Self-inquiry is for searching and realizing the ‘Self’, which is hidden by the dualistic illusion. Self-inquiry is to realize the Self is not you but the Soul, which is hidden by the ‘I’, which is the dualistic illusion.
Self-inquiry is not for knowing who you are? but to realize the 'Self is not you but the Soul, which is present in the form of the consciousness.
It is not you that has to wake up because you are not the Self. It is the Soul, the innermost Self has to wake up from the illusion of form, time, and space. If you hold the Self as ‘you’ then it is impossible to come out from the threshold of the illusory duality
Till you realize the fact that, you and the world in which you exist as an illusion it is impossible to understand assimilate, and realize the nondualistic or Advaitic truth.
When the ‘Self’ is not the body (you) but the Soul then the question of wife, children, or whatever is connected to the body will not arise.
All these experiences as a father, son, Guru, and pupil and the world in which they all exist were one and the same consciousness appearing differently.
All these distinctions disappear when one realizes the Self is not ‘I’ but the Soul. The Soul is the cause of this world in which we exist and it, itself is uncaused.
Perfect understanding and realization of ‘what is what’ leads to Self-awareness. By holding on to theories one remains in the realm of duality.
You have to mentally continue dropping what is not truth through deeper self-search. Finally, when you become aware that your ego, your body, and the world are one in essence, then there is Self-awareness in the midst of duality.
Sage Sankara says: ~ V.63 ~ "Without knowing and examining the external world, one can’t know Truth, as the idea that the external world exists, won't go. It can go only by an inquiry into the nature of the external world.
In Advaitic Self-awareness, the ego is not considered as ego, even though the ego is present, the body is not considered as a body even though the body is present, the world which confronts him is not considered as the world even though the world is present, the duality ceases even though the duality is present, because of wisdom everything is considered as consciousness. Thus there is conscious oneness.
Only in ignorance, the world in which we exist is an illusion created out of the Soul, the Self.
The world is both real and unreal. It is real because it is a manifestation of consciousness, but is unreal, in the sense, that it is not absolute and eternal like consciousness itself.
People's approach is more practical, and they stuck with the reality of the world, they take it as real. That is why all the confusion.
The look of an object will depend upon the medium through which the observer views it. In fact, our mental and intellectual conditions determine the world, observed and experienced. The commoner viewing the world will see differently from a Gnani viewing the same world. Each one interprets the world that they see in terms of their existing knowledge. The commoner sees everything based on the ego and therefore experiences birth, life, death, and the world as a reality, whereas a Gnani sees everything as consciousness and he is fully aware of the fact that, there is no second thing that exists other than the Soul or consciousness.
Thus, all the egocentric (religious) adulteration has to be bifurcated to realize the ultimate truth, which is beyond form, time, and space.
A deeper investigation reveals the fact that there is no use in inquiring “WHO AM “I ? - because you are inquiring only about your existence dropping the world in which you exist. Without including the world in your inquiry it is impossible to realize the Advaitic Truth, which is beyond the form, time, and space.
That is why Sage Sankara said: ~ ‘VC-63- Without causing the objective universe to vanish and without knowing the truth of the Self, how is one to achieve Liberation.
That is why Sage Sankara says: ~V C:-65. As a treasure hidden underground requires (for its extraction) competent instruction, excavation, the removal of stones and other such things lying above it, and (finally) grasping, but never comes out by being (merely) called out by name, so the transparent truth of the Self, which is hidden by Maya and its effects, is to be attained through the instructions of a knower of Brahman, followed by reflection, meditation and so forth, but not through perverted arguments.
66. Therefore, the wise should, as in the case of disease and the like, personally strive by all the means in their power to be free from the bondage of repeated births and deaths.
Thus, one has to know what is real by realizing our body and our experience of the world is merely an illusion created out of the Soul, the Self. The nature of the Self is emptiness. Emptiness means empty of ignorance. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar
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