Whatever is connected to ‘I’ is ignorance.

By  limiting   mind  or 'I'   to waking entity  is the main hurdle in pursuit of truth.  Therefore it is necessary for the seeker of truth to investigate what is mind,  in order to realize the mind or 'I' is not limited to  physical entity but mind or 'I' is the whole universe , which appears as waking or dream.

Man  is conditioned to view and judge the worldview on the  base of  waking entity  as self whereas  the self  neither the waking entity nor the self is dream entity,   but the self is the formless witness of the three states ,which appears and disappears.  The formless witness is the soul or consciousness. The soul or consciousness is the innermost self.   the soul or consciousness, the innermost self  is prior to the appearance of the waking experience.

He who knows the truth, knows, what is untruth. No one can know the untruth, without knowing, what is truth. Thus people who are still in the realm of duality, thinking the self is internal, how can they judge ‘what is truth?’ and ‘what is not the truth’, without realizing the fact that, the self is neither the waking entity nor the self is the dream entity but self is the formless substance, witness and also the source of the three states. The formless substance witness and the source are one in essence. And that essence is the formless soul or consciousness, the innermost self. On the standpoint of the innermost self, the three states are mere illusion. Thus what is the use of practicing meditation or Samadhi as waking entity, which is the false self within the false experience?    Therefore, every path and practice has to be verified before accepting as truth. 

When self is neither  the waking entity not 'I'    than 'WHO AM 'I'? inquiry will not be able to yield the full truth  because the 'self is not 'I'  but self is formless witness of the 'I'.

When one realizes the self is not ‘I’  but the self is the formless substance and witness of the ‘I’  , he is freed from the attachment to result and then what ever he does it detached work. Similarly, when he recognizes that consciousness is everywhere and in everything in all the three states than that very recognition leads to a total dissolution of the ignorance and leads to self-awareness. 

What is required is only non-dual wisdom. All else follow. Without Self- Knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana , when one tries to detach himself from the practical world, he finds it impossible, because he feels he is the doer.  The doer ship and doing belongs to individuality. Individuality is falsehood from the ultimate standpoint because the self is not an individual entity; it pervades the whole of the illusion, which is in the form of the universe, which appears as waking or dream.  

Self is nothing more than a mental idea within the falsehood, how can one surrender to his own mental idea, as surrender itself means dropping of the inborn conditioning or samskara of ‘I’  by realizing ‘I’  is not the self but the formless substance and witness of the ‘I’  is the true self. holding 'i' as self is holding false self as real self because self is 'I-LESS' existence.  Holding false self (waking entity or ego)  as real self is holding the false experience(waking or universe)  as reality.

Self is ‘I’- less. Self is bodiless. Whatever is connected to ‘I’ is ignorance. When ignorance ends it is Gnana. When Gnana arise than the body, ego and the universe is mere mirage created out of consciousness.    Until one gets the firm conviction that the self is not physical but self is formless consciousness and learns to view and judge and conclude on the base of formless self, Gnana will not arise.  Gnana is the result of contemplation; it in annihilates ignorance. Ignorance is the cause of experiencing the illusion as reality. 

Most of the dualistic sages approach was more practical, and they stuck with the reality of the world, they took it as real.  Whereas Sri, Sankara says: one must first know what is before him. If he cannot know that, what else can he know or understand? If he gives up the external world in his inquiry, he cannot get the whole truth.

 Until one thinks body as body and world as world it is impossible to grasp nondual truth, because his views and judgments are bases on physical self with the physical existence.  The individuality is reality with the waking experience but the waking experience itself is false hood. Thus holding the view as an individual within the false experience is erroneous on the ultimate point of view.  The waking is parallel dream and dream is parallel waking experience. 

Mind is present in the form of 'I'.'I'  is in the form of universe. Universe is in the form of waking or dream.  thus holding the 'I' as self is holding the illusion as reality.  

In waking the universe comes: in deep sleep   the waking goes. In waking is one born; in waking one dies. 

In waking one lives, in Waking one suffers. In Waking one earns, in Waking one enjoys. In Waking is one truthful or lies like a liar. In Waking one reflects on Virtue and Sin. In Waking do one lands in Heaven and Hell. In Waking is one happy, in Waking in sorrow. In Waking does one lose the distinctions of caste and creed. In Waking is one wise; in Waking is one unwise.

In Waking one has an urge to know the truth. In Waking one is in the illusion; in Waking is one shadowed by Doubts and confusion, in waking one thinks of reincarnation and rebirth.  In waking one thinks that he is born in this world and world existed prior to him. In waking one is in ignorance of the true self, which is consciousness. If one spots out the true self within the three states, one realizes the way to freedom. 

One is in action in Waking. In Waking one is bound by form, time and space. Waking is in the form of mind. Mind appears and disappears as waking or dream.  If there is no mind then there is no waking or dream. Waking or dream is born out of ignorance of the true self. Getting rid of the ignorance through wisdom is   the way to the release. In Waking or dream, one follows the Writ of habit. Waking or dream is a chronic malady; but within it also is its remedy.