Brahman, Purusha, citta, prakrti, no-self, heuristics
let me explain… what we call a person is a collection of cells, nothing more; the mind, perceptions intellect and mental functions are the activities of the billions of neurons controlling brain activities. The self is an illusion generated by the brain. There is no single self that can do practices nor one that can be liberated. How do you liberate an illusion that neurons generate?
In Advaita there are no individual autonomous self agents. Brahman is all inclusive of everything including cells, neurons and atoms. Mind, intellect, personal self, mental processes, thinking, remembering and all actions including matter, energy and space are all “prakriti”. You can’t rearrange prakriti to become Citta, Cit or the Awareness of Purusha. Nothing affects Purusha and no other self exists that can morph into Purusha. Purusha IS Brahman always. You can’t sneak up on jñana or gnosis by trying to transform prakriti into its most sattvic form via study or practice. Sattvic prakriti is still never Purusha. Only viveka is needed, but not needed by anyone, because there is no self to be rescued. Only Brahman is Real. (JP)