The question of birth, life, death, and the world arises only in the domain of ignorance. It is no use in discussing the birth, life, death, and the world in Atmic discussion.
The one which is born, lives, and dies in this world is ‘you’. The Self is not you but the Self is the Soul because the Soul is unborn eternal. You and the world in which you exist is limited to the domain of the form, time, and space.
There is nothing to discuss or argue in the Atmic path. Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana is knowledge of God one without the second. Where there is no second thing then what is there to argue and discuss. When the reality is nondual what is there to discuss and what is there to argue.
From the standpoint of the Soul, the Self, the form, time, and space are merely an illusion. If the form, time, and space are an illusion then the ‘I’ is an illusion. If the ‘I’ is an illusion then the universe is merely an illusion. If the universe is an illusion then the experience of birth, life, and death is merely an illusion.
The Soul, the 'Self' hidden by the illusion. It is hidden by the illusion because the Soul is the cause of the illusion and it itself is uncaused.
Perfect understanding of ‘what is what is needed to realize the truth, which is beyond the ‘I’.
What is the use of finding out ‘who you are?’ It is undeniable fact that you are the birth entity born in this world.
You think you are an individual separate from the world. You think the world existed prior to you and you are born in it but you are unaware of the fact that you and your experience of birth, life, death, and the world are a reality within the dualistic illusion or Maya. The dualistic illusion or Maya is present in the form of the ‘I’.
Why you are saying I AM THAT when the Self is not you but the Soul is hidden by the ‘I’.
You are saying I AM THAT within the world in which you exist. The world in which you exist is the dualistic illusion or Maya. What is the use of saying I AM THAT within the dualistic illusion or Maya?
The dualistic illusion or Maya hides the Self. Realize the ‘Self’ is not you but the Soul, which is present in the form of the consciousness.
The dualistic illusion or Maya is present in the form of the ‘I’. The ‘I’ appears and disappears. The ‘Self is not the ‘I’. The Soul, the ‘Self’ is always present is hidden by the ‘I’.:~
Santthosh Kumaar
