Until a man thinks of himself as the ‘Self' he will remain in ignorance. Until he is ignorant he will not be able to believe his individual experience of birth, life, death, and the world as an illusion. Therefore it is very much necessary for the seeker to realize he is not the 'Self but the 'Self' is the Soul, which is hidden by the 'I'.
Until the seeker realizes what is this 'I' suppose to be in actuality it is very difficult to unfold the 'Self' hidden by the dualistic illusion(Maya). the dualistic illusion appears as 'I'.
The ‘I’ is present only when the form, time, and space are present. Without the form, time, and space the ‘I’ cease to exist.
The ‘I’ that appears and disappears is not permanent. The ‘I’ appears as waking or dream (duality) and disappears as deep sleep (nonduality). The ‘I’ itself is
ignorance.
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 consciousnes
Bhagavad Gita: ~ “You must first see the ‘I’ as illusory before you see others as illusory. ~ CH.2 v.1
First, you must make sure the ‘I’ itself is illusory because the ‘I’ is not permanent.
Without ignorance, form, time, and space cease to exist. The ignorance will prevail until the experience of birth, life, death, and the world are considered as a reality.
Until experience of birth, life, death prevails as a reality the illusion will prevail as a reality. Thus, it is necessary to get rid of ignorance. Ignorance will vanishes only when Advaitic wisdom dawns.
Until he realizes the 'I' is an he will not be able to accept the birth, life, death, and the world as an illusion. Until he thinks of illusion as a reality he will not be able to assimilate Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnan
The Soul is the innermost Self. The Soul is present in the form of consciousness. The Soul is the witness-consciousness that experiences the action, the actor, and the world of separate things. It is like a light that illuminates everything in a theatre, revealing the master of ceremonies, the guests, and the dancers with complete impartiality. Even when they all depart, the light shines to reveal their absence.
The Soul is the Self. The Soul is all-pervading. The Soul is present in the form of the consciousness is not within any particular body it pervades the whole universe.
Consciousness pervades form, time, and space. Without consciousness, the form, time, and space cease to exist.
Bhagavad Gita:~ 7: 19:~ "Such a man who has attained true knowledge the knowledge of Self, the knowledge of Atman, worships the Self as~ Atman (God) alone exists~ everything is Atman, there exists nothing except Atman. Such a man is extremely rare"
Bhagavad Gita: ~ Brahmano hi pratisthaham ~ Brahman (God) is considered the all-pervading consciousness, which is the basis of all the animate and inanimate entities and material. (14.27)
When Bhagavad Gita says God is considered the all-pervading consciousness which is the basis of all the animate and inanimate entities and material then nothing has to be accepted as God other than consciousness.
Only in ignorance, there is duality. In reality, there is only non-duality.
‘I’ is a false nature. Holding the ‘I’ as the Self is holding on to ignorance. Ignorance will not buzz till you hold on to the ‘I’ because ‘I’ itself is ignorance.
You must know what God supposed to be in actuality. God is the cause of this universe and God is uncaused. :~ Santthosh Kumaar
