You are not the Self. Till you hold ‘you’ as self you will never be
able to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana. You are the waking entity (ego). You are the false self (ego) within the false
experience (waking). You are part of the illusion. Self is nothing to do with
you and your world. Self is not limited to waking entity and waking world
because it pervades all the three states.
You disappear along with your world when waking disappears. The one which witnesses the coming and going
of the three states is not you but the formless soul or consciousness. The
formless soul or consciousness is the substance and witness of the three
states. The formless substance and witness of the three states are one in
essence. Without the formless soul or consciousness, the three states are
non-existent. Therefore, the formless
soul or consciousness is the innermost self.
On the standpoint of the formless soul, the innermost self, the three
states cease to exist as reality. Thus you are part of the illusion. Thus
identifying the self as ‘I AM THIS OR ‘I AM THAT’, without becoming mentally
aware of the existence of the formless witness of the three states it is
impossible to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.
That is why Buddha
said:-
Do not
believe a spiritual teaching just because:-
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