The seeker should inquire into the nature of the world which confronts him first, then into the individual, and finally, into the Soul, the Self.
Sage Sankara: ~ VC-63- "Without knowing and examining the universe, one can’t know the Truth, as the idea that the external world exists won't go. It can go only by an inquiry into the nature of the external world.
If the inquiry does not include the universe, then it is incomplete.
The universe itself is what God is all about. The totality of the universe is what God is all about. You just study the nature of the universe with all the seriousness and sincerity to unfold the mystery of the universe. That is all you have to do.
Look into the nature of the universe. And you will be able to see that the universe by its very nature is illusory. The moment you understand that the universe is illusory, ignorance disappears and Self-awareness arises.
Manduka Upanishad has no assumptions whatsoever. It is an honest and bold inquiry into truth. It rises above scripture.
The seeker should stop wasting his time imagining things. He should search for the truth, which means he must examine what is before him.
Yoga and religion omit this important preliminary inquiry into the world and hence never reach the truth. It does not mean the world should disappear in Samadhi, but that its true nature should be determined. If the yogis really got emancipation in Samadhi, then ordinary men would also get it in deep sleep!
Therefore, the seeker must always be engaged in an inquiry into the nature of this world in which he exists and the invisible Soul.
When the notions of reality of the world in which he exists are destroyed, what remains is the invisible Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.
The destruction of ignorance exposes the unreal nature of the world in which he exists. It does not mean that the world disappears, but there should arise a determination of their unreal nature: for if that were not the case, people may find emancipation without efforts on their part, as during dreamless sleep, and fainting (when percepts altogether disappear).
If a person cannot undertake the study into the nature of the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness through Soulcentric reasoning.
The seeker must be constantly engaged in reflecting on the nature of the invisible Soul.
The Yogi who moves unseeing through this world is not better than mentally blind; it is not imperception of the world that is needed, but the intellectual realization that its substratum is an idea. ~Santthosh Kumaar
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