Thoughts like the “I” and the “I AM” will not cease until one realizes ‘what is this ‘I’ in actuality.
The seeker has to realize the fact that, the thought will not rise without the waking or the dream, therefore, the waking or the dream has to be there, prior to the thought process.
Thus, thoughts are nothing to do with the formless witness of the three states. The Soul is the formless witness of the three states.
Thoughts are concerned to an individual, not to the Soul, the Self is not an individual because it is ever formless, timeless, and spaceless existence. Whatever belongs to an individual is bound to be an illusion.
The thoughts, which rises to you and you are the false Self within the dualistic illusion or Maya. thus You and your thoughts and the world in which you exist is nothing but an illusion.
It is erroneous to trace the source of the thought instead one has to first realize the fact that the Self is not the ‘I’. And ‘I’ is not limited to the physical entity, but ‘I’ is the whole universe, which appears as waking or dream (duality) and disappears as deep sleep(nonduality).
If the ‘I’ is there, then the mind is there. If the mind is there, then the universe is there. And the universe is present only when waking or dream is present.
One sees differences between things because of ignorance, all these differences would vanish when one gets wisdom and the various thoughts arise because one considers the ‘I’ as Self whereas the ‘I’ itself is an illusion. :~
Santthosh Kumaar
