REALIZING NON–DUAL LIBERATION, ENLIGHTENMENT BY SELF-INQUIRY – PT 216

[The Teaching  of Non-Duality has been adapted from Master Nome, disciple of Sri Ramana Maharshi.  Sections appended below derive from Sri Ramana’s Teaching; & another selection based on Ramana’s disciple Annamalai.Swami]

Before embarking on a description of the technique of Self-Inquiry itself it will be necessary to explain Sri Ramana’s views on the nature of the Mind since the aim of Self-Inquiry is to discover, by direct experience, that the mind is non-existent. According to Sri Ramana, every conscious activity of the mind or body revolves around the tacit assumption that there is an “I” who is doing something. The common factor in “I think, I remember, ‘I am acting” is the “I” who assumes that it is responsible for all these activities.  Sri Ramana called this common factor the ‘I’-thought (aham-vritti).  Literally aham-vritti means “mental modification of I”.  The Self or real “I” never imagines that it is doing or thinking anything; the “I” that imagines all this is a mental fiction & so it is called a mental modification of the Self.  Since this is a rather cumbersome translation of aham-vritti it is usually translated as “I”–thought.

[Sri Ramana]

Does God come and tell you that He has placed you in difficulties ?  It is you who say so.  It is again the wrong “I”.  If that disappears there will be no one to say that God created this or that.

[Annamalai.Swami]

The jnani is not really aware of the Body.  Or if he is, he feels it like akasha, Space itself.

After one of the operations to remove the tumor on Bhagavan’s arm had been completed, I was worried enough to send a girl who worked for me to the Ashram to ask how Bhagavan was.   could not go myself because Bhagavan had asked me not to visit him.  When this girl told Bhagavan why she had come, he started laughing very loudly. I interpreted this to mean that nothing had really happened. His laughter was a message to me that Bhagavan was not his Body & that I should therefore not be upset or worried by anything that happened to it.

Years before, I was walking on the Hill with Bhagavan when he remarked, ” don’t feel the weight of the body at all.  I feel as if I am walking weightlessly through the sky.”   I sometimes have the same feeling when I am walking around.

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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/

REALIZING NON–DUAL LIBERATION, ENLIGHTENMENT BY SELF-INQUIRY – PT 214

[The Teaching  of Non-Duality has been adapted from Master Nome, disciple of Sri Ramana Maharshi.  Sections appended below derive from Sri Ramana’s Teaching; & another selection based on Ramana’s disciple Annamalai.Swami]

Self-Knowledge is the way to destroy Ignorance & all its attendant Bondage & Suffering.  Self-Knowledge is the destruction, or transcendence, of the Dualism of Ignorance, & Self-Knowledge is the elimination of multiple states of Consciousness.  That is, Self-Knowledge reveals Consciousness as Pure as it is, free of differences & Duality.

[Sri Ramana]

The World, Individual, & God are all conceptions of the Ego–“I”.  They arise only after the advent of the “I”–thought.  Did you think of them in your Deep Dreamless Sleep ?  You existed in Deep Dreamless Sleep & he same you are now speaking.  If they be real should they not be in your Deep Dreamless Sleep also ?  They are only dependent upon the “I”–thought.  Again does the World tell you: “I am the World” ?  Does the Body say “I am Body” ?  You say, “This is the World”, “this is Body” & so on.  So these are only your conceptions.  Find out who you are & there will be an end of all your doubts.

[Annamalai.Swami]

Until the River reaches the Ocean, it is obliged to keep on flowing, but when it arrives at the Ocean, it becomes Ocean & the flow stops. The water of the River originally came from the Ocean. As it flows, it is merely making its way back to its Source. When you meditate or do sadhana, you are flowing back to the Source from which you came. After you have reached that Source, you discover that everything  that exists –  World, Guru, Mind – is one.  No differences or distinctions arise there.

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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/

REALIZING NON–DUAL LIBERATION, ENLIGHTENMENT BY SELF-INQUIRY – PT 213

[The Teaching  of Non-Duality has been adapted from Master Nome, disciple of Sri Ramana Maharshi.  Sections appended below derive from Sri Ramana’s Teaching; & another selection based on Ramana’s disciple Annamalai.Swami]

Self-Knowledge starts with one’s attempt to know the Truth.  It is the very substance, or means, or spiritual practice.  At the end, this Self-Knowledge is absorbed, or shines as, the Truth itself.  The Teachings given by the Maharshi & other wise Sages, Knowledge is prominent.

