness of the three states is mentally grasped and realized then the reality will start unfolding itself. In addition, one will have the mental yardstick to judge what is real and what is unreal.

Without the knower, there is no such thing as the known. The knower is formless(soul), and the known is the form(universe). Therefore, until one takes the form as the knower, one remains ignorant of the invisible Soul, the Self.

Without realizing the fact that the Self is neither the waking entity nor the dream entity, but the Self is the invisible Soul, which witnesses the coming and going of the three states in succession, it is impossible to assimilate the Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

The witness of the three states can remain with or without the waking state or the dream.

When it remains without the waking or the dream, it is called deep sleep in ignorance. Consciously becoming aware of the invisible Soul, the Self is and learns to view and judge the worldview on the base of the invisible Soul, the Self, will lead to nondual-awareness.

The individual experiences within the waking or dream are nothing to do with the formless witness. The individuality is part of the duality. The duality is merely an illusion.

The invisible Soul, the Self, which is present in the form of consciousness, is pervading everywhere and in everything in all three states.

The experience of birth, life, and death is part of the individual experiences within the waking state or dream state.

Individual experiences are reality within the waking state or a dream. The waking or dream appears and disappears, hence they are not permanent.

The invisible Soul, the witness of the three states, is permanent and eternal. Thus, it is necessary to view, analyse, and judge, and conclude the truth on the base of the invisible Soul, the witness, to realize the ultimate truth or Brahman. No second thing exists other than the soul (consciousness or spirit); hence, it is nondual.

Without the witness, the three states cease to exist. Without being aware of the formless witness, there is no chance of getting Self-realization.

The three states are dependent on the formless witness, whereas the formless witness exists with or without the three states.

The three states are not the experience of the waking entity(ego) but of the Soul, which is the formless witness of all three states. Viewing and judging the three states as an individual experience is erroneous.

Man and his world co-exist within the waking state. Without the world, man cannot exist. Man and world appear together and disappear together.

Concluding the truth on the base of the waking entity will lead to speculative hallucination. There is a need for a deeper understanding to assimilate the Self-knowledge, or Brahma Gnana, or Atma Gnana.

Just as the dream was witnessed without the physical body, so also the same formless witness witnesses the waking. The man and his experience of the world are within the waking state or dream. The waking or dream entities cannot be the witness of the waking or dream. The dream is a parallel waking experience, and waking experience is a parallel dream.

The seeker has to mentally reflect on the formless witness constantly, until they get the firm conviction that the soul is the formless witness. The invisible Soul, the Self.

The invisible Soul, the Self, is the source. The mind (’I’) is present in the form of the universe.

The universe rises from the invisible Soul and subsides back into the invisible Soul and becomes one with it.

When the mind becomes one with the soul, then there is no duality. When there is no duality, then it is a non-dual reality, the true nature of the Soul, the Self.

Till the seeker realizes that the formless witness of the three states is not the waking entity but the invisible Soul, it remains in ignorance and experiences the duality as reality.

Only when it can grasp the fact that the Soul is the real self, will it be able to realize that the three states are unreal. The invisible Soul, the Self which is present in the form of consciousness alone, prevails as eternal identity when the seeker realizes the experience of diversity is merely an illusion.  ;~ Santthosh Kumaar