"Who am I?” inquiry is based on the individual whereas the 'I' is not limited to an individual because the 'I' is the whole universe.+

Who am I?" this question was boldly taken up by the great Advaitic Sage  Sankara who wrote commentaries on some of the spiritual treatises known as the Upanishads, which form the latter part of the Vedas, the Holy Scriptures. Sage Sankara addressed to the scholars, philosophers, and monks of his day.

The deep inquiry into the nature of the ‘I’ ’ and free the Soul from the illusory bondage of the ‘I’. The ‘Who Am ‘I’- inquiry is for the beginners to expose the unreal nature of the ‘I’.

"Who am I?” inquiry is based on the individual whereas the 'I' is not limited to an individual because the 'I' is the whole universe. Without the 'I', the universe ceases to exist. 

"Who am I?” inquiry has no dynamic, direct, universal appeal it is just a starter in the Atmic Path.

The Self-inquiry is to know ‘what is this ‘I’ supposed to be in actuality. It is erroneous to limit the ‘I’ is within the body. Thinking the ‘I’ is within the body and inquiring ‘Who Am ‘I’ will not help to unfold the mystery of the ‘I’.

The ‘I’ hides the reality of existence. The nature of existence is the formless, timeless, and spaceless existence. There is no ‘I’ in reality. The ‘I’ is merely an illusion. Whatever belongs to the ‘I’ is merely an illusion.

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 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, which is present in the form of consciousness. 

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 it as real because some Gurus have propagated the Self is the ‘I’. is no need to convince such mindsets. 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.

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 mindsets are 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.

That is why Sage Sankara says: ~ 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.

The Advaitic wisdom of Sage Sankara has dynamic, direct, universal appeal. : ~ 

Santthosh Kumaar

Self-realization is not the ‘I’ realization because the Self is not the ‘I’.+

It is the Soul that pervades this universe, and this universe exists in the Soul. The true nature of the Soul is pure consciousness."

You have to realize the Self, not the ‘I’ but the ‘Self’ is the Soul, which is present in the form of the consciousness. Self-realization is not the ‘I’ realization because the Self is not the ‘I’.

Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana is the knowledge that unfolds the mystery of the universe. The universe is created out of single stuff. And that single stuff is the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.

The ‘I’ is present only when the mind is present. Without the ‘I’ the mind ceases to exist.

The mind is present when the universe is present. Without the mind, the universe ceases to exist.

The universe is present only when the waking is present. Without the universe, the waking ceases to exist.

So, without the ‘I’ the mind or universe or the waking cease to exist.

On the standpoint of the Soul is the innermost ‘Self’, the ‘I’ the mind or universe or the waking cease exists as a reality.

The Soul is the innermost ‘Self’ that can remain with or without the ‘I’. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar

It is foolish to say I am unborn without knowing the one which is born lives, dies in this world is you.+

Whether a person has the worldly burden or busy with enjoyment without an intense urge Self-realization is an impossibility. Truth realization itself is Self-realization. Self-realization is God-realization. God-realization itself is real worship.

All pleasure and pain of worldly life are happening within the dualistic illusion. The path of wisdom is not suited for those who are immersed in worldly life.

It is foolish to say I am unborn without knowing the one which is born lives, dies in this world is you. You are the birth entity; your death is certain then how you can say that you are unborn. The unborn is the Soul, the Self, which is the cause of your experience of birth, life, death, and the world and it itself causeless.

The Soul, the Self is nothing to do with your individual experience of birth, life, and death because it is birthless and deathless. It is birthless and deathless, because, it the ever formless, timeless, and spaceless existence whereas you are bound by the form, time, and space. Without the form, time, and space the individual experience of birth, life, death, and the world cease to exist.

You will not be able to find the ‘Self’ because you are blindfolded by dualistic illusion. If you have to traverse the path, you will have to seek the aid of the one who knows the ‘Self’ beyond the form, time, and space; else you will wind up meandering here and there without gaining anything.

The ‘Self’ is not within you because the ‘Self’ is not the body. If the ‘Self’ is not you, then why you think the Self is within you. Deeper Self-search reveals the fact that you and the world hide the Soul the Self, which is present in the form of consciousness.

You and the world hide the Soul, which is present in the form of the consciousness because the world in which you exist is created out of the consciousness. From the standpoint of the Soul, the Self, the world in which you are born, live, die is merely an illusion created out of consciousness.

A perfect understanding and assimilation of ‘what is what’ leads to Advaitic Self-awareness.

Mentally reduce the world in which you exist into waking experience and waking experience into mind and mind into consciousness by perfect understating of ‘what is what’.

When you realize’ what is what’ you will realize everything is nothing but consciousness. There is no second thing that exists other than consciousness. : ~ 

Santthosh Kumaar

Sage Sankara is Brahma Gnani for the seeking world.+

Sage Sankara is Jagadguru for the ignorant populace and Brahma Gnani for the seeking world.

Sage Sankara’s wisdom is nothing to do with orthodox belief systems. Sage  Sankara is the only sage who has final authority on the Advaitic truth. The Advaitic truth is rational truth and scientific truth without dogma.

Religion is nothing to do with Advaita. Advaitic sect belongs to religion. Advaita is pure spirituality. Advaitic sect is dualistic is nothing to do with the Advaitic truth which is hidden by the illusion. Mixing religion and spirituality is like mixing oil and water.

Religion is regarded as sacred and real by the common people, by the wise as false, and by the politicians as useful.

The religion and its sects are based on the form, time, and space whereas Spirituality is based on the Atman the formless, timeless, and spaceless existence.

Religions hold birth, life, death, and the world as a reality. From the ultimate standpoint, the world in which we exist is an illusion created out of the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. Advaitic sect holds the world (illusion) as a  reality whereas the Sage Sankara says the world is an illusion.  Therefore, the individual experience of birth, life, death, rebirth, sin, karma, and personal gods and rituals belongs to the illusion. 

Thus Advaitic religious sect is a path meant for the ignorant populace, which is incapable of grasping the Advaitic wisdom hidden by the Maya or illusion. 

 The seeker must know the difference between religion and spirituality.

Many people think of religion itself as spirituality.

Spirituality leads to discovering the truth which is hidden by the form, time, and space.

Advaita is universal. Advaita is the nature of the Soul, the innermost Self. The world in which you exist is created out of single stuff. That single stuff is consciousness. Knowledge of the single stuff is Advaitic wisdom.

Sage Sankara’s wisdom is nothing to do with the orthodox belief systems. Some philosophers in the past dissented from this interpretation of Vedanta philosophy, holding that the incarnated Souls were separate from the Divine Essence and only finally merged with it after the cycles of birth.

All these theoretical philosophies are based on the imagination based on the false ‘Self’ (ego or you) within the false experience (waking).

Orthodox people argue that Sage Sankara had a Guru. Sage Sankara himself’ was Guru.

Yes, for orthodox people he is Jagadguru but for the seeker of truth, he is a Brahma Gnani

The traditionally religious people are so entangled in orthodox religiosity; it is very difficult for them to free themselves from narrow-minded prejudices and dogmas and superstitions. These educated orthodox people are more ignorant than illiterate. They strongly stuck to their inherited orthodox baggage meant for the ignorant populace. Even though their own Sage has said that orthodoxy meant for the ignorant populace they ignore and they are like blind led by another blind follow the inherited blind belief.

Advaitic wisdom is potent but bitter medicine for those imprisoned by orthodox ideology. The Vedas talk about Brahman which refers to the ultimate truth or ultimate reality.  The consciousness is the ultimate truth, therefore, the consciousness is Brahman and Brahman is God.

Vedas do not permit idol worship. All the idols are of the Puranic Gods Priests are referring to the Puranic Brahma as GOD they are ignorant of the God in Vedas even though they speak of Vedas. 

Priests do not understand the meaning of the Brahman, which is present in the form of consciousness.

The word Brahman means ultimate truth or reality which cannot be indicated by any word. The Brahman can be expressed through silence because it is beyond the experience form, time, and space. Therefore, the word Brahman clearly stands for the essence of the three states, which is consciousness only. The Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana is for realize the Soul is the Self.   The Soul is present in the form of consciousness.

Sage Sankara opposed the Buddhists only, who misunderstood Bhagavan Buddha and became atheists. According to Sage Sankara meditation always means the critical analysis of the Self to get salvation from worldly tensions. Due to the eccentric ego of the then atheists, Sage Sankara did not go beyond this since the atheists will not accept God beyond themselves. This limitation is not due to limited knowledge of Sage Sankara but is due to the then-existing situation of the psychology of the surrounding society.

Even Bhagavan Buddha kept silent about God because the society dealt with Him consisted of Purvamimamsakas, who were strong atheists. Bhagavan Buddha told that everything including the Self is only relatively real (Sunya). This is correct because the Self is a part of the universe, which is relatively real with respect to the absolute unimaginable God. The Bhagavan Buddha stopped at this point because the atheists cannot realize the existence of unimaginable God indicated through His silence. 

The point of Buddha is that if God is non-existent, the entire creation including the Self is non-existent. Sage Sankara wanted to establish the existence of the Brahman. For this purpose, He made the Atman as the Brahman. He brought out the identity of Self with the consciousness and made the Atman the Brahman. Since one will not negate the existence of his Self, he will accept the existence of the Brahman, which is the Atman or Soul the innermost Self. Both Bhagavan Buddha and Sage Sankara kept silent about the absolute unimaginable God. The same philosophy was dealt with them from different angles in different situations.

Exploring if an outside observer can, in all cases, determine if a person is Enlightened or not, the venerated Indian Sanyasin, Sage Sankara), in his work the Crest-Jewel of Discrimination (1) or as it is sometimes known, Viveka Chudamani (2), states that the Knower of the Atman (i.e., a Gnani) "bears no outward mark of a holy man" (Stanza 539). Continuing, although there are variances found in the actual wording between various translators and translations the gist behind the words remains the same, Sage Sankara writes: - “Sometimes he appears to be a Fool, sometimes a wise man. Sometimes he seems splendid as a king, feeble-minded. Sometimes he is calm and silent. Sometimes he draws men to him. Sometimes people honor him greatly, sometimes they insult him. Sometimes they ignore him.

Sage Sankara pokes fun at ascetics and points out that all their austerities do not cause desires to go “(Altar Flowers" Page 205, v.2 P.207 v.4.)

Sage Sankara says:~ Whatever thing remains eternal is true, and whatever is non-eternal is untrue. Since the world is created and destroyed, it is not true.

Advaitic Truth is the unchanging thing. Since the world is changing, it is not true.

Whatever is independent of space and time is true, and whatever has space and time in itself is untrue.

Just as one sees dreams in sleep, he sees a kind of super-dream when he is waking. The world is compared to this conscious dream.

The world is believed to be a superimposition of the Brahman. Superimposition cannot be true.

On the other hand, Sage Sankara claims that the world is not absolutely false. It appears false only when compared to Brahman. In the pragmatic state, the world is completely true—which occurs as long as we are under the influence of Maya. The world cannot be both true and false at the same time; hence Sage Sri, Sankara has classified the world as indescribable. The following points suggest that according to Sage Sankara, the world is not false (Sage Sankara himself gave most of the arguments)

This Māyāvāda of Sage Sankara was highly criticized and misunderstood. Bhaskaracharya described Sage Sankara to be indebted to the Buddhists for his concept of Maya. (The term Maya, however, appears in the Bhagavad Gita 7.14 and also in many Upanishads).  

The concept of Māyā seems to be a hypothesis. Since according to the Upanishads only Brahman is real, but we see the material world to be real, Sage Sankara explained the anomaly by the concept of this illusionary power Māyā.

Sage Sankara:~  “The world, filled with attachments and aversions, and the rest, is like a dream: it appears to be real as long as one is ignorant, but becomes unreal when one is awake.

Sage Sankara:~ “As fire is the direct cause of cooking, so knowledge, and not any other form of discipline, is the direct cause of Liberation; for Liberation cannot be attained without Knowledge." (Self- Knowledge).

Sage Sankara:~   As the moon appears to be moving when the clouds move in the sky, so also to the non-discriminating. Atman appears to be active when in reality the senses are active.

The Soul is the Self. The Soul is present in the form of consciousness.  The consciousness is the ultimate truth or Brahman or God. The consciousness alone is real; the world is merely an illusion.  The world in which we exist has no independent existence apart from consciousness.  The world in which we exist is not different from consciousness because the world is created out of consciousness.

The Soul, the Self is eternal, impersonal awareness, one without the second. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar   

The truth realization is Self-realization. Self-realization is God realization.+

Some modern Gurus talk of surrendering to God without knowing what God supposed to be in truth. Just by saying open your heart and surrender nothing happens. Playing with the words and playing with the emotions leads only to hallucination.

The Guru who pretends to be Self- realized and plays with the emotions and sentiments of the seeker is a fraud, not a Gnani.

Only perfect understanding of what is what’ leads to truth realization. The truth- realization is Self-realization. Self-realization is God-realization.

If you are seeking truth nothing but the truth then you must not get stuck to any Guru or yogi. Those who are seeking truth need not follow any Guru or any teaching.

Yoga Vasistha says: ~ Self-knowledge or knowledge of truth is not had by resorting to a Guru (preceptor) nor by the study of scripture, nor by good works: it is attained only by means of inquiry inspired by the company of wise (Gnani). One’s inner light alone is the means, naught else. When this inner light is kept alive, it is not affected by the darkness of inertia.

There is no need to condemn Gurus, but there is a need to highlight how they become an obstacle in realizing the ultimate truth or Brahman.

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.”

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

A Guru is needed in religious and the yogic path. There is no need for a Guru to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar

Without knowing ‘what is this mind?’ people talk of destroying the mind.+

Know what this mind in actuality. People mistake the ego for the mind. The illusion is not the projection of the mind. The mind itself is an illusion.

It is high time to realize the mind is not within the body, but their body and the world are within the mind. The mind itself is an illusion.

Without knowing what is mind it is impossible to realize the truth, which is beyond the form, time, and space.

Without knowing ‘what is this mind?’ people talk of destroying the mind. People are stuck thinking the mind is within their body and theorize and write books speculating and creating their own theory.

Deeper self-search reveals the fact that the ‘I’ is present in the form of mind. And the mind is in the form of the universe. And the universe appears as the waking or the dream (duality) and disappears as deep sleep (nonduality). Self-realization is necessary to realize the mind, which is present in the form of the universe is merely an illusion.

The mind cannot be destroyed because it is merely an illusion. When Advaitic wisdom dawns the unreal nature of the mind is exposed, the same way the unreal nature of the dream was exposed when the waking takes place. The mind is the very basis of the world n which we exist because the mind itself is the world in which we exist.

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 is for 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.

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 innermost 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. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar

The Soul, the ‘Self’ has neither five elements, nor any of the organs individually, nor all the elements or organs.+

The Soul, the ‘Self’ has neither five elements, nor any of the organs individually, nor all the elements or organs together as a whole. The body and universe exist within the waking or dream. Thus, the body and the universe are limited to waking or dream.

The Self is hidden within the universe, which appears as waking or dream (duality) and disappears as deep sleep (nonduality). It is within the waking or dream as their formless substance and it is without the waking or dream as their formless witness. It is within because the waking or dream is merely an illusion created out of the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.

Thus, the forms and names within waking or dream have no value because the waking or dreams are merely an illusion created out of consciousness.

The waking or dreams are impermanent whereas the formless substance and witness of the waking or dream is the Soul, which is real and permanent, and eternal.

The Soul, the Self ‘is beyond the waking or dream because it is neither the waking entity nor it is the dream entity.

The Soul, the Self exists by itself only in deep sleep without the limitation of sense of form, time, and space.

The Soul, the Self is the attributeless, non-dual entity that alone prevails when all the three states are negated mentally. ~Santthosh Kumaar

As your inner conviction about the Soul grows you will be able to realize ‘what is the truth?’ and ‘what is the untruth?’+

As your inner conviction about the Soul grows you will be able to realize ‘what is the truth?’ and ‘what is the untruth?’

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

The Soul, the ‘Self’ is your ultimate teacher. It is only your inner teacher that will walk with you to the goal, for the Soul is the goal.

Millions are searching for truth but one in million will realize it. You are one from that million because you have the intense urge to realize the ultimate truth.

When the seeker is ready, the guidance comes on its own. An earnest desire to grow and a sense of deep commitment are the hallmarks of one who aspires to be a seeker.

When at the core of one’s being a person comes to realize he/she needs to seek a path for coming out of one’s unconscious and conditioned life, mysteriously the guidance appears to guide and shows the way.

Read repeatedly my postings and blogs and reflect and reason deeply which helps you to create a mental yardstick in your subconscious to discriminate between ‘what is the truth? And what is the untruth?

When the subconscious is receptive and ready then it will start rejecting the untruth and finally, then the Soul, the 'Self’ alone will prevail as the ultimate truth or Brahman or God in truth.

There is no practice as such, but perfect understanding is needed to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atman Gnana.

A deeper Self-search reveals the fact that the Self is not physical, but the Self is Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. Therefore, all the accumulated knowledge, experiences, and understanding based on the ego are falsehood because the ego is the false self, within the false experience (waking).

The ‘Self’ is not you. You are the ego. The ego is the waking entity. Thus, whatever is based on the waking entity is bound to be falsehood because the waking experience itself is a falsehood. All the Gurus and their teachings limit the ‘Self’ as individuality. Thus, they yield only half-truth.

There is a need to realize the three states, which come and go, are is merely an illusion. All three states are made of single stuff. That single stuff is consciousness. Knowledge of the single stuff is Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

It is your sincerity and seriousness that will make you reach the ultimate end of understanding and realization.:~Santthosh Kumaar

A Gnani is an exceptional one because he sees the world in which he exists as consciousness.+

Ignorant see the world through egocentric vision, so he takes the world in which he exists as a reality.

Gnani sees the world in which he exists from soulcentric vision so, he sees the world as nothing but an illusion created out of the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.

A Gnani is an exceptional one because he sees the world in which he exists as consciousness. The Soul is present in the form of consciousness infinite. The Soul alone is real and eternal therefore the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness, is the ultimate truth or Brahman or God in truth, the one without the second. One without the second means Advaita.

Advaita is the nature of the Soul, the Self. The world in which you exist is created out of single stuff. That single stuff is consciousness. Knowledge of the single stuff is Advaitic wisdom.

Advaitic truth is very simple, but it is tough to realize because you have accumulated mental garbage from different sources in the name of Advaita. Until you discard all the accumulated knowledge you will never be able to realize the Advaitic truth, which is beyond the form, time, and space.

The Advaita is the nature of the Soul, the Self shines in its own awareness when wisdom dawns.

The Advaita is the Soul is the cause and the support of all that exists as the world in which we exist. Advaita is the nature of God, the innermost Self.

The Advaita is present in the form of consciousness. Advaita is the root element of the universe. From the Advaita, the universe comes into existence. In the Advaita, the universe resides. And into the Advaita, the universe is dissolved. The Advaita is the parent of all that is there is.

Remember:~

The look of an object will depend upon the medium through which the observer views it. Our mental and intellectual conditions determine the object (three states), 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, he sees the world in which he exists as a reality, whereas a Gnani sees everything as consciousness and he is fully aware of the fact that, there is no second thing that exists other than the Soul or the consciousness (subject).

Thus, all the objective observation has to be bifurcated to realize the ultimate truth, which is beyond form, time, and space.

Only on the dualistic perspective, the changes take place. On a non-dualistic perspective, there are no changes. Those who believe in the dualistic world as a real feel the knowledge changes from time to time but they must realize their knowledge is limited to the form time and space whereas Self-knowledge is the knowledge of the beyond the form, time, and space.

The change is possible only in ignorance. Ignorance is the cause of experiencing the world in which exists as a reality. Consciousness is the cause of the world in which we exist and it, itself is uncaused.

The world in which we exist is dependent on the consciousness for its existence but the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness, is independent.

From the standpoint of the Soul, the Self, the world in which we exist is merely an illusion or Maya.

Only within the illusion the changes take place, the illusory changes within the illusion is bound to be an illusion. In reality, consciousness alone is real and eternal. Thus, the knowledge of the eternal will be always eternal.

The intellectual knowledge based on the form, time, and space is bound to change from time to time as science progresses in its dualistic inventions.

The consciousness is ever changeless because it is the formless, timeless, and spaceless existence. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar

There is nothing to realize other than realizing you and the world in which you exist is created out of the Soul, the Self.+

A Gnani is neither anyone’s gurus nor any one’s disciple. A Gnani respects all the Sages of the past and highlights good points in their teaching and he also highlights how their wisdom obstacles, which blocks the realization of the ultimate truth.

A Gnani does not transmit Gnana but he shares the pointers to realize the truth. These pointers help the seekers to realize the truth which is hidden by ignorance.

There is no need for a guru to know that you and your guru and the world in which you exist are created out of single stuff and that single stuff is the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. Knowledge of that single stuff is the Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana. Gnana is given neither from outside nor from another person.

There is no need to follow anyone. There is no need to practice anything. Perfect understanding and assimilation of ‘what is what’, leads to the realization of the truth, which is beyond the form, time, and space.

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: ~ 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 philosophies.

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 exercise in discrimination between real and unreal and renunciation of the false is real meditation, then why you are indulging in other types of meditation.

There is nothing to realize other than realizing the fact that, you and the world in which you exist are created out of single stuff and that single stuff is the Soul, the Self. The Soul is present in the form of consciousness.

Thus, you and the world in which you exist is nothing but consciousness. Thus, by realizing this truth the Soul becomes free from the cage of the illusory form, time, and space. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar