What is ‘I’? The ‘I’ disappears in deep sleep

What is ‘I’? The ‘I’ disappears in deep sleep, so what is the use of being attached to it? It is illusory.

There is really no ‘I’. It dies in deep sleep. But the notion of its unreality will gradually grasped by the serious and receptive seekers. Individuality is illusory.

One is ignorant of the fact that the ‘I’ /mind comes and goes as waking/dream and has no permanent existence, is only a mirage after all.

Atman cannot be known in the sense in which one knows objects of thought. It can be known only to the extent to which one knows them, for he can only think of the knower when he is in the presence of the known, i.e. objects, for the latter make him aware that a knower must exist. Thus duality makes one think of the knower, but it cannot make him know the knower. The knower is known in the world / duality/waking only by implication, as one cannot think without knower. The knower is a concept, and cannot be known in itself.

Witness/seer is only one. Why and how? The word seer/witness is got at by eliminating the seen [waking/dream] mentally. There never have been two seers/witnesses; if there be two one becomes seen to the other.

When one thinks seer/witness is the ego; he is mistaking the Ataman, for the ego which appears and disappears. This is the great stumble block in understanding and assimilation the nondual truth.  Everyone thinks that when ego is not, nothing remains. When one is aware of the ego, there must be the formless knower, which is Ataman. This directly opposed to all other system. How can one talk of ego unless there is something which witnesses it as known.

Seeker has to analyze the whole mental experiences [dual/nondual].Psychology does not go beyond duality/mind. But who sees this analysis? That which is conscious of the relation between subject and object is the Ataman, the true self. It is that of which everyone is absolutely certain and it cannot be proved. It is self-evident.

The witness [Ataman] can never be something known. The ego being known cannot be the witness/true self. Whatever is seen and known cannot be taken as reality. Therefore, mind/waking/dream cannot be considered as real, because they appear and disappear.  The witness of the appearance and disappearance of the mind/waking/dream is Atman. Atman is ultimate reality.   

Ultimate truth is known only in the negative way. One cannot make it an object of knowledge. One can know that he cannot have an idea of an object unless he posits a knower, unless the knower is implied already. The witness itself is wisdom, that is, it knows everything else. The self is known only when one sees something else, for that other thing reminds him of it. The self is unknowable as an object. Knowing the ultimate truth means knowing that Ataman exists. The word “know” implies duality, something known; on the other hand Wisdom does imply an object. Atman knows the ego/waking/dream as an object. The knowing powers, the Formless Witness, the knower can have no statement made about it, other than that its existence cannot be negated. The ultimate truth which one can know is that Atman is not something to be known.

The observation of the three states will depend upon the medium through which the observer views it. Infact, one’s mental and intellectual conditions will determine the dual and non-dual experiences observed and experienced.  The religionists viewing the three states will see it differently from the spiritualist viewing the same three states.  Each one interprets the three states that he observes in term of his existing knowledge.  The man of truth sees Ataman in everything and everywhere. Because he is fully aware of the fact that, the Ataman pervades in everything and everywhere in all the three states, therefore he has the firm conviction that everything is Atman/sprit and no second thing exists other then the Ataman in experience of diversity. Then only unity in diversity is possible.

The seeker has to perfect and gain an experience of viewing and judging on the base of the beyond [Atman] transcend consciously all his identification with the false entity within the false experience in order to overcome the illusion or duality.   The perfect seer sees Atman [true self] in everything and everywhere all the time.