The rejection of religion, which is based on blind faith or blind belief in favor of the truth is the message of Sage Sankara.+

Sage Sankara declared the Advaitic or the non-dualistic truth centuries back, but one has to reach the destination with the scientific or rational investigation, not through religious rituals and intellectuality.

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. Ignorant of their own ignorance, yet wise in their own esteem, these deluded men Proud of their vain learning go round and round Like the blind led by the blind.

The rejection of  religion, which is based on blind faith or blind belief in favor of the truth is the message of Sage Sankara.

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Rig Veda: ~ 'Prajnanam Brahma'- Consciousness is the ultimate reality or Brahman or God in truth.

Do not accept any other God other than the Soul. The Soul is God in truth,  Nothing is real but the Soul, which present in the form of consciousness. Nothing Matters but realize  God in truth. God in truth is everywhere and in everything. Let these words be inscribed in your subconscious.

God in truth is hidden by the illusory universe. God in truth alone is real and eternal and all else is an illusion.

Brahman is merely a word to indicate the ultimate truth or God in truth.  The ultimate truth itself is God in truth

God in truth is impersonal.

Self is not you. The Self is the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. Identifying the Self as 'you', is a great error. The Soul, the Self is God in truth. God in truth is impersonal.

Sage Sankara’s Supreme Brahman or God in truth is impersonal, Nirguna (without Gunas or attributes), Nirakara (formless), Nirvisesha (without special characteristics), immutable, eternal, and Akarta (non-agent). It is above all needs and desires. It is always the Witnessing Subject. It can never become an object as it is beyond the reach of the senses. Brahman is non-dual, one without a second. It has no other besides it. It is destitute of difference, either external or internal. Brahman cannot be described because the description implies a distinction. Brahman cannot be distinguished from any other than It. In Brahman, there is not a distinction between substance and attribute. Sat-Chit-Ananda constitutes the very essence or Svarupa of Brahman, and not just Its attributes. The Nirguna Brahman of Sage Sankara is impersonal.

Prayers and rituals based on personal Gods are not the answer to achieve world peace and universal brotherhood.  Prayers and rituals based on blind faith and blind belief propagated by religion will not yield any fruit.

The time has come for us to consider seriously how to change our way of life not through prayer or religious  rituals, but through realizing God in truth.

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Religion is the cause of  of  wars, violence terrorism. The problem of  wars, violence, terrorism in the name of religion and religious Gods  “cannot be resolved through prayers and rituals.

Religion is a man-made problem. Until religion is discarded from the human psyche, this problem cannot be resolved. 

We need a systematic approach to replace religion, which is based on myth  with Spirituality which is based on God in truth.

Knowledge of  God in truth to bring oneness and harmony in humanity.

If we start doing it now, there is hope that this century will be different from the previous one.

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Most of the orthodox people live in the prison of the inherited dogmas and superstitions. The orthodox people expect their clan to follow a certain outdated religious code of conduct (Shastras) and live dogmatically following the traditional lifestyle.

The path of orthodoxy is meant for the ignorant populace which has the sheepish mentality and blindly accepting the inherited dogmas and superstition. From the ultimate standpoint, the concept of God itself is a superstition. Thus, all religious ideas of heaven, hell, sin, karma, are merely imaginary ideas and theories meant for the ignorant people of ancient times. 

One has to mentally reach the final conclusion then only the conviction becomes firm. Without the firm conviction, the wisdom will not dawn. Therefore, there is a need to know consciousness is real all else is a myth, which Sage  Sankara declared as the world is myth Brahman alone is real and eternal.

Sage Sankara says Atman is Brahman and everything is Brahman is a scientific declaration not religious or yogic. Sage  Sankara is more scientific than anyone else in the world. Since the real Advaitic essence is hidden it cannot be got without the inner (mental) journey.

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

Gnana here is the knowledge of uncontradictable truth or scientific truth. Thus their scientific truth of the whole, not the part is declared by Sage Sankara 1200 years back and thought only to those of higher intellect. Thus karma and upasana, yoga, and orthodoxy have to be bifurcated in order to realize the ultimate Truth or Brahman or God in truth.

Advaitic Wisdom is for those who are capable of inquiring into their own existence to know and realize the ultimate Truth or Brahman or God in truth. –Santthosh Kumaar