Indeed, what follows is only an introduction to the topic of Self-Enquiry, and the reader is of course encouraged to investigate the works cited for a more in-depth study. The essay uses key examples of an opposing traditional philosophy in the “ Yoga Aphorisms of Patanjali's” to further illustrate this essential non-dual point, and other examples from various disciplines to introduce the reader to the mystical universality of this profound method of realization. To venture into “multiplicity” and “ unity” would be to enter the unlimited field of conceptualization that leads away from, rather in to, awareness of the original, primal state of things as they really are. Even the idea of “ unity” is thrown out as an inappropriate metaphor, implying that there is “multiplicity” that needs to be gathered together into “one,” when in reality this is the condition that arises naturally and unbidden as it already is.
This method of Self-discovery is uncompromising in its simplicity: there is ultimately no room for symbolism or poetry here, the aim is to unmask Reality at its core, revealing raw awareness as the changeless refuge and abode of Wisdom. The following essay uses many terms and definitions culled from ancient traditional Hindu sources in order to point the reader to a direct understanding or apprehension of non-duality as espoused by the contemporary master Ramana Maharshi.
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