Consciousness of the Self and the inertness of the intellect, due to their mutual proximity, get mutually superimposed, just as iron pieces glow in the fire. The product is the intelligent ego, a product of illusion.
When, through the grace of the guru, and also by deep contemplation upon the suggested implications of the great Vedic statements, the direct experience of Brahman is gained, the individual comes to “see,” in his own heart, the pure Self, which is devoid of all conditionings. Therefore, let him give up the entire inert world perceived through the sense organs.
प्रकाशरूपोऽहमजोऽहमद्वयो- ऽसकृद्विभातोऽहमतीव निर्मलः । विशुद्धविज्ञानघनो निरामयः सम्पूर्ण आनन्दमयोऽहमक्रियः ॥ ४३॥
I am self-effulgent. I am unborn. I am the One without a second. I am the ever-resplendent light of Consciousness. I am extremely pure, the uncontaminated mass of pure Consciousness. I am holy, infinite, blissful, and actionless.
I am ever liberated. I am the power behind the universe which no intellect can comprehend. I am that pure Knowledge which is beyond all sense organs. I am immutable, endless, and shoreless. The erudite scholars of the scriptures meditate upon Me, day and night, in their hearts.
If we continuously expose the mind to the thought “I am Brahman,” the special knowledge that arises removes, in a sudden flash, all spiritual ignorance and its consequences, that is, the perception of plurality – just as medicine taken regularly removes the disease and itself gets eliminated, all by itself.