[Sri Ramana]

Bliss is coeval with Being-Consciousness.  All the arguments relating to the Eternal Being of that Bliss apply to Bliss also.  Your True Nature is Bliss.  Ignorance is not hiding that Bliss.  Remove the Ignorance for Bliss to be freed.

[Annamalai.Swami]

Bhagavan often used to say: “The physical Guru is outside, telling you what to do & pushing you into the Self.  The inner Guru, the Self within, simultaneously pulls you towards itself.”  Once you have become established in the inner Guru, the Self, the distinction between Guru & disciple disappears.  In that state you no longer need the help of any Guru. You are That, the Self.

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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/

REALIZING NON–DUAL LIBERATION, ENLIGHTENMENT BY SELF-INQUIRY – PT 212

[The Teaching  of Non-Duality has been adapted from Master Nome, disciple of Sri Ramana Maharshi.  Sections appended below derive from Sri Ramana’s Teaching; & another selection based on Ramana’s disciple Annamalai.Swami]

If one sees the only surface, one assumes a limited “I”.  If one assumes a limited “I”, one attaches oneself to superficial forms.  If one pursues to the Core, one finds the limitless “I”.  If one looks from the limitless Self, one is free & Peace.

[Sri Ramana]

The Ignorance is identical with the “I”-thought.   Find its source & it will vanish.  The “I”-thought is like a spirit which, although not palpable, rises up automatically with the Body, flourishes & disappears with it.  The Body-consciousness is the wrong “I”.   Give up this Body–consciousness.  It is done by seeking the source “I”.   The Body does not say “I am”.  It is you who say, “I am the Body !”   Find out who this “I” is.  Seeking its Source & it (“I”) will vanish.

[Annamalai.Swami]

The Guru guides you & tells you that what you have done is not enough.  If you are filling a bucket with water, you can always add more if there is still space.  But when it is completely full, full to overflowing, it is pointless to add even a single drop. You may think that you have done enough, & you may believe that your bucket is full, but the Guru is in a better position to see that there is still a space, & that more water needs to be added.  Don’t rely on your own judgment in this matter.  The state you have reached may seem to be complete & final, but if the Guru says, “You need more sadhana,” trust him & carry on with your efforts.

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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/

REALIZING NON–DUAL LIBERATION, ENLIGHTENMENT BY SELF-INQUIRY – PT 211

[The Teaching  of Non-Duality has been adapted from Master Nome, disciple of Sri Ramana Maharshi.  Sections appended below derive from Sri Ramana’s Teaching; & another selection based on Ramana’s disciple Annamalai.Swami]

The real “I”, or the Self, is free, happy within, & forever unblemished Perfection.  The Self always abides, is Formless, & is non-dependent on any Form, gross or subtle, the Body or the Mind.  Self-Realization is abidance as the “I”–less “I”.  Self-Inquiry is the pursuit of Identity, of “I”, to its core.

[Sri Ramana]

In fact it is already realized; there is nothing more to be realized.  Otherwise, the Realization will be new; it has not existed so far, it must take place hereafter. What is born will also die.  If Realization be not Eternal it is not worth having. Therefore what we seek is not that which must happen afresh.  It is only that which is Eternal but not now known due to obstructions; it is That we seek.  All that we need do is to remove the obstruction.  That which is Eternal is not known to be so because of Ignorance.  Ignorance is the obstruction.  Get over this Ignorance & all will be well.

[Annamalai.Swami]

You have to make an enormous effort to realize the Self.  It is very easy to stop on the way & fall back into Ignorance.  At any moment you can fall back. You have to make a strong determined effort to remain on the peak when you first reach it, but eventually a time will come when you are fully established in the Self.  When that happens, you cannot fall. You have reached your destination & no further efforts are required.  Until that moment comes, constant sadhana is required.

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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/

REALIZING NON–DUAL LIBERATION, ENLIGHTENMENT BY SELF-INQUIRY – PT 210

[The Teaching  of Non-Duality has been adapted from Master Nome, disciple of Sri Ramana Maharshi.  Sections appended below derive from Sri Ramana’s Teaching; & another selection based on Ramana’s disciple Annamalai.Swami]

Self-Inquiry should determine the not–truly “I” (in the Absolute sense – Atman).  The “I” (in the false sense – Ego) itself depends on Delusions of Form in order to appear, for it has no Form of its own.

[Sri Ramana]

“I” exist always – Here & Now. Who says it: “the ‘I’ is not felt” ?  Does the real “I” say it or the false “I” ?   Examine this.  You will find it is the wrong “I”.  The wrong “I” is the obstruction.  It has to be removed in order that the true “I” may not be hidden.  The feeling that: “I have not realized” is the obstruction to Realization.

[Annamalai.Swami]

By strength of practice, by doing this Self-Inquiry sadhana, the Veil will be removed completely. There will be no further hindrances. You can go to the top of Arunachala, but if you are not alert, if you are not paying attention, you may slip & end up at Isanya Math [a Hindu institution at the base of the Hill].

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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/

REALIZING NON–DUAL LIBERATION, ENLIGHTENMENT BY SELF-INQUIRY – PT 209

[The Teaching  of Non-Duality has been adapted from Master Nome, disciple of Sri Ramana Maharshi.  Sections appended below derive from Sri Ramana’s Teaching; & another selection based on Ramana’s disciple Annamalai.Swami]

The “I”–notion, which is the cause of Bondage & Suffering, comes & goes.  The “I”–notion is always associated with Form, gross or subtle.  All Form is transient & actually un-Real.

[Sri Ramana]

You need not eliminate the wrong “I”.  How can “I” eliminate itself ?

–  All that you need do is to find out its Origin & abide there.  Your efforts can extend only thus far.  Then the Beyond will take care of itself.  You are helpless there.  No effort can reach it.

[Annamalai.Swami]

A lamp that is lit may blow out if the wind is strong. If you want to see it again, you  have to relight it.  But Self is not like this.  It is not a flame that can be blown out by the passing winds of thoughts & desires. It is always bright, always shining, always there.  If you  are not aware of it, it means that you have put a curtain or a veil in front of it that blocks your view.  Self does not hide itself behind a curtain. You are the one who puts the curtain there by believing  in ideas that are not true. If the curtain parts and then closes again, it means that you are still believing in wrong ideas.  If you have eradicated them completely, they will not reappear.  While these ideas are covering up the Self, you still need to do constant sadhana.  The Self does not need to stabilize itself. It is full & complete in itself. The Mind can be stabilized or destabilized, but not the Self.

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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/

REALIZING NON–DUAL LIBERATION, ENLIGHTENMENT BY SELF-INQUIRY – PT 208

[The Teaching  of Non-Duality has been adapted from Master Nome, disciple of Sri Ramana Maharshi.  Sections appended below derive from Sri Ramana’s Teaching; & another selection based on Ramana’s disciple Annamalai.Swami]

The supposed other self of “I”, is called “Ego”, “Mind”, “Individual”, “Soul”, etc.  Ramana Maharshi refers to it as the “I”–thought, “I”–notion, “I”–mode, or “Aham Vritti“.  If “I” is apparently modified into, or defined as, something it is not, the resultant view is the “I”–notion or Ego.  Though the Self is Formless Existence & Infinite Consciousness, in Ignorance there arises the conception, the idea of “I”, of Individuality.  This is the “I”–thought or Aham Vritti.  This is not the production of another “I”.  It is only an assumption that proves to be false upon Self-Inquiry.  Finding it, unreality is the true significance of  “Ego–death”.

[Sri Ramana]

The “I” is always there – in Deep Dreamless Sleep, in Dream & in Wakefulness. The one in Deep Dreamless Sleep is the same as that who now speaks.  There is always the feeling of “I”.  Otherwise, do you deny your Existence ?  You do not. You say “I am”.  Find out who is.

[Annamalai.Swami]

Don’t be afraid of the Mind. It’s a false tiger, not a real one. Something that is not real cannot harm you. Fear & anxiety may come to you if you believe that there is a real tiger in your vicinity. Someone may be making tiger noises as a joke to make you afraid, but when he reveals himself, all your fears go because you suddenly understand that there never was a tiger outside your imagination.

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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/

REALIZING NON–DUAL LIBERATION, ENLIGHTENMENT BY SELF-INQUIRY – PT 207

[The Teaching  of Non-Duality has been adapted from Master Nome, disciple of Sri Ramana Maharshi.  Sections appended below derive from Sri Ramana’s Teaching; & another selection based on Ramana’s disciple Annamalai.Swami]

One should perceive that there is an un-modified Absolute Self & then practice Self-Inquiry to realize such as one’s true Identity.  There is only one Real Self, whether called the “Supreme Self”, the “True Self”, the “Absolute”, or just simply “the Self”. It is unmodified Existence.

[Sri Ramana]

How do you meditate ?

“I begin to ask myself  ‘Who am I ?”, eliminate Body as not ‘I’, the breath as not ‘I’, the Mind as not ‘I’ & I am not able to proceed further.”

Well, that is so far as the Intellect goes.  Your process is only intellectual.  Indeed, all the Scriptures mention the process only to guide the seeker to know the Truth. The Truth cannot be directly pointed out.  Hence this intellectual process.  You see, the one who eliminates all the “not I” cannot eliminate the “I”.  To say “I am not this” or “I am that” there must be the “I”.  This “I” is only the Ego or the “I”–thought.  After the rising up of this “I”–thought, all other thoughts arise.  The “I”–thought is therefore the root-thought.  If the root is pulled out all others are at the same time uprooted.  Therefore seek the root “I”, question yourself: “Who am I ?”; find out its Source.  Then all these will vanish and the pure Self will remain ever.

[Annamalai.Swami]

Consciousness alone exists. That is to say, whatever exists is consciousness alone. Keep this in mind & don’t allow yourself to regard anything else as being Real.  If you fail and give even a little reality to the Mind, it will become your own false reality. Once this initial wrong identification – “I am the Mind, the Mind is real’ – has happened, problems & suffering will follow.

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/

REALIZING NON–DUAL LIBERATION, ENLIGHTENMENT BY SELF-INQUIRY – PT 206

[The Teaching  of Non-Duality has been adapted from Master Nome, disciple of Sri Ramana Maharshi.  Sections appended below derive from Sri Ramana’s Teaching; & another selection based on Ramana’s disciple Annamalai.Swami]

By Self-Knowledge one finds that one is not a limited, individual self, nor are there 2 “I’s” in the same being.  All the limitations are entirely based on the concept of an “Individual”, or Ego–“I”, as one’s identity.  One should see the “I” as pervading the limitation, as the root of the limitation, as being falsely strengthened by adherence to the limitation, as the thread running through the core of the limitation, & as the thread of all limitations together into pseudo-self.  The vicious cycle of limitations so conceived & the Ego from Samsara.

[Sri Ramana]

Is there anyone who is not aware of himself ?  Each one knows, but yet does not know, the Self – a strange paradox.

If Self-Inquiry is made whether Mind exists, it will be found that Mind does not exist.  That is control of Mind.  Otherwise, if the Mind is taken to exist & one seeks to control it, it amounts to Mind controlling the Mind, just like a thief turning out to be a policeman to catch the thief, such as himself.  Mind persists in that way alone, but eludes itself.’

[Annamalai.Swami]

Consciousness alone exists. If you generate a firm conviction that this is the Truth, eventually this firm conviction will become your own direct experience.

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/

REALIZING NON–DUAL LIBERATION, ENLIGHTENMENT BY SELF-INQUIRY – PT 205

[The Teaching  of Non-Duality has been adapted from Master Nome, disciple of Sri Ramana Maharshi.  Sections appended below derive from Sri Ramana’s Teaching; & another selection based on Ramana’s disciple Annamalai.Swami]

If there is One Self, why should there be this distinguishing in the practice of Self-Inquiry? This Discrimination is only for the purpose of elimination of the un-real from one’s experience.  The Discrimination is neither an end in itself nor a destruction of anything actually real.  Between the Real & the  un-real there is no division, since the Real is That which alone exists & the un-real does not exist at all.  Self-Inquiry involves the Discernment of what is truly the Self & the cessation of the confounding of it with what is un-natural, or not really “I”.

[Sri Ramana]

There is only one experience.   What are the worldly experiences but those built up on the false “I” ?   Ask the most successful man of the world if he knows his Self.  He will say “No”.   What can any one know without knowing the Self ?   All worldly knowledge is built upon such a flimsy foundation.

[Annamalai.Swami]

Consciousness alone exists.  If you have a firm conviction that this is the truth, one day this firm conviction will mature to the point where it becomes your direct experience.

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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– 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/

REALIZING NON–DUAL LIBERATION, ENLIGHTENMENT BY SELF-INQUIRY – PT 204

[The Teaching  of Non-Duality has been adapted from Master Nome, disciple of Sri Ramana Maharshi.  Sections appended below derive from Sri Ramana’s Teaching; & another selection based on Ramana’s disciple Annamalai.Swami]

Self-Knowledge is deeply knowing the real significance of “I”.  Self-Knowledge is the determination of one’s actual Identity.  Self-Inquiry consists of sifting one’s real Identity from what is not actually one’s Identity.  The real Identity is infinite Consciousness.  One should distinguish the concept of “I”, or the “I”–notion, from what “I” really is, the True Self.

[Sri Ramana]

Neti-neti (not this – not this) is not meditation.  Find the source.  You must reach the source without fail.  The false “I” will disappear & the real “I” will be realized. The former (false “I”) cannot exist apart from the latter (real “I”).

[Annamalai.Swami]

In the same way that you give up any wrong idea – you simply stop believing in it.  If this does not happen spontaneously when you hear the Truth from a Teacher, keep telling yourself, “I am not the Mind; I am not the Mind. There is no Mind; there is no Mind.”

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/

REALIZING NON–DUAL LIBERATION, ENLIGHTENMENT BY SELF-INQUIRY – PT 203

[The Teaching  of Non-Duality has been adapted from Master Nome, disciple of Sri Ramana Maharshi.  Sections appended below derive from Sri Ramana’s Teaching; & another selection based on Ramana’s disciple Annamalai.Swami]

In practice, it is the dissolution of belief in false definitions attributed to one’s identity.  Such definitions yield the Delusion of the self being distinct from the Absolute, the Delusion of one’s identity being a separate Individual or Ego-entity.  The relinquishment of these false definitions, or Mis-identifications is essential in knowing the Self.

[Sri Ramana]

Know the doubter.   If the doubter is held, the doubts will not arise.  Here the doubter is transcendent.   Again when the doubter ceases to exist, there will be no doubts arising.  From where will they arise ?   All are jnanis, jivanmuktas.  Only they are not aware of the fact.   Doubts must be uprooted.  This means that the doubter must be uprooted.  Here the doubter is the Mind.

You know that you know nothing.  Find out that knowledge.  That is liberation (mukti).

[Annamalai.Swami]

The Substratum upon which the false idea of the Mind has been super–imposed is the Self.  When you see the Mind, the Self, the underlying Substratum, is not seen.  It is hidden by a false but persistent idea.  And conversely, when the Self is seen, there is no Mind.

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/

REALIZING NON–DUAL LIBERATION, ENLIGHTENMENT BY SELF-INQUIRY – PT 202

[The Teaching  of Non-Duality has been adapted from Master Nome, disciple of Sri Ramana Maharshi.  Sections appended below derive from Sri Ramana’s Teaching; & another selection based on Ramana’s disciple Annamalai.Swami]

Freedom from delusion is the Natural State.  Delusion consists of the confusion regarding the Self & the not-Self.  It is a case of Mis-identification.  It is confusion regarding Existence & and Object, including the Body, or and Idea, or between Consciousness & a thought, or notion.  It is confusion regarding the always & the temporary.  It is non–Discrimination of the Real & the un-Real.  Realization is Freedom from Delusion & not a new attainment or acquisition,  Freedom is realized by perceiving that the Delusion is but a thin veneer of assumptions that can be dissolved because they are false, unreal, & only conceptual, & are not realities.  The Self is always free & unaffected by any Illusion.  Self-Inquiry unto one’s True Nature yields Self-Abidance in this Natural, Real State.

[Sri Ramana]

All are aware of their own Self only.  Many take what is not as what is, or they see the phenomena apart from the Self.  Only so long as there is the knower is there knowledge of all kinds ( direct, inferential, intellectual etc. ); should the knower vanish they all vanish together with him; their validity is of the same degree as his.

You know that you know nothing.  Find out that knowledge.  That is liberation (mukti).

[Annamalai.Swami]

Bhagavan &  many other teachers kept bringing up the analogy of the Snake & the Rope.  If you mistake a Rope on the ground for a Snake, the Snake only exists as an idea in your  Mind. That idea might cause you a lot of worry &  anxiety, & you may waste a lot of mental energy wondering how to avoid the Snake or kill it, but this fact remains: there is no Snake outside your imagination. When you see the rope, the substratum upon which your false idea of a Snake is super–imposed, the idea that there is a Snake, & that it is real, instantly vanishes.  It is not a real Snake that has disappeared. The only thing that has disappeared is an erroneous idea.

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/

REALIZING NON–DUAL LIBERATION, ENLIGHTENMENT BY SELF-INQUIRY – PT 201

[The Teaching  of Non-Duality has been adapted from Master Nome, disciple of Sri Ramana Maharshi.  Sections appended below derive from Sri Ramana’s Teaching; & another selection based on Ramana’s disciple Annamalai.Swami]

In practice, Self-Inquiry is the dissolution of belief in false definitions attributed to one’s identity.  Such definitions yield the delusion of the self being distinct from the Absolute, of one’s identity being that of a separate Individual or Ego-entity.  The relinquishment of these false definitions, or Mis-identifications, is essential in knowing the Self.

[Sri Ramana]

There is only one Self & nothing but the Self. Know that & everything else is known. You are the Self, nothing but the Self, anything else is just Imagination, so be the Self here & now. Carry on with your essential activities but free yourself from association with the Doer of them. Self is the Witness, you are That.

[Annamalai.Swami]

When Self-Realization happens, Mind  is no longer there. However, you do not get Sel f-Realization by getting rid of the mind.  It happens when you understand & know that the Mind never existed.  It is the recognition of what is Real & True, & the abandonment of mistaken ideas about the reality & substantiality of this ephemeral shadow you call the Mind.

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/

REALIZING NON–DUAL LIBERATION, ENLIGHTENMENT BY SELF-INQUIRY – PT 200

[The Teaching  of Non-Duality has been adapted from Master Nome, disciple of Sri Ramana Maharshi.  Sections appended below derive from Sri Ramana’s Teaching; & another selection based on Ramana’s disciple Annamalai.Swami]

What does not exist always, what is not always, such is not one’s Natural State (sahaja), because it is not actually one’s essential Existence.  What does not exist always ?  Material things & the World, the Body, Sense Perceptions, Thoughts, & the Ego.  All these are transient.

[Sri Ramana]

(regarding occult powers)

They are all the same, hearing & seeing.  Whether one hears from near or far does not make any difference in hearing.  The fundamental factor is the Hearer, the Subject. Without the Hearer or the Seer, there can be no hearing or seeing.  The latter (hearing or seeing) are the functions of the Mind.  The occult powers (siddhis) are therefore only in the Mind.  They are not natural to the Self.  That which is not natural, but acquired, cannot be permanent, & is not worth striving for.  They denote extended powers. A man is possessed of limited powers & is miserable.  He wants to expand his powers so that he may be happy.  But consider if it will be so.  If with limited perceptions one is miserable, with extended Perceptions the misery must increase proportionately.  Occult powers will not bring Happiness to anyone, but will make him all the more miserable.  Moreover what are these powers for ?  The would-be occultist (siddha) desires to display the siddhis so that others may appreciate him.  He seeks appreciation, & if it is not forthcoming he will not be happy.  There must be others to appreciate him.  He may even find another possessor of higher powers.  That will cause jealousy & breed unhappiness. The higher occultist (siddha) may meet a still higher siddha & so on until there will come one who will blow up everything in a trice.  Such is the highest adept (siddha) & He is God or the Self.  Which is the real power ?  Is it to increase prosperity or bring about inner Peace ?  That which results in Peace is the highest perfection (siddhi).

[Annamalai.Swami]

Your mind is an insubstantial shadow that will follow you around wherever you go. Attempts to eliminate or control it cannot succeed while there is still a belief that the mind is real, and that it is something that can be controlled by physical or mental activity.

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/

REALIZING NON–DUAL LIBERATION, ENLIGHTENMENT BY SELF-INQUIRY – PT 199

[The Teaching  of Non-Duality has been adapted from Master Nome, disciple of Sri Ramana Maharshi.  Sections appended below derive from Sri Ramana’s Teaching; & another selection based on Ramana’s disciple Annamalai.Swami]

Freedom from delusion is the Natural State.  Delusion consists of the confusion regarding the Self & the not-Self.  It is a case of Mis-identification.  It is confusion regarding Existence & and Object, including the Body, or and Idea, or between Consciousness & a thought, or notion.  It is confusion regarding the always & the temporary.  It is non–Discrimination of the Real & the un-Real.  Realization is Freedom from Delusion & not a new attainment or acquisition,  Freedom is realized by perceiving that the Delusion is but a thin veneer of assumptions that can be dissolved because they are false, unreal, & only conceptual, & are not realities.  The Self is always free & unaffected by any Illusion.  Self-Inquiry unto one’s True Nature yields Self-Abidance in this Natural, Real State.

[Sri Ramana]

(regarding Maya)

What is Maya ?  It is only Reality. Maya is used to signify the manifestations of the Reality.  Thus Maya is only Reality.

(regarding Sri Sankaracharya)

Why worry about Sankaracharya ?  Realize your own Self.  Others can take care of themselves.

[Annamalai.Swami]

Bhagavan often told the story of a man who tried to get rid of his shadow by burying it in a pit. This man dug a hole and then stood on the edge of it in such a way that his shadow  was cast on the bottom of the hole he had just made. After lining it up in, this way, he started throwing soil  on the shadow  in an attempt to bury it. Of course, no matter how much soil he put in the  hole, the shadow still remained on top of it.

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/

REALIZING NON–DUAL LIBERATION, ENLIGHTENMENT BY SELF-INQUIRY – PT 198

[The Teaching  of Non-Duality has been adapted from Master Nome, disciple of Sri Ramana Maharshi.  Sections appended below derive from Sri Ramana’s Teaching; & another selection based on Ramana’s disciple Annamalai.Swami]

In practice, Self-Inquiry is the dissolution of belief in false definitions attributed to one’s identity.  Such definitions yield the delusion of the self being distinct from the Absolute, of one’s identity being that of a separate Individual or Ego-entity.  The relinquishment of these false definitions, or Mis-identifications, is essential in knowing the Self.

[Sri Ramana]

Where is the World except in your Mind ?  Realize your Self & then all is realized.  If you dream & see several men, & then wake up & recall your Dream, do you try to ascertain if the persons of your Dream creation are also awake ?

[Annamalai.Swami]

Don’t chase your shadow thoughts & your shadow Mind with mind-control techniques because these techniques are also shadows. Instead, go back to the Source of the shadow-Mind & stay there. When you abide in that place, you will be happy, & the desire to go chasing after shadow thoughts will no longer be there.

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/

REALIZING NON–DUAL LIBERATION, ENLIGHTENMENT BY SELF-INQUIRY – PT 197

[The Teaching  of Non-Duality has been adapted from Master Nome, disciple of Sri Ramana Maharshi.  Sections appended below derive from Sri Ramana’s Teaching; & another selection based on Ramana’s disciple Annamalai.Swami]

What does not exist always, what is not always, such is not one’s Natural State (sahaja), because it is not actually one’s essential Existence.  What does not exist always ?  Material things & the World, the Body, Sense Perceptions, Thoughts, & the Ego.  All these are transient.

[Sri Ramana]

Sages may appear to not mix with others because there are no others to mix with.  The Self is the one & only Reality.  When we say “Self” we refer to the Unlimited, but when you add “men” to it, you limit the meaning. There is only one Infinite Self.

[Annamalai.Swami]

Mind  is just a shadow.  Attempts to catch it and control it are futile. They are just shadows chasing shadows. It’s like when a small boy who runs down the street, trying to catch up with the head of his shadow. He never manages because no matter how fast he runs, the shadow of his head is always a few feet ahead of him.  An onlooker suggested: “Put your hand on your head.”  When the boy followed this instruction, the shadow hand caught up with the shadow head.  But you can’t control or eliminate a shadow by chasing it or by putting a shadow hand on it.

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/

REALIZING NON–DUAL LIBERATION, ENLIGHTENMENT BY SELF-INQUIRY – PT 196

[The Teaching  of Non-Duality has been adapted from Master Nome, disciple of Sri Ramana Maharshi.  Sections appended below derive from Sri Ramana’s Teaching.]

Consciousness, without which anything appended to Consciousness, is the Natural State (sahaja) of the Self.   Of all one’s Ideas & Perceptions, which of them can be said to actually be one’s True Nature ?  Though one may regard the clearer more spiritual Concepts & Perceptions as closer than cloudier ones, the clearest Concepts & Perceptions, being mere reflections of something beyond, none of them are actually the Consciousness itself.  Consciousness, which is of the nature of the Self, transcends all Concepts & Perceptions.  It is just so & always so.  Therefore to abide in the Natural State of the Self, to know the ever–present nature of  Existence & Consciousness, practice Self-Inquiry to know what is ever–present without a break for all Time.

[Sri Ramana:]

The Self alone is the Reality; the World & the rest of it are not.  The realized being does not see the World as different from himself.  The Sage’s Realization leads to the uplift of humanity without the latter being aware of it. The help is imperceptible but is still there. A Sage helps the whole of humanity, unknown to the latter.

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/

REALIZING NON–DUAL LIBERATION, ENLIGHTENMENT BY SELF-INQUIRY – PT 195

[The Teaching  of Non-Duality has been adapted from Master Nome, disciple of Sri Ramana Maharshi.  Sections appended below derive from Sri Ramana’s Teaching.]

Consciousness, without which anything appended to Consciousness, is the Natural State (sahaja) of the Self.   Of all one’s Ideas & Perceptions, which of them can be said to actually be one’s True Nature ?  Though one may regard the clearer more spiritual Concepts & Perceptions as closer than cloudier ones, the clearest Concepts & Perceptions, being mere reflections of something beyond, none of them are actually the Consciousness itself.  Consciousness, which is of the nature of the Self, transcends all Concepts & Perceptions.  It is just so & always so.  Therefore to abide in the Natural State of the Self, to know the ever–present nature of  Existence & Consciousness, practice Self-Inquiry to know what is ever–present without a break for all Time.

[Sri Ramana:]

Realization of the Self is the greatest help that can be rendered to humanity.  Therefore, the Sages are said to be helpful, though they remain in forests.  But it should not be forgotten that solitude is not in forests only.  It can be had even in towns, in the thick of Worldly occupations.

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/

REALIZING NON–DUAL LIBERATION, ENLIGHTENMENT BY SELF-INQUIRY – PT 194

[The Teaching  of Non-Duality has been adapted from Master Nome, disciple of Sri Ramana Maharshi.  Sections appended below derive from Sri Ramana’s Teaching.]

The Senses, though, do not know of themselves.  The Senses are in themselves as inert as the sensed objects.  No Sense Object exists apart from the Senses.  All is within the Senses. Your Senses are not traveling “out there” to perceive Objects.  The Objects are conjured up within the Sensory experience.  The sensing experience is conceived in the Mind.  Sensing is under the Mind’s power.  The Mind must be in a certain state in order to create the Senses within it.

[Sri Ramana:]

Solitude is a function of the Mind. A man attached to Desire cannot get solitude wherever he may be.  A detached man is always in solitude.

One might be engaged in work & be free from Desire & keep up solitude.  Work performed with Attachment is a shackle, whereas work performed with Detachment does not affect the Doer.  He is, even while working, in solitude.

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/

REALIZING NON–DUAL LIBERATION, ENLIGHTENMENT BY SELF-INQUIRY – PT 193

[The Teaching  of Non-Duality has been adapted from Master Nome, disciple of Sri Ramana Maharshi.  Sections appended below derive from Sri Ramana’s Teaching.]

It does not make a difference if it is in the Past or the Future or the Present.  It is still just a Sense Perception.  By “World” is meant the entire, Objective sphere of experience, including the billions of years of Time, the countless light years of Space, all the matter, all the motion of that matter, indeed all of it, however perceived in whatever manner, by ever so many beings who are known in their Multiplicity through your Senses.

[Sri Ramana:]

[when asked about his state & experience]

If the eyes are closed, it is nirvikalpa samadhi.

If open, it is (though differentiated, still in absolute repose) savikalpa samadhi.

The ever-present state is the Natural State sahaja (sahaja nirvikalpa samadhi).

Without the Hearer there cannot be hearing.  Without the Seer there cannot be vision. The Subject & Object appear only after the Mind has arisen. The Mind comprises them.

Memory & forgetfulness are located in the Mind (chitta).

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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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REALIZING NON–DUAL LIBERATION, ENLIGHTENMENT BY SELF-INQUIRY – PT 192

[The Teaching  of Non-Duality has been adapted from Master Nome, disciple of Sri Ramana Maharshi.  Sections appended below derive from Sri Ramana’s Teaching.]

If when you wake up in the morning, or in the afternoon or evening, you have the idea that the World is coming to you, or that now you have come to your Senses, you have indeed come to the Senses, which is a mode of the Mind.  You have not entered a World.  The World was not waiting for you.  The World is only in the Mind.  One who knows for certain that the World is only in the Mind cannot be disturbed by anything in this World.  So his Peace remains imperishable.  Similarly, he cannot be frightened by anything in this World & his Happiness remains fearlessly.

[Sri Ramana:]

Who was it that slept ?  You did not say in your sleep that you slept.  You say it now in your Wakeful state.  The Ego therefore is the same in Wakefulness, Dream, & Sleep.  Find out the underlying Reality behind these States.  That is the Reality underlying these.  In that State there is Existence alone.  There is no you, nor I, nor he; no Present, nor Past, nor Future.  That State is beyond Time & Space, beyond expression.  It is ever there.

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/