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Thuswithout holding theunrealworldasanillusion, it is impossibletorealize the truthbeyondBy: Santthoshkumaar Kumaar

The Soul is impersonal, and without attributes, formless, without special characteristics,immutable, eternal and non-agent. It is above all needs and desires. It is always theWitnessing Subject. It can never become an object as it is beyond the reach of the

physicality. The Soul is in the form of consciousness or spirit. The Soul is the subject,and illusion is an object to the soul. The soul is permanent, and illusion is impermanent.The Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness pervades in everything andeverywhere in illusion.

Soul, the innermost self is non-dual, one without a second. It has no other beside It. It isdestitute of difference, either external or internal. Soul cannot be described, because thedescription implies distinction. Soul cannot be distinguished from any other than it. In thesoul, there is not the distinction of substance and attribute. Non dual awareness constitutesthe very essence of the soul, and not just its attributes. The soul is impersonal. It becomesa personal only through its association with the three states or illusion. ~FORMLESSPATH

Without knowing what is the truth, how can one know what is untruth? Mere bookishknowledge or knowledge based on speculation is mere playing with the words notnon-dualistic or Advaitic wisdom. Intellectuality is based on the false self thus it will not

yield any fruits.

How can one look on the conscious level when his body, ego and universe are an object to thesoul, which is the subject. The soul is present in the form of consciousness. Until onetraces the formless substance and witness of the mind, which is in the form of the universe,the nondualistic or Advaitic wisdom will not dawn.

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The lengthy explanation in depth is very much needed in pursuit of truth, which helps theseeker think and helps the seeker to divert his attention from the form to formless.

The scriptures and theories and teaching based on the ego are not the yardstick. Using themas a yardstick to understand and assimilate the truth will lead one towards pursuit of

arguments. Seeker of truth has to discover on his own, the truth of his true existence byinquiring what is the mind? and what is the substance of the mind? and and"what is the source of the mind?" and move forward.

The wisdom consists in knowing the truth, that everything (mind or physical existence) isconsciousness. Freedom (truth) is always there yet one does not know it. But to those

whose reason is turned away from physicality and who have attained the serenity of the soul,the innermost self (consciousness) are quite near to the ultimate truth.

To think once own body and his experience of the world is an illusion is a difficult matter,unless one realizes the self is not physical , but it is formless soul it is difficult to have aglimpse of truth.

When one realizes the fact that, the self is not physical, but the formless soul, naturally thebody and universe becomes illusion.

The mind (universe) is emanating from the soul (consciousness) means the mind is beingeffect from consciousness is not different from it. Deeper analysis shows it. Analysis needsdeeper thinking and reasoning. Mind is the whole universe thus it has a form. But where isthe form in consciousness (soul) because consciousness is like an ocean and mind is like wave.The universe is the same consciousness, as the ocean produces the wave, so theconsciousness produces the mind (universe).

The moment one knows the mind (universe) is consciousness, and then there is no ignorance.If one knows the soul or consciousness as the self, then everything is consciousness.The consciousness is second to none. The mind is consciousness but due to ignorance onemistakes it for something else. One thinks the self is within the body, but the self is thesoul,which is without the body and the world.

Mind ceases to exist without the matter. Without the matter mind ceases to exist as mind butit exists as the matter- less awareness or consciousness. Without the mind neither the worldnor its perceiver can exist.

Without the matter there is no duality. Without duality there is no experience. Without theexperience it is non-dual reality. Therefore, whatever prevails without the mind is theultimate reality.

The true nature of the soul (consciousness) is camouflaged by the illusion or duality. To

know the truth one has to discover and realize the formless substance of the mind or illusion.One has to learn to view and judge the worldview on the standpoint the formless soul as self.Self-Knowledge is the prime goal of the truth seeker. This goal is hidden within the mind asits invisible substance and witness. Therefore, it is necessary inquiry, analyse and reason into the nature of mind(duality or illusion or universe) in order to unfold the mystery of mindor duality or illusion. Thus without holding the unreal world as illusion it is impossible torealize the truth beyond form, time and space.