Thus without holding the unreal world as an illusion, it is impossible to realize the truth beyond By: 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 the Witnessing 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 and everywhere in illusion. Soul, the innermost self is non-dual, one without a second. It has no other beside It. It is destitute of difference, either external or internal. Soul cannot be described, because the description implies distinction. Soul cannot be distinguished from any other than it. In the soul, there is not the distinction of substance and attribute. Non dual awareness constitutes the very essence of the soul, and not just its attributes. The soul is impersonal. It becomes a personal only through its association with the three states or illusion. ~FORMLESS PATH Without knowing what is the truth, how can one know what is untruth? Mere bookish knowledge or knowledge based on speculation is mere playing with the words not non-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 the soul, which is the subject. The soul is present in the form of consciousness. Until one traces the formless substance and witness of the mind, which is in the form of the universe, the nondualistic or Advaitic wisdom will not dawn.

The lengthy explanation in depth is very much needed in pursuit of truth, which helps the seeker 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 them as 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 by inquiring 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) is consciousness. 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 a glimpse of truth. When one realizes the fact that, the self is not physical, body and universe becomes illusion. but the formless soul, naturally the

The mind (universe) is emanating from the soul (consciousness) means the mind is being effect from consciousness is not different from it. Deeper analysis shows it. Analysis needs deeper thinking and reasoning. Mind is the whole universe thus it has a form. But where is the 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 the consciousness 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 one mistakes it for something else. One thinks the self is within the body, but the self is the soul,which is without the body and the world. Mind ceases to exist without the matter. Without the matter mind ceases to exist as mind but it exists as the matter- less awareness or consciousness. Without the mind neither the world nor its perceiver can exist. Without the matter there is no duality. Without duality there is no experience. Without experience it is non-dual reality. Therefore, whatever prevails without the mind is ultimate reality. the the

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 as its invisible substance and witness. Therefore, it is necessary inquiry, analyse and reason in to the nature of mind(duality or illusion or universe) in order to unfold the mystery of mind or duality or illusion. Thus without holding the unreal world as illusion it is impossible to realize the truth beyond form, time and space.