無，道

有，名

Even if we do not see the Self, the Self is always here

देवी दुर्गा Goddess Durga, अभिषेक सिंह Abhishek Singh

भगवान Bhagavan sometimes remarked humorously: "People open newspapers and glance through them. Then they say, "I have seen the paper". But really they have not seen the paper, they have only seen the letters and pictures that are on it. There can be no words or pictures without the paper, but people always forget the paper while they are reading the words."

भगवान Bhagavan would then use this analogy to show that while people see the names and forms that appear on the Screen of Consciousness, they ignore the Screen itself. With this kind of partial vision, it is easy to come to the conclusion that all forms are unconnected with each other and separate from the person who sees them. If people were to be aware of Consciousness instead of the forms that appear in it, they would realise that all forms are just appearances that manifest within the one indivisible Consciousness.

That Consciousness is the Self that we are looking for. We can be that Consciousness but we can never see it because it is not something that is separate from us.