NO "KNOWLEDGE" OR "IGNORANCE" IN THE FINAL REALITY
"The process of creation sustenance, and destruction has been expounded. But the Supreme Self (ParamAtman) is as it is, without quality, without
shape."
In the Sanskrit language, "Aumkar" (Omkar) means "I Am". The whole world is created out of this AUM or "I Amness." The origin of words, or sound, is called "AUM." Brahman is the one from whom the "I Amness" has emerged. "Aumkar" is of the nature of "Knowledge" (Awareness) and "Ahamkar" (ego) or "I am the body" is "Ignorance."
"Final Reality" is where "Knowledge" and it's opposite "Ignorance" are both absent. Where both Knowledge and Ignorance are absent, that is my own Self.
Knowledge and Ignorance can never be part of that "Final Reality." Do we need a lamp in order to see ourselves? Only when we have to talk to others, do we have to say "I Am." We do not ever need to tell ourselves "I Am." When one wakes up from sleep, the "I Amness" gets fully exposed. When even this "I Am" is given up, the result is "Final Reality."
The fourth state (fourth body), or "Turya" is the state in which one says "I Am Knowledge." The word Turya is the two words Tu which means "you" and Rahya which means "to remain". So the Turya state is when "you remain" (in the form of "I Am"). In deep sleep, one is not conscious of anything including the moment when sleep overtakes you. "Final Reality" is beyond even the state of deep sleep.
In our natural existence, there is neither "Awareness" nor "Ignorance." There is neither space, nor any other concept in our natural state. The 'Pure Awareness," the Knowledge "I Am" occurs, and this is what is called "God." To "Know" is to become God. When that "Awareness" conceptualizes, then all manifestation becomes perceivable, and when all concepts are given up, all manifestation perishes.
As long as you hold on to the manifestation, it exists. Once you leave it, it simply vanishes. During deep sleep, you let go of the senses, objects, mind, intellect, etc., an upon waking up you seize them once again. The body may be considered as an incarnation of God, and it is in this way that Creation, Sustenance, and Destruction (Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva) come upon you (the Self). But really, nothing has happened to you. By eating tamarind, did you turn sour, or by eating sugar did you turn sweet? The sugar has tasted sweet and has disappeared. You remain as you always are.
All bodies come upon the Pure Knowledge "I Am" like scenes on a screen and then eventually vanish. What can they do to you? Even though digested food in the form of feces is inside the body, has it ever affected you (the Self)? The attributes, or "Gunas" mean "that which is not." If the feces does not affect you, what can the attributes of the body do to you? Since the mind, intellect, etc., which are ever present in the body cannot affect you, there is no question of qualities such as sin and merit ever affecting you.
In the Sanskrit language, "Aumkar" (Omkar) means "I Am". The whole world is created out of this AUM or "I Amness." The origin of words, or sound, is called "AUM." Brahman is the one from whom the "I Amness" has emerged. "Aumkar" is of the nature of "Knowledge" (Awareness) and "Ahamkar" (ego) or "I am the body" is "Ignorance."
"Final Reality" is where "Knowledge" and it's opposite "Ignorance" are both absent. Where both Knowledge and Ignorance are absent, that is my own Self.
Knowledge and Ignorance can never be part of that "Final Reality." Do we need a lamp in order to see ourselves? Only when we have to talk to others, do we have to say "I Am." We do not ever need to tell ourselves "I Am." When one wakes up from sleep, the "I Amness" gets fully exposed. When even this "I Am" is given up, the result is "Final Reality."
The fourth state (fourth body), or "Turya" is the state in which one says "I Am Knowledge." The word Turya is the two words Tu which means "you" and Rahya which means "to remain". So the Turya state is when "you remain" (in the form of "I Am"). In deep sleep, one is not conscious of anything including the moment when sleep overtakes you. "Final Reality" is beyond even the state of deep sleep.
In our natural existence, there is neither "Awareness" nor "Ignorance." There is neither space, nor any other concept in our natural state. The 'Pure Awareness," the Knowledge "I Am" occurs, and this is what is called "God." To "Know" is to become God. When that "Awareness" conceptualizes, then all manifestation becomes perceivable, and when all concepts are given up, all manifestation perishes.
As long as you hold on to the manifestation, it exists. Once you leave it, it simply vanishes. During deep sleep, you let go of the senses, objects, mind, intellect, etc., an upon waking up you seize them once again. The body may be considered as an incarnation of God, and it is in this way that Creation, Sustenance, and Destruction (Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva) come upon you (the Self). But really, nothing has happened to you. By eating tamarind, did you turn sour, or by eating sugar did you turn sweet? The sugar has tasted sweet and has disappeared. You remain as you always are.
All bodies come upon the Pure Knowledge "I Am" like scenes on a screen and then eventually vanish. What can they do to you? Even though digested food in the form of feces is inside the body, has it ever affected you (the Self)? The attributes, or "Gunas" mean "that which is not." If the feces does not affect you, what can the attributes of the body do to you? Since the mind, intellect, etc., which are ever present in the body cannot affect you, there is no question of qualities such as sin and merit ever affecting you.
- Shri Siddharameshwar Maharaj
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