ENLIGHTENMENT BY SELF-INQUIRY–pt177

[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.]

Self-Realization has to do with one's very Existence, one's Consciousness.  Self-Realization is deeply knowing one's Existence–Consciousness in the most profound way, in the much the same way all know that "they exist."  How is Self-Realization attained ?  Such is not just due to the experiences of one's Sense experiences or one's passing thoughts.  How does one know all this & what is one's Existence ?  The Real State of the Self is innate.  Self-Realization is not something to be externally attained or acquired.   

[Sri Ramana]

Did you not exist in Deep Sleep ?  Did you know then that you were asleep or unaware of the World ?  It is only in the Waking State that you describe the experience of Deep Sleep as being unawareness.  Therefore Consciousness when asleep is the same as that when awake.  If you know what this Waking Consciousness is, you will know the consciousness which Witnesses all the 3 States (Waking, Dream, & Deep Dreamless Sleep). Such Consciousness could be found by seeking Consciousness as it was in Deep Sleep.

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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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