Attributes are merely an illusion.+

Attributes are merely an illusion.

All attributes-based knowledge is dualistic knowledge. All the attributes are present only when the ‘I’ is present. 

Without realizing what this ‘I’ is supposed to be in actuality the truth, which is hidden by the dualistic illusion will not be revealed.

All attributes-based knowledge, which is inferior, has to be bifurcated and excluded to know the ultimate truth.  

The seeker of truth has to drop all the inferior knowledge based on the attributes and go beyond the Vedas to understand assimilate and realize the ultimate truth or Brahman. 

The reason is the common ground for the whole of humanity in the modern age, whereas the appeal to scriptural relations reaches only the sects.  

Those who argue that truth is only in their religion are vain logicians, depending on mere ideas, speculations, and imaginations.

The truth is a bitter pill. It becomes very difficult for the seeker to accept it at first; because of his inherited conditioning. Gradually he will be able to grasp it as he moves on.

One has to go beyond Vedas means thinking beyond religion. Going beyond religion means, thinking beyond Gods based on blind belief.   

Thinking beyond the Vedas, religion and the belief in a religious God is thinking beyond form, time, and space.   That is the end of dualistic knowledge. The end of the dualistic knowledge is the end of the ‘I'.

That is why Bhagavad Gita: ~ “You must first see the ‘I’ as illusory before you see others as illusory. ~ CH.2 v.16

The seeker must do his homework, and verify the validity of all the claims, rather than blindly believe, what others expound as knowledge, till, the un-contradicted truth is obtained.   

The Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness, is without attributes. All the attributes are merely an illusion created out of the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.

Reality and unreality are created out of single stuff because the unreality (the world in which we exist) is experienced as a reality we are unaware of the reality hidden by the unreality.  

There is no second thing that exists other than the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. The dualistic illusion, which is present in the form of the ‘I’, hides the truth.

When the matter is an illusion created out of the Spirit then the Spirit alone is real.

When the object is created out of the Subject then the Subject alone is real.

When the attributes are created out of the Soul then the Soul alone is real.

When the world in which you exist is created out of the consciousness then the consciousness alone is real.

The knowledge of both matter and spirit is True knowledge. The true knowledge is Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

Krishna tells Arjuna:~  that knowledge of both the matter and the Spirit is the True knowledge. (Gita, Chap.XII)

In Advaita: - Brahman is without attributes and strictly impersonal. It can be best described as infinite Being, infinite Consciousness, and infinite Bliss. It is pure knowledge itself, similar to a source of infinite radiance. Since the Advaitins regard Brahman to be the Ultimate Truth, so in comparison to Brahman, every other thing, including the material world, its distinctness, the individuality of the living creatures, and even Ishvara (the Supreme Lord) itself are all untrue. Brahman is the effulgent cause of everything that exists and can possibly exist. Since it is beyond human comprehension, it is without any attributes, for assigning attributes to it would be distorting the true nature of Brahman. 

Advaitins believe in the existence of both Saguna Brahman and Nirguna Brahman; however, they consider Nirguna Brahman to be the absolute supreme truth. 

All the attributes belong to the domain of form, time, and space. From the standpoint of the Soul, the  Self’ the form, time, and space are merely an illusion. 

You and the world, in which you exist,   are within the mind.  From the standpoint of the Soul, the ‘Self, the mind is the dualistic illusion.   

The Soul is present in the form of consciousness.  Consciousness is the nondual substance and witness of the ‘I’, which comes and goes.  The ‘I’ is the dualistic illusion.

The truth is hidden within the dualistic illusion (‘I’) and it is without the dualistic illusion (‘I’).

Bhagavad Gita: ~ “The permanent is always there, only the transient ‘I’ comes and goes.” (2.18)

The Soul is not ‘I’. ‘‘Self’ is not the ‘I’.  The Soul is the  ‘Self’. The Soul, the ‘Self’’ is the witness of the ‘I’ which appears and disappears.

 You are seeking to realize the truth of your true existence.  To discover the truth there is a need to understand the nature of the ‘I’.   

Without knowing what this ‘I’ is supposed to be in actuality you will never be able to realize the truth, which is beyond the form, time, and space.  

    

Until you hold the ‘‘Self’ ‘as the ‘I’ you will never be able to get ‘Self’-realization.  ‘I’ hides the Soul, which is the innermost ‘Self’.

Know what this ‘I’ is supposed to be first.  Without realizing what this ‘I’ is supposed to be it is impossible for the Soul to free itself from the dualistic illusion.

The ‘I’ hides the Soul, the Self, which is the cause of the 'I'. 

'I’ is ignorance.

‘I’ is the duality.

‘I’ is the form, time, and space.

‘I’ is the universe.

‘I’ is the waking.

‘I’ is the dream.

‘I’ is the illusion.

‘I’ is the experience of birth, life, death, and the world.

Remember:~

Without the ‘I’ there is no ignorance.

Without the ‘I’ there is no duality.

Without the ‘I’ there is no form, time, and space.

Without the ‘I’ there is no universe.

Without the ‘I’ there is no waking.

Without the ‘I’ there is no dream.

Without the ‘I’ there is no illusion.

Without the ‘I’ there is no experience of birth, life, death, and the world.

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.

It is no use going roundabout way; trace the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. Consciousness is the cause of the world in which you exist and it, itself is uncaused.  

The Soul is the source of the dualistic illusion (I)  from where it rises and subsides.  By tracing the source of the dualistic illusion (universe) one will be able to realize the ultimate truth or Brahman or God in truth. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar