If anyone claims himself as a Gnani he is not a Gnani. The Soul, the Self alone is a Guru and the Soul alone is a Gnani.+

If anyone claims himself as a Gnani he is not a Gnani. The Soul, the Self alone is a Guru and the Soul alone is a Gnani.

Manduka Upanishads: ~ Even the Gods cannot find out who is a Gnani because he bears no external mark. Neither nudity nor the yellow robe has anything to do with him.

Gurus, yogis identify themselves with their body and sense-organs and the world in which they exist which are illusory.

The Guru and disciple and the world in which Guru and disciple exist are created out single stuff. That single stuff is consciousness. Consciousness is the ultimate truth or Brahman or God in truth.

By identifying as a Guru or some Guru’s disciple keeps one in the cage of the ignorance. A person who identifies himself as a Guru or disciple will never be able to get Advaitic Gnana.

The Guru and disciple and the world in which Guru and disciple exist are created out single stuff. That single stuff is consciousness. The consciousness is the ultimate truth of Brahman.

Ashtavakra Samhita: ~ "The man of knowledge (Gnani), though living like an ordinary man, is contrary to him and only those like him understand his state.

Sage Sankara himself said: ~ A Gnani "bears no outward mark of a holy man".

Sage Sankara: ~ "Though I wear these robes of a Sanyasin, it is only for the sake of bread."

So Sage Sankara wore a Guru's robe only for the sake of the ignorant. So he was identified as Guru with paramparas by religious people. For the truth seekers, Sage Sankara is a Brahma Gnani.

Thus, it proves that the religious gurus and yogis are not Gnanis because they identified themselves as holy people.

Tripura Rahasya: ~ Second-hand knowledge of the Self-gathered from books or Gurus can never emancipate a man until its truth is rightly investigated and applied; only direct realization will do that. Realize yourself, turning the mind inward. (18: 89)

That is why Swami Vivekananda said: ~ “You have to grow from the inside out. None can teach you, none can make you spiritual. There is no other teacher, but your own Soul.”

Swami Vivekananda: ~ ‘Worship your Guru as God, but do not obey him blindly; love him all you will, but think for yourself. No blind belief can save you, work out your own salvation. Have only one idea of God - that God is an eternal help.

The physical Guru is useless so long as the ultimate truth is unknown, and physical Guru is equally useless when the ultimate truth or Brahman has already been known.

A Guru is needed in religious and the yogic path. The path of wisdom is not a religious or yogic path. There is no need for a Guru to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

Katha Upanishad says: ~ This Atman is attained by him alone whom It chooses. To such a one Atman reveals Its own form. (II -23-P-20)

A Gnani is neither anyone’s gurus nor any one’s disciple. He respects all the sage of the past and highlights good points in their teaching and he also highlights the obstacles, which block the realization of the ultimate truth or Brahman or God in truth.

Bhagavad Gita says: ~ “Among thousands of men, scarcely one strives for perfection; and of those who strive and succeed, scarcely one knows the ‘Self’ in truth.

A Gnani sees only unity in diversity, just like a goldsmith estimating the gold in various items of jewelry sees only gold. When one identifies the Self with the form then only the form, time and space are present. But when one transcends form, time, and space the duality never remains as reality.

Gnanis are one in billions for they have ignored the opinions of whole peoples in their independent search of truth, and questioned all beliefs, all scriptures, all authorities, until they could be proved to be true. Even the arguments that religions have been followed since time immemorial makes no difference to them because if people have believed a false thing over millions of years, the length of time does not prove it true.

Your intense urge to know the truth will take you to the ultimate end but your accumulated knowledge will block you from realizing the truth, which is beyond the form, time and space.: ~ Santthosh Kumaar

Sage Sankara says:~The idea that the external world exists, won't go. It can go only by an inquiry into the nature of the external world.+

When the Self is not the form (body), and then the question of whom does not arise. A deeper self-search reveals the fact that the ‘I’ itself is an illusion. If the ‘I’ is an illusion, then it is no use of enquiring ‘Who Am I?. Till one holds the ‘I’ as the Self, is caught up in the prison of the duality.

Sage Sankara:~ VC~.63: "Without knowing and examining the external world, 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.

Deeper Self-search reveals the fact that by inquiring the Who Am I? ~ Advaitic wisdom will not dawn. Who Am I? - inquiry is only for beginners and it is inadequate and useless in the later stages.

That is why Sage 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 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.” 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 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, but never by perverse arguments.

Remember:~

Sage Sankara’ has already declared:~

‘What is the truth?’

~ Atman is Brahman ~ “Atman is the only one ultimate reality.

‘What is untruth?’

~ The universe is an illusion. ~ The universe is false.

Sage Sankara declared this truth centuries back Then why you are struggling to find out the truth.

Sage Sankara: ~ 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 perverted arguments.

Sage 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.” Brahman must be experienced. 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 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.”

Advaita means the Soul, the Self, which is second to none. The Soul, which is present in the form of the Spirit or consciousness, is the ultimate truth or Brahman or God in truth.:~

Santthosh Kumaar

When the world in which you exist created out of consciousness then consciousness alone is real.+

The Soul is Self only held in the bondage of matter; perfection will be reached when ignorance vanishes through Advaitic wisdom. Advaitic wisdom free the Soul, the Spirit from the bonds of imperfection, freedom from experiencing the dualistic illusion as a reality."

The Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness, is the only reality in which everything exists, to which everything belongs, from which everything has emerged, which is the cause of everything, and which is everything.

Thus, there is a need a need to realize the Self is not you but the ‘Self is the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. The world in which we exist is nothing but consciousness.

When the matter is an illusion created out of the Spirit then Spirit alone is real.

When the object is created out of the subject then the subject alone is real.

When the world in which you exist created out of consciousness then consciousness alone is real.

The reality and unreality are created out of single stuff because of the unreality (the world in which we exist) is experienced as a reality we are unaware of the reality hidden by the unreality.

There is no second thing that exists other than the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. The dualistic illusion, which is present in the form of the ‘I’, hides the truth. Stick to reality by mentally dropping the unreality

The scientific theories and inventions have made the materialistic life easier and comfortable for a man to live in the practical world, however, science failed to unfold the truth of the true existence. Since their invention is based on the false self (ego) and false experience (waking)

The Science cuts itself from the witness (Soul or spirit) and remains aloof from the witnessed (universe or matter). The scientist not only stands aside, outside the field of the witness. It is because the scientist is unaware of the witness, which is apart from the witnessed, and he and his invention are part of the witnessed. Therefore, science cannot cross the threshold of physical existence (universe or waking). Thus, its invention is limited to physicality.

Science is based on objects; its invention is based on an object as the subject. Thus, modern science can get the truth of the objectified subject. Elimination of object mentally and realizing the subject, then judging the worldview on the base of the pure subject leads to the discovery of ultimate truth.

The feelings and impressions and notions are based on the physical Self (ego or the waking entity). The scientific inventions are based on the physical Self. Deeper Self-search reveals the fact that, the waking entity (ego) is a false self within the false experience (waking).

Most people will not understand what I am driving at because they are seeking something which they can enjoy in this world. The ambition of the true spiritual seeker is to realize the Self, which is hidden by the illusory form, time and space.

People are looking for the advantage in the practical world, to take care of their practical life~ that is the maximum they expect out of spirituality.

The so-called Gurus and yogis focus their ambition on seeing that their daily life goes on comfortably. Nobody is ready to enquire about the truth of their true existence.

In spiritual pursuit, the Soul is the Goal it is necessary to realize the ‘Self’, not you but the Soul.

The Soul, the ‘Self is present in the form of consciousness. The ‘Self’ is not within you but it pervades in everything and everywhere in the world in which you exist. Thus, the whole universe in which you exist is nothing but an illusion created out of the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.

Thus, limiting the ‘Self’ to you is the cause ignorance because, the Soul, the Self is formless, timeless and spaceless existence.

Without realizing the fact that your body and the world in which you exist is made of the same stuff ‘Self-realization is an impossibility.

Advaita is soulcentric. All the Advaitic teaching of modern gurus of east and west are egocentric. Egocentric teaching is not Advaitic wisdom. Egocentric teaching is accumulated Garbage from different sources.

The seeker has to become soulcentric to understand, assimilate and realize the Advaitic truth, which is beyond the form, time and space. The seeker has to become soulcentric to understand, assimilate and realize the Advaitic truth, which is beyond the form, time and space. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar

Rig Veda:~ In very truth, the One has become the whole world.+

The ultimate truth or Brahman is God in truth. God in truth is not the religious God that people believe and worship.

Sage  Sankara says: ~ Atman is Brahman. - it means the Soul the ‘Self’ is God in truth.

Sage Sankara’s Supreme Brahman (God) 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 beside it. It is destitute of difference, either external or internal. Brahman cannot be described, because description implies 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.

Sage Sankara: ~"That which permeates all, which nothing transcends and which, like the universal space around us, fills everything completely from within and without, that Supreme non-dual Brahman or God in truth."

Therefore, all the Gods with form and attributes are mere imagination based on the false ‘Self’. Thus, there is adulteration and add-ons in the past, which has to be bifurcated if one wants pure Vedic essence.

Knowledge of God in truth is Advaita because God in truth is Advaita, the one without the second.

Understanding what is God is not so easy. Religious people can only imagine God based on their inherited blind beliefs. 

All the blind belief-based Gods with form and attribute can exist within the domain of form, time, and space. From, ultimate standpoint the form, time, and space are an illusion. 

From an ultimate standpoint Soul alone exists. The Soul is a formless, timeless, and spaceless existence.

God is the Soul, the ‘Self’. God becomes the universe (duality) in waking and the universe becomes God in deep sleep (nonduality). 

The universe is nothing but an illusion created out of God. When you realize the ‘‘Self’’ not but the ‘‘Self’’ is the Soul, the God then there is no second thing that exists other than the God, which is present in the form of consciousness.

Only when you realize God in truth you will realize the universe is nothing but God because the universe is an illusion created out of consciousness, which is God in truth.

Rig Veda 1/164/46: ~ “They call him Indra, Mitra, Varuna, Agni or the heavenly sunbird Garutmat. The seers call in many ways that which is One; they speak of Agni, Yama, Matarishvan.

Rig Veda 8/58/2: Only One is the Fire, enkindled in numerous ways; only One is the Sun, pervading this whole universe; only One is the Dawn, illuminating all things. In very truth, the One has become the whole world.

That is why Lord Krishna Says Ch ~V: ~ “Those who know the 'Self' 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.

Lord Sri Krishna himself says that he can do nothing to make a man intelligent straight away. The adepts give Prasad, blessing, initiations, mantrams, etc. only to confer temporary peace of mind, to help one to get rid of worries, but not to confer Gnana. The capacity to receive it must first be inborn in man by evolutionary degree.

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

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

There is no other God exists other than the God, the Spirit, which is present in the form of consciousness.

Even Rig Veda: ~ The Atman 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)

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

Yajurveda – chapter- 32:~ It God is Supreme Spirit.

Vedas and Upanishad confirm the Soul, the‘Self’, is present in the form of the Spirit or consciousness.

Bible says: ~ “God is a Spirit, and they that worship God must worship God in Spirit and in Truth. (John 4:24)”,

The Spirit is the root element of the universe. The Spirit is present in the form of the Soul, the innermost ‘Self’. The Soul is present in the form of consciousness. From the Spirit, the universe comes into existence. In the Spirit, the universe resides. And into the Spirit, the universe is dissolved. The Spirit is the parent of all that is there is.

When the Upanishad says: the human goal is to acquire ‘‘Self’’-Knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana and they indicate the personal Gods, scriptures, worship,, and rituals are not the means to ‘‘Self’’ –Knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana, then why anyone should indulge in it.

Realize right now right here the Soul, the Spirit is the God. There is nothing to realize other than realizing the ‘Self’ is not you but the ‘‘Self’ is the God the Spirit, which is present in the form of the consciousness. Knowledge of God is Advaita because God is Advaita, the one without the second. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar

A Gnani sees the world in which he exists as the consciousness, just as the goldsmiths view the ornaments as nothing but the gold.+

The ability to observe the Soul, the Self as it is in the midst of the illusion through the Advaitic wisdom leads to Self-awareness.

A Gnani sees the world in which he exists as the consciousness, just as the goldsmiths view the ornaments as nothing but the gold.

The whole universe is nothing but the Soul. Therefore, there is no second thing that exists other than the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.

The universe is nothing but an illusion created out of consciousness.

By realizing the universe an illusion leads the seeker to realize, the consciousness hidden by the illusion as real and eternal.

You are not you but the consciousness; your body is not the body but the consciousness, the world in which you exist is not the world but the consciousness.

Everything that is known, seen, believed, and experienced by you is nothing but the consciousness then what else remains, which is not the consciousness. There is nothing else to realize other than to realize the consciousness alone is, everything else is merely an illusion created out of the 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.

Sage Sankara says:~VC-47 All the effects of ignorance, root, and branch, is burnt down by the fire of knowledge, which arises from discrimination between these two—the Self and the non-Self.

Remember: ~ All is consciousness. The whole universe is consciousness. From consciousness, the universe comes. When the universe disappears, the consciousness still remains without form, time, and space.:~ Santthosh Kumaar 

A Gnani never claims himself as a Gnani, he guides the seekers, not posing himself as a Guru.+

One need not renounce worldly life and become a sanyasi or monk. One need not retire from his business or corporate job and become a Guru all these religious and yogic propagated outdated ideas has to be discarded in order to realize the truth of the true existence.

Do not become a slave of all these outdated religious and yogic ideas they are not meant for those who seriously seeking the truth. There is no need to follow anyone. Self -realization becomes easy if you independently walk your path.

Atmic path is your own path. You have to tread the path alone to reach it alone finally nothing remains as reality other than the Atma or Soul or Spirit.

The seeker has to stop getting emotionally and sentimentally stuck with the physical Gurus if he is seeking truth nothing but the truth.

That is why Bhagavan Buddha: ~ “Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders.

Sage Sankara was a Gnani. Most of the modern masters are not Gnani. And you have to understand that to be a Gnani is one thing; to be a Guru is totally different.

Out of a million people perhaps one is a Gnani. Most of the Self - realized decide to remain silent – seeing the difficulty, that whatever they have realized is impossible to convey in any possible way to others; seeing that not only is it difficult to convey, it is bound to be misunderstood too.

A Gnani never claims himself as a Gnani, he guides the seekers, not posing himself as a Guru, and he does not force his wisdom on others. A Gnani is not a religious person or Yogi.

One need not roam one mountain to another, one ashram to another, or meeting gurus or yogis in order to get Gnana. One can get Gnana and become a Gnani wherever he lives.

We all are searching truth within the illusion, not being aware of the fact that the illusion is created out of single stuff which is the Soul, the ‘Self’. The Soul is present in the form of consciousness.

Thus, searching the truth in the illusion with the illusory ‘Self’, within the illusory experience, has to be an illusion. The illusion is created and sustained, and finally, dissolves as consciousness. There is no second thing that exists other than consciousness. Consciousness is the ultimate truth or Brahman. Brahman is God in truth.

No one becomes a Gnani by taking sanyasa or wearing religious robes or by mastering the scriptures or by identifying with the religious symbol. Religious robes and religious symbols are not the means to Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

Blind faith is an obstacle, in the pursuit of truth. The seeker should not waste his time on, he should primarily reflect on the Soul, the ‘Self’; not on the ‘I’.

The Soul, which is present in the form of the Spirit (consciousness), is ever formless, timeless, and spaceless existence.

Shruti says ~ "brahmavit brahmaiva bhavati" - He who knows Brahman becomes Brahman Itself. In the Advaita understanding of this statement, the "becoming" is only metaphorical. It is not as if something that was not Brahman suddenly becomes Brahman. Rather, "realizing Brahman" means a removal of the ignorance about one's own essential nature as Brahman. Thus, to "know Brahman" is to "be Brahman".

The one who has realized the identity with the Soul, the ‘Self’ with the Brahman is a Gnani, one who is liberated even while embodied. Such a realization should not and cannot just be a literal understanding of Upanishadic Mahavakya.

Remember:~

A Gnani is one who has realized the ultimate truth of the identity of the Soul, the ‘Self’. Thus, moksha is not a result of ritual action (path of karma a) or of devotional service (path of bhakti). These paths are egocentric paths, therefore, they will not help anyway to get rid of the ignorance. In fact, moksha is not a result of anything, for it always exists. All that is required is the removal of ignorance. The path of wisdom helps the seeker to acquire the ‘Self’-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

Ashtavakra Samhita: ~"The man of knowledge, though living like an ordinary man, is contrary to him and only those like him understand his state.

A Gnani is one who has realized the ultimate truth of the identity with the Soul, the  ‘Self’. Thus, moksha is not a result of ritual action (path of karma a) or of devotional service (path of bhakti). These paths are egocentric paths, therefore, they will not help anyway to get rid of the ignorance.

In fact, moksha is not a result of anything, for it always exists. All that is required is the removal of ignorance. The path of wisdom helps the seeker to acquire the ‘Self’-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar

Attributes are merely an illusion.+

 

All attributes based knowledge is dualistic knowledge. All the attributes are present only when the ‘I’ is present. Without realizing what this ‘I’ supposed to be in actuality the truth, which is hidden by the dualistic illusion will not be revealed.

All attributes based knowledge, which is inferior, have to be bifurcated and excluded to know the ultimate truth. The seeker of truth has to drop all the inferior knowledge based on the attributes and go beyond the Vedas to understand assimilate and realize the ultimate truth or Brahman.

The reason is the common ground for whole humanity in the modern age, whereas the appeal to scriptural relations reaches only the sects. Those who argue that truth is only in their religion are vain logicians, depending on mere ideas, speculations, and imaginations.

The truth is a bitter pill. It becomes very difficult for the seeker to accept it at first; because of his inherited conditioning. Gradually he will be able to grasp it as he moves on.

One has to go beyond Vedas means think beyond religion. Go beyond religion means, think beyond the belief of God. Thinking beyond the Vedas, religion and the belief of God is thinking beyond the form, time, and space. That is the end of dualistic knowledge. The end of the dualistic knowledge is the end of the ‘I'.

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

It is necessary for the seeker to do his homework, and verify the validity of all the claims, rather than blindly believe, what others expound as knowledge, till, the uncontradicted truth is obtained.

The Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness, is without attributes. All the attributes are merely an illusion created out of the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.

The reality and unreality are created out of single stuff because of the unreality (the world in which we exist), is experienced as a reality we are unaware of the reality hidden by the unreality. There is no second thing that exists other than the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. The dualistic illusion, which is present in the form of the ‘I’, hides the truth.

When the matter is an illusion created out of the spirit then Spirit alone is real.

When the object is created out of the subject then the subject alone is real.

When the attributes are created out of the Soul then the Soul alone is real.

When the world in which you exist created out of consciousness then the consciousness alone is real.

The knowledge of both matter and spirit is True knowledge. The true knowledge is Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

Lord Krishna tells Arjuna:~ Knowledge of both the matter and Spirit is the True knowledge. (Gita, Chap.XII)

Sage Sankara:~ Brahman is without attributes and strictly impersonal. It can be best described as the infinite Being, infinite Consciousness, and infinite Bliss. It is pure knowledge itself, similar to a source of infinite radiance. Since the Advaitins regard Brahman to be the Ultimate Truth, so in comparison to Brahman, every other thing, including the material world, its distinctness, the individuality of the living creatures, and even Ishvara (the Supreme Lord) itself are all untrue. Brahman is the effulgent cause of everything that exists and can possibly exist. Since it is beyond human comprehension, it is without any attributes, for assigning attributes to it would be distorting the true nature of Brahman. Advaitins believe in the existence of both Saguna Brahman and Nirguna Brahman; however, they consider Nirguna Brahman to be the absolute supreme truth.

All the attributes belong to the domain of the form, time, and space. From the standpoint of the soul, the innermost Self’ the form, time, and space are mere

You and the world, in which you exist, are within the mind. From the standpoint of the Soul, the ‘Self, the mind is the dualistic illusion. The Soul is present in the form of consciousness. The consciousness is the formless substance and witness of the ‘I’, which comes and goes. The ‘I’ is the dualistic illusion.

The truth is hidden within the dualistic illusion (‘I’) and it is without the dualistic illusion (‘I’).

Bhagavadgvad Gita: ~ “The permanent is always there, only the transient ‘I’ comes and goes.” (2.18)

The Soul is not ‘I’. ‘‘Self’ is not the ‘I’. The Soul is the ‘Self’. The Soul, the innermost ‘‘Self’’ is the witness of the ‘I’ which appears and disappears.

You are seeking to realize the truth of your true existence. To discover the truth, there is a need to understand the nature of the ‘I’. Without knowing what this ‘I’ supposed to be an actuality you will never be able to realize the truth, which is beyond the form, time, and space.

Till you hold the ‘‘Self’ ‘as the ‘I’ you will never be able to get ‘Self’-realization. ‘I’ hides the Soul, which is the innermost ‘Self’. ‘

Know what this ‘I’ first. Without realizing what this ‘I’ supposed to be, it is impossible for the Soul to free itself’ from the dualistic illusion.

The ‘I’ hides the truth of the whole. The ‘I’ hides the truth. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar

It is no use the seeker should spend the lifetime in search of the truth they are seeking for. The truth is already declared by Sage Sri, Sankara 1200 years back then why are you searching for the truth. +

It is no use the seeker should spend the lifetime in search of the truth they are seeking for. The truth is already declared by Sage Sankara 1200 years back then why are you searching for the truth. 

Sage Sakara’s declaration Atman is Brahman.~ the world is an illusion Brahman alone is real, is the Advaitic truth, rational truth, scientific truth, and the ultimate truth.

It is time now to realize and have the firm conviction of Sage Sakara’s declaration Atman is Brahman.~ the world is an illusion Brahman alone is real as the finality. There is nothing to contradict Sage Sri, Sakara’s declaration because there is only Oneness.

There is no need to search for the Guru the Soul, the  Self itself is the Guru.

Many Gurus describe perfection as the awakening to Reality ~the realization that pure Consciousness alone is, that the perpetually fluctuating and evanescent contents of the mind derive from it. This awakening effectively happens in an instant. But in order for the lightning flash to take place, resulting in a firm and unshakable certitude, long labor is necessary, which they seem to underestimate. “Truth is formless is their answer.

Many Guru's teaching seems essentially negative, potent but bitter medicine for those imprisoned by institutional cults. They break the disciple bonds but then lead him to a vast desert where he abandons him.

The ultimate state of consciousness they describe is that of the traditional Gurs or fully enlightened being, but they do not show us the process leading to the realization of this state. They describe marvelously the goal but do not indicate the steps to be taken: their recurring phrases "unified consciousness" and "let go" and "' love alone" are not a road-map.

Most of the Gurus and Yogis s approach was more practical, and they stuck with the reality of the 'I', they take it as real. All their teachings of Advaita is based on the dualistic perspective. Such teaching will not yield the truth of the whole.

There is no need to wander in search of truth from one mountain to another, one guru to another, one ashram to another and remain away from home in ashrams the whole life to get Self-realization.

The guidance comes from any form when the seeker is ready and receptive to take the mental (inner) journey. 

People who are stuck accepting the ‘Self’ as the ‘I’ or ‘I AM’ are eaten only the half-cooked food and they are satisfied with half-baked knowledge. And they will not be able to grasp digest the fullness the consciousness because their conviction about it is deep-rooted. Thus, they remain in ignorance thinking they know everything without fully knowing ‘what is what’.

Self~ knowledge is available to serious and sincere seekers on my spiritual groups in  FB. The seeker can avail of it in the spare time at the comfort of home or workplace in fact anywhere in his spare time attending to his practical life within the practical world.  

Remember:~

People, who claim that their doubts vanish merely by sitting in the presence of a yogi, have merely been hypnotized.

Religion and mysticism are a species of mesmerism affecting weaker or impressionable minds. The complete and impressive array of a Guru’s religious robes lifestyle creates the unconscious suggestion in the weaker mindset of superior power or magical knowledge.

The visitors to ashrams are suggested in thinking they experience great peace because they are unconsciously hypnotized into believing that will happen. But when a strong disciplined philosophic mind meets a Guru or visits an ashram, he is entirely unaffected.

People think that by meeting Gurus and yogis and by visiting the Ashrams they feel much peace as a result. But such peace and feeling is nothing to with the ultimate truth or Brahman. That is only hallucinated peace. Such hallucinated peace has nothing t to do with the question of truth. The person, who had eaten well, may also feel much satisfaction and contentment; his feeling is similar to the yogi. Such feeling and satisfaction are a reality within the duality. The duality is not a reality from the standpoint of Soul, the Self.

When the follower of the mysticism sits before the yogic-Guru, he may see all kinds of visions; the explanation is that he expects certain experiences and gets them, or else the Guru suggests them; the mind of the follower creates the entire experience. It is precisely the same as experiences of a hypnotic subject, which are the consequences of a stronger mindset working on a weaker one.

Without a prior suggestion, it is impossible to impress, people. So, there must be the prior suggestion strongly felt and accepted that one is entering the presence of a powerful yogi. Otherwise, the words or person of a yogi will fail to impress the visitors; all the visions, experiences, etc., which afterward occur are a matter of suggestibility.

Believers of religion and mysticism who are anxious for a mystic or occult experience often get it. But it is only a mental construction of their own, suggested originally from outside.

Suggestions may even come to one from a book or someone or read or seen, and thinking of them a number of times; then when he meets and sit before a yogic Guru for the first time, the suggestion comes up from the past or subconscious and gives you a vision or mystic experience. The whole thing is superimposition. So, he is led by a constant dwelling on a thought, to the manufacture of it as a projected experience. The complex overcomes them. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar