REALIZING NON–DUAL LIBERATION, ENLIGHTENMENT BY SELF-INQUIRY–pt47

Nome before Ramana's picture

[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.]

Seek your Peace in That  which can conquer everything in Time & everything that is transient.  Finding That  within yourself, centered in yourself, remain as the Timeless, the Eternal, the Deathless, without the least doubt & without the least wavering. In this, Life's purpose is fulfilled.  Before the Body exhausts its allotted time, the Ego– I"–notion should die.  That is the only Death necessary.

In Self-Inquiry, note that each Sense takes a turn being predominant & then fades due to a change of the sense organ, the mental attention, & similar factors. The Senses appear only in the Waking State. With each state of mind, they change. Upon the death of the body, which is not the Self, the senses are lost entirely. Rarely are all the 5 senses active, or experienced, simultaneously, but Existence is always wholly present. The senses are just a momentary function. The Self is steady, self-existent Reality, permanent, and not a function of some other thing. It is Being and not a doing or activity. The Self is not determined by any conditions and is itself without any conditions whatsoever.

[Ramana]

In questioning why should the 3 States (Waking, Dream, Deep Dreamless Sleep) seem to come & go on the Real State or the screen of the Self, ask instead: "Who puts this question ?"

Does the Self say these States come & go ?  It is the Seer who says these come & go.  The Seer & the Seen together constitute the Mind (subject & object).  See if there is such a thing as the Mind. Then the Mind merges in the Self & there is neither the Seer nor the Seen. So the real answer to the question is: "The 3 States (Waking, Dream, Deep Dreamless Sleep) neither come nor go."

The Self alone remains as it ever is. The 3 States owe their existence to non-inquiry & Self-Inquiry puts

an end to them. However much one may explain, the fact will not become clear until one attains Self-Realization & wonders how one was blind to the self-evident & only Existence so long.

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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–pt46

[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.]

As regards the fear of Death, the very notion of going out of existence is absurd for you who are the Self's own Existence. This must be realized experientially, vividly, by a profound Self-Inquiry into your own True Nature to see what you actually are. What are you in your own Existence ?  The Self, your own Existence as it truly, naturally is, is what was proclaimed in ancient times, & now also, as the "Immortal".  Can the Immortal fear mortality ?  Can that which is Knowledge itself entertain Ignorance ?  Where will there be the space for Ignorance in Knowledge ?  Where will there be space for the thought of death in your Immortal Existence ?

The Self is changeless, continuous, permanent Pure Existence. The Senses are changeful, discontinuous, & impermanent. The Senses are lost, dulled, or altered in Death, old age, & illness. The Senses change during the lifetime, from infancy until the end of the Body. The Senses are changing all the time, alternately transforming into dull & acute states. ( subject as they are to the 3 guna-s  – the qualities of tamas, inertia; rajas, agitation; & sattva tending toward the light of Knowledge.

[Ramana]

There is no essential difference between Dream & the Waking State except that the Dream is short & the Waking long.  Both are the result of the Mind.  Because the Waking State is long, we imagine that it is our "real" state.  But our Real State is turiya or the 4^th  State which is always as it is & knows nothing of the 3 States of Waking, Dream, or Deep Dreamless Sleep. Because we name these 3 "states" we name the 4^th  State also turiya.  But is it not a state avastha, but simply the Real & Natural State of the Self.  When this is realized, we know it is not a turiya or 4^th  State, for a 4^th  State is only relative.  So at times the term used is turiyatita (beyond the 4^th ), the Transcendent State.

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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–pt45

Sri Ramana Maharshi

[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.]

After the dissolution of the Ego–"I"–notion, after the utter relinquishment of the assumption of existing as an individual entity, in them there is no space for the thought of death.  If one seems to be an Individual, there is plenty of room for fear, unhappiness, suffering, & "bondage".  With the demise, or utter dissolution, of the Individual, there is just this space-like, pure Consciousness. Consciousness is space-like in its formlessness, yet it is packed full with the perfection of its own Existence.  There is not a gap, not even a particle-sized space, for anything else to be.

Freedom from misidentification with the Senses is Knowledge. Knowledge is Liberation, & since one seeks to know Reality & not create it, for it always exists.  Therefore one should discern clearly the Self, its innate freedom from the Senses, & its freedom from all the limitations of the Senses. The Self is singular and indivisible Existence. The senses are multiple and divided. The senses themselves are objective, the known, just as the sense objects are. The Self is nonobjective, ever the knower, of the nature of Existence-Consciousness. So, how can the senses be considered to be the Self ?

[Ramana]

There is truly only 1 State, that of consciousness or Existence.  The 3 States of Waking, Dream, & Deep Dreamless Sleep be real. They simply come & go. The Real will always exist.  The "I" or Existence that alone persists in all the 3 States is Real. The other 3 States are not real & so it is not possible to say they have such & such a degree of reality.

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Existence or Consciousness is the only Reality. Consciousness plus waking, we call Waking. Consciousness plus sleep, we call Deep Dreamless Sleep.  Consciousness plus dream, we call Dream. Consciousness is the screen on which all the pictures come & go. The screen is real, the pictures are mere shadows on it.  Because by long habit we have been regarding these 3 States as real, we call the State of Pure Consciousness the 4^th (turiya). There is however not really a 4^th State, but only 1 State.

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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–pt44

[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.]

Pure Existence, which is the Self, cannot have the fear of going out of existence. The one who has or generates the fear of going out of existence is that very one who is seemingly a mortal Individual.  If he seeks his source & his "refuge" in the Immortal One, which is his real Existence, his Individuality vanishes, & so does the fear of Death, which is his fear of a loss of Existence or the fear of a loss of Happiness.

One's freedom from the Senses must be firm & natural for there to be Realization. This necessitates the Knowledge of the Self's transcendence of the Senses. The Self is Infinite Consciousness, unchanging Existence, perfectly full Bliss. Vast & Space-like, Form–less & un–conditioned, is the Self.  Of immense, silent Peace, ever-shining & motionless, is the Self.  Within the Self., seemingly but without actually occurring, there is imagined the realm of objective experience, manifesting as the World perceived by the 5 Senses. There appear to be 5 kinds of Senses with their corresponding kinds of Sense objects. Within the realms of the Senses, a great variety of sensations & an apparently uncountable number of Sense objects arise. These are the Sense experiences of living beings, which are differentiated from one another by means of Mis-identification with the Body. Like the surface ripples & foam on the waves in the ocean of Consciousness, like clouds in the sky of pure Existence, are the Senses. The Self is Existence-Consciousness. To confound the Self with any or all of the Senses, in any way, is Ignorance.

[Ramana]

A person can be in this World merely as a Witness.  An analogy is given about the Light that is kept

on the Stage of a Theatre.  When a drama is being played, the Light is there, which illuminates, without any distinction, all the actors, whether they be kings or servants or dancers, & also all the

audience. That light will be there before the drama begins, during the performance, & also after the performance is over. Similarly, the Light within, that is the Self, gives Light to the Ego, the

Intellect, Memory, & the Mind without itself being subject to processes of growth & decay. Although during Deep Dreamless Sleep & other States there is no feeling of the Ego that Self remains attributeless, & continues to shine of itself.

Actually, the idea of the Self being the Witness is only in the Mind.  Such is not the Absolute Truth of the Self.  Witnessing is relative to objects witnessed.  Both the Witness & his object are mental creations.

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–  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–pt43

Master Nome

[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.]

You also become deathless by losing that which is perishing. For one who adheres to the Absolute, what dies first, even before the Body dies is the Ego–"I"–thought, which is the Ego-notion.  To attain that perishing is a wonderful attainment.  It is not fearful, but it is the destruction of all fear. Ego-loss is always blissful. T here is no such thing as fearful Ego-loss. There is fearful Ego-clinging. Where there is Ego clinging, there is fear; where there is the Ego, there is Duality. The Upanishad scripture says, "Where there is a 2^nd, there is fear."  A "2^nd" refers to someone other than the Absolute.  A "2^nd" refers to the Zego, & a "2^nd" refers to Duality, which is dependent entirely on the Ego. If the Ego & Duality are present, there will be fear. If the Ego subsides, fearlessness is one's Natural State.

By such Self-Inquiry, the Knowledge that the Self is innately transcendent of the Senses & not bound by the Senses in any manner shines. Those who would know the Self by Knowledge cease to regard the Senses as the measure of Reality & of the Self. This non-sensory Knowledge reveals the Self's freedom from the Senses & sets one free of the limitations of the Senses. Those who know that there is neither permanence of the Senses nor Happiness via them.

[Ramana]

Apparent reality is like a Cinema.  The screen is always there but several types of pictures appear on the screen & then disappear.  Nothing "sticks" to the screen, it remains a screen.  Similarly, you remain your own Self in all the 3 States (Waking, Dream, Deep Dreamless Sleep).  If you know that, the 3 States will not trouble you, just as the pictures which appear on the screen do not "stick" to it.  On the screen, you sometimes see a huge "ocean" with endless waves. That disappears.

Another time, you see fire spreading all around.  That too disappears. The screen is there on both occasions.  The screen did not get wet with the "water" nor did it get burned by the "fire".  Nothing affected the screen.  In the same way, the things that happen during the Waking, Dream, & Deep Dreamless Sleep do not affect you at all.  You remain your own Self.  Although people have all 3 States (Waking, Dream, Deep Dreamless Sleep), these do not affect them.  All these states come & go. The Self is not bothered, it has only 1 State.

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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–pt42

[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.]

Supposed Self-Inquiry that is the looking for a "what" is spiritually useless. Actual Self-Inquiry is looking for "Who ?" is looking.  The first one leaves the Ego–"I" solidly intact. That is the Illusion, but it is being left solidly intact. In the other, the "I" must be the first to die. It is totally different. Instead of "accumulating" something, in terms of more objective knowledge, you are eliminating the very core of objective knowledge, of Illusion. There is dissolution of the very "knower" who would be involved in the accumulating.

Those who would know the Self by Knowledge cease to regard the Senses as the measure of Reality & of the Self. This non-sensory Knowledge reveals the Self's freedom from the Senses & sets one free of the limitations of the Senses. Those who know that there is neither permanence of the Senses nor Happiness via them, who do not equate pleasure with Happiness or pain with Sorrow, but recognize that Happiness & Sorrow are determined by Knowledge of the Self & Ignorance respectively. They desire to experience the spiritual Truth beyond the Senses, take recourse to Self-Inquiry to know the Self.  By such Self-Inquiry, the Knowledge that the Self is innately transcendent of the Senses & not bound by the Senses in any manner shines.

[Ramana]

Liberation is our very nature. We are That.  The very fact that we wish for Liberation shows that Freedom from all Bondage is our Real Nature.  Liberation is not to be freshly acquired.  All that is necessary is to get rid of the false notion that we are bound.  When we achieve that, there will be no desire or thought of any sort. 

In saying, "I had a Dream; I was in Deep Dreamless Sleep; I am awake," you

must admit that you were there in all those 3 States.  That makes

it clear that you were there all the time. If you remain as you are now, you are in the Wakeful State.  This State becomes hidden in the Dream State.  The Dream State disappears when you are in Deep Dreamless Sleep.  You were there then, you are there now, & you are there at all times. The 3 States come & go, but you are always 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–pt41

To make Self-Inquiry most effective, assume that I you not know an answer to: "Who am I ?" But you know that you exist; you cannot not know that.  Bur assume that you just really do not know the answer to: "Who am I ?" & really try to find out.  That way you then rely on experiential knowledge rather than an image or an idea. The idea of “existence” is far removed from actual Pure Existence. That it is so far removed, not even close, is generally true of everything of a spiritual nature. The idea of Bliss is not the experience of Bliss, & the experience of Bliss does not resemble any idea about Bliss. Likewise, the idea of Consciousness has nothing to do with Consciousness.

The Self ever is as it is, with no modifications. What the Self is, the Self is always. The Body, with its transience & changing nature, is not an attribute of the Self. The Self does not possess a Body. Otherwise, the Self would always have that body, which is not so. Possession of a body is not in the nature of the Self, & the Self, being Reality, never changes its True Nature. The Self does not have a Body, as possession implies division, or the Duality of the possessor & the possessed & posits their relationship. Pure Existence is Non-Dual & In–divisible. Pure Existence is Absolute & Infinite. Pure Existence is not in relation to anything. There is not anything to which Existence could have a relationship, as a finite object might.  The Self does not have a Body, as an attribute can only be for a "thing" & Pure Existence is not a thing.

[Ramana]

It is false to speak of Realization.  What is there to realize ?  The Real is as it is always.  We are not creating anything new or achieving something which we did not have before.

If we dig a well & create a huge pit, the Space in the pit or well has not been created by us.  We

have just removed the earth which was filling the Space there.  The Space was there then & is also there now.  Similarly we have simply to throw out all the age-long samskaras [innate tendencies] which are inside us.  When all of them have been given up, the Self will shine alone.

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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–pt40

[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.]

Make sure that all of your Self-Inquiry & that which is truly Knowledge, is purely experiential.  If in your Mind, you think, "I know this," & you are not immediately, then & there, having the experience of the perfect fullness of Truth, you do not really know.  It is just empty echoes in the Mind.  When you start with your Existence, as you described, you start with your experience, & when you question, "Who am I ?"  you pursue experiential real Knowledge. When you say to yourself, "I know that," but you do not really have a clear Knowledge of who knows that, further Self-Inquiry is worthwhile. The 2 approaches (Self-Inquiry & saying to yourself, "I know that") are not even related to each other.

In Delusion, one thinks that the Self, of the nature of Existence-Consciousness, perishes, rather than that the bodily definition, being with a beginning & false, cannot last. Existence-Consciousness is purely bodiless & has neither Life nor Death. In Knowledge, this is clearly evident. Thus, one who is absorbed in this Knowledge of the Self remains in imperturbable Bliss. The Self is not located in a Body. The Self is not in space. The Self is not located in relation to a Body. That is: the Self is not in or out of a Body. The Self is simply un–defined by the Body.

[Ramana]

If the idea "I am the Body" is accepted, the "selves" are multiple. The State in which this idea vanishes is the Self since in that State there are no other objects.  The Self is One only.

Since the Body itself does not exist in the Natural outlook of the Real Self, but only in the extroverted outlook of the Mind which is deluded by the power of Illusion, to call Self, the Space of Consciousness, the possessor of the Body is wrong.

The World does not exist without the Body, the Body never exists without the Mind, the Mind never exists without Consciousness & Consciousness never exists without Reality.  For the wise one who has known Self by diving within himself, there is nothing other than Self to be known.

Since the Ego which identifies the Form of a Body as "I" has perished, the wise one is the Formless Existence-Consciousness.

The jnani who has realized the Self knows he is the Self & that nothing, neither his Body nor anything else, exists except for the Self.  To such a one what difference could the presence or absence of a Body make ?

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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–pt39

[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 one who does not understand the Eternal seems to dwell in a Mind & in a Body. The Mind & in a Body do not conqueror of Death. The Body is born, & the Body dies. The Mind that is created is destroyed. Do not seek "refuge" there. Do not place your identity there. Do not place your hopes there. Do not place your hopes to find what is Real, to find your Happiness, & to find out who you are, seemingly in the Body & the Mind.  Seek "refuge" only in that which, being Innately Immortal, can conquer Death.  The same holds for conquering Time. If you are in the Mind, you are in Time. It becomes obvious, even painfully so, that if you are mis–identified with the Body, you are in Time.  But are we the Body or the Mind ?  Where do you really "dwell" ?

The Body is an Illusion in Time & Space. The Self is not in Time & Space.  How, therefore, can the Self be equated with the Body ?  The notions of an existent Body & any notion that the "I" is the Body are only delusion, utterly dependent upon the conceptions. The Self is self-existent & not a notion or a product of a concept. The Self is naturally without effort, thought, notion, or becoming anything other than what it is. The Self is the true "I". Therefore, the Self is not the Body. The Self is bodiless, un-changing, indivisible, unborn, undying, indestructible, ever-existent, continuous, formless, partless, beyond the elements or matter, & also non– dependent & self-existent forever. This is beyond all doubt. The Self is motionless & actionless. The Body moves & acts.

[Ramana]

To talk of knowing the Self, there must be 2 "selves", one a knowing "self", another the "self" which is known, & the "process" of knowing.  Self-Realization is simply being oneself, not knowing anything or becoming anything.  If one has Self-Realization then one is That which alone exists & which alone has always been.  One cannot describe that State. One can only be that. But to speak of Self-Realization raises the question: "How to real-ize or make Real that which alone is Real ?"

The State in which the thought "I" [the Ego] does not rise even in the least, alone is Self, is alone is God.  The Self alone is also the Individual, [the jiva].  Self alone is this Universe of billions of years.

All other knowledge is only trivial knowledge. Self-Knowledge alone is the Real & Perfect Knowledge.  Know that the many objective differences are not–real but are rather mere super–impositions on Self, which is the form of True Knowledge.

The above themes & 2500 pages more are freely available as perused or downloaded PDF’s, the sole
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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–pt38

Sri Ramana Maharshi

[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.]

Freedom from the fear of Death is Freedom from Name & Form, freedom from the Body & the Mind, freedom from the Individual, & freedom from everything that is changeful. So fear of Death becomes a motivating factor. If you fear Death or destruction of any kind, seek "refuge" in the Changeless One.  Seek refuge in that which has the power to transcend Death &, therefore, to conquer Death. That One is the innermost Consciousness, the immortal Existence within you. Seek Peace & Happiness in That  alone.  For those who have done so, the Ego–"I"–notion is the first to attain Death.

The Self is non–dependent Existence.  The Self exists regardless of the Senses & corresponding Thoughts. The Self is directly & immediately known. The Self is not known through something else. The Body is entirely dependent on Sense perception in order to appear. The Senses depend upon the Mind. There is no Body apart from Sense perception & the Mind. How, therefore, can the Self's Existence be equated with the Body ?

The Body has no sense of "I".  The True "I" belongs to Pure Existence. When the “I" sense is confounded with the Body, such is Delusion, & the Self is then assumed to be a bodily being or an embodied entity. There is no actual experience of being a Body. There are only Sense perceptions, which are misconstrued in Delusion. There is actual Existence, with its own unbroken continuity, the invariable, constant knowledge that you exist. There is no memory of being a Body. There is the timeless knowledge of Existence. Memory is always only of something objective, yet the object (Body, etc.) itself does not exist. So the memory of it is also unreal & cannot actually exist.

[Ramana]

The Self is ever-present. What kind of help does one require to know oneself ? The Self is not something new.  The Self is Eternal & remains the same all along.  The Self  is not light, not darkness. The Self is only as it is. The Self cannot be defined.  The best definition for the Self is: "I am that I exist."

The Self is only Pure Existence. The State of Self-Realization is not attaining something new or

reaching some goal which is far away, but simply being that which you always are & which you always have been. All that is needed is that you give up your "realization" of the "not-true as true."

Many regard as Real that which is not–real.  We have only to give up this practice on our part. Then we shall realize the Self as the Self.  The Self is self–evident & transcends the Seer & the Seen. There is no Seer there to see anything. The Seer who is seeing all this now ceases to exist & the Self alone remains.

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–  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 - SELF-INQUIRY–pt23a

Sri Ramana Maharshi

[The Teaching  of Non-Duality has been adapted from Master Nome, disciple of Sri Ramana Maharshi]

Sri Ramana Maharshi taught that we should "remember" our One Existence. Instructed to remember our own True Nature, how are you going to do that ?   Being "immeasurable", how do we determine it ?  The Self is inconceivable, so how are we going to think of it ?   It is far too Formless & Limitless to be retained in memory. Since It is Infinite, we cannot stand outside It or apart from It to think of It. All wise Sages give the instruction to meditate on the Self, contemplate the Self, think of the Self, & remember the Self.

The Self is the source of Happiness. Nothing else is the Source. The Self is Bliss. The experience of the Self is determined by Knowledge. No other factors are involved. Seeing this is the dawn of Knowledge. To conceive otherwise is Delusion.  Objects, circumstances & events, sensations, & Time are not factors determining the Desire, the Source, & the Experience of Happiness. The Self, which is alone the Source, is always present. Self-Knowledge is the sole factor determining Bliss. Therefore, the search for Happiness is actually a search for the Self. The Self is the Source of Happiness, the “place" in which Happiness occurs, & the nature of the experience of Happiness. The Self is always present. Self-Knowledge is its revelation & not its creation. The Knowledge of the Self is the blissful Knowledge of Reality. Bliss is Existence, which is ever-existent, since Existence itself can never cease to exist. Bliss is, therefore, always present, & all that is required is to know its existence within oneself. All that is required for permanent, profound Happiness is to know the nature of that Existence.

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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 - SELF-INQUIRY–pt23b

[The Teaching  of Non-Duality has been adapted from Master Nome, disciple of Sri Ramana Maharshi]

Sri Ramana Maharshi taught that we should "remember" our One Existence. Instructed to remember our own True Nature, how are you going to do that ?  Being "immeasurable", how are we going to determine it ?  The Self is inconceivable, so how are we going to think of it ?  It is far too Formless & Limitless to be retained in memory. Since It is Infinite, we cannot stand outside It or apart from It to think of It. All wise Sages give the instruction to meditate on the Self, contemplate the Self, think of the Self, & remember the Self.

The Self is the source of Happiness. Nothing else is the Source. The Self is Bliss. The experience of the Self is determined by Knowledge. No other factors are involved. Seeing this is the dawn of Knowledge. To conceive otherwise is delusion. Objects, circumstances & events, sensations, & Time are not factors determining the Desire, the Source, & the Experience of Happiness. The Self, which is alone the Source, is always present. Self-Knowledge is the sole factor determining Bliss. Therefore, the search for Happiness is actually a search for the Self. The Self is the Source of Happiness, the “place" in which Happiness occurs, & the nature of the experience of Happiness. The Self is always present. Self-Knowledge is its revelation & not its creation. The Knowledge of the Self is the blissful Knowledge of Reality. Bliss is Existence, which is ever-existent, since Existence itself can never cease to exist. Bliss is, therefore, always present, & all that is required is to know its existence within oneself. All that is required for permanent, profound Happiness is to know the nature of that Existence.

The above themes & 2500 pages more are freely available as perused or downloaded PDF’s, the sole
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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–pt37

[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.]

In Delusion, Pure Existence is mis–identified with "something" that perishes. As soon as there is mis–identification with any Form, there is correspondingly a fear of Death, a fear of going out of existence, for every Form has a creation & a destruction.  If the mis–identification is with the Body, there is the commonly known fear of death of the body. If the mis–identification is with something subtle ("astral", "prana", "life–energy") or mental (a thought form), there is the fear of that thought form being destroyed. Thus, there is fear of destruction, which is the fear of Death. One who has fear of Death can find that which is a "refuge" from Death only in that which is unchanging by its nature, That which has neither Birth nor Death. Those who have a fear of Death should seek a Peace that will not be destroyed & so seek Freedom from the perishing.

The Self is attributeless Existence. The Body is known by its perceived attributes, apart from which there is no Body. How therefore, can the Self's Existence be equated with the Body ? The Self is continuous. It does not commence at Birth & it does not cease at Death. Existence does not have the attribute of “living" or “dead." Existence & the Knowledge of Existence are full & not partial.  Knowledge of Existence is not sporadic & does not move about to different parts. The Existence of the Self is the constant background of the Body's appearance & disappearance. Likewise, the Self is the constant background of the Waking & other states of Mind (Dream & Deep Dreamless Sleep). The Body is discontinuous in several ways. For the Body, there is Life & Death. The experience of the Body is sporadic in perception, with only one or a few parts, limbs, or senses experienced at any one time. Never is one aware of all of it at once. The Body appears only in the Waking State of Mind. How can the Self's Existence be equated with the Body ?

[Ramana]

Jnana, the final & unobstructable state of True Knowledge, alone is Non-Attachment. Jnana alone is

Purity, the attainment of God, is devoid of forgetfulness of Self & alone is Immortality.  Jnana alone is

everything.

You are Consciousness.  Consciousness is another name for you.  Since you are Consciousness there is no need to attain or cultivate it. All that you have to do is to give up being conscious of other things, that is of the not-Self.  If one gives up being conscious of them then pure Consciousness alone remains, & that is the Self.

There is no Duality. Your present knowledge is due to the Ego & is only relative.  Relative knowledge requires a Subject & an Object, whereas the Consciousness of the Self is Absolute & requires no Object.

Memory also is relative, requiring an Object to be remembered & a Subject to remember.  When there is no

Duality, who is to remember whom ?

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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–pt36

Nome & Ramana

[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.]

With Self-Inquiry to know our own true Existence, we will find that there is no room for an Ego–"I", let alone room for the fear of Death. What is it that can conquer Death ?  Only That which is deathless can conqueror the fear of Death. Thus is how the conquering of Death first can come about: no one wishes to cease to exist. This is because there is the intuition that Happiness is identical with Existence. If un–happiness were identical with Existence, everyone would want to go out of existence, but everyone wishes to remain without ceasing.  This is because there is this intuition that Existence is indeed Happiness.

The Body is composed of matter, the very same that is contained in the food it consumes. Why should one regard that as oneself ?  Before eating it, it is not regarded as oneself. After eating, food & the Body it builds are by Delusion, regarded as oneself provided one does not regurgitate it. After it passes along the system of digestion, it is certainly not regarded as oneself. Similar is it with the parts of the Body. They are regarded as oneself only so long as they are connected with the rest of the Body. The Mis-identification is thus arbitrary & delusively associated with proximity to the rest of the form of the Body. How therefore can Existence be equated with the Body ?  The Self is not momentary but is permanent without a moment's interruption. Its Existence does not cease even in the absence of perception. The Body is momentary. It endures but for one lifetime. It appears only in the moments of perception.  How therefore can Existence be equated with the body ?  The Self is non–objective & ever the Knower. The body is objective & always only the Known.  How therefore can the Self's Existence be equated with the Body ?

[Ramana]

Reality must be always Real.  Reality is without Names & Forms. What underlies apparent Names & Forms is this Reality. Reality similarly underlies limitations, being itself Limit–less.  Reality is not bound.  Reality un–realities, itself being Real.  Reality is that which exists.  Reality is as It is.  Reality is inexplicable & transcends speech.  

Reality is Pure Consciousness & remains when Ignorance is destroyed along with knowledge of objects.

The Self alone exists. In that real form of Brahman, which is abundant Self-awareness, there is not the least Ignorance.

Reality shines fully, without sorrow & without a Body, not only when the World is known but also when the World is not known.  This is your real Form, the radiance of Existence-Bliss, in the form of one Consciousness shining equally with–in & with–out, the Supreme & blissful Primal Reality.

The above themes & 2500 pages more are freely available as perused or downloaded PDF’s, the sole
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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–pt35

[The Teaching  of Non-Duality has been adapted from Master Nome, disciple of Sri Ramana Maharshi]

Let the notion of Individuality (Ego–"I"–notion) be the first to die in us. Seek our sanctuary, our refuge, that is our Peace & Freedom, in that which is alone capable of conquering death.  If we place your faith in something that will perish, no good can come of it.  If we put our faith & our conviction in that which is inherently Immortal, the Eternal Self, we find "refuge" there.  We do not depend on anything else or regard anything else as being truly important. We do not count on anything else for our Happiness or for our peace. Indeed, we do not attempt to hold up anything else as our identity, but take refuge in the Absolute.

The Self is changeless Existence. The Body changes continuously, even if this change is noticed only after some time. How therefore can Existence be equated with the Body ? The Self is birth–less. There is no time when the Self is not. There is no experience, no knowledge, & no memory of non–existence or of the commencement of existence. The Body has a birth. How therefore can Existence be equated with the Body ?  The Self is un-changing. There is no increase or decrease in Existence. The Body has growth & decay. How therefore can Existence be equated with the Body ? The Self is deathless. There is no time when Existence is not, & non–existence cannot even be imagined without oneself "existing" to imagine so. The Body is transient & is subject to Death. How, therefore can Existence be equated with the Body ?  The Self is partless, indivisible, homogeneous, pure Existence. This Existence is beyond its name. The Body is a multiplicity of elements & organs, a conglomerate of cells, apart from which there is no entity that can be referred to as a “Body."  The Body is matter. The Self is immaterial. How therefore can Existence be equated with the Body ?

The above themes & 2500 pages more are freely available as perused or downloaded PDF’s, the sole
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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–pt34

Sri Ramana Maharshi

[The Teaching  of Non-Duality has been adapted from Master Nome, disciple of Sri Ramana Maharshi]

When we have abandoned the false identity with the notion Ego–"I", all that remains is Absolute Existence, & that is Innately Immortal. There is not even any room for the fear of Death in the Absolute, Undivided Existence. No one wishes to go out of existence.  Intuitively, everyone knows that Happiness is connected with existence.  We do not wish to go out of existence because we do not wish to lose our Happiness. This desire to remain happy & to exist lies at the very root of the fear of Death, which occurs when we mix up the Self with what is not the Self.  If there is an Ego–"I", there is that which is mortal (the Body, etc.). If we are without the Ego–"I"–notion, there is no Death, no fear of going out of Existence, & no fear of losing our Happiness.

Knowledge is Realization.  Knowledge neither something "done" nor is it any bodily transformation, but it is the comprehension of what is true. The Self is formless, birthless, deathless, & unchanging. It is eternal & infinite Existence-Consciousness-Bliss. Realization of this Existence-Consciousness-Bliss results from liberating the Self, by the essential Discrimination inherent in Self-Inquiry, from the illusory Bondage of Ignorance, which is composed of the delusive assumption that the Self is something other than the true Existence that it is. It is possible to realize this true Existence only if one is thoroughly free of the Ignorance that consists of Mis-identification with the Body, for a Body has form, birth, death, change, does not last forever & is not Infinite. As long as there is any Mis-identification with the Body, the Real Nature of the Self will not be known.  Or else the Self will be misconceived in terms of the limitations of the Body. When such misconception is relinquished by a deep Self-Inquiry into one's actual Existence, the nature of the Self is self-evident.

The above themes & 2500 pages more are freely available as perused or downloaded PDF’s, the sole
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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–pt33

Master Nome before a photo of Sri Ramana

[The Teaching  of Non-Duality has been adapted from Master Nome, disciple of Sri Ramana Maharshi]

Once we note that we seem to be in the "sphere" of Illusion, we naturally want to be out of it.  Our True Nature is Immortal, but having been confused with what is mortal (the Body, etc.), we fear the end of that "mortal existence" & seem subject to mortality.  If our Pure Existence can be distinguished from that which is mortal part (the Body, etc,), the fear of Death will disappear entirely, once & forever. We will have abandoned the false identity with the notion Ego–"I".

Remain detached from the Body, its attributes, & its activities. Utilize the bodily form, while it is alive, as an instrument for selfless activity inspired by Wisdom, by the desire for Liberation, & by the immensity of Grace, acting with corresponding equanimity, purpose, & devotion. The bodily activities are used as an instrument that expresses the Divine. By contemplation on its wondrous workings, the Body may be viewed as a reminder of the supreme Consciousness by which it appears, as does appear the entire Universe. The emphasis is placed, not on the "reminder", but on that of which one is reminded.  Remain unmoved by pleasure & pain, motion & inactivity, birth & death. For invariable Bliss, one must know one's freedom from the Body & all bodily attributes.

The above themes & 2500 pages more are freely available as perused or downloaded PDF’s, the sole
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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/