Most of the modern Gurus are also stuck with ‘I’ awareness as ‘Self’ -awareness whereas the 'I' awareness is a mere illusion.+

The real Moksha or freedom is to realize the fact that ‘I’ consciousness is mere physical awareness. Physical awareness is not ‘Self’ -awareness. The ‘Self -awareness is when the formless soul or consciousness, the innermost ’Self’ remains aware of its own awareness.

That is why Bhagavan Buddha said: ~ “Believe nothing just because a so-called wise person said it. Believe nothing just because a belief is generally held. Believe nothing just because it is said in ancient books. Believe nothing just because it is said to be of divine origin. Believe nothing just because someone else believes it. Believe only what you, yourself test and judge to be true.

One cannot expect mental spoon-feeding for everything. The seeker has to do his own homework. One will not understand it through argument, which leads nowhere but to perversity.

Sage Sankara says: ~ “What is accepted without a proper inquiry will not lead to the final Goal. (Commentary on Vedanta Sutra)

Nothing has to be accepted truth without verification. Nothing is needed for acquiring Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana other than perfect understanding, assimilation, and realization of ‘what is what”

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.”

Dualist Gurus could not distinguish between ‘I’ and ‘formless witness.’ The 'I' was the witness. Their highest was the Jiva. One is so much attached to the 'I' that he does not want to think that 'I' does not exist. Again one is unable to detach the ‘I’ from the Real witness.

Most of the modern Gurus are also stuck with ‘I’ awareness as ‘Self’ -awareness whereas the 'I' awareness is a mere illusion. The ‘I’ awareness is present only when the mind is present. The mind is present only when the universe is present. The universe is present only when the waking or dream is present. The ‘I’ awareness is absent when the mind is absent. The mind is absent then the universe or waking or dream is absent. Thus, ‘I’ awareness is merely an illusion. The ‘Self’ -awareness is ‘I- LESS AWARENESS.

Sage Sankara said: ~ 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 arguments.

It is impossible to get rid of any conditioning without getting rid of the inborn samskara or conditioning. The ‘I’ or ‘I AM’ is the inborn samskara or conditioning. ‘I’ or ‘I AM’ is the mother of all conditioning. Because of this inborn conditioning, one thinks he is an individual separate from the world and world that existed before him and he is born in it afterward. Until this inborn conditioning is present one is in the grip of duality and he experiences the birth, life, death, and the world as reality. This inborn conditioning makes one experience the illusory duality as a reality.

The goal of the seeker is to realize Atman (consciousness). Atman (consciousness) is nothing but Brahman. By realizing Atman (consciousness) as Brahman (ultimate truth) is truth realization or Self-Realization or God-realization. There is no need to follow the religion, study scriptures or glorifying gods or Gurus, and follow the path of doubts and confusion by losing oneself’ in the labyrinths of philosophy when there is an easier path.

By mentally tracing the source of the mind from where it rises and subsides one becomes aware of the fallacy of the mind, which rises as waking or dream and subsides as deep sleep. The mind arises from consciousness and subsides as consciousness. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar

In all the three states consciousness pervades in everything and everywhere through and through.+

The three states are ~ waking, dream, and deep sleep. The ‘I’ is present only in waking or dream(duality) and ‘I’ is absent in deep sleep (nonduality).

The waking is as false as a dream. In all the three states consciousness pervades in everything and everywhere through and through.

The three states appear from the ignorance of the Soul, which is present in the form of the consciousness and disappear with the Self- knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

The mind appears from the non-cognition of consciousness and disappears with its recognition.

The moment you realize that the three states are created out of consciousness, there is no ignorance. One has to know consciousness is everything and everything is nothing but consciousness.

Recognize the ‘Self’ as the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness and realize the world in which you exist is nothing but consciousness. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar

The three states are an object to the Soul, which is the formless subject.+

The waking experience is common to all. The man and his individual experiences of the world are present only when the waking experience is present. The man is aware of the dream and deep sleep experience only in the waking experience. The man is unaware of the waking or dream, in deep sleep. The duality is present only in the waking or the dream. In deep sleep, there is only non-duality.

The waking experience is a parallel dream and the dream is a parallel waking experience. The individual experience within the waking experience is as real as a dream. The individual experiences within the dream are as real as the waking experience. The reality of the waking experience is limited to the waking experience. The reality of the dream is limited to the dream.

