Some Gurus say go within and discover 'what you are not, nothing else matters. Such statements misdirect your quest for truth.
By knowing 'what you are not' hidden by the ignorance will not be revealed.
You have appeared along with the universe, therefore, you must include the universe in your inquiry.
The Self not you to find out who you are but you must find out the truth of the universe.
Sage Sankara says ~ “VC~ 63. Without causing the objective universe to vanish and without knowing the truth of the ‘Self’ how is one to achieve Liberation by the mere utterance of the word Brahman? — It would result merely in an effort of speech.
Sage Sankara says ~ A. A 88- When the whole universe, movable and immovable, is known to be Atman, and thus the existence of everything else is negated, where is then any room to say that the body is Atman?
You have to mentally reduce the universe as consciousness by realizing the world in which we exist is nothing but consciousness.
Sage Sankara: ~ “VC~ All this universe which through ignorance appears as of diverse forms, is nothing else but Brahman (Consciousness) which is absolutely free from all the limitations of Maya.
When you finally realize the ‘‘Self’ ‘is not you but the ‘‘Self’’ is the Soul then you will realize the world in which you exist is merely an illusion created out of the Soul. The Soul is present in the form of consciousness.
SageSankara: ~ VC~.63: "Without knowing and examining the universe, one can’t know the 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.
Sage Sankara says: ~ “What is accepted without a proper inquiry will not lead a person to the final goal. On the contrary, such acceptance will result only in evil, in something detrimental to our spiritual progress.
Go within means think, reason, and reflect deeply and find out how this world in which you exist came into existence. The world in which you exist is not different from the Soul, which is present in form of consciousness because the universe is made of consciousness. Thus, consciousness alone is and all else (universe) is merely an illusion. Thus, the illusion is not different from consciousness, which the ultimate truth, or Brahman or God in truth.
Perfect understanding of ‘what is what leads to the realization of the truth, which is beyond the form, time, and space.:~ Santthosh Kumaar
