YOUR OWN UPANISHAD

You Are The Immortal Self - timeless, nameless, formless and eternal. Here, now and always. This is the ultimate truth. In this mortal body, there is an immortal being. You are never bound. Know for sure that You are Free.

The Seer and Seen are both objects in consciousness. They are both unreal, because consciousness is itself ephemeral. That pure and objectless Awareness; the stillness of no-thing-ness; the silence on which consciousness spontaneously appears IS your Swaroopa.

This consciousness IS the Illusion; just like the snake on a rope; ghost on a post; blueness in the sky; images seen in the clouds or water in a mirage.

Sad Eva Saumya; Idam Agra Asi; Tat Satyam; Sa Atma; Tat Twam Asi Swetaketu. Tat Twam Asi.

This may sound crazy, hard to believe, and difficult to understand, because you are trying to comprehend this with your mind. 

Just as an ice cube seems different than the ocean, the illusory “I”, identifying with the body, imagines to be an independent entity imagining this world. Just as space in a jar is the same space everywhere, "You" are the infinite and absolute, bound by the limitations of the body. Identification with the body has given rise to the feeling of an individual personality which is not the truth. Annihilation of the “I” by inquiry unravels the eternal happiness within. You are like the jar space moving in the infinite space. The intellect and waking state are only for this inquiry and recognition.

Thinking this world as real is ignorance. Knowing your Self to be REAL and the world as unreal is knowledge. The outer Guru guides you to the inner Self. The SatGuru is your own Self, who is the Guide and also the Goal.

The physical outer Guru is like a mirror reflecting the Truth.
 

The first step is to start observing the mind and witness the happenings every moment. This will clarify clearly that you are NOT the mind and the thoughts. Everything perceived is an illusion and has no reality. Everything is a projection of the mind. Simply, when there is no mind there is no world. 

From living non-living things like nails and hair are born; and from non-living things living things like plants/organisms, are born. This implies that they are both one, but appear differently. Everything perceived is the changing aspect on the substratum of That which is Changeless. They only appear to be different. The changeless and that which is changing are One and the same, just as wind and air. This is the illusion. There is no individual seer and everything seen is NOT what they appear to be. The body is itself the illusion and bondage. When questioned, there is no body or mind, but just space.

As long as there is identification, the world is perceived. Conversely, if the world seems real, that clearly means there is some identification left. The ego is hiding deep within. Cleanse your Self completely. Be the perfect mirror.  The waking state is similar to a dream because you cannot take anything out of this world just as nothing can be taken out of a dream. And, "I" am aware of the waking state. If the waking state is negated as an appearance, what is left? This is very subtle. When contemplated deeply and the true meaning jolts your inner being, the mind cannot create any more disturbances.

It is something like this: When the pure light is projected on the screen of consciousness, dream and waking states appear to be existent. Just as the light dots projected on a t.v screen form images and when moved at 20 frames per second produces the illusory effect of a movie to the human eye; the entire world is a projection of the mind on the screen of consciousness. When the screen of consciousness is moved away, no-thing is perceived, causing the deep sleep state of ignorance. But the Pure Light exists in all the 3 states and beyond. Just as a movie on the t.v screen, the light, the screen and the power to perceive are all real but the images perceived are unreal.

The ONE aware of all the three states of existence and beyond, is Real but the states are unreal. This is why "you" can perceive them but they cannot perceive you. For example, "you" (the REAL) can be aware of your mind, but your mind (the unreal) cannot find "you". The ultimate; the substratum of everything is completely unaware of all this; just as the ocean is unaware of the waves or the space unaware of the sky and the blueness seen in it.

This realization is only possible during the waking state due to the availability of the discriminative intellect. Observe, be a witness, stay quiet and do not react. When the mind is ignored, all that is left is a Silence that is Indescribable. This is all you have to do. This is the instruction. And something will be revealed or rise up to the surface of your Being.  

Give up the idea of the doer or the karta-bhava. There is no doer, but work is done. Allow the cosmic flow to unfold. Ignore the mind by constantly reminding that "you" are the one aware of the mind, so how can the subject be the object? There is no person or individual as we think we know. All is a play of Consciousness which itself is an illusion. Once questioned, the illusion starts to lose it power. Everything is a happening in You but You are NOT happening.

Consciousness is an illusory movement in the Absolute, just as the wave is a movement of the ocean. Consciousness is illusory because it cannot be found and is only available in the presence of the body, which is discontinuous. The substratum on which Consciousness appears is the source and the Absolute.

Even this knowledge is not the Truth since this is only known in the waking state which is not REAL. All knowledge must go including the thirst for knowing or liberation must be dropped.

When vacuum is created with the annihilation of the “I”, the Absolute seeps in to fill the vacuum. The ice cube melts to be one with the ocean. You Are That Pure Awareness, the Seer of everything but Itself cannot be seen. You Are That Absolute and That Alone exists.

This body is only a reference point; an observation point to experience the world and enjoy duality. All pairs of opposites are sides of the same coin. If you ask for one, you WILL get the other as well. You are duality, non-duality and beyond. You are the manifest, unmanifest and beyond. Return to your effortless Natural State, which is beyond words, concepts and experiences.
 

Be your Self. Love Your Self. Just shift attention to That which is the Knower of everything but Itself cannot be Known. That is the Self. The Natural State. The REAL YOU.

You will experience beyond a ray of doubt your Real Self, which is beyond words and description. Absolute Silence is the closest expression of that experience.

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