The witness of the three states is not you. But the Soul, the innermost Self. Your existence is limited to waking experience alone. The one that witness is the dream as the whole is not you but the Soul. The witness of the waking experience as a whole is not you but the Soul, because you exist within the waking experience.

The three states are an object to the Soul, which is the formless subject. From the standpoint of the Soul, which is the subject, there no object because the subject and object are one, in essence. The waking experience is a reality from the standpoint of the ego (you). The witness is the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.

The seeker who is aware of the existence of the formless witness apart from the three states will realize the fact that the three states are mere an illusion created out of consciousness.

It is necessary for the seeker to reflect on the nature of the Soul to abide in it.

The Soul is the substance, the witness, and also the source of the three states. In reality, the substance, the witness, and the source are one, in essence. Thus, the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness and three states are one in essence. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar

Even if you search for truth for million years, you will come to the final conclusion that the universe is mearly an illusion.+

 

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

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 as God other than consciousness.

Consciousness is the ultimate 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 the worldly life.

Realizing the consciousness (Spirit) is ultimate is spirituality.

There is nothing else to realize other than realizing there no second thing exists other than the consciousness. Realizing consciousness is second to none is truth realization.

Even if you search for truth million years you will only come to the final conclusion and realization that the universe 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 the consciousness alone is real and the world in which you exist is merely an illusion.

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

If the world, in which you exist is an illusion then the division of the form, time, and space is merely an illusion because the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness is the 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 the consciousness as the ultimate truth is Advaita. That is reducing the dualistic illusion or Maya into the nondualistic reality is Advaita.

Sage Sankara has declared Advaitic truth 1200 years back, but it is hidden and imparted only to a few.

Even scientists declare in the future the world is nothing but consciousness; Sage Sankara alone is qualified for the Noble prize, not the scientists because Sage Sankara declared this truth 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 do not want to inquire into the 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

Bhagavad Gita says, God is considered the all-pervading consciousness.Rig Veda says, Consciousness is Brahman or God in truth.+

Dualists say: God cannot exist without attributes. Then they are making God as an object whereas God is the subject. Attributes can only be seen in the objective world. Causality appears in the duality, but when one goes deeper into the matter even there the causality disappears.

Who else but the ‘Self’ could have imagined the objective world? Dualists see God as an imaginer, but where is the proof. Nobody has seen God creating. You have seen no other creator, whether God or angel. The only ‘Self’ is left. Therefore, ‘Self’ is the creator because imagining means creating.

The dualists' Gurus are imaginers. Their idea of God is mere belief. The belief is not truth hence it is not God. All belief based Gods are based on mythological stories. Whatever is based on the mythological stories are nothing but a myth.

The existence of mythological Gods existence depends on form, time, and space. Without the form, time, and space they cease to exist. From the ultimate standpoint the form, time, and space are merely an illusion. Whatever belongs to the illusion is bound to be an illusion.

This is all nonsense. There is no truth whatsoever in such ideas of God. Dualists theories are mere words ~ just a collection of words. Is truth found in mythology? The truth is hidden within the world in which you exist. Is truth is not found in the world, in which you exist because the world is merely an illusion? ‘God’ is hidden by the illusion. The illusion is present in the form of the ‘I’. The ‘I’ hides God in truth.

That is why 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

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

Even the Vedas indicate that the Self is consciousness:-

Rig Veda:~ 'Prajnanam Brahma' - Consciousness is the ultimate reality.

Rig Veda: ~ The Atman (Soul or Spirit) 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 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.

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

There is a clear cut idea of God in the Vedas, Upanishad, and Bhagavad Gita. And also, there is a clear cut idea of what not to worship as God in place of real God. Thus, it proves on Vedic perspective the Puranic Gods are not Vedic Gods.

Vedas says never accept another God in place of the Atman nor worship other than the Atman.

That is why Sage 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.

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 as God other than consciousness.

Religious Gods are not  God in truth. One must know God in truth.

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.

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. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar

One of Sage Sankara’s missions was to wean people away from the ritualistic approach advocated by Mimamsakas and to project wisdom (jnana) as the means of liberation.+

To realize the ultimate truth or Brahman, no scriptures are needed. I am highlighting only the rational views of the Sages Sankara.

One of Sage Sankara’s missions was to wean people away from the ritualistic approach advocated by Mimamsakas and to project wisdom (jnana) as the means of liberation in the light of Upanishad teachings.

Sage Sankara’s criticized severely the ritualistic attitude and those who advocated such practices. However, the texts that combined rituals with wisdom (jnana_karma_samucchaya) more in favor of the Mimamsaka position came onto vogue, projecting Sage Sankara as the rallying force of the doctrine. His followers might have found Sage Sri, Sankara’s mission a hard task and, therefore, compromised the liberating wisdom with the performance of rituals.

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.

That is why Sage Sankara:~, 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

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.

Religious rites and rigid ceremonies were passed down from one generation to the next as a practice or set customs and tradition and performed automatically with blind faith. Such worship based on the belief of God does not reach God.

Religious rites and ceremonies, yagnas and homa-havans, or any other forms of ritual are meant for the ignorant populace.

Belief in God without knowing God in actuality holds the worshiper more firmly in the grip of ignorance.

All worship and the ceremonies rituals performed on the base of non-~Vedic Gods will not yield any fruits. Deeper self-search reveals the fact that worshiped, the worship, and the worshiper and the world are merely an illusion created out of the consciousness.

Religious rites and ceremonies, yagnas and homa-havans, or any other forms of rituals formal observance have long since set in.

Religious rites and ceremonies, yagnas and homa-havans, or any other forms of ritual are meant for the ignorant populace. In the Atmic path, the seeker has to discard what is not needed to realize the truth, which is beyond the form, time, and space.

Sage Sankara says: ~ The scriptures dealing with rituals, rewards are therefore addressed to an ignorant person.

All the rituals based on the false belief of God will not yield any fruits and they are meant for the ignorant populace who are unable to grasp God beyond the form, time, and space.

Sage Sankara:~ (11) As regards the rituals, Sage Sankara says, the person who performs rituals and aspires for rewards will view himself’ in terms of the caste into which he is born, his age, the stage of his life, his standing in society, etc. Also, he is required to perform rituals all through his life. However, the ‘Self’ has none of those attributes or tags. Hence, the person who superimposes all those attributes on the changeless, eternal ‘Self’ and identifies the ‘Self’ with the body is confusing one for the other; and is, therefore, an ignorant person. The scriptures dealing with rituals, rewards, etc. are therefore addressed to an ignorant person.-Adhyasa Bhashya

Sage Sankara:~ (11.1) This ignorance (mistaking the body for ‘Self’) brings in its wake a desire for the well-being of the body, aversion for its disease or discomfort, fear of its destruction, and thus a host of miseries(anartha). This anartha is caused by projecting karthvya(“doer” sense) and bhokthavya (object) on the Atman. Sankara calls this adhyasa. The scriptures dealing with rituals, rewards, etc. are, therefore, he says, addressed to an ignorant person. -Adhyasa Bhashya

Sage Sankara:~ (11.2) In short, the person who engages in rituals with the notion “I am an agent, doer, thinker”, according to Sage Sankara, is ignorant, as his behavior implies a distinct, separate doer/agent/knower; and an object that is to be done/achieved/known. That duality is Avidya, an error that can be removed by Vidya. -Adhyasa Bhashya

Sage Sankara: ~ (12) Sage Sankara affirming his belief in one eternal unchanging reality (Brahman) and the illusion of plurality, drives home the point that Upanishads deal not with rituals but with the knowledge of the Absolute (Brahma Vidya) and the Upanishads give us an insight into the essential nature of the ‘Self’ which is identical with the Absolute, the Brahman. -Adhyasa Bhashya

No conceptual God can exist, apart from consciousness. People are not aware of the fact that there is no individual God can exist, apart from the Soul, which is in the form of consciousness. Thus, the Soul or Consciousness is the true ‘Self’. If there is no consciousness, then there is no physical body, no ego, no universe, no religion, and no conceptual God.

Innumerable people all over the world have been killed and being killed in the name of religion and God. This is because people are not aware of the ultimate truth of their true existence. People take their inherited belief as the ultimate truth without verifying the validity of their belief.

Does God exists or not is the question that succeeds not only in dividing people but creates a tug of war within every individual thinker. Ironically, if one believes in the concept of God then nothing else matters and if one is an atheist, too nothing else matters.

Those who have implicit faith in God bow their head in submission to what they call divine will. They believe the world is testing ground and sorrows must be borne with patience in order to prove their love to God. On the other hand, the Atheists claim the whole world is random creation arising, so to speak from chemical gravy that is accidental. Both these arguments based on the ‘false self’ (ego) within the false experience (waking).

On the base of the Soul, the innermost Self, the waking experience itself is merely an illusion. The man and his experience of the world are a reality within the waking experience. The waking experience is merely a dream witnessed by the Soul. 

Thus, all the physical-based theories are mere imagination based on the false self within the false experience. The formless substance and witness of the false experience, which is the Soul, which is present in the form of the consciousness is real and eternal.

Religion, religious Gods rituals, and sacrifices deal with lower knowledge. The Sages of truth ignored religion, religious Gods, rituals, and sacrifices and went in search of the truth of their true existence. The religion, religious Gods' rituals, and the sacrifices are unsafe rafts for crossing the sea of ignorance which is the cause of experiencing birth, life, death, and the world as a reality. Doomed to shipwreck are those who try to cross the dualistic illusion (form, time, and space) on these poor rafts.

Ignorant of their own ignorance, yet wise in their own esteem, these deluded men Proud of their inherited beliefs in their religion wage war and violence against humanity in the name of protecting their God and belief system.

Those who blindly accept the religion and its God as truth are like the blind led by the blind.

Even the Upanishads confirm: ~ It is impossible to find and realize the truth, which is beyond the form, time, and space via religion, rituals, and scriptural study.

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

The religion, individualized God, and scriptures are a great obstacle to Self-realization because they are based on a false self. The seeker of truth has to search for the ultimate truth without losing himself in the labyrinths of philosophy, through deeper, inquiry, analysis, and reasoning and assimilate and realize it.

That is why Sage Sankara, indicated in Bhaja Govindam says:~ (Jnana Viheena Sarva Mathena Bajathi na Muktim janma Shatena) ~ one without knowledge does not obtain liberation even in a hundred births, no matter which religious faith he follows.

Then it is no use going a roundabout way, trace the Brahman which is the formless substance and witness of the universe, which is in the form of mind. By tracing the source of the mind or universe one will be able to realize the ultimate truth or Brahman or God. ~ Santthosh Kumaar

The world in which you exist is a reality within the waking experience.+

The world in which you exist is a reality within the waking experience. The same way the dream entity and dream world are a reality within the dream. You are not the witness of the three states but the Soul, the Self, witnesses the coming and going of the three states.

The Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness, is the substratum and witness of the three states. Thus, it is erroneous to view and judge the ultimate truth on the base of the waking entity, which is not the witness of the coming and going of the three states.

The waking appears and disappears, the same way as the dream. The source of the waking or dream is the Soul. Therefore, the source itself is the Self.

Thus, the truth has to be based on the source of the three states. There is no man, no world; no God exists from the standpoint of the Soul, the 'Self' because the waking experience is merely an illusion created out of the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar

It is not you who is in ignorance. It is the Soul, which is in ignorance of its own true nature.+

Some find it is difficult to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana because they have not acquired the necessary competence for it. Without rectifying the reasoning base from ego (‘I’) base to Soul (‘I -less) base, it is not possible to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana. Therefore, it is necessary to rectify the reasoning base mentally by realizing the fact that you are not the Self. You are the ego. You are the false self within the false experience.

By reflecting constantly on the formless witness of the three states, the seeker can become aware of the existence of the formless witness of the three states. From the standpoint of the Soul, the witness, the three states are one, in essence. Thus, everything is the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.

The Soul remains in its own awareness without waking and dreams in deep sleep. Since, we are aware of the deep sleep experience only in the waking, which is the state of ignorance.

The ego is not the cause of ignorance because the ego, body, and the world are within the dualistic illusion. But the ignorance is the cause of experiencing the dualistic illusion as a reality.

It is not you who is in ignorance. It is the Soul, which is in ignorance of its own true nature. It is not you who has to get rid of ignorance because you and the world in which you exist are the product of ignorance.

It is the Soul, the ‘Self’ has to get rid of ignorance. Only through Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana, it is possible to get rid of ignorance.

Until one view, judge and conclude the truth the base of the ‘ego’, he will not be able to assimilate the Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

Self-Knowledge is –Self-Release. The Soul remains in the illusory bondage of the form, time, and space due to ignorance of its own true nature. Man makes various and strenuous attempts to become free but he is unaware of the fact that it is not he has to become free; it is the Soul that has to wake up from the sleep of ignorance.

When Soul wakes up to its own awareness then it is free from experiencing the dualistic illusion as a reality. The dualistic illusion is merely a play of consciousness. :~ Santthosh Kumaar

The Soul is the witness of the three states, is the ultimate key to unfolding the truth, which is hidden by ignorance.+

Soulcentric reasoning reveals the ultimate truth or Brahman. The Soul, the witness of the three states is the ultimate key to unfolding the truth, which is hidden by ignorance.

From the standpoint of the Soul, the Self, there can be no religious discord. The Soul has no religion because the religion is based on form, time, and space whereas the Soul is formless, timeless, and spaceless existence.

The Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness, is the ultimate truth or Brahman or God in truth. Consciousness is the universal truth. Therefore, Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana, or Atma Gnana is for everyone.

Since people are not prepared to verify the facts about their own belief system they are unable to understand and assimilate the Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

Without an urge to know the truth and prepares the ground properly and consistently in his efforts to know the truth beyond the form, time, and space, he will not be receptive to receive Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

Remember:~

Sage Goudapada: ~ 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)

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The reasoning is interpretable in two ways. The egocentric interpretation is to apply it only to the waking experience. The Soulcentric interpretation is to apply it to the three states. The latter leads to a final settlement of the problems because it takes all data into consideration.

As we keep digging deeper and deeper, the truth will shine as pure awareness in the midst of the duality (waking).

The Sou,l the Self is our ultimate teacher. It is only our inner teacher that will walk with us to the goal, for the Soul is the goal. From the ultimate standpoint, there is no teacher, there is no teaching and there is no student.

Millions are searching for the truth, but one in million will realize it. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar

Sage Sankara:~Worship as many Gods as you please, observe ceremonies but liberation will never without realizing the Oneness.+

Sage 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.

The ‘Self’ is the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. Self-realization is Truth realization. Truth -realization is God-realization. God-realization itself is real worship.

Sage Sankara declaration: ~ “Brahman is the truth The World is Unreal everything is Truly Brahman and nothing else has any value.

Path of wisdom is not for the orthodox populace. It is difficult for the orthodox people to accept the truth because they already accepted something else as truth because of their samskara or conditioning. It is difficult for them to accept anything other than their inherited conditioning.

The ‘Self’ is the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. Self-realization is Truth realization. Truth -realization is God-realization. God-realization itself is real worship. identification with the body, sense organs, etc., which are unreal.

Even Sage Sankara appears personally and tells them what they have accepted as truth is not truth; they will never be able to accept anything other than their accepted truth.

Orthodox people must follow their chosen path which makes them happy and gives them satisfaction. Without instance urge to acquire Self-knowledge it is impossible to tread the path of wisdom.

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.

The path of wisdom attracts only those who are in search of truth and they appreciate it greatly. Ignorant are not spiritually matured the receive Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

Ignorant indulge in argument and provocation and personal attack, which hinder their own realization of the ultimate truth or Brahman.

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.

I am highlighting all the obstacles in the inner journey and how to overcome these obstacles. All accumulated knowledge is of no use in the Atmic path.

It is for every seeker, who is in the Atmic path to realizing himself “What is truth, “and “What is untruth?” to assimilate the Self –Knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

My postings are only signposts. The seeker needs to reflect constantly on the subject till the cobwebs of his doubts and confusion get cleared.

Sage Sankara says: ~ there is no need to study the Scriptures, in order to realize the ultimate truth or Brahman

~ then why you indulge in studying the scriptures.

Sage Sankara says: ~ there is no need to study philosophy, in order to realize the ultimate truth or Brahman

~then why you indulge in studying philosophy.

Sage Sankara says: ~ there is no need to indulge rituals, in order to realize the ultimate truth or Brahman

~then why you indulge in rituals.

Sage Sankara says: ~ there is no need to indulge yoga, in order to realize the ultimate truth or Brahman

~then why you indulge in yoga.

Sage Sankara says the transparent Truth of the Self, which is hidden by the illusion, is to be attained through the instructions of a knower of Brahman, (Gnani)

~ then why you are sticking a Guru who is not a Gnani.

Sage Sankara says: ~ “The exercise in discrimination between real and unreal and renunciation of the false leads truth realization.

Atman is Brahman. The Atman is the Self is non-dual because there is no second thing that exists other than the Atman.

Atman is present in the form of consciousness. Consciousness is the only true reality, and everything else, which appears as form, time, and space is merely an illusion.

It takes time for the seeker to gain the perfect understanding of ‘what is truth’ and ‘’what is untruth’. It takes time for the Soul, the Self to wake up from the sleep of ignorance, and it takes time for one realizes the truth, which is hidden by the illusory form, time, and space. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar