Reality 109

Self-Knowledge [further continued]:

The Self has neither rise  nor set, is neither in darkness nor illumined, but is always the spiritual Light, with nothing material or mental in its nature at all. The distinction between the Self & oneself is due only to superimposition, which is like imagining different openings in a castle wall, for instance, to be different spaces, rather than perceiving the castle space itself. The Self is non-dual, 1 – without – a – 2^nd.  It is neither distinct nor in relation to anything else.  For non-dual Existence means there is no other. There is, thus, no difference or non-difference, no oneness or manyness, & no separate knower or doer or experiencer.  The Self has nothing to accept or reject. And there is nothing, or no one else to accept or reject the Self. There is no one else to think the Self is, or that the Self is not. Such is the Truth regarding the Self.

The unknown Knower of all that is known, the Supreme Knowledge itself, Consciousness remains undivided by the triad of Knower, Knowing, & Known. Consciousness can never be a known or unknown object. Consciousness is the Witness of all, the only Knower. Consciousness, the Knower, is never defined by the Known.  Consciousness, the Witness of every State, of all thought, is not defined by thought, nor contained in any State. The Witness is never known. Consciousness is ever non-objective.  Consciousness is Formless – with nothing objective within or without. Unknown, Consciousness alone is known.  Not a process of Knowing, Consciousness alone is Knowing.  Not a Known, Consciousness alone is the Knower, the unknown Knower of all that is known.

The above themes & 2500 pages more are freely available as perused or downloaded PDF’s, the sole occupants of a Public Microsoft Skydrive “Public Folder” accessible through  www.jpstiga.com 

short-cut: http://sdrv.ms/YPOgkX or http://tinyurl.com/nnyyr58  link directly to free E-book PDF files

www.jpstiga.com/

http://jstiga.wixsite.com/nonduality/

Different blogs (but with graphics) are available on:

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http://Being-as-Consciousness.blogspot.com/

“There is no Creation, no Destruction, no Bondage, no longing to be freed from Bondage, no striving for Liberation, nor anyone who has attained Liberation. Know that this to be Ultimate Truth.”

–  the “no creation” school of Gaudapada, Shankara, Ramana, Nome – Ajata Vada

 for very succinct summary of the teaching & practice, see:  www.ajatavada.com/

[A brief note of explanation – this Blog is entitled “Non-Duality & Science”, & so the more Science oriented pages (from what I like to think of as a “comic book”) have been posted there, while other chapters have been posted in the other Blog noted below. Science is a mental discipline that attracts some worthy admirers & participators.  Some of these, too few, are good prospects for the ancient teaching introduced here in many ways.  Otherwise certain Science topics like the Anthropic Principle, reinforce the general Theism which is a good idea in this materialistic age. A few other topics in Science, such as the Copenhagen II – Max Born – Von Neumann – Wigner model of Quantum Mechanics, are worthy entries to the extent that they introduce Consciousness into the physical Sciences. All that aside, the real topic here is the pinnacle as Advaita Vedanta, Non-Duality – that pinnacle being Ajata Vada, No–Creation. The great Teachers of the same include Sri Shankara & Sri Ramana Maharshi.  Both would support Theism in general & adaptations of Vedanta, such as Vishishtadvaita Vedanta – Qualified Non-Duality, for those not making headway in Ajata Vada, their present course of growth might be better served with a temporary involvement in Qualified Non-Duality. The scientist who perhaps best expresses the influence of Qualified Non-Duality in Science, for instance, would be the quintessential “New–Age” Quantum Physicist, Amit Goswami. And so to that source, & the Quantum Activism he currently advocates [with a 1–course  degree program], along with more than a half-dozen good books & former participation in the controversial What the Bleep movie, to him I extend enthusiastic endorsement, for that Qualified Non-Duality described in the context of Science.  I do not stand so much “with him”, as much as nearby saluting his good work. Again, as here, a goal is inserting Consciousness into Science & “saving the World.”]

Reality 108

Self-Knowledge [further continued]:

The removal of superimposition is accomplished by Self-Inquiry. This is the intention of the negation of the Upanishads, “neti, neti”, “not this”. Such indicates the negation of one’s attributes, identity, or definition, of what is not truly the Self, not the essential Existence, or pure Consciousness. The removal of superimposition is the revelation of the Truth.  The Truth, or the Reality, is not newly created, nor did the superimposition diminish it in any way, just as the snake did not chase the rope away. But to see the rope, the Imagination of the snake must cease. Similarly, to know the Truth of the Self, Ignorance must cease.

True Knowledge is not experienced unless the prior ignorant conception is negated, just as the snake notion is destroyed to see the rope.  The Self, of the nature of pure Consciousness, is self-existent & can never be negated. Egoism has its origin in Delusion & has for its object that which is only imagined. Its definitions are only thoughts. The discernment of “Not this, not this” negates the very existence of Egoism along with its origin, its effects, & its imagined object.

All qualities, gross (physical) or subtle (mental), ought to be negated from the Self, from one’s Identity. If one is to know the Self as it is, whatever be the qualities attributed to the Self, be they physical or mental, they are to be regarded as mere ornaments. These should not be regarded as the Identity of the one who “wears” those “ornaments” (qualities).

If one rejects all that is objective from one’s Identity, one comes to the conclusion that the Self is the Knower, free from all that is perceived & conceived. In the same manner as one relinquishes mis-identification with the Body, & all that is objective, so should one sever the mis-identification with the supposed subject, which is the Ego.

The Self’s existence is independent of all & is different from all that is objective. The objectified “I” is the Ego. The superimposed objective portion of the “I”–consciousness should be abandoned, for it is not actually the Self.  Negation of what is objective means also negation of the Ego.  What remains is that which is implied in the aphorism: Aham Brahmasmi – “I am Brahman”. Only Brahman can be itself, 1–without–a–2^nd.  That is the only true “I”.

Brahman is unborn, immortal, imperishable, ageless, & all-comprehensive.  The same Absolute Brahman appears, according to one’s understanding, as God, who is said to be the Lord who dispassionately dispenses the results of karma, or as the Witness, which is Consciousness in relation to all else, or the attributeless, eternal “I”, of the nature of the indivisible, non-dual, Being-Consciousness & which alone is without – a – 2^nd.

The above themes & 2500 pages more are freely available as perused or downloaded PDF’s, the sole occupants of a Public Microsoft Skydrive “Public Folder” accessible through  www.jpstiga.com 

short-cut: http://sdrv.ms/YPOgkX or http://tinyurl.com/nnyyr58  link directly to free E-book PDF files

www.jpstiga.com/

http://jstiga.wixsite.com/nonduality/

Different blogs (but with graphics) are available on:

http://www.blogger.com     as  “Being-as-Consciousness, Non-Duality – new & final version” with link:

http://Being-as-Consciousness.blogspot.com/

“There is no Creation, no Destruction, no Bondage, no longing to be freed from Bondage, no striving for Liberation, nor anyone who has attained Liberation. Know that this to be Ultimate Truth.”

–  the “no creation” school of Gaudapada, Shankara, Ramana, Nome – Ajata Vada

 for very succinct summary of the teaching & practice, see:  www.ajatavada.com/

[A brief note of explanation – this Blog is entitled “Non-Duality & Science”, & so the more Science oriented pages (from what I like to think of as a “comic book”) have been posted there, while other chapters have been posted in the other Blog noted below. Science is a mental discipline that attracts some worthy admirers & participators.  Some of these, too few, are good prospects for the ancient teaching introduced here in many ways.  Otherwise certain Science topics like the Anthropic Principle, reinforce the general Theism which is a good idea in this materialistic age. A few other topics in Science, such as the Copenhagen II – Max Born – Von Neumann – Wigner model of Quantum Mechanics, are worthy entries to the extent that they introduce Consciousness into the physical Sciences. All that aside, the real topic here is the pinnacle as Advaita Vedanta, Non-Duality – that pinnacle being Ajata Vada, No–Creation. The great Teachers of the same include Sri Shankara & Sri Ramana Maharshi.  Both would support Theism in general & adaptations of Vedanta, such as Vishishtadvaita Vedanta – Qualified Non-Duality, for those not making headway in Ajata Vada, their present course of growth might be better served with a temporary involvement in Qualified Non-Duality. The scientist who perhaps best expresses the influence of Qualified Non-Duality in Science, for instance, would be the quintessential “New–Age” Quantum Physicist, Amit Goswami. And so to that source, & the Quantum Activism he currently advocates [with a 1–course  degree program], along with more than a half-dozen good books & former participation in the controversial What the Bleep movie, to him I extend enthusiastic endorsement, for that Qualified Non-Duality described in the context of Science.  I do not stand so much “with him”, as much as nearby saluting his good work. Again, as here, a goal is inserting Consciousness into Science & “saving the World.”]

Reality 107

Self-Knowledge [further continued]:

In Self-Realization, all notions about the Absolute & the Self are relinquished. Notions about the Absolute are such as that it is separate from oneself, or objective, & that it is always-present. Notions about the Self are such as that it is endowed with Form, minuteness, that it is changeful, material, embodied, defined by thought, in Time, or endowed with Individuality. For Knowledge, the superimposition of the jiva–hood (concept of individuality) is removed from Atman (the Self) & Isvara–hood (idea of the Lord God) is removed from Brahman (the Absolute). Upon removal of such superimposition, or Ignorance, one realizes the Identity, as declared in the Upanishad, Tat Tvam Asi (Thou Art That). If the Self remains undefined, it is only Brahman, & That alone.  Therefore, one should know the Self.

The Knowledge of Reality, which is the Realization of the Self & the Realization of the Absolute, is attained by the direct path of true Knowledge. By liberating oneself from the mis-identification with what is not the Self, one knows the Self. When the Real Nature of what has been considered as the non-Self is seen, it invariably proves to be non-existent, for such non-Self was dependent upon mis-identification in order to even ever appear.

Blissful & Eternal is the Real Self. One should regard only that which has no beginning or end, is ever existent, is unchanging, is transcendent of all that has Form, of all that changes, & all that is in Time. The Self is also continuous & undivided as Real & one’s own true Being. By this Knowledge, one abides in the Natural State, which is the only True State of the Self. The Self may be said to call unto itself, as the Sought & as the Seeker; as the Guru & as the disciple; as God & as the devotee. The Self seeks itself in meditation. The Self reveals itself as inner experience.  The Self knows & abides in itself for blissful Eternity.

The above themes & 2500 pages more are freely available as perused or downloaded PDF’s, the sole occupants of a Public Microsoft Skydrive “Public Folder” accessible through  www.jpstiga.com 

short-cut: http://sdrv.ms/YPOgkX or http://tinyurl.com/nnyyr58  link directly to free E-book PDF files

www.jpstiga.com/

http://jstiga.wixsite.com/nonduality/

Different blogs (but with graphics) are available on:

http://www.blogger.com     as  “Being-as-Consciousness, Non-Duality – new & final version” with link:

http://Being-as-Consciousness.blogspot.com/

“There is no Creation, no Destruction, no Bondage, no longing to be freed from Bondage, no striving for Liberation, nor anyone who has attained Liberation. Know that this to be Ultimate Truth.”

–  the “no creation” school of Gaudapada, Shankara, Ramana, Nome – Ajata Vada

 for very succinct summary of the teaching & practice, see:  www.ajatavada.com/

[A brief note of explanation – this Blog is entitled “Non-Duality & Science”, & so the more Science oriented pages (from what I like to think of as a “comic book”) have been posted there, while other chapters have been posted in the other Blog noted below. Science is a mental discipline that attracts some worthy admirers & participators.  Some of these, too few, are good prospects for the ancient teaching introduced here in many ways.  Otherwise certain Science topics like the Anthropic Principle, reinforce the general Theism which is a good idea in this materialistic age. A few other topics in Science, such as the Copenhagen II – Max Born – Von Neumann – Wigner model of Quantum Mechanics, are worthy entries to the extent that they introduce Consciousness into the physical Sciences. All that aside, the real topic here is the pinnacle as Advaita Vedanta, Non-Duality – that pinnacle being Ajata Vada, No–Creation. The great Teachers of the same include Sri Shankara & Sri Ramana Maharshi.  Both would support Theism in general & adaptations of Vedanta, such as Vishishtadvaita Vedanta – Qualified Non-Duality, for those not making headway in Ajata Vada, their present course of growth might be better served with a temporary involvement in Qualified Non-Duality. The scientist who perhaps best expresses the influence of Qualified Non-Duality in Science, for instance, would be the quintessential “New–Age” Quantum Physicist, Amit Goswami. And so to that source, & the Quantum Activism he currently advocates [with a 1–course  degree program], along with more than a half-dozen good books & former participation in the controversial What the Bleep movie, to him I extend enthusiastic endorsement, for that Qualified Non-Duality described in the context of Science.  I do not stand so much “with him”, as much as nearby saluting his good work. Again, as here, a goal is inserting Consciousness into Science & “saving the World.”]

Reality 106

Self-Knowledge [further continued]:

Bondage is only Ignorance, or error in understanding. One does not attain Self-Knowledge due to Ignorance about the True Nature of the Self & adherence to false conceptions about the Self. The Ignorance makes one feel bound, & the adherence to false notions maintains the Ignorance, yielding the apparent solidity & false continuity of Illusion. Both Ignorance & the tendency to adhere to it are destroyed by Self-Inquiry to know the Truth of the Self.

Sri Shankara declares that just as trees on the bank seem to move when one is in a moving boat, so “transmigratory existence” (life in a Waking World, repeating like nightly dreams, but rather as “physical” Re-incarnation) seems to be true to one who mis–identifies the Self with the Mind.

Thus, when the Mind “moves”, one thinks that the Self (like the stationary trees) “moves”. When the Mind is still, one assumes the Self is still. Because the modifications of the Mind are pervaded by the reflected light of Consciousness, with the qualities of Reality & Identity borrowed from pure Being, one assumes that the Self is identical with the Mind & identifies oneself with those modifications. Thus one imagines, “my thoughts, my state of mind or being, my experiences, etc.”  The Mind, or the Ego, is objective, appearing by the light of pure (absolute non-dual) Consciousness alone. Pure Consciousness is the Absolute & is directly realized as existing as such when the “this”, or the objective portion, falsely attributed to it is negated.

Ignorance, or Illusion, is merely a superimposition. By “superimposition” is meant the imagined placement of some attributes, that do not belong to the Self, upon the Self. The basis of the superimposition is real. That basis is pure Existence, pure Consciousness. The superimposed is not a reality in & of itself, but is only a product of Imagination, the result of Ignorance.

It is like the snake imagined to be present when there is only a discarded rope in dim light. The snake is not real & was not really born. But in Imagination, the snake seems to be there, & as long as one is convinced that the snake is there, the true rope is invisible. If one removes that Illusion with the light of Knowledge, he sees the rope alone, as it is, which has been the only reality the entire time. The snake in the analogy represents all that is attributed falsely to the Reality of the Absolute Self, such as the World, the Body, Mind & its conceptions & tendencies, as well as Ego.

The above themes & 2500 pages more are freely available as perused or downloaded PDF’s, the sole occupants of a Public Microsoft Skydrive “Public Folder” accessible through  www.jpstiga.com 

short-cut: http://sdrv.ms/YPOgkX or http://tinyurl.com/nnyyr58  link directly to free E-book PDF files

www.jpstiga.com/

http://jstiga.wixsite.com/nonduality/

Different blogs (but with graphics) are available on:

http://www.blogger.com     as  “Being-as-Consciousness, Non-Duality – new & final version” with link:

http://Being-as-Consciousness.blogspot.com/

“There is no Creation, no Destruction, no Bondage, no longing to be freed from Bondage, no striving for Liberation, nor anyone who has attained Liberation. Know that this to be Ultimate Truth.”

–  the “no creation” school of Gaudapada, Shankara, Ramana, Nome – Ajata Vada

 for very succinct summary of the teaching & practice, see:  www.ajatavada.com/

[A brief note of explanation – this Blog is entitled “Non-Duality & Science”, & so the more Science oriented pages (from what I like to think of as a “comic book”) have been posted there, while other chapters have been posted in the other Blog noted below. Science is a mental discipline that attracts some worthy admirers & participators.  Some of these, too few, are good prospects for the ancient teaching introduced here in many ways.  Otherwise certain Science topics like the Anthropic Principle, reinforce the general Theism which is a good idea in this materialistic age. A few other topics in Science, such as the Copenhagen II – Max Born – Von Neumann – Wigner model of Quantum Mechanics, are worthy entries to the extent that they introduce Consciousness into the physical Sciences. All that aside, the real topic here is the pinnacle as Advaita Vedanta, Non-Duality – that pinnacle being Ajata Vada, No–Creation. The great Teachers of the same include Sri Shankara & Sri Ramana Maharshi.  Both would support Theism in general & adaptations of Vedanta, such as Vishishtadvaita Vedanta – Qualified Non-Duality, for those not making headway in Ajata Vada, their present course of growth might be better served with a temporary involvement in Qualified Non-Duality. The scientist who perhaps best expresses the influence of Qualified Non-Duality in Science, for instance, would be the quintessential “New–Age” Quantum Physicist, Amit Goswami. And so to that source, & the Quantum Activism he currently advocates [with a 1–course  degree program], along with more than a half-dozen good books & former participation in the controversial What the Bleep movie, to him I extend enthusiastic endorsement, for that Qualified Non-Duality described in the context of Science.  I do not stand so much “with him”, as much as nearby saluting his good work. Again, as here, a goal is inserting Consciousness into Science & “saving the World.”]

TOE, Theory of Everything – ch. 6 C

The above themes & 2500 pages more are freely available as perused or downloaded PDF’s, the sole occupants of a Public Microsoft Skydrive “Public Folder” accessible through  www.jpstiga.com 

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www.jpstiga.com/

http://jstiga.wixsite.com/nonduality/

Different blogs (but with graphics) are available on:

http://www.blogger.com     as  “Being-as-Consciousness, Non-Duality – new & final version” with link:

http://Being-as-Consciousness.blogspot.com/

“There is no Creation, no Destruction, no Bondage, no longing to be freed from Bondage, no striving for Liberation, nor anyone who has attained Liberation. Know that this to be Ultimate Truth.”

–  the “no creation” school of Gaudapada, Shankara, Ramana, Nome – Ajata Vada

 for very succinct summary of the teaching & practice, see:  www.ajatavada.com/

[A brief note of explanation – this Blog is entitled “Non-Duality & Science”, & so the more Science oriented pages (from what I like to think of as a “comic book”) have been posted there, while other chapters have been posted in the other Blog noted below. Science is a mental discipline that attracts some worthy admirers & participators.  Some of these, too few, are good prospects for the ancient teaching introduced here in many ways.  Otherwise certain Science topics like the Anthropic Principle, reinforce the general Theism which is a good idea in this materialistic age. A few other topics in Science, such as the Copenhagen II – Max Born – Von Neumann – Wigner model of Quantum Mechanics, are worthy entries to the extent that they introduce Consciousness into the physical Sciences. All that aside, the real topic here is the pinnacle as Advaita Vedanta, Non-Duality – that pinnacle being Ajata Vada, No–Creation. The great Teachers of the same include Sri Shankara & Sri Ramana Maharshi.  Both would support Theism in general & adaptations of Vedanta, such as Vishishtadvaita Vedanta – Qualified Non-Duality, for those not making headway in Ajata Vada, their present course of growth might be better served with a temporary involvement in Qualified Non-Duality. The scientist who perhaps best expresses the influence of Qualified Non-Duality in Science, for instance, would be the quintessential “New–Age” Quantum Physicist, Amit Goswami. And so to that source, & the Quantum Activism he currently advocates [with a 1–course  degree program], along with more than a half-dozen good books & former participation in the controversial What the Bleep movie, to him I extend enthusiastic endorsement, for that Qualified Non-Duality described in the context of Science.  I do not stand so much “with him”, as much as nearby saluting his good work. Again, as here, a goal is inserting Consciousness into Science & “saving the World.”]

TOE, Theory of Everything – ch. 6 B

The above themes & 2500 pages more are freely available as perused or downloaded PDF’s, the sole occupants of a Public Microsoft Skydrive “Public Folder” accessible through  www.jpstiga.com 

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www.jpstiga.com/

http://jstiga.wixsite.com/nonduality/

Different blogs (but with graphics) are available on:

http://www.blogger.com     as  “Being-as-Consciousness, Non-Duality – new & final version” with link:

http://Being-as-Consciousness.blogspot.com/

“There is no Creation, no Destruction, no Bondage, no longing to be freed from Bondage, no striving for Liberation, nor anyone who has attained Liberation. Know that this to be Ultimate Truth.”

–  the “no creation” school of Gaudapada, Shankara, Ramana, Nome – Ajata Vada

 for very succinct summary of the teaching & practice, see:  www.ajatavada.com/

[A brief note of explanation – this Blog is entitled “Non-Duality & Science”, & so the more Science oriented pages (from what I like to think of as a “comic book”) have been posted there, while other chapters have been posted in the other Blog noted below. Science is a mental discipline that attracts some worthy admirers & participators.  Some of these, too few, are good prospects for the ancient teaching introduced here in many ways.  Otherwise certain Science topics like the Anthropic Principle, reinforce the general Theism which is a good idea in this materialistic age. A few other topics in Science, such as the Copenhagen II – Max Born – Von Neumann – Wigner model of Quantum Mechanics, are worthy entries to the extent that they introduce Consciousness into the physical Sciences. All that aside, the real topic here is the pinnacle as Advaita Vedanta, Non-Duality – that pinnacle being Ajata Vada, No–Creation. The great Teachers of the same include Sri Shankara & Sri Ramana Maharshi.  Both would support Theism in general & adaptations of Vedanta, such as Vishishtadvaita Vedanta – Qualified Non-Duality, for those not making headway in Ajata Vada, their present course of growth might be better served with a temporary involvement in Qualified Non-Duality. The scientist who perhaps best expresses the influence of Qualified Non-Duality in Science, for instance, would be the quintessential “New–Age” Quantum Physicist, Amit Goswami. And so to that source, & the Quantum Activism he currently advocates [with a 1–course  degree program], along with more than a half-dozen good books & former participation in the controversial What the Bleep movie, to him I extend enthusiastic endorsement, for that Qualified Non-Duality described in the context of Science.  I do not stand so much “with him”, as much as nearby saluting his good work. Again, as here, a goal is inserting Consciousness into Science & “saving the World.”]

TOE, Theory of Everything – ch. 6 A

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http://Being-as-Consciousness.blogspot.com/

“There is no Creation, no Destruction, no Bondage, no longing to be freed from Bondage, no striving for Liberation, nor anyone who has attained Liberation. Know that this to be Ultimate Truth.”

–  the “no creation” school of Gaudapada, Shankara, Ramana, Nome – Ajata Vada

 for very succinct summary of the teaching & practice, see:  www.ajatavada.com/

TOE, Theory of Everything – ch. 5 C

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http://Being-as-Consciousness.blogspot.com/

“There is no Creation, no Destruction, no Bondage, no longing to be freed from Bondage, no striving for Liberation, nor anyone who has attained Liberation. Know that this to be Ultimate Truth.”

–  the “no creation” school of Gaudapada, Shankara, Ramana, Nome – Ajata Vada

 for very succinct summary of the teaching & practice, see:  www.ajatavada.com/

TOE, Theory of Everything – ch. 5 B

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http://Being-as-Consciousness.blogspot.com/

“There is no Creation, no Destruction, no Bondage, no longing to be freed from Bondage, no striving for Liberation, nor anyone who has attained Liberation. Know that this to be Ultimate Truth.”

–  the “no creation” school of Gaudapada, Shankara, Ramana, Nome – Ajata Vada

 for very succinct summary of the teaching & practice, see:  www.ajatavada.com/

TOE, Theory of Everything – ch. 5 A

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“There is no Creation, no Destruction, no Bondage, no longing to be freed from Bondage, no striving for Liberation, nor anyone who has attained Liberation. Know that this to be Ultimate Truth.”

–  the “no creation” school of Gaudapada, Shankara, Ramana, Nome – Ajata Vada

 for very succinct summary of the teaching & practice, see:  www.ajatavada.com/

TOE, Theory of Everything – ch. 4 B

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http://Being-as-Consciousness.blogspot.com/

“There is no Creation, no Destruction, no Bondage, no longing to be freed from Bondage, no striving for Liberation, nor anyone who has attained Liberation. Know that this to be Ultimate Truth.”

–  the “no creation” school of Gaudapada, Shankara, Ramana, Nome – Ajata Vada

 for very succinct summary of the teaching & practice, see:  www.ajatavada.com/

TOE, Theory of Everything – ch. 4 A

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“There is no Creation, no Destruction, no Bondage, no longing to be freed from Bondage, no striving for Liberation, nor anyone who has attained Liberation. Know that this to be Ultimate Truth.”

–  the “no creation” school of Gaudapada, Shankara, Ramana, Nome – Ajata Vada

 for very succinct summary of the teaching & practice, see:  www.ajatavada.com/

Mind & Happiness 59

The more intense & agitated the activity of our Mind becomes, the more rapidly it rises from one peak to another, & hence the briefer & shallower the troughs between those peaks become.  However, if we are able to restrain our Desires, Fears, Likes, Dislikes, Cravings, Aversions, & other such Passions, the activity of our Mind will become less intense, that is, its peaks will be less frequent & will rise less high, & the troughs between those peaks will be wider & deeper.

Thus, when the agitated & passionate activity of our Mind becomes less intense, we feel calmer & more contented, & hence we are able to experience more clearly the Happiness that is always within us. The Happiness that we derive from eating a piece of chocolate comes not from that piece of chocolate itself, but only from the satisfaction we feel as a result of the gratification of our desire for it. When such a desire is gratified, from where does the resulting feeling of satisfaction or Happiness actually come ?  It clearly does not come from the object of our desire, or from anything else outside us, but only from within our self.  If we carefully observe the feeling of Happiness that we experience when we eat a piece of chocolate, or when we enjoy any other object of our desire, we will clearly see that it arises from within our self & as a result of the temporary subsidence of our mental agitation caused by that desire.

Our satisfaction & the Happiness that seems to result from it are both subjective feelings that arise from our innermost Existence, & that we accordingly experience only within our self.  Since all Happiness thus comes only from our own innermost self, is it not clear that Happiness already exists within us, at least in a latent form ?  Why then should we waste our Time & energy trying to experience that Happiness in a roundabout manner by gratifying our desires for external objects & circumstances ?

Why should we not try instead to experience it in a direct manner by turning our attention within to discover the source from which all Happiness arises ?  Desire arises within us in various forms – as likes or dislikes, as cravings or aversions, as hopes or fears – but in whatever form it rises, it disturbs the natural Peace of our Mind, & thereby obscures the Happiness that is always within us.  All the misery or un-happiness that we experience is caused only by our desires.

Therefore, if we wish to experience perfect Happiness, untainted by even the least misery, we must free our self from all our desires.  But how can we actually do this ?  Our desires are deeply engrained within us & cannot easily be changed.  Though we may be able to modify them to a certain extent, our ability to do so is nevertheless limited.  Our present desires, or likes & dislikes, have been formed by our previous experiences, not only in the lifetime of the physical Body that we now identify as our self, but also in the lifetime of all the physical bodies that we formerly identified as our self, whether in our Dreams or in some other states of Consciousness similar to our present so-called Waking state.

One of our strongest desires is our desire for sexual pleasure.  Though the intensity of this desire may vary with age & circumstances, it always exists within us, at least in the form of a dormant seed.  As anyone who has tried to “conquer” lust knows only too well, we can never entirely overcome it.  Like all our other desires, our lust or desire for carnal pleasure is rooted in our wrong identification of our self with a physical Body.  Because we  mistake a physical Body to be our self, we mistake the natural biological urges of that Body to be our natural urges.

All our desires will therefore remain at least in seed form so long as we continue to have the habit of identifying our self with a physical Body, whether our present physical Body in this Waking state, or some other physical Body in Dream.  Therefore the only way to put an end to all our desires is to put an end to their root, which is our Mind, our limited Consciousness that feels “I am this Body.”

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“There is no Creation, no Destruction, no Bondage, no longing to be freed from Bondage, no striving for Liberation, nor anyone who has attained Liberation. Know that this to be Ultimate Truth.”

–  the “no creation” school of Gaudapada, Shankara, Ramana, Nome – Ajata Vada

 for very succinct summary of the teaching & practice, see:  www.ajatavada.com/

TOE, Theory of Everything – ch. 2 E

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“There is no Creation, no Destruction, no Bondage, no longing to be freed from Bondage, no striving for Liberation, nor anyone who has attained Liberation. Know that this to be Ultimate Truth.”

–  the “no creation” school of Gaudapada, Shankara, Ramana, Nome – Ajata Vada

 for very succinct summary of the teaching & practice, see:  www.ajatavada.com/

TOE, Theory of Everything – ch. 2 D

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“There is no Creation, no Destruction, no Bondage, no longing to be freed from Bondage, no striving for Liberation, nor anyone who has attained Liberation. Know that this to be Ultimate Truth.”

–  the “no creation” school of Gaudapada, Shankara, Ramana, Nome – Ajata Vada

 for very succinct summary of the teaching & practice, see:  www.ajatavada.com/

TOE, Theory of Everything – ch. 2 C

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“There is no Creation, no Destruction, no Bondage, no longing to be freed from Bondage, no striving for Liberation, nor anyone who has attained Liberation. Know that this to be Ultimate Truth.”

–  the “no creation” school of Gaudapada, Shankara, Ramana, Nome – Ajata Vada

 for very succinct summary of the teaching & practice, see:  www.ajatavada.com/

TOE, Theory of Everything – ch. 2 B

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“There is no Creation, no Destruction, no Bondage, no longing to be freed from Bondage, no striving for Liberation, nor anyone who has attained Liberation. Know that this to be Ultimate Truth.”

–  the “no creation” school of Gaudapada, Shankara, Ramana, Nome – Ajata Vada

 for very succinct summary of the teaching & practice, see:  www.ajatavada.com/

TOE, Theory of Everything – ch. 2 A  

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“There is no Creation, no Destruction, no Bondage, no longing to be freed from Bondage, no striving for Liberation, nor anyone who has attained Liberation. Know that this to be Ultimate Truth.”

–  the “no creation” school of Gaudapada, Shankara, Ramana, Nome – Ajata Vada

 for very succinct summary of the teaching & practice, see:  www.ajatavada.com/

Remove the Reference

When we speak of an object as if it were at some Coordinate Point in Space, we conveniently defined “that” or “this” [Idam] in terms of a central Reference Origin with the subject at Coordinates (0, 0, 0).  This (0, 0, 0) Reference is the subject in Dualism, a subject which defines & is defined by the object in a given Perception.

But this Dualistic subject [“I” –  aham] is actually only a subtler kind of object, an imaginary entity known as Ego, said to flit ghostlike “in front” of the True Self, Pure Consciousness, as an assumption deriving from the mis-identification: “I am the Body.”  This Ego seems to support, & is supported by further derivative concepts, such as the mis-identifications: “I am the Mind”, “I am in a World”, I seek Pleasure & avoid Pain, I am of this gender, age, social class, point in the history of Time, located at this point in the Universe, with this life-time, with these desires, these fears, & the entire false Personality clustered around that central Reference Origin, the Ego.

Release of every personal tendency, [vasana]; release of every mis-identification, & so on, these “negations”, these acts of Detachment –  they lead to Ego–loss which is concomitant with Liberation, Enlightenment.

As in an earlier blog, we find that removal of the Reference Origin Ego eliminates the underpinning, the definition of every object, of the Universe itself. The Non-Dual, Pure Consciousness that remains is ever–free, & always was.  The Reference Ego never truly existed.  But to the extent that the Ego, the mis-identification, “I am the Body” seems to continue, then reduction & elimination of that Ego Personal mis-identification is the goal of Spiritual Practice.

The Self-Inquiry “Who am I ?”, as taught by Sri Ramana Maharshi, is the foremost & final measure to be taken, the universal method of Awakening.

Lollipop Trees

It is no exaggeration to say that the “World” we see in front of us is no more real than a child’s crayon–drawing of a landscape with Lollipop Trees.  These Lollipop Trees as they are called in one idiom, with “sticks” of brown to represent each tree trunk, topped by a swatch of somewhat circular green crayon to represent the massive leaves.  Like a green Lollipop, such as simple symbol is called a Lollipop Tree.

No one takes such to be a literal rendition of a tree, but most can recognize the intended object of this depiction. Well, on a more complex & sophisticated level, our entire Perception of the outside World is like that Lollipop Tree, only a little bit more complicated. When physiologists of Perception pin down what amounts to an image on the Retina, they find it to be a muddy, swirly “motion picture” rather than a crisp clear photographic image. Such is transmitted somehow along the Optic nerves to the Brain & somehow to the Mind, whatever that is, interpreted into a crisp clear “Koda-chrome” photo, or motion picture.

How can this be so ?  Backing up a bit, we can look at some classic experiments in the Physiology of Perception.  Our eyes invert the image of the World in front of us & our Brain re-inverts it into it back into a right–side–up World.  When (foolish) volunteers fearlessly agree, for a small amount of research payment, to wear lenses that invert the World in front of them, researchers find that the mind can adapt to this.  They actually start to see the World right–side again, even up through these inverting lenses.  Wearing these for a short time, & then having the glasses removed, the subjects find an upside–down World in front of their eyes.

But then after a certain amount of time, some days or so, the Mind re-inverts the World again & everything is back to normal, hopefully, thankfully.  So it is with the muddy “motion pictures” focused on the Retina, & all the missing information that the mind fills–in [Blind–Spot Black–experiment]*.

In fact, comparing the amount of information taken in by the Senses, that transmitted to the Brain & the image we seem to experience, some of the following basics seem to apply:

(1)  The “outside” it is far too vast to be taken in to any large degree.  Only a fraction is taken in.

(2)  Of that which is taken in, not enough remains to make a clear image. The Mind uses customary expectations & “fills–in”, the empty spaces with what is expected.

(3)  In the end, between inversion, attribution of colors, & “filling–in”, the Mind very much “creates” the perceived image – vision, sound, touch, etc. –  that we take to be an objective outside World.

(4)  In fact it can be truly said, that we have no idea what the outside World would really seem to be, or if there is even is an outside World.

Fast-forward to the Copenhagen–Convention of Quantum Mechanics in the early 20^th Century.  Double–Slit experiments, Delayed Double–Slit, & so on, all point to an amazing conclusion. The Intention, Perception, & Consciousness of the experimenter has an influence on the basic Quantum phenomena observed & recorded.  Somehow Consciousness seem to come in to the apparent unfolding of the World.  This leads those Copenhagen–Convention of Quantum Mechanics or Quantum Physics to propose that the World is Consciousness, a “Quantum Idealism”, as it were.

All this is later rejected in the mid-20^th Century by the on-slaught, or on-swell of predominant Mechanistic Atheism, characterizing 90+% of Physical Scientists.  Philosophers comes shortly behind with some 85% dedication to complete Mechanistic Atheism.  With the “Consciousness–created” Reality of the Copenhagen Convention in the Quantum World pushed aside, many other mysteries of the Universe & our Perception of it are similarly pushed aside.

To preserve that Atheism, a fantastic 10⁵⁰⁰ – fold Mechanistic Multi-Universe is hypothesized &, by the majority, attested to, as the most quote “plausible” explanation. But the original Quantum Idealist would say that, at best, the Universe perceived is sketched out in Lollipop Trees, so to speak.  If the Universe is there at all, Bishop George Berkeley continued Descartes’s BIV, “Brain-in-a-Vat” & Plato’s Cave–Allegory to the declaration that: the World is in the Mind.

At first, officially backing off, if only to retain his religious pay-check, the Bishop in later life reverted & fully admitted his conviction that indeed the World is in the Mind. Contemporary Turkish publisher Harun Yahya & many other unlikely compatriots throughout the ages & throughout the continents have chimed in with Bishop Berkeley.

But following Analytical Philosophy, the Idealism of the 19^th Century Europe was pretty much stomped into oblivion, even before Quantum Idealism’s attempted revival. Advaita Vedanta takes up a different tack, by direct, inner, subjective experience & unmistakable agreement across many cultures, many continents, thousands of sages, men & women, that: indeed the World is in the Mind.  And that Mind itself is in Consciousness, & that Consciousness is the Universe.

So we live among the Lollipop Trees, content that this is a “real” World, like the apparent “reality” of every lucid nightly Dream.  But as Dreams follow each other in the course of an evening, so are life-times said to follow each other in the course of “Re-incarnation”.  Such is the approximate Qualified Non-Dual view of Reality.  In the Un-Qualified Non-Dual view, even this Dream / Re-incarnation picture is itself only a Dream.  None of it stands as Real, alongside of Consciousness.

Instead of a World & oneself, there is only One Self.  Instead of oneself & millions of others there is only One Self.  This is not a “Solipsism” of an Individual.  This is an Over–Mind if you will, but actually an Over–Consciousness, far more subjective than the Mind.

The Mind is made up of images & words & symbols, illumined by the light of Consciousness.   Those images & words & symbols are but effervescent & momentary. Consciousness is steady, Eternal, Un-changing, & Un-limited.  A good name for this Non-Dual Reality “God” or in other languages Brahman, the Buddha–Mind, the Tao, the “First Principle” of the Eleatic Greek Sages, the “Godhead” of Meister Eckhart, & so on.

So ours is a choice, to live among the Lollipop Trees as another Lollipop, or to claim our peerless, Un-changing, Unborn, & Everlasting Freedom as Consciousness.  The shift in “perspective”, if it can be lowered to such a depiction, is well worth the effort, even if that effort should seem to be long-lasting.  For the result is the inner, subjective, Un-limited Happiness.  That is the same as the Consciousness & is the actual Existence of oneself.

When I assure myself that I exist, I also notice that I know that I exist so Existence & Knowledge / Consciousness are one.  That same inner depth is where Love, Happiness, Joy, & Peace are ever found.  They actually never waver, even if our focus on them does waver, only to finally rest unceasingly there as Consciousness–Bliss, as Existence itself.  This is to escape the child–”World” of Lollipop Trees & rest in Reality.  This is Enlightenment, Liberation, Heaven.

*  Many have experienced, & anyone can “Google”, the “Blind–Spot Black–Dot experiment.  Directed to the Optic Nerve connection blind–spot on the retina, any “black-dot”, or any other detail, will be replaced by an assumed continuation of the background, be that white–space, floral–wallpaper, or whatever it might be.

Mind & Happiness 51

Our Love for our own self & for our own Happiness is not wrong.  That Love is perfectly natural, & therefore unavoidable.  It becomes wrong only when, due to our lack of correct understanding about where true Happiness lies, it impels us to do actions that cause harm to other people. Therefore, in order to avoid doing any harm to anyone – to avoid making anyone else unhappy – it is essential that we understand what true Happiness is & where our true Happiness lies.

In order to understand this, we must first understand more about our self.  Since Love & Happiness are subjective feelings that are experienced by us, we cannot understand the True Nature of either of them without first understanding the True Nature of our self.  Only if we understand our own True Nature will we be able to understand how the desire for Happiness arises within us, & why we love our own self & our own Happiness above all other things.

The converse side of our desire to be happy is our desire to be free from pain, Suffering, misery or any other form of un-happiness. What we all desire is to be perfectly happy, free from even the least form of un-happiness.  In fact, what we call Happiness is just the state in which we are free from un-happiness.

Our Natural State is to be happy. Our desire for Happiness is our desire for our Natural State. Consciously or unconsciously, we are all seeking what is natural for us.  For example, when we have a headache, why do we wish to be free of it ?  Because a headache is not natural to us, when we experience one, we desire to be free of it.  The same is the case with all other things that are not natural to us.  We cannot feel entirely comfortable or happy with anything that is not truly natural to us.  That is why we never feel perfectly happy, in spite of all the material, mental, & emotional pleasures that we may be enjoying.  All such pleasures come & go, & hence they are not natural to us.

Whatever is truly natural to us – whatever is inherent in our essential nature – must be with us always.  Since the physical Body that we now take to be our self is experienced by us only in our present Waking State, & not in Dream or in Deep Dreamless Sleep, it is not our Essential Nature. Likewise, since our Mind is experienced by us only in the states of Waking & Dream, & not in the state of Deep Dreamless Sleep, even it is not our Essential Nature.  Because in Deep Dreamless Sleep we remain peacefully & happily without either our Mind or our Body, neither of them is natural to us.

