Before the appearance of the ‘I’ there was only the Soul or consciousness. After the disappearance of the ‘I’, the Soul or consciousness alone prevails as the ultimate reality or Brahman or God in truth
That is why Bhagavad Gita: ~ ‘The permanent (consciousness) is always there, only the transient ‘I’ comes and goes. (2.18)
The ‘I’ hides the Soul, the Self, which is present in the form of consciousness.
Bhagavad Gita: ~ “You must first see the ‘I’ as illusory before you
see others as illusory. ~ CH.2 v.16
First, you must make sure the ‘I’ itself is illusory because the ‘I’ is not permanent. No second thing existed prior to the appearance of the ‘I’ and ‘I’ never exists now and also ‘I’ never exists in the future. The ‘I’ is merely an illusory appearance.
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 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 Soul, 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 consciousness, but is unreal, in the sense, that it is not
absolute and eternal like consciousness itself.
Remember this:~
What is the use of reading thousands of pages, on truth?
What is the use of searching for Gurus in order to get truth realization?
What is the use of wandering in the mountains is the search for truth?
What is the use of indulging in yogic Samadhi or meditation within the unreal world?
The ‘I’ hides the truth of the whole. Without realizing what is this ‘I’ you will never realize the truth which is beyond form, time, and space.
All the Gurus glorified the ‘I’. Thus, it becomes very difficult to discard the ‘I’. Those who have accepted the ‘I’ based teaching refuse to accept anything other than their accepted truth.
Till you hold the ‘‘Self’’ as the ‘I’, your knowledge remains skin deep. What is it that appears as the ‘I’ and disappears as the ‘I-less? It is the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.
Do not make the mistake of holding the ‘I’ as the ‘Self’ because it is not permanent. ‘I’ disappears and becomes ‘I’-less. ‘I’ is an illusion and the ‘I-LESS’ is real and eternal. The ‘I-LESS ‘appears as ‘I’ and ‘I ’‘disappears as I-LESS.
The ‘I’ hides the truth of the whole. The earliest ancient sages used the word ‘I’ to the witness of the three states not to the ego as moderns use it and think the ‘I’ without the body is the ‘Self’. The seeker has to understand the fact that ‘I’ is not the ‘Self’, but the witness of the ‘I’ is the true ‘Self’, which is eternal.
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. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar
