All attributes based knowledge is dualistic knowledge. All the attributes are present only when the ‘I’ is present. Without realizing what this ‘I’ supposed to be in actuality the truth, which is hidden by the dualistic illusion will not be revealed.
All attributes based knowledge, which is inferior, have to be bifurcated and excluded to know the ultimate truth. The seeker of truth has to drop all the inferior knowledge based on the attributes and go beyond the Vedas to understand assimilate and realize the ultimate truth or Brahman.
The reason is the common ground for 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 think beyond religion. Go beyond religion means, think beyond the belief of God. Thinking beyond the Vedas, religion and the belief of God is thinking beyond the 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 Bhagavad 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 Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness, is without attributes. All the attributes are merely an illusion created out of the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.
The reality and unreality are created out of single stuff because of 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 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 Soul then the Soul alone is real.
When the world in which you exist created out of consciousness then the consciousness alone is real.
The knowledge of both matter and spirit is True knowledge. The true knowledge is Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.
Lord Krishna tells Arjuna:~ Knowledge of both the matter and Spirit is the True knowledge. (Gita, Chap.XII)
Sage Sankara:~ Brahman is without attributes and strictly impersonal. It can be best described as the 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, so 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 the form, time, and space. From the standpoint of the soul, the innermost 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 Soul, the ‘Self, the mind is the dualistic illusion. The Soul is present in the form of consciousness. The 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’).
Bhagavadgvad Gita: ~ “The permanent is always there, only the transient ‘I’ comes and goes.” (2.18)
The Soul is not ‘I’. ‘‘Self’ is not the ‘I’. The Soul is the ‘Self’. The Soul, the innermost ‘‘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’ supposed to be an actuality you will never be able to realize the truth, which is beyond the 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 innermost ‘Self’. ‘
Know what this ‘I’ first. Without realizing what this ‘I’ supposed to be, it is impossible for the Soul to free itself’ from the dualistic illusion.
The ‘I’ hides the truth of the whole. The ‘I’ hides the truth. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar
