The seeker of truth need not renounce worldly life and become a sanyasi. By becoming a sanyasi the ignorance will not vanish.*****

The seeker of truth need not renounce worldly life and become a sanyasi.  By becoming a sanyasi the ignorance will not vanish.

Sanyasa or monkhood is not a qualification to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

Sage Sri, Sankara: ~ "Though I wear these robes of a Sanyasin, it is only for the sake of bread." (Select Works of Sage Sri, Sankara" also his commentary on Brihad)

Thus, the above passage proves that all those who were the sanyasin robes are wearing it for the sake of bread belongs to the religion; they are nothing to do with the Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana. There is no need to criticize and condemn the gurus, yogis, and swamis because they are needed for the welfare of ignorant mass in the dualistic world.

The seeker must be in the world as a householder and indulge in work or business or attend to service to the humankind; but constantly think of the Soul, the real God, which hidden by the ‘I’ the dualistic illusion.

The seeker should live a normal life in this world same time, not of this world.  Leading a normal worldly and attend duties, responsibilities.

 The following religion and its worship of religious Gods are unsafe rafts for getting rid of the ignorance. Doomed to shipwreck are those who try to cross The ocean of ignorance on these poor rafts.

 Ignorant of their own ignorance, yet wise in their own esteem, these deluded orthodox people proud of their vain learning go round and round like the blind led by the blind.

That is why Mundaka Upanishad: ~ “The rituals and the sacrifices described in the Vedas deal with lower knowledge. The sages ignored these rituals and went in search of higher knowledge. ... Such rituals are unsafe rafts for crossing The sea of samsara, of birth and death. Doomed to shipwreck are those who try to cross The sea of samsara on these poor rafts.

That is why The Brihadaranyaka Upanishad declares: "He who worships the deities as entities entirely separate from him does not know the truth. For the Gods, he is like a pasu (beast)". (1. 4. 10)

That is why Sage Sri, Sankara VC~.61. For one who has been bitten by the serpent of Ignorance, the only remedy is the knowledge of Brahman. Of what avail are the Vedas and (other) Scriptures, Mantras (sacred formulae) and medicines to such a one?

VC-  v6~ Let erudite scholars quote all the scripture, let Gods be invoked through sacrifices, let elaborate rituals be performed, let personal Gods be propitiated---yet, without the realization of one‘s identity With the Self, there shall be no liberation for the individual, not  even in the lifetimes of a hundred Brahmas put together.

Sage Sri, Sankara goes on to say: ~A sickness of not cured by saying the word “medicine.” You must take the medicine. Liberation does not come by merely saying the word “Brahman (God).” Brahman must be realized. Until you allow this apparent universe to dissolve from your consciousness until you have realized Brahman, how can you find liberation just by saying the word Brahman? The result is merely a noise. Until a man has destroyed his enemies and taken possession of the splendor and wealth of the kingdom, he cannot become a king by simply saying “I am a king.”

A buried treasure is not uncovered by merely uttering the words: “Come forth.” You must follow the right directions, dig, remove the stones and earth from above it, and then make it your own. In the same way, the pure truth of the Atman, which is buried under Maya and the effects of Maya, can be reached by meditation, contemplation, and other spiritual disciplines but never by subtle arguments.

Yoga Vasistha says: ~ Self-knowledge or knowledge of truth is not had by resorting to a Guru (preceptor) nor by the study of scripture, nor by good works: it is attained only by means of inquiry inspired by the company of wise (Gnani). One’s inner light alone is the means, naught else. When this inner light is kept alive, it is not affected by the darkness of inertia. 

Only an intense urge and sharpness to grasp seriousness and humility are the qualifications to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

Every householder irrespective of any caste or religion is qualified to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

The caste ~ does not qualify you to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

The religion ~ does not qualify you to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

Yoga ~ does not qualify you to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

Tantra~ does not qualify you to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

Mantra~ does not qualify you to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

Singing devotional songs ~ does not qualifies you to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

Belief and worship of mythical Gods ~ does not qualify you to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

Belief in superstition or dogmas ~ does not qualify you to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

Rituals ~ do not qualify you to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

Customs or tradition ~ does qualify you to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

Wearing a Religious robe or symbol ~ does not qualify you to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

Meditations~ do not qualify you to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

Hearing of sermons ~ does not qualify you to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

By bathing in the holy river ~ does not qualify you to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

Visiting Ashrams and retreats ~ does not qualifies you to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

Walking up the mountain in search of truth ~ does not qualify you to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

Worship of personal Gods and Goddesses ~does not qualify you to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

Having a Guru ~ does qualify you to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

By following any tradition or parampara ~ does qualify you to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

By serving the Guru ~ does not qualify you to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

By studying the scriptures and philosophy ~ does not qualify you to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

Learning Sanskrit ~ does not qualify you to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

Initiation of any sort ~ does not qualify you to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

Spending money in order to realize the truth ~ does not qualify you to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

Taking vows to start the journey. ~ does not qualify you to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

The grace of physical Guru ~ does not qualify you to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

Drop all that is not needed for Self-realization.

Every human being qualified to acquire Self-knowledge of Braham Gnana or Atma Gnana.

That why Sage Sri, Sankara said:~Talk as much philosophy as you like, worship as many Gods as you please, observe ceremonies and sing devotional hymns, but liberation will never come, even after a hundred aeons, without realizing the Oneness.

If you are the truth seeker then it is better to spend time discovering the facts about your own existence than waste precious time attending Satsang, meeting Gurus and yogis, by traveling one place to another by reading books after books, by staying Ashrams, and by the walking in the Himalayas.

Sage Sri, Sankara says ~ VC-162- There is no liberation for a person of mere book knowledge, howsoever well-read in the philosophy of Vedanta, so long as one does not give up the false identification with the body, sense organs, etc., which are unreal.

People dwelling in the ignorance, but thinking themselves wise and erudite, go round and round by various blind beliefs and tortuous paths and practices, like the blind led by the blind. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar

Lord Krishna confesses the teachers of philosophy and leaders of mysticism or religion do not want to inquire into truth and have no time for it. .*****

People believe in old myths propagated by their religion. Every religion has propagated its own myth. Every religious belief contradicts other beliefs. It is mere blind belief accepted as truth without verification and evidence.  This causes division. Modern science has exposed many Religious dogmas as myth. All these dogmas were introduced in the primitive era before people had the benefit of modern science. Science attempts to objectively discover how life works, and religion makes one blindly believe and cast his burden on the blind belief without verification,  to live in peace and harmony in worldly life.

The Seekers main aim is to investigate both dual and nondual experiences to find and define the underlying truth in everything, thereby realizing what the ultimate truth is.   The religion has propagated diverse ideas of God.  There is no universality in religious God. 

Seekers of truth are neither believers of religiously propagated belief of God nor atheists to declare that there is no God.   The seekers of truth will not accept the belief blindly without verification.

The religionist and atheists both are believers because religionists believe in the belief of God and atheists believe in the belief of no God.   

All the Gods with form and attributes are mythical Gods introduced by religion are not God in truth.   

Lord Krishna confesses that the oldest wisdom of India (Advaitic wisdom) has been lost: people misinterpret and falsify it today as they did then. It is not yoga but the philosophic truth. But nobody knows it. The teachers of philosophy and leaders of mysticism or religion do not want to inquire into truth and have no time for it. (Gita –Chap- IV-v.2)

Advaitic reality there is neither God nor Goddess but only the consciousness. The consciousness is the real God.

The Bhagavad Gita: ~ Brahmano hi pratisthaham ~ Brahman (God) is considered the all-pervading consciousness, which is the basis of all the animate and inanimate entities and material. (14.27).

When Bhagavad Gita says, God is considered the all-pervading consciousness which is the basis of all the animate and inanimate entities and material then nothing has to be accepted other than consciousness a God.

Lord Krishna Says Ch ~V: ~ “Those who know me in truth.". The last two words (tattvataha) are usually ignored by pundits, but they make all the difference between the ordinary concept of God and the truth about God.

The dualistic worship of "God” is only for the ignorant populace. The God in truth is only Atman, the innermost “Self’. In reality, there is no duality, no differentiation. Only Atman exists.

It is for every seeker who is seeking truth must first know what God supposed to be in actuality according to Vedas and Upanishads and reject all non-Vedic Gods to realize the Atman is real God.

Bhagavad Gita Chapter:~ “All those whose intelligence has been stolen by material desires, they worship many Gods. (7- Verse -20)

Brihadaranyaka Upanishad: ~ Brahman (God) is the form of the Athma, and it is indeed Athma itself’.

Thus, it refers to formless and attributeless God, which is the Atman (Soul), the innermost ‘Self’ within the false experience. Thus, it indicates clearly all the Gods with form and attributes are mere imagination based on the false ‘Self’. Thus Atman or Soul, the innermost ‘Self’ is God.

The Vedas do not talk about idol worship. In fact, till about 2000 years ago followers of Vedism never worshiped idols. Idol worship was started by the followers of Buddhism and Jains. There is logic to idol worship. Vedas speak of one God that is the supreme ‘Self’ in i.e. Atman or Soul but Hinduism indulges in worshiping 60 million Gods.

It indicates clearly all the Gods with form and attributes are mere imagination based on the false ‘Self’.

The Brihadaranyaka Upanishad declares: "He who worships the deities as entities entirely separate from him does not know the truth. For the Gods, he is like a pasu (beast)". (1. 4. 10)

A great majority of Hindus are not in contact with their religious history therefore, they believe their inherited beliefs as ultimate truth.

The Vedas confirms God is Atman (Spirit), the 'Self’.

The pursuit of truth is all about accepting uncertainty and open questions and seeking for the things that are a certainty. Believers and nonbelievers will not accept anything other than their inherited belief system or accepted truth.  

Atheists feel there is no proof for God’s existence. So atheist chooses to just believe there is no such thing called God. And religionists just believe in the existence of their conceptual God.

A Gnani is one who is fully aware of the fact that, the existence or non-existence of God cannot be proven on the basis of physical Self.  Therefore, deeper understanding and realization is necessary to understand and assimilate the truth about Gods existence to know what is supposed to be the God. 

Rig Veda: ~ May ye never accept another God in place of the Atman nor worship other than the Atman

In Vedas, the God (soul/Atman) has been described as: ~

           v  Sakshi (witness)

       

           v  Chetan (conscious)

           v  Nirguna (without form and properties)

          v  Nitya (eternal)

           v  Shuddha (pure)

          v  Buddha (omniscient)

          v   Mukta (unattached).

       All the above-mentioned description is the nature of the Soul (Atman).  

RIG VEDA: ~ The Atman (Soul) is the cause; Atman is the support of all that exists in this universe. May ye never turn away from the Atman the innermost self. May ye never accept another God in place of the Atman nor worship other than the Atman?" (10:48, 5)

The Upanishads say in effect that: ~ if you believe that the Soul is one and God (Brahman) is another you cannot understand Truth.

Brihad Upanishad: ~ “If you think there is another entity, whether man or God there is no truth."

Rig-Veda 1-164-46 and Y.V 32-1 clearly mention that God is “One”. And never accept another God in place of the Atman nor worship other than the Atman

It means the ultimate truth is God.  That is Atman is Brahman.  That is the Soul, the innermost Self, is the ultimate truth. Thus, the ‘Soul’ is ‘God’.

The Soul, the innermost Self, is in the form of the Spirit (consciousness) is the ultimate truth and it is God.   

The Soul is hidden within the mind. And the mind is within the Soul.  The mind is present in the form of the universe and the Soul is present in the form of the consciousness. The universe appears as waking or dream (duality) and disappears as deep sleep (nonduality).  The one that witnesses the coming and going of the three states is the Soul.   on the standpoint of the Soul, the three states which come and goes are mere an illusion.

The mind is within the Soul and Soul is within the mind.

The chicken is in the egg and the egg is in the chicken. The tree is in the seed and the seed is in the tree.

The same thing that was told by the Vedas was repeated by the Saint John (10-38)~  Father is in me and I am in Father.

Thus, the father (Spirit or Soul) is our immediate, neighbor- love thy neighbor.  Therefore, one has to love the Spirit or Soul or God, in order to become one with the formless Spirit or Soul or God. The Spirit is the creator, sustainer, and dissolver of the dualistic illusion.  : ~ Santthosh Kumaar

People think they attended many Satsang of Gurus they have met many Gurus, and they traveled to India and met many yogis, but still they are not achieving what they are seeking for.*****

People think they attended many Satsang of Gurus they have met many Gurus, and they traveled to India and met many yogis, they have read many books, they have stayed Ashrams, they walked in the Himalayas, they totally surrender to their physical Guru but still they are not achieving what they are seeking for.

To attain realization Advaita Vedanta is not necessary. You want fresh water to drink, but you do not require all the water of the river to quench your thirst.

 The intellectual wealth of accumulated knowledge is of no use in the quest for truth. Each Guru spins his own imagination and calls it wisdom.

Katha Upanishad says:~ Fools dwelling in darkness, but thinking themselves wise and erudite, go round and round, by various tortuous paths, like the blind led by the blind. (Ch~ II-5 P-14)

If you are seeking truth then first get freedom from all these ‘I’-centric Gurus and their teaching.

Sages of truth restrained themselves parting the Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana to the mass and only a selected few. It was hidden from the people who were not qualified and receptive to it. Self- it was given knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana was not written down but was imparted orally to the chosen few. Thus, religion was given to the mass and knowledge of the spirit is given only selected few. Thus we find traces of knowledge of the spirit in the religious books in the form of parables.

Dattatreya's Song of the Avadhut: ~ “The ‘Self is the ultimate Reality; have no doubt. The Self is not something known by the mind; The Self is the very one who knows! How, then, could you think to know the Self? (1.36-42)

Advaita is not any type of teaching or philosophy. Advaita is the knowledge of your true existence. Advaita is the Soul, which is present in the form of the consciousness.  Advaita is the ultimate reality, Brahman, or GOD. 

That why Sage Sri, Sankara said:~Talk as much philosophy as you like, worship as many Gods as you please, observe ceremonies and sing devotional hymns, but liberation will never come, even after a hundred aeons, without realizing the Oneness.

If you are the truth seeker then it is better to spend time discovering the facts about your own existence than waste precious time attending  Satsang, meeting  Gurus and yogis, by travelling one place to another by  reading books after books, by staying  Ashrams, and by walking in the Himalayas.

Sage Sri, Sankara says ~ VC-162- There is no liberation for a person of mere book knowledge, howsoever well-read in the philosophy of Vedanta, so long as one does not give up the false identification with the body, sense organs, etc., which are unreal.

People dwelling in the ignorance, but thinking themselves wise and erudite, go round and round by various blind beliefs and tortuous paths and practices, like the blind led by the blind.

Swami Vivekananda said:~ "The Vedas teach that the Soul is divine, only held in the bondage of matter; perfection will be reached when this bond will burst, and the word they use for it is, therefore, Mukthi

By indulging in anything within the dualistic illusion the ignorance will not vanish.  Realize the ‘I’ is cause of ignorance. Your blind acceptance ‘I’ based gurus and their teaching as final is blocking your realization.

 The ‘I’-centric knowledge blocks the realization of truth because the religion is built on the foundation of the form, time and space whereas the ultimate truth is based on the formless, timeless and spaceless existence.

If one is ready to drop all his baggage of inherited accumulated knowledge then it becomes easy to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.  

Freedom means becoming free from ignorance.  The ‘I’ is the cause of experiencing the dualistic illusion as a reality.

Realize the Self is not ‘I’ but the Self is the formless Soul. 

Remember: ~

Whatever based on ‘I’ is and illusion.

Whatever based on the Soul is a reality.

It is not possible to realize the Self without realizing the ‘I’ supposed to be in actuality.

The Soul, the Self is hidden within the ‘I’ but it is without the ‘I’.

All the ‘I’-centric accumulated knowledge is a false knowledge.  Such ‘I’ -centric Gurus and their teaching makes you only hallucinate.  

By giving up thoughts and beliefs, the ignorance will not vanish. Perfect understanding of ‘what is what’ helps you to unfold the truth which is hidden by the ‘I’.  : ~ Santthosh Kumaar

Everything is consciousness, which Sage Sri Sankara declared 1200 years back –everything is Atman because Atman is present in the form of the consciousness.*****

Everything is consciousness, which Sage Sri Sankara declared 1200 years back –everything is Atman because Atman is present in the form of the consciousness. 

Sage Sri Goudpada says that: - The merciful Veda teaches karma and Upasana to people of lower and middling intellect, while Jnana is taught to those of higher intellect.

Buddhism has not proved the truth of Non-duality.  There is no doubt Buddha pointed out the unreality of the world. He told people they were foolish to cling to it. But he stopped there. He came nearest to Advaita in speech but not to Advaita fully.

The distinction between Sage Sri, Sankara’s Advaita and Vijnanavadin Buddhism is that the former is mentalism i.e. mind is the real, whereas the latter is idealism, i.e. ideas are real. Advaitins follow the former.

Buddhism did not graduate its teaching to suit people of varying grades; hence its failure to affect society in Asia.

Buddha as a constructive worker committed an error in failing to give the masses a religion, something tangible they could grasp something materialistic, if symbolic that their limited intellect could take hold of, in addition to his ethics and philosophy. Here Sri Sage Sri, Sankara was wiser and gave religion; such as Bhakti, worship etc.--to the ignorant masses, as well as wisdom to those of higher intellect.

The Advaita Sage, Sri, Sankara gave religious, ritual or dogmatic instruction to the populace, but pure philosophy only to the few who could rise to it. Hence, the interpretation of his writings by commentators is often confusing because they mix up the two viewpoints. Thus, they may assert that ritual is a means of realizing Brahman, which is absurd.

Buddha's teachings that all life is misery belong to the relative standpoint only. For you cannot form any idea of misery without contrasting it with its opposite, happiness. The two will always go together. Buddha taught the goal of cessation of misery, i.e. peace, but took care not to discuss the ultimate standpoint for then he would have had to go above the heads of the people and tell them that misery itself was only an idea, that peace even was an idea (for it contrasted with peacelessness). That the doctrine he gave out was a limited one, is evident because he inculcated compassion. Why should a Buddhist sage practice pity? There is no reason for it.

Advaita is the next step higher than Buddhism because it gives the missing reason, viz. unity, non-difference from others, and because it explains that it used the concept of removing the sufferings of others, of lifting them up to happiness, only as we use one thorn to pick out another, afterwards throw both away. Similarly, Advaita discards both concepts of misery and happiness in the ultimate standpoint of non-duality, which is indescribable.

Buddhists say that a thing exists only for a moment, and if that thing has still got some of the substance from which it was produced, how then can they deny that its cause is continuing in the effect; hence its existence is more than a moment. Vedanta is concerned with whether it is one and the same thing which has come into being or has it come out of nothing.

The world is both real and unreal. It is real because it is a manifestation of the consciousness but is unreal, in the sense, that it is not absolute and eternal like consciousness itself.

People's approach is more practical, and they stuck with the reality of the world, they take it as real. That is why all the confusion.

The Self-inquiry is to know what is this I supposed to be in actuality.*****

Many people quote Advaita without understanding it really in its highest aspect. Say to one who calls himself an Advaitin but whose knowledge of Advaita is based on dualistic or orthodox perspective belong to the Advaitic sect their knowledge is limited to the domain of the form, time, and space.

 The orthodox people are unable to digest the Advaitic wisdom because they strongly believe, their individual experience of the birth, life, death and the world and rebirth and personal Gods with attributes as a reality whereas Sage Sri, Sankara says the world is an illusion.

 The seeker has to prepare himself to learn and reason on nondualistic perspective to unfold the mystery hidden by the universe.

A number of Upanishads are equally dogmatic and self-contradictory because they also begin by assuming Brahman. Few Upanishads prove Brahman at the end of a train of proof but still, they are very confusing and vague.

Sage Sri, Sankara said:~Talk as much philosophy as you like, worship as many Gods as you please, observe ceremonies and sing devotional hymns, but liberation will never come, even after a hundred aeons, without realizing the Oneness.

"Who am I?" this question was boldly taken up by the great Advaitic Sage Sri Sankara who wrote commentaries on some of the spiritual treatises are known as the Upanishads, which form the latter part of the Vedas, the Holy Scriptures.

Sage Sri Sankara addressed to the scholars, philosophers, and monks of his day.

The deep inquiry into the nature of the ‘I’ ’ and free the Soul from the illusory bondage of the ‘I’. The ‘Who Am ‘I’, inquiry,  is for the beginners to expose the unreal nature of the ‘I’.

"Who am I?” inquiry has no dynamic, direct, universal appeal it is just a starter in the Atmic Path.

The Self-inquiry is to know ‘what is this ‘I’ supposed to be in actuality. It is erroneous to limit the ‘I’ is within the body. Thinking the ‘I’ is within the body and inquiring ‘Who Am ‘I’ will not help to unfold the mystery of the ‘I’.

The ‘I’ hides the reality of the existence. The nature of the existence is the formless, timeless and spaceless existence. There is no ‘I’ in reality. The ‘I’ is mere an illusion. Whatever belongs to the ‘I’ is mere an illusion.

The ‘I’ is mere an illusion created out of the Soul, which is present in the form of the consciousness. ‘I’ is not the subject. The ‘I’ is an object to the Soul, which is the formless, timeless and spaceless subject.

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

If the ‘I’ is an illusion then the world in which you exist is bound to be an illusion.

If the ‘I’ is an illusion then three states, are bound to be an illusion.

If the ‘I’ is an illusion then the form, time, and space are bound to be an illusion.

If the I’ is an illusion then the individual experience of the birth, life, death is bound to be an illusion.

If the ‘I’ is an illusion then the words and thoughts are bound to be an illusion.

If the ‘I’ is an illusion then the duality is bound to be an illusion.

The seeker has to make sure what is this ‘I’ supposed to be? The seeker has to make sure the unreal nature of the ‘I’ which comes and goes in order to realize the truth, wich is beyond the form, time, and space

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

The ‘I’ hides the truth of the whole.

People think the ‘I’ without the body is the Self. The seeker has to understand the fact that the fact that ‘I’ is not the Self, but the witness of the ‘I’ is the true Self, which is eternal.

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.

People are stuck with the reality of the ‘I’, which they take it as real because some Gurus have propagated the Self is the ‘I’. is no need to convince such mindsets. The seeker of truth accepts only the truth nothing but the truth.

That is why Sage Sri, Sankara says:~ VC-65. As a treasure hidden underground requires (for its extraction) competent instruction, excavation, the removal of stones and other such things lying above it and (finally) grasping, but never comes out by being (merely) called out by name, so the transparent Truth of the Self, which is hidden by Maya and its effects, is to be attained through the instructions of a knower of Brahman, followed by reflection, meditation and so forth, but not through perverted arguments.

People refuse to accept anything other than their Gurus words. For them, their Gurus words are the ultimate truth. They do not accept anything else other than their accepted truth. There is no need to convince such mindset.

Such mindsets are not fit to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana. The seekers of truth accept only the truth nothing but the uncontradictable truth.

The Advaitic wisdom of Sage Sri Sankara has dynamic, direct, universal appeal. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar

The world in which we exist is the objective reality. The Soul, which is present in the form of the consciousness, is the subjective reality.*****

The world in which we exist is the objective reality. The Soul, which is present in the form of the consciousness, is the subjective reality. The subjective reality need not be proved or disproved.

However, all the doubts and confusions can be removed by self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

The reality of the world in which we exist is a reality till the ignorance prevails. When Advaitic wisdom dawns, then the ignorance vanishes. When ignorance vanishes the world in which you exist becomes an illusion.

If the world in which you exist is an illusion then the experience of the birth, life, and death which happens within the illusory world is bound to be an illusion.

If the world in which you exist is an illusion then whatever seen, known, believed and experienced as reality is bound to be and illusion.

The world is absolutely real within the dualistic illusion. We realize the world in which we exist becomes false when ignorance vanishes through Self-realization.

Only when you realize the ‘Self’ is not you but the ‘Self’ is the Soul, which is present in the form of the consciousness, the falsity of the world in which you exist is exposed same way as the falsity of the dream is exposed when the waking takes place.

The ‘Soul’ is nothing to do with the world in which you exist. 

 The Soul, which is hidden by the illusory world in which you exist, is the only real thing within the dualistic illusion. The world in which you exist is mere a dualistic illusion created out of the Soul, which is present in the form of the consciousness.

The consciousness is the only reality which cannot be negated and that which is beyond contradiction.

The world in which we exist is nothing but the consciousness. There is no second thing exist other than the consciousness, there is nothing else to realize other than realizing the consciousness is only thing and the consciousness is everything.:~Santthosh Kumaar

Freedom, freedom from the bonds of ignorance, freedom from the ‘I’-centric' and 'you-centric' Gurus and their teaching.*****

Freedom, freedom from the bonds of ignorance, freedom from the ‘I’-centric and 'you-centric'Gurus and their teaching.

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.

People are stuck with the reality of the ‘I’, which they take it as real because some Gurus have propagated the Self is the ‘I’. is no need to convince such mindset. The seeker of truth accepts only the truth nothing but the truth.

Oen must realize the fact sitting quietly will bring him peace and not truth, for he starts his quest without even knowing the meaning of truth. How then can he find it without knowing ‘what is what’.

The world is real on dualistic perspective. and the world is unreal on nondualistic perspective. The dualistic reality is in the form of the ‘I’ and ‘I’ is limited because it appears and disappears. The nondualistic reality is Soul is infinite and unitary.

The two dimensions:~

1. Dualistic

2. Nondualistic

 ~ they are two orders of reality but they are only two perspectives.

The seeker must learn to view the ‘I’ on nondualistic perspective in order to realize the world in which he exists is an illusion created out of the Soul, which is present in the form of the consciousness.

The Soul is the witness of the appearance and disappearance of the ‘I’.

Whatever that is there is REAL and is not affected by the appearance and disappearance of the ‘I’. Therefore, if you hold the Self as the ‘I’ then you are missing the point. The seeker must carefully study and remove the obstacle to grasping and realize the truth, which is hidden by the ‘I’.

The true seeker analyses and inquires, not relying on first impressions, and hence he is fit to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

Opinions are not truth. Opinions are dualistic. the uncontradictable truth is the ultimate. agreement of opinion is unacceptable because they are always based on dualistic perspective. Verification, the testing, and proving of truth is absolutely necessary for the pursuit of truth. the end of dualist knowledge or ‘I’ based knowledge is Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana. All the ‘I’ based Gurus and their teaching. the truth is merely assumed.

Swami Vivekananda said:~ "The Vedas teach that the Soul is divine, only held in the bondage of matter; perfection will be reached when this bond will burst, and the word they use for it is, therefore, Mukthi - freedom, freedom from the bonds of imperfection, freedom from death and misery."

The truth is very simple, but it is very difficult to grasp because of the ignorance. You have to only realize the world in which you exist is created out of single clay. And that single clay is the Soul, which is present in the form of the consciousness.

Perfect understanding and realization of ‘what is what’ leads Self-awareness. By holding on to theories one remains in the realm of duality. One has to mentally go on dropping what is not truth through deeper Self-search. Finally, when one becomes aware of the fact that, his ego, his body, and the world are one in essence then there is Self-awareness in the midst of duality.

Sage Sri, Sankara says ~ V.63 ~ "Without knowing and examining the external world, one can’t know Truth, as the idea that the external world exists, won't go. It can go only by an inquiry into the nature of the external world.

In nondual Self-awareness, the ego is not considered as ego, even though ego is present, the body is not considered as body even though body is present, the world which confronts him is not considered as the world even though the world is present, the duality ceases even though the duality is present, and because of wisdom everything is considered as consciousness. Thus, there is conscious oneness. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar