The ‘I’ is not Atman or the Soul.+

The Atman is the Sanskrit word, for Soul the Self. The Atman or Soul is present in the form of consciousness.

Thus, Atman or Soul or the Self or consciousness or awareness is one and the same thing.

This universe in which you exist is merely an illusion created out of single stuff. That single stuff is the Soul which is present in the form of consciousness.

The experience of birth, life, death, which happens within the universe is merely an illusion.

The form, time, and space are within the universe. Without form, time, and space there is no universe.

The universe is present only when the mind is present. The mind is present when ‘I’ is present.

On the standpoint of the Soul the Self, the universe is an illusion.

If the universe is merely an illusion, then the experience of birth, life, and death happen within the universe is an illusion.

If the universe is merely an illusion, then the form, time, and space are an illusion.

If the form, time, and space are merely an illusion, then the mind is an illusion.

If the mind is an illusion, then the ‘I’ is merely an illusion.

If the ‘I’ is merely an illusion then the substance and the witness of the ‘I’ which is the formless Soul alone is real and eternal. 

Remember:~

Atman (Soul) is the Self. The ‘I’ is not Atman. There is a need to know ‘what is ‘I’ before indulging in the pursuit of truth. People, who hold the ‘Self’ as the ‘I’, are holding the dualistic illusion as a reality.

Dualist Gurus including and thinkers 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.

The dualist object: - If everything else is false then the statement I am Brahman is itself false, but when one says nonduality 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. 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 of the ‘I’. The Soul is the real “Self ". the orthodox Advaitin and dualists did not, or could not analyze further than ‘I’ on this point because they thought the ‘I’ without the body as the Self. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar

The universe exists when Advaitic wisdom dawns but only its unreal nature is exposed.+

The universe is both real and unreal. It is real because it is a manifestation of consciousness, but is unreal, in the sense, that it is not absolute and eternal like consciousness itself.

People's approach is more practical, and they stuck with the reality of the world, they take it as real. That is why all the confusion.

The look of an object will depend upon the medium through which the observer views it. In fact, our mental and intellectual conditions determine the world, observed, and experienced. The commoner viewing the world will see differently from a Gnani viewing the same world. Each one interprets the world that they see in terms of their existing knowledge. The commoner sees everything based on the ego, therefore, experiences the birth, life, death, and the world as a reality, whereas a Gnani sees everything as the consciousness and he is fully aware of the fact that, there is no second thing that exists other than the Soul or the consciousness. Thus, all the egocentric (religious) adulteration has to be bifurcated to realize the ultimate truth, which is beyond form, time, and space.

Sage Sankara says you must first know what is before you. If you cannot know that, what else can you know or understand? If you give up the external world in your inquiry, you cannot get the whole truth.

The Soul, the 'Self' reveals ‘what is real’ and ‘what is unreal” when the seeker is receptive and ready.

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 beyond the form, time, and space.

Remember:~

Sage Sankara:~ VC "All this universe which through ignorance appears as of diverse forms, is nothing else but Brahman which is absolutely free from all the limitations of human thought.

This universe is common to all of us, therefore one must include the universe in his investigation in order to realize the ultimate truth or Brahman or God in truth. It is only after one has inquired into the nature of the objective universe, that he should inquire into who is the knower. If, however, one inquiries into the knower before the inquiry into the universe, then it is mere mysticism. One must have a perfect understanding of what is what.

v “What is the universe?”

v “What is this ‘I’?”

That is why Sage Sankara indicated in (VC):- 63- Without causing the objective universe to vanish and without knowing the truth of the ‘‘Self’’ how is one to achieve Liberation by the mere utterance of the word Brahman? — It would result merely in an effort of speech.

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.

Remember:~

If the inquiry does not include the universe then it is incomplete. The universe itself is what God is all about. The totality of the universe is what God is all about. You just study the nature of the universe with all the seriousness and sincerity to unfold the mystery of the universe. That is all you have to do. The universe is the seeker's school.

Sage Sankara: ~ VC~.63- "Without knowing and examining the universe, one can’t know the Truth, as the idea that the external world exists, won't go. It can go only by an inquiry into the nature of the external world.

When you finally realize the ‘‘Self’ ‘is not you but the ‘‘Self’’ is the Soul then you will realize the universe 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, are 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.

The universe exists when Advaitic wisdom dawns but only their unreal nature is exposed.

There is Self-awareness. A Gnani is fully aware that, his own body and his experience of the universe is an illusion created out of the consciousness. Thus, the form and names have no value because they are part of the illusion.

The real is consciousness from which the whole universe is made. Thus through wisdom one reaches the stillness of the Self, which is formless non-dual in its nature. Thus, one is aware of the material (consciousness), not the things (illusion) made out of the material.

As gold is the important material in making ornaments, so, consciousness is the material that is essential for the three states to arise. The gold remains gold when it is not ornamented. In Self- awareness, the consciousness remains in its formless nondual true nature in the midst of the dualistic illusion.

The form, time, and space are the product of ignorance. Until the ignorance is there the waking remains as a reality when the ignorance vanishes in the midst of the waking experience then the waking experience also becomes unreal, the same way as the dream becomes unreal when the waking takes place. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar

Realize the universe, in which you exist is nothing but the consciousness. Without consciousness, the universe, in which you exist ceases to exist.+

This universe is only the veil of ignorance on the Soul, the Self, which is present in the form of consciousness. The Self is not you but the Soul, which is hidden by the universe. The Soul is hidden by the universe because the universe merely a dualistic illusion or Maya created out of the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.

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

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 human thought.

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, are burnt down by the fire of knowledge, which arises from discrimination between these two—the Self and the non-Self.

Till you think you are an individual separate from the world and the world existed prior to you and you are born in it afterward the ignorance will prevail as a reality. Till ignorance is there the universe prevails as a reality

Remember:~

Mentally reduces the universe as consciousness by realizing the universe is nothing but an illusion created out of consciousness.

To realize the God is hidden behind the illusory universe in which you exist, a perfect understanding of 'what is what' is needed.

Why you are struggling to realize this simple truth. There is no need to go from one mountain to another, one Guru to another, one Ashram to another, read books after books.

Realize the universe, in which you exist is nothing but the consciousness. Without consciousness, the universe, in which you exist ceases to exist.

Thus, there no second thing exists other than consciousness. Thus, everything is consciousness whether it exists as the universe, in which you exist or without the universe, in which you exist.

A permanent view of the universe as an illusion comes only after Soul centric reasoning; such knowledge cannot change. Where the seeker who is sufficiently sharpness he could grasp the unreal nature of the world by Soul-centric reasoning alone.

To know the whole truth, one must know the whole universe, otherwise, he gets only half-truth.

Remember:~

Renouncing the worldly life and accepting sannyasa or monk-hood means the incapacity to think deeper, impotency to inquire, and reason.

People speak of getting rid of conditioning or samskara, but they themselves are unaware of the fact that the universe in which they exist is the product of the inborn samskara or conditioning. The ignorance is the cause of the inborn samskara or conditioning which present as ‘I’ or ‘I AM’.

The real Moksha or freedom is to realize the fact that ‘I’ consciousness is mere physical awareness. Physical awareness is present in form, time, and space. The form, time, and space are present in the form of the mind. The mind is present in the form of the universe. The universe appears as waking or dream (duality) and disappears as deep sleep (nonduality) Physical awareness is not Self-awareness. The Self –awareness is when the formless Soul or consciousness remains aware of its own non-dual true nature.

Ashtavakra Gita: ~ “Truly the dualism is the root of suffering. There is no other remedy for it than the realization that all this that we see is unreal and that the Soul, the innermost Self, is the one stainless reality, consisting of the consciousness”. 2:16

The sun, the moon, the stars, planets shine because of the Soul or Spirit. The Soul shines and all things else shine as a result. Everything in the universe reflects but that light of the Soul which is present in the form of consciousness. Merely knowing the truth is not enough to escape from the tangle of illusion.

The mind is in the form of the universe. From the standpoint of the Soul, the Self, the universe is merely an illusion. The illusion arises from ignorance.

Enlightenment comes with detachment from the illusion by realizing the experience of the form, time and space are one in essence.

Ashtavakra Gita: ~ “The Self is pure awareness though through ignorance the ‘Self has imagined itself to have additional attributes. By continually reflecting like this, the Self’s dwelling place is in the unimagined. 2:17

Ashtavakra Gita: ~ “For the 'Self' there is neither bondage nor liberation. The illusion has lost its basis and ceased. Truly all this exists in the Self though ultimately it does not even exist in the Self. 2:18

By saying I know the truth; I know Brahman is not wisdom. The truth is found only in the unity of understanding that is the knowledge of both matter and spirit. That is the matter and the spirit, are one in essence. And that essence is the spirit, which is present in the form of the Soul or consciousness. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar

In the Soul lies the whole universe because the universe is nothing but the Soul or consciousness.+

 In the Soul lies the whole universe because the universe is nothing but the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.

If you learn to look at the universe from the standpoint of the Soul then the truth will start revealing.

The greatest challenge lies to learn to observe the universe from the standpoint of the Soul, the Self.

Since Advaita requires heavy-duty intellectualism, it has to be simplified by learning to view the world view from the non-dualistic perspective.

The look of an object will depend upon the medium through which the observer views it. In fact, our mental and intellectual conditions determine the world, observed, and experienced. The commoner viewing the world will see differently from a Gnani viewing the same world. Each one interprets the world that they see in terms of their existing knowledge. The commoner sees everything based on the ego, therefore, experiences the birth, life, death, and the world as a reality, whereas a Gnani sees everything as the consciousness and he is fully aware of the fact that, there is no second thing that exists other than the Soul or consciousness.

Thus, all the egocentric (religious) adulteration has to be bifurcated to realize the ultimate truth, which is hidden by the illusory form, time, and space.

When the world in which you exist is nothing but an illusion created out of consciousness than you, your religion your belief, your Guru, your scriptures are also part of that illusion.

Advaita means one without the second. Consciousness’ is one without the second. Diversity is merely an illusory division in consciousness. All your accumulated knowledge will blocks you from realizing the truth, which is hidden by the illusory form, time, and space. Consciousness is formless, timeless, and spaceless existence.

There is no higher truth other than consciousness. Consciousness is the ultimate truth. The ultimate truth is the Advaitic truth. In Advaitic reality, there is no scope for the second thing.

To realize this truth, there is no need to follow any path. There is no need for initiation from a Guru. 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.

It is just a word used by the religion who believed there is a higher power that is the cause of the creation. Different religions used different words for the same thing. The idea depends on the man’s imagination. God is an English word.

The words are there for only communication purposes. The sages of truth called the ultimate truth as Brahman or God in truth. For them, the ultimate truth is God in truth. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar

Buddhism is mixed up with regional culture and traditions of the local religion, wherever it existed.+

Buddhism is mixed up with regional culture and traditions of the local religion, wherever it existed. Thus, to get the full essence of Buddhism is very difficult.

The Buddhist scriptures were completely distorted by the time of Sage Sankara. Sage Sankara had to criticize the Buddhist literature prevailing then as the Buddhists themselves were confused as to what Shunyata is. Vasubandhu and his disciple Dignaga (the latter lived about a couple of centuries before Sage Sri, Sankara) could not retain the original teachings of Bhagavan Buddha.

At first, Vasubandhu did not agree with his half-brother Asanga and wrote one book on Abhidharma and later on, he went to the side of Asanga and wrote a second book, where? he opposed his own earlier views on Abhidharma. Sage Sankara had to criticize the Buddhist knowledge? and literature of his time as he wanted to bring back the Pure Vedantic knowledge through his work on the Prasthanatraya. That is why there is a reference to the writing of Dharmakirti in Sutrabashya.

There is another aspect that in: ~ Vishnu Purana also says that Bhagavan Buddha created confusion. In Sarnath, he first taught about the basic Moral code. He talked about Anatma. Then? two decades later he taught the concept of Shunyata and? the tenets of Mahayana Buddhism.? In spite of Nagarjuna's telling that Shunyata is not Nihilism and that Parajanaparamita also mentioning about the Shunyata after one leaves? the five?

Skandhas, there are and there will always be people who will go on calling Buddha's philosophy as Nihilism. About the origin of the? Tantric Buddhism also? there are controversies.

Hindus hold Bhagavan Buddha being an Avatara of Lord Vishnu. It seems that in many Buddha Viharas, probably more in Sri Lanka, there are statues of Lord Vishnu, which are looked at reverentially.

The religion, yoga, and scriptures are for the ignorant masses, who wholly accept the material world as it presents itself. Wisdom is for those who have begun to realize that things are not what they seem. :~ Santthosh Kumaar

If the ‘Self’ is not ‘I’ but the ‘Self’ is the Soul then from the standpoint of the Soul, the ‘Self’, there is no ‘I?+

The ‘‘Self’ ’ is not the ‘I’. The ‘I’ is not within you. The ‘I’ is present in the form of the mind. 

The mind is present in the form of the universe. The universe appears as the waking. The waking is the dualistic illusion. 

The dualistic illusion is an object to the formless subject. The Soul, the ‘Self’ ’ is the subject. The Soul, the subject is present in the form of consciousness. 

From the standpoint of the Soul, the object is merely an illusion created out of consciousness.

If the ‘Self’ is not ‘I’ but the ‘Self’ is the Soul then from the standpoint of the Soul, the ‘Self’: ~

Where is the ‘I’?

Where is the ego?

Where is the body?

Where is the mind?

Where is the world in which you exist?

Where are form, time, and space?

Where is the waking experience?

Where is the duality?

Where is void?

They are or have become one with the Soul which is present in the form of consciousness. Consciousness is the ultimate truth or Brahman or God in truth.

The ‘I’ is present only when the mind is present. The mind is present only when the world is present. The world is present only when there is the waking experience.

Deeper self -search reveals the fact that the waking experience is not considered different from the world. The world is not considered different from the mind. The mind is not considered different from the’ I’. This truth has to be assimilated.

The ‘I’ is merely an illusion created out of the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. ‘I’ is not the subject. The ‘I’ is an object to the Soul, which is the formless, timeless, and spaceless subject.

If the ‘I’ is an illusion then the world in which you exist is bound to be an illusion.

If the ‘I’ is an illusion then three states, are bound to be an illusion.

If the ‘I’ is an illusion then the form, time, and space are bound to be an illusion.

If the 'I’ is an illusion then the individual experience of birth, life, death is bound to be an illusion.

If the ‘I’ is an illusion then the words and thoughts are bound to be an illusion.

If the ‘I’ is an illusion then the duality is bound to be an illusion.

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.

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

The ‘I’ hides the Soul, which is ever nondual.

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 mindsets. The seeker of truth accepts only the truth nothing but the truth. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar

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