Though this contention that we exist in the absence of our Mind & Body in Deep Dreamless Sleep may initially seem strange to us, & may therefore on superficial observation appear to be questionable, if we consider it carefully, we will clearly understand that it is not merely a dubious supposition, but is in fact the obvious truth that each one of us actually experiences in Deep Dreamless Sleep, as we shall see more clearly when we examine our 3 States of Consciousness in greater detail.

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“There is no Creation, no Destruction, no Bondage, no longing to be freed from Bondage, no striving for Liberation, nor anyone who has attained Liberation. Know that this to be Ultimate Truth.”

–  the “no creation” school of Gaudapada, Shankara, Ramana, Nome – Ajata Vada

 for very succinct summary of the teaching & practice, see:  www.ajatavada.com/

Mind & Happiness 50

Our greatest Love is only for our self, & it is for our own sake that we love other people & things. We love our family, our friends & our possessions because we feel that they are ours, & because loving them makes us feel happy.  Our Love for our own Happiness is inseparable from our Love for our own self.  Because we love our own self above all other things, we desire our own Happiness above all other things.

We love & desire whatever makes us happy, & we dislike & fear whatever makes us unhappy. All our likes & dislikes, all our desires & fears, are rooted in our love for our own Happiness, which in turn is rooted in our love for our own self.  Why do we love our own self more than we love any other person or thing ?  The reason we love certain other people & certain other things is because we feel that they make us happy, or at least can make us happy.

That is, we love whatever we believe can give us Happiness.  If we know that something does not make us happy, & cannot make us happy, we do not feel any particular love for it.  Is not Happiness, therefore, the fundamental cause of all forms of Love ?  Is not all the Love that we feel for various people & things in essence only our Love for our own Happiness ?  Do we not love only those things that are potential sources of Happiness for us ?  Therefore, since we love our own self above all other things, is it not clear that we our self are foremost among all the potential sources of our Happiness ?

In fact, we are the only true source of all our Happiness, because whatever Happiness we seem to derive from other people or things arises only from within us.  Since all our Happiness ultimately comes only from within us, is it not clear that Happiness is something inherent in us ?  In fact, Happiness is our own True & Essential Nature.  Therefore, the reason why we love our own self more than any other person or thing is simply that we our self are Happiness – the fullness of perfect Happiness, & the one Ultimate Source of all the various forms of Happiness that we seemingly derive from other people & things.

The above themes & 2500 pages more are freely available as perused or downloaded PDF’s, the sole occupants of a Public Microsoft Skydrive “Public Folder” accessible through  www.jpstiga.com 

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“There is no Creation, no Destruction, no Bondage, no longing to be freed from Bondage, no striving for Liberation, nor anyone who has attained Liberation. Know that this to be Ultimate Truth.”

–  the “no creation” school of Gaudapada, Shankara, Ramana, Nome – Ajata Vada

 for very succinct summary of the teaching & practice, see:  www.ajatavada.com/

At the risk of leaning on an old movie, weekend playfully or at least less seriously begin by re-examining some pop media statements that from the outset were incompletely digested by the public, and perhaps even by the writers and producers so inspired.

Wake up Neo, the Matrix has you. 

The Matrix really does have you.  It has to blinded to reality, & loss in a Dream World. But just what is this “Matrix” ?  Of course, then that the Latin for “mother”, the Matrix could be seen as the “Divine Mother”, Maya, & more intimately or personally, the Mind.

The Matrix is everything that you see.

“Real” ?  How do you determine what is Real ?  What you perceive, you know only as electrical impulses in your Brain.

This Senate the great forward thrust of the movies inquiry into the truth. And yet it is also the endpoint because the same process of examination is not reflected back onto the nerve impulses themselves. How are they known. The brain the body and all the nerve impulses are known to Vision, direct or in the media, & reading, the words of others: hearing, especially as it hearing from others; & so on.

And so, Perception must be put under the same light as the external objects perceived –  Perception itself & all of its components or objects.  But objects of, to, or for what ?

Well, Consciousness of course, if Consciousness be taken as more fundamental than mere nerve impulses.  Consciousness then is direct knowing, at the endpoint of every the Perceptual or Conceptual process.

No one can tell you what the Matrix is, you must discover it for yourself.

You are living in a Dream World, Neo.

To whatever degree the writers & the producers fully understood their own script lines, these popular yet mysterious statements hinted strongly at the Reality known to the wisest in India, Tibet, China, Japan, & to some degree in Greek colonies among certain Philosophers, & to a few Christian mystics such as Meister Eckhart.

In short Reality is purely subjective & purely unitary. There is only One Consciousness, with the appearance of multiple individuals being a double vision multiplied billions of times. The Waking State Body is not in principle any different than the Dream Body in each Dream.

The Reality is not personal, not individual, Immortal, ever–free, all–loving, & inherently completely blissful. In the life of an ordinary man, the most subjective experiences include the inherent certainty of his own Existence. Part of this recognition is the recognition of Consciousness itself by which that or anything could be known.

And finally sporadic throughout life, seemingly temporary experiences of Love & Happiness are also deeply subjective.  In the Matrix movie we hear:

Being “the One” is like falling in love.  No one can tell you that you are or that you are not, but you know it through & through. These 3 then: Existence, Consciousness, & happiness – bless – love these are what have long been indicated as Sat–Chit–Ananda, Existence–Consciousness–Bliss. These are the subjective reality, not 3, but 1, seen from 3 different perspectives.

By the time we study the apparent phenomena of objective things, we do well to pay attention to Cognitive Sciences & to Quantum Mechanics where the issue of Consciousness comes to the fore, however concealed within the Objective assumptions.  Any inspection of, attention given to: Consciousness, must be relatively worthwhile. No exact conclusion here should be expected.  But hints & indications, consistent with the underlying Subjective Reality could well be expected.

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“There is no Creation, no Destruction, no Bondage, no longing to be freed from Bondage, no striving for Liberation, nor anyone who has attained Liberation. Know that this to be Ultimate Truth.”

–  the “no creation” school of Gaudapada, Shankara, Ramana, Nome – Ajata Vada

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