Some Gurus say stop thinking. If you stop thinking the ignorance will not vanish but it is not so. Without getting rid of the ignorance the Advaitic wisdom will not dawn. This thought based teachings will not help the seeker to unfold the mystery of the ‘I’.
Some Gurus propagate the 'I' is only thought. The thinker & thought and the world in which the thinker exists all together is 'I'.
Without the 'I' the thinker, thought and the world in which thinker exists ceases to exist.
Remember:~
The ‘I’ is not a thought. ‘I’ is the mind. The mind is present in the form of the universe. The universe appears as waking or dream (duality) and disappears as deep sleep (nonduality).
Instead of inquiring ‘WHO AM ‘I’? just find out: ~
‘What is that becomes the waking experience?’
‘What is it that becomes the dream?’
‘What is it that remains without the waking or dream in deep sleep?’
It is the Soul, which is present in the form of the consciousness that appears as waking or dream (duality and disappears as deep sleep (nonduality).
Remember:~
Let you be clear on one thing. The ‘I’ is mere a dualistic illusion created out of the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. but in the reality, ‘I’ neither exists in the past nor exists now, nor going to exist in the future. Whatever existed in the past and whatever exists now and whatever is going to exists in the future is merely an illusion created out of the consciousness.
Whatever has appeared as ‘I’ is nothing but consciousness? The ‘I’ has no value because it is merely an illusion.
If you search for the truth and you will find only the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. If you search for the Soul then you will find only the truth, which is hidden by the illusory form, time, and space.
The ‘I’ is both real and unreal. It is real because it is a manifestation of Soul, which is present in the form of the consciousness, but is unreal, in the sense, that it is not absolute and eternal like consciousness itself.
Some Gurus used the word ‘I’ to indicate the Self. And they think the ‘I’ without the body is the Self. The ‘I’ is not the Self, but the Soul; the witness of the ‘I’ is the true Self, which is real and eternal.
When the Soul is the real Self then how “I” can remain. Only the Soul, which is present in the form of the consciousness prevails, not the ‘I’.
The world in which you exist is the falsehood. Thus, you are the false Self within the falsehood. The falsehood appears as waking or dream (duality) and disappears as deep sleep (nonduality). Therefore, realize ‘what is real’ and ‘what is unreal’ in order to realize the truth, which is beyond the form, time, and space.
Perfect understanding of ‘what is what’ helps to get rid of ignorance, which is the cause of experiencing the dualistic illusion (world) as a reality.
People's approach is more practical, and they stuck with the reality of the world, they take it as real. That is why all the confusion.
Do not believe in a thing because you have read about it in a book. Do not believe in a thing because a wise man has said it was true. Do not believe in words because they are hallowed by dualistic knowledge Find out the truth for yourself.
That is why Bhagavan Buddha said: ~Believe nothing just because a so-called wise person said it. Believe nothing just because a belief is generally held. Believe nothing just because it is said in ancient books. Believe nothing just because it is said to be of divine origin. Believe nothing just because someone else believes it. Believe only what you yourself test and judge to be true.
Only Soulcentric reason leads to the realization of the truth, which is hidden by the illusory form, time, and space.
Brahman can never be reached by argument and provocation. Discard all the accumulated dualistic knowledge by realizing the world in which you exist, exists because of ignorance. Get rid of the ignorance by realizing the world in which you exist is created out of single clay and that single clay is the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.
Realizing the ‘Self’’ is not you but the Soul is Self-realization. The Soul is the cause of the universe and it itself is uncaused.: ~ Santthosh Kumaar
