Mundaka Upanishad:~ As rivers flow into the sea and in so doing lose name and form, so even the wise man, freed from name and form, attains the Supreme Being, the Self-luminous, the Infinite. He who knows Brahman becomes Brahman. ~ 3.2.8-
A Gnani never claims himself as a Gnani. A Gnani being within the illusion, he is not of the illusion. The doer, doing and the world are all within the duality. With perfect equanimity, even in practical life within the practical world, a Gnani attends all his worldly duties like any other commoner.
A Gnani may have sorrows, but he is in perfect equanimity because he is aware of the fact that, the physical awareness is a mere illusion created out of the Soul, the innermost ‘Self’.
A Gnani is fully aware his physical life started within the illusion and ends within the illusion. When it ends then the Soul, the Self is free from experiencing the illusory form, time, and space as a reality.
When the nonduality is viewed and judged on the dualistic perspective it is impossible to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.
Remember:~
To realize our life of pleasure-pain within the world is as real as a dream. Only through Advaitic wisdom, the ‘Self’ becomes free from experiencing the dualistic illusion as a reality.
Even in a dream whatever experienced becomes unreal when waking takes place. Similarly, when wisdom dawns one becomes aware of the fact that the Self is neither the waking entity nor the dream entity. Thus whatever experienced as the waking experience is as real as a dream.
Thus for a Gnani, all three states are merely an illusion created out of consciousness, because he is fully aware of the fact that, the witness of the three states is not the body but consciousness.
A Gnani is fully aware of the fact that his body, ego, and the universe are nothing but consciousness. Thus he finds the experience of any sort is the play of consciousness and experience is merely an illusion. The one that witnesses the experience, which is in the form of the universe or mind is merely an illusion.
Through Advaitic wisdom, one gains Self-awareness in the midst of the dualistic illusion or Maya. Self-awareness itself is Brahmic awareness or God-awareness.
Remember:~
A Gnani being in the world he is not of the world. The doer and doing and the world, are all within the dualistic illusion. With perfect equanimity, even in practical life within the practical world, a Gnani attends all his worldly activities duties like any other commoner. It is wrong to think that a Gnani sits quietly without any activities.
Even inaction also is an action. He may have sorrows, but he is in perfect equanimity because he is aware of the fact that, the physical awareness is merely an illusion created out of the Soul, the innermost Self. He is fully aware of the fact that the physical life started within the illusion and ends within the illusion.
In Self-awareness the Soul, the Self is free from experiencing the form, time, and space as a reality in the midst of the dualistic illusion.
A Gnani being in the illusion he is not of the illusion. Doer and doing and the world are all within the duality. With perfect equanimity, even in practical life within the practical world, a Gnani attends all his worldly duties like any other commoner. He may have sorrows but he is in perfect equanimity because he is aware of the fact that, the physical awareness is merely an illusion created out of the soul, the innermost self. He is fully aware his physical life started within the illusion and ends within the illusion. When it ends then the soul, the innermost is free from experiencing the form, time, and space as reality.:~Santthosh Kumaar
