Thoughts will not cease until one understands ‘what is this ‘I. The seeker has to realize the fact that the thought will not rise without the waking or the dream state; therefore, the waking or the dream state has to be there, prior to the thought process.
Thoughts are concerned with an individual, not the invisible Soul. The invisible Soul, the Self, is not an individual because it is an ever-formless, timeless, and spaceless existence. Whatever belongs to an individual is bound to be an illusion.
The thoughts arise to you. You are the false self within the universe, which is a dualistic illusion or Maya. Thus, you and your thoughts and the world in which you exist are nothing but an illusion.
It is erroneous to trace the source of the thought; instead, one has to first realize that the Self is not the ‘I’. And ‘I’ is not limited to the physical entity, but ‘I’ is the whole universe, which appears as waking or dream (duality) and disappears as deep sleep(non-duality).
If the ‘I’ is there, then the mind is there. If the mind is there, then the universe is there. And the universe is present only when waking or a dream is present.
One sees differences between things because of ignorance; all these differences would vanish when one gets wisdom, and the various thoughts arise because one considers the Self as 'I', whereas the ‘I’ itself is an illusion. :
Remember:~
The ‘I’ disappears as the invisible Soul in deep sleep, so what is the use of being attached to it? It is impermanent and illusory.
There is really no ‘I’. The ‘I’ is present in the form of the mind. And the mind is in the form of the universe.
The universe appears as the waking or the dream. The ‘I’ or mind or universe or waking or dream disappears as deep sleep.
One that appears as ‘I’ or the mind or universe or waking or dream is nothing but consciousness, and it disappears as deep sleep is also consciousness.
In deep sleep, it is in its formless, nondual true nature. The one, which witnesses the coming and going of the three states, is also the consciousness. Thus, the witness and the witnessed are one, in essence.
Thus, the universe is a reality on the base of the ego. You are the ego. Ego is the false self within the false experience (waking).
The universe is unreal on the base of the invisible Soul, the Self. The invisible Soul is present in the form of consciousness. The seeker will gradually grasp and realize the unreal nature of the universe.
Individuality is illusory because the Self is not an individual. After all, the Self is the invisible Soul that pervades everything and everywhere in all three states.
Dualist sages have written big volumes about the soul. Yet they are quite ignorant of the fact that the ‘I’ about which they write itself comes and goes and has no permanent existence, is only an idea after all.
What is it that appears as the ‘I’ and disappears as the ‘I-less? It is the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.
Do not make the mistake of holding the ‘I’ as the Self because it is not permanent. ‘I’ disappears and becomes the invisible Soul.
‘I’ is an illusion, and the invisible Soul is real and eternal. The invisible Soul appears as ‘I’ and ‘I ’‘disappears as invisible Soul.
Bhagavad Gita: ~ The permanent is always there, only the transient ‘I’ comes and goes. (2.18)
The ‘I’ hides the invisible Soul, the Self, which is the cause of the 'I'.
The seeker has to realize that ‘I’ is not the Self, but the Self is the invisible Soul, which is the cause of the 'I'.
That is why Ashtavakra Gita 16:10:~ If you desire liberation, but you still say 'I', if you feel the Self is the ‘I’, you are not a wise man or a seeker. You are simply a man who suffers. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar
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