What is Maya.+

Different Gurus hold different views about Maya. In popular parlance, Maya means illusion. Only a Gnani knows what is Maya? and what is the ultimate reality?

That is why Sage Sankara says: ~ ‘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' (Gnani).

We have to discard all accumulated knowledge accumulated from different Gurus and teachers.

In reality, three is no scope for two. Advaita means one without the second. Advaita means the Soul. The Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness, is one without the second.

Consciousness is one without the second because the world in which you exist is created out of consciousness. Thus, everything is consciousness. No second thing exists other than consciousness. Consciousness alone is real and eternal.

Advaitic truth has to be grasped mentally by realizing the form, time and space are one, in essence.

What is Maya: ~

The ignorance is Maya

The dualistic illusion is Maya

The ‘I’ is Maya.

The mind is Maya.

The form, time, and space are Maya.

The universe is Maya.

The three states are Maya.

The individual experience of birth, life, death, and the world is Maya.

Remember:~

When the Soul, the Self is caught up in the cage of ignorance then it is in the domain of the dualistic illusion or Maya.

The dualistic illusion or Maya is present in the form of the ‘I’.

The dualistic illusion or Maya is present in the form of the mind.

The dualistic illusion or Maya is present in the form of form, time, and space.

The dualistic illusion or Maya is present in the form of the universe.

The dualistic illusion or Maya is present in the form of waking.

The dualistic illusion or Maya is present in the form of the dream.

The dualistic illusion or Maya is present in the form of the individual experience of birth, life, death, and the world.

Remember:~

Without the dualistic illusion or Maya, there is no ‘I’.

Without the dualistic illusion or Maya, there is no mind.

Without the dualistic illusion or Maya, there is no form, time, and space.

Without the dualistic illusion or Maya, there is no universe.

Without the dualistic illusion or Maya, there is no form of waking.

Without the dualistic illusion or Maya, there is no dream.

Without the dualistic illusion or Maya, there is no individual experience of birth, life, death, and the world.

The Soul, the Self, which is present in the form of consciousness, is hidden by Maya.

Only through the sword of Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana the veil of ignorance vanishes and then the Soul, the Self shines as the ultimate truth or Brahman or God in truth.

Remember:~

People are stuck with the reality of the ‘I’ which itself is Maya.

People take the ‘I’, which is Maya as real because some Gurus have propagated the Self as the ‘I’. They refuse to accept ‘I’ as mays because they hold the ‘Self’ as the ‘I’.

There is no need to convince such A mindset. The seeker of truth accepts only the truth nothing but the truth.

That is why Sage 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.

Sage Sankara says: ~ VC-47- All the effects of ignorance, root, and branch, are burnt down by the fire of knowledge, which arises from discrimination between these two—the Self and the not-Self.

Remember:~

It really depends on his inborn natural capacity to understand and assimilate it. Sage Sankara’s wisdom is a Self-examiner, to test oneself to discover how near to Gnana he has approached and what progress has already been made on the path, and what still remains to be done. It sets up a criterion for Self-judgement. There are millions in search of truth but one in million will be able to grasp it.

Without Sage Sankara, there is no Advaita (nonduality). Since it was mixed up with orthodoxy there is lots of confusion.

All the Gurus who propagate Advaita of east and west air their knowledge base Advaita on the dualistic perspective and orthodox perspective.

I am highlighting all the obstacles, which are blocking one from realizing the ultimate truth or Brahman or God in truth.

There are so many non-dualistic masters of the east and also from the west who expound Advaitic or non-dualistic knowledge but none of them are helpful to reach the ultimate end.

The seeker has to know and realize the Self not the ‘I’ but the Soul. the seeker has to identify the Self as the Soul to find liberation from the bondage of the Maya of birth, life, death, and the world.

The goal of human life is to find and realize our identity with our Soul, which is the Self.

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 a mindset.

Such a mindset is 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

Remember:~

Unless the seeker drops all his accumulated knowledge and strives to realize the truth with patience and humility it is not possible to realize the ‘Self’ hidden by the dualistic illusion. In the path of wisdom discussion of the unimportant subject matter and creates a hindrance. The path of truth is the path of verification. Nothing has to be accepted as truth without verification.

The seeker has to read umpteen times, think deeply, and reflect repeatedly until his reasoning base becomes Soulcentric. Once he becomes he becomes Soulcentric the truth will start revealing on its own. As the seeker digs into old and new posts, he will gradually start understanding and assimilating the Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

We have to discard all accumulated knowledge accumulated from different Gurus and their teachings in order to realize the truth hidden by the Maya. : ~Santthosh Kumaar

Without Sage Sankara’s Advaitic wisdom, Self-realization is an impossibility.+

There is no higher or lower goal. Self- realization is the only goal. Without Sage Sankara’s Advaitic wisdom, Self-realization is an impossibility. When religion has become merely a matter of worshiping superstition, dogmas rituals, and ceremonies, it has become a cage for the Soul the Self.

God is not the religious Gods you believe in and worship. God is the Soul, the Self, which is present in the form of consciousness. Do not search for God in the external world because the god is hidden by the world in which you exist. Let these words be inscribed in your subconscious.

Nothing is real but the Soul, the God. Nothing matters but the realization of God. God pervades everywhere and in everything in the world in which you exist because the world in which you exist is merely an illusion created out of God, which is present in the form of consciousness. consciousness, which is God, alone is and all else is an illusion.

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

Some Gurus advised concentration on the sense “I” as a means to obtain realization. Some Gurus say “You should just go on thinking ‘I’ constantly the ‘I’ will shine as Self’. Such declarations are a great error because the ‘I’ itself is ignorance.

The ‘I-centric and ‘you-centric’ Gurus and their teaching deal with lower knowledge. The seeker has to ignore these ‘I-centric and ‘you-centric’ Gurus and their teaching to move to realize the higher truth hidden by the ‘I’.

The ‘I-centric and ‘you-centric’ Gurus and their teaching are unsafe rafts for crossing the sea of ignorance. Doomed to shipwreck are those who try to cross The sea ignorance on these poor rafts. Ignorant of their ignorance, yet wise in their esteem, these deluded men proud of their vain learning go round and round like the blind led by the blind.

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

It is foolish to say ‘I AM GOD’ when the Self is not you, but the Self is the Soul. Therefore, the Soul, the Self, is God.

People say Aham Brahmasmi ~ I am God, I am Brahman. But when Brahman is, how can "I" remain? Only Brahman remains, not the ‘I’.

People study Vedanta and they are under the delusion and conclude that they say, ‘I AM Brahman’ or ‘I AM THAT’ but they fail to realize the fact that Brahman is everywhere and in everything! The existence of Brahman is not limited to his physical identity because, it the very essence of the form, time, and space.

Yoga Vasistha: ~ "Teachers, interpretations of sacred texts, the force of religious merit--none of these lead to the realization of that Ultimate Truth which is revealed in the clear reflection of the heart, engendered from contact with the good."

Sage Sankara: ~ VC 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 (verses-6)

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

~ This shows he was wearing the religious robe only for the sake of bread." Thus, it means those who are wearing religious robes for the sake of bread.

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

Thus, it proves that religious Gurus and yogis are not Gnanis because they identified themselves as holy people. The religious Gurus, yogis, and ‘I-centric’ ‘you-centric’ Gurus and their teachings are not Advaitic wisdom.

If you hold anyone as holy or anything as sacred you will never be able to transcend from dualistic illusion to non-dualistic reality. Other than the Soul nothing is holy and sacred.

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.

Advaita is not a theory or a philosophy. Advaita is the nature of the Soul the Self. There is no need for any theory or philosophy or scriptures to acquire Self-knowledge. Only a perfect understanding of ‘what is what’ is needed.

Rig Veda: ~ May ye never turn away from the Atman (Soul) the innermost self. May ye never accept another God in place of the Atman nor worship other than the Atman?" (10:48, 5)

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

That is why Sage Sankara says :~ The transparent Truth of the ‘Self’, which is hidden by the Maya (‘I’) and its effects, is to be attained through the instructions of a knower of Brahman (Gnani).

If you concentrate on the ‘I’ then you are concentrating on ignorance. If you focus your attention on believing the ‘‘Self’’ as the ‘I’ then your ignorance will become more and more deeply rooted.

Those who are stuck up with this ‘I-centric’ and ‘you-centric’ Gurus and their teaching will never be able to get rid of the ignorance.

At a certain point, advice and words become meaningless. Those words may have served as a pointer along the way, and that’s fine, but sooner or later the seeker will have to discard these ‘I-centric’ and ‘you-centric’ Gurus and their teaching in order to get rid of ignorance.

That is why Bhagavan Buddha said: ~ “Believe nothing because a wise man said it, Believe nothing because it is generally held. Believe nothing because it is written. Believe nothing because it is said to be divine. Believe nothing because someone else said it. But believe only what you, yourself judge to be true

All accumulated knowledge is of no use in the path of wisdom. Without realizing “What is the truth it is impossible to realize “What is untruth?” Without realizing what is truth and what is untruth it is impossible to assimilate the Self –Knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana. The seeker must know with full and firm conviction what truth is.

The wisdom consists in knowing the truth, that everything (mind or physical existence) is the consciousness. The freedom (ultimate truth) is always there yet one does not know it. But to those whose reason is turned away from physicality and who have attained the serenity of the Soul or the consciousness, the innermost ‘Self’, are quite near to realizing the ultimate truth or Brahman or God in truth.

It is tough for those who strongly believe the ‘I’, as the ‘Self’, to realize the truth. Most of the spiritual paths hold the ‘I’, as the ‘Self’ and spin their imagination on the base of ‘I’, which leads them to hallucination. People mistake that ‘Self’ as “I” whereas the gross bodies are many. So the ‘I’ cannot be ‘Self’. By sentimentally and emotionally getting involved with some teachings or Guru is a great hindrance in pursuit of truth.

People hold their Guru as the ultimate authority and drop their pursuit of truth and indulge in their glorifying and worshiping the Gurus, which keeps them permanently in ignorance.

The serious seeker should constantly reflect on the ‘Self’ through a deeper ‘Self’-search. The Soul, the innermost ‘Self’ is in the form of consciousness.

Realizing the ‘Self’ is not ‘I’ but the ‘Self’ is the Soul, which witnesses the ‘I’. ‘Self’-knowledge is the only tool for the acquisition of final freedom from experiencing the illusory duality as reality.

Sage Goudpada: ~ To establish the truth of Nonduality by sheer reasoning alone. He begins by defining "What is real?" "What is unreal?" etc, because that is the right way to discuss or teach. People must first know what they are talking about. (Manduka Karika)

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, which 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 Soul. The Soul is the whole universe because the universe is nothing but an illusion created out of the Soul. the soul becomes the universe in waking experience and the universe becomes Soul in deep sleep.

People think the ‘I’ without the body is the ‘Self’. The seeker has to understand 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 as real because some Gurus have propagated the ‘Self’ is the ‘I’. There is no need to convince such a mindset. The seeker of truth accepts only the truth nothing but the truth.

That is why Sage 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 come 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 a mindset.

Such a mindset is 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. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar

Holding the Self as the ‘I’ is holding the illusory universe or Maya as a reality.+

The Soul is the ‘Self’. The ‘I’ is not the Soul. Holding the Self as the ‘I’ is holding the illusory universe or Maya as a reality. There is a need to know what is ‘I’ before indulging in the pursuit of truth.

Dualist Gurus including many thinkers could not distinguish between the Self and the ‘I. They hold Self as 'I'. Their highest was the Jiva. They are so much attached to the 'I' that they do not want to think that 'I' does not exist. Again they are unable to detach the ‘I’ from the Real Self, which is the Soul or consciousness.

The dualist object: - If everything else is false then the statement I am Brahman is itself false, but when one says non-duality is false, there must be the awareness, consciousness, behind the very statement. You will also go, die. One has to rely upon that which is permanent. The Soul, the witness of the ‘I’ alone is permanent and eternal. Anything that one says is a witnessed (waking), but there is the Soul, the witness (consciousness) there before any statement could be made.

They mean the body by “I", but it is the Soul, the witness which is the real Self. Theists dualists did not, or could not analyze further than ‘I’ on this point because they thought the ‘I’ without the body as the ‘Self’.

Remember:~

WHAT IS ‘I’?

The ‘I’ disappears as deep sleep, so what is the use of being attached to it? It is impermanent and illusory.

There is really no ‘I’. The ‘I’ is present in the form of the mind. And the mind is in the form of the universe.

The universe appears as the waking or dream. The ‘I’ or mind or universe or waking or dream dies disappears as deep sleep.

One that appears as ‘I’ or the mind or universe or waking or dream is nothing but consciousness and it disappears as deep sleep is also consciousness.

In deep sleep, it is in its formless nondual true nature. The one, which witnesses the coming and going of the three states, is also consciousness.

Thus, the witness and the witnessed are one, in essence.

The universe is a reality on the base of the ego. You are the ego. The ego is the false self (ego) within the false experience (waking).

The universe is unreal on the base of the Soul, the ‘Self’. The Soul is present in the form of consciousness.

The seeker gradually will grasp and realize the unreal nature of the universe (‘I’ or mind).

Remember:~

Individuality is illusory because the ‘Self’ is not an individual because ‘Self’ is a formless, timeless, and spaceless existence and it pervades in everything and everywhere in all the three states.

Dualist’ Gurus and saints have written big volumes about the Soul. Yet they are quite ignorant of the fact that the ‘I’ about which they write itself’ comes and goes and has no permanent existence, is only an idea after all.

What is it that appears as the ‘I’ and disappears as the ‘I-less? It is the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.

Do not make the mistake of holding the Self as the ‘I’ because it is not permanent. ‘I’ disappears and becomes ‘I’-less Soul.

‘I’ is an illusion and the ‘I-less Soul is real and eternal. The ‘I-less Soul ‘appears as ‘I’ and ‘I ’‘disappears as I-less Soul.

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

The ‘I’ hides the Soul, the ‘Self’.

Dualists think the ‘I’ without the body is the Self. The seeker has to understand the fact that ‘I’ is not the Self, but the Soul, the witness of the ‘I’ is the true Self, which is unborn 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. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar

Sage Sankara has declared Advaitic truth 1200 years back but it was hidden. Only seirious seekers will be able to realze it.+

Adyatma is nothing to do with religious sect or creed and religious belief. Adyatma is pure spirituality. Knowledge of Atma is Adyatma. Advaita is Adyatma.

Adyatma is the knowledge of the truth beyond the form, time, and space. Bifurcate religion, yoga, and theoretical philosophy and based the truth on the Athma it is Adyatma.

Adyatma is based on the ultimate truth which is based on the Atma or Spirit, which is the Self.

Sage Sankara's Advaitic wisdom is pure spirituality or Adyathma.:

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

Consciousness is the ultimate truth or Brahman or God in truth. There is no higher truth other than consciousness. To realize this truth there is no need to follow any path. There is no need to follow anyone. There is no need to become a wandering monk. There is no need to renounce worldly life.

Realizing consciousness or Spirit is ultimate is spirituality. There is nothing else to realize other than realizing there no second thing exists other than consciousness.

Realizing consciousness is second to none is truth realization. Even if you search for million years you will only come to a final conclusion and realization that the world in which you exist is nothing but consciousness.

If the world, in which you exist is nothing but consciousness, then what else is there to realize other than realizing consciousness alone is real and the world in which you exist is merely an illusion.

If the world in which you exist is merely an illusion the experience of the birth, life, and death that happens in the illusory world is bound to be an illusion or Maya.

If the world, in which you exist is an illusion then the division of the form, time, and space are merely an illusion because the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness is the innermost Self. the Soul, the Self is the fullness of consciousness.

Mentally Reducing the world, in which you exist to consciousness leads to Self-awareness. Realizing consciousness as the ultimate truth is Advaita. That is mentally reducing the dualistic illusion into non-dualistic reality is Advaita.

Sage Sankara has declared Advaitic truth 1200 years back but it was hidden. Only serious seekers will be able to realize it. The seeker who is sharp enough to grasp the Advaitic truth will be able to discover the hidden treasure.

Even scientists declare in the future the world is nothing but consciousness the Sage Sankara alone is qualified for the Nobel Prize, not the scientists because Sage Sankara declared it 1200 years back.

Sage Sankara’s Advaitic wisdom has been lost: people misinterpret and falsify. Advaita is not a theory but Advaita is the rational truth, the scientific truth, and the ultimate truth. But nobody knows it.

The teachers of philosophy and the Gurus or religion do not want to inquire into truth and have no time for it.

Sage Sankara’s Advaitic wisdom is nothing to do with religion. Thus, all his religious teaching which is meant for the ignorant populace has to be bifurcated from his wisdom. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar

Jesus said : ~When you make the two one, and when you make the inside like the outside and the outside like the inside.+

Spirituality is nothing to do with religion. Spirituality is based on the Spirit, the real God whereas religion is based on the matter(world).

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 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.

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

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

If God is Spirit, then how does the man know God created the world? There is no proof. If the man had seen God creating the world, he could admit it, but how could he have seen God before he came into existence? (i.e. were created).

The Spirit is the root element of the universe. The Spirit is present in the form of the Soul, the   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.

Jesus said: ~ Do not throw your pearls before pigs, lest they trample them underfoot and turn to attack you. (Matthew -7:6)

~ Jesus meant Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana (pearls) should not be given to the ignorant populace (pigs).

Jesus said: ~ Seek and ye shall find. Knock the doors shall open to you.

The Spirit is present in the form of consciousness. Everything is consciousness. All the moments are within the dualistic illusion or Maya. Whatever happens within the dualistic illusion is bound to be an illusion created out of consciousness. Thus, consciousness alone is real and all else is merely an illusion.

“Spirit is my father and I and my father are one.”

If the Spirit is the father the son is bound to be the Spirit. The Spirit, the beloved alone is real and all else is merely an illusion.

Jesus really say? To the multitude, he said, “God is in heaven; try to go there,” and to reach that end he said to overcome certain temptations and sufferings.

To his followers, he said, “God is everywhere; try to see Him.” and gave explanations to that effect.

To the close circle of apostles, he said, “God is in me and in you too,” and actually revealed this to them.

Why did Jesus say different things? Owing to the time and the persons, according to their readiness to listen and understand. What Jesus meant was to leave all and follow him; that means to know him, see him, and experience him.

The teachings that are being followed by Christians are not the real teachings that Christ gave. The priests have altered his words, added to his teachings, and spoiled them.

Jesus said: ~ Know what is in front of your face, and what is hidden from you will be disclosed to you. (THE GOSPEL OF THOMAS- Saying 5)

"The Kingdom of God is inside you and all around you, Not in a mansion of wood and stone. Split a piece of wood and God is there, Lift a stone and you will find God." (Gospel of Thomas)

Gospel Thomas Logian 22: ~ Jesus saw infants being suckled. He said to his disciples, “These infants being suckled are like those who enter the kingdom.”

They said to him, “Shall we then, as children, enter the kingdom?”

Jesus said to them:~“When you make the two one, and when you make the inside like the outside and the outside like the inside, and the above like the below, and when you make the male and the female one and the same, so that the male not be male nor the female is female; and when you fashion eyes in the place of an eye, and a hand in place of a hand, and a foot in place of a foot, and a likeness in place of a likeness; then will you enter the kingdom.”

Jesus said:~ "Those who seek should not stop seeking until they find. When they find it, they will be disturbed. When they are disturbed, they will marvel and will reign over all. (And after they have reigned they will rest.)"

Santthosh Kumaar: ~ This above passage is Jesus’s version of Nonduality or Advaita. When one realizes the mind (matter) and the Soul (Spirit), the Self, are one, in essence, there is no place for the duality.

Without duality, the universe ceases to exist. Without the universe, your existence within the universe is merely an illusion. There is no scope for two because everything is created out of single stuff. That single stuff is consciousness or Spirit.

Until one thinks he is an individual separate from this world he remains in the realm of duality. Duality is the product of ignorance. When the Advaitic wisdom dawns, then the ignorance vanishes. When the ignorance vanishes, then the duality never remains as a reality.

God is not physical. God is present in the form of the Spirit. The Spirit is the cause of the Universe and the Spirit itself is uncaused.

On the standpoint of the Spirit, the form, time, space, and name are merely an illusion. The Spirit alone is real and all else is an illusion. In reality, the Spirit (God) matter (the world in which we exist) are one. :~Santthosh Kumaar

Most of the Gurus and Yogis approach is more practical, and they stuck with the reality of the 'I', they take it as real.+

Most of the Gurus and Yogis approach is 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. 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. Such teaching will not yield the truth of the whole.

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 a 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's bonds but then lead him to a vast desert where they abandon him.

The ‘I’ is blocking your realization of truth. The ‘I’ based teachings have to be discarded in order to realize the Advaitic reality.

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, which 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 Soul, the Self.

Where there is ‘I’ there is ignorance.

Where there is ignorance there is separation.

Where there is separation there is duality.

Where there is duality there is an illusion.

Where there is an illusion there is the mind.

Where there is mind there is the universe.

Where there is the universe there is waking or dream.

Where there is the universe there is waking or dream there is form, time, and space

Remember:~

Where there is no ‘I’ there is no ignorance.

Where there is no ignorance there is no separation.

Where there is no separation there is no duality.

Where there is no duality there is an illusion.

Where there is no illusion there is no mind.

Where there is no mind there is no universe.

Where there is no universe there is no waking or dream.

Where there is no waking or dream there is no form, time, and space

When there are no divisions of the form, time, and space then there is Advaitic reality.

Perfect understanding of ‘what is what leads to the realization of Advaitic truth, which is beyond the form, time, and space.

Without knowing ‘what the mind is in actuality how you can know the consciousness? Playing with words is not spirituality. The consciousness is the cause of the mind and it itself is uncaused.

Preaching teaching is not wisdom. only through perfect understanding and realization of ‘what is what leads to the realization of the truth, which is hidden within the form, time and space and it is without the form, time and space.

Consciousness is not an object but it’s the subject. Knowledge of both object and subject is ‘Self’-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar