One must distinguish between pantheism and Advaita. Pantheism means all--God. It is quite different from Advaitic truth.
One must distinguish between pantheism and Advaita. Pantheism means all--God. It is quite different from Advaitic truth.+
Manduka Upanishad has no assumptions whatever. It is an honest and bold inquiry into truth. It rises above scripture.+
Sage Goudpada was the first historic Sage known to us to give a rational exposition of Advaita. He says that whatever is seen, whether external or internal, whether by the ordinary persons or yogis is unreal.
Sage Sankara does not want you to struggle he wants you to realize the truth right here in this very life.+
Sage Sankara does not want you to struggle he wants you to realize the truth right here in this very life not in the next world and next life.
The path of Advaitic wisdom is not meant for the religiously orthodox and those connected to the path of yoga and dualistic theories and practices. All the dualistic paths are egocentric paths whereas the Advaitic wisdom is Soulcentric.
All egocentric paths and knowledge have to be rejected if one wants to tread the path of wisdom.
Atmic path is not a religious path. Atmic path is the path of Advaitic wisdom. Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana is nothing but Advaitic wisdom.
The Atmic path meant for those who want to realize the truth of their true existence. Atmic path helps the seeker to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.
Anyone who is in search of truth may grasp the truth of his true existence anytime any age, it has the capacity, ie, it really depends on his inborn natural capacity to understand and assimilate.
Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana can be acquired if one is free from religion, and scriptural knowledge.
All the mythical stories and mythical Gods are nothing to do with Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.
A Gnani does work, is ever active, and does not sit still in the ashram of caves or forest. A Gnani, the man of knowledge though living like a worldly man, is contrary to him.
Some scriptures say a Gnani devoid of ignorance even engaged in worldly activates because he is fully aware of the fact that his physical existence (I) is merely an illusion.
Atmic path is formulated as a kind of a self-examiner, to test oneself to realize whatever knowledge he has accumulated as Advaita from different sources and gurus are based on the dualistic and orthodox perspective. All accumulated knowledge is egocentric knowledge so they are only mental Garbage. Sticking to such knowledge is sticking to ignorance.
Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana as kind of a self-examiner, to test oneself to discover how near to Gnana one has approached and what progress has already made on the path, and what remains to be done. It set up a criterion for self-judgment.
Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana is for the more advanced seeker. a Gnani is devoid of ignorance because he is free from ignorance because he has become the witness of the ‘I’.
The thought of the witness comes when you inquire into the witnessed. The Soul is the witness and the ‘I’ is the witnessed. The Soul is the Self. The Soul is present in the form of consciousness.
The ‘I’ is an object to the Soul, which is the subject. Holding the ‘I’ as the subject is a great error. All the gurus of the past, all teaching of these Gurus glorified the ‘I’ by spinning their own imagination. The seekers who take this guru and their teaching as ultimate emotionally get stuck with these gurus and reaching anywhere hallucinating their gurus’ grace will make them get Self-realization.
Some people even see their Guru giving in faraway places at different times all these experiences even if truly happens have no value because all these experiences belong to the dualistic illusion. In reality, the experience is not possible because there is no two.
Where there is duality there is no truth. All such experiences discarded if one wants to realize the truth of his true existence, which is hidden by form, time, and space.
All the individual experiences of the miracles are part of the dualistic illusion. The dualistic illusion itself is a great miracle and learning to unfold the mystery of the dualistic illusion is the greatest miracle.
Your quest is over. There is no need to search for the truth, but you only have to realize it. Sage Sankara has declared the truth 1200 years back. Do not struggle to search for the truth.
Sage Sankara does not want you to struggle he wants you to realize the truth right here in this very life not in the next world and next life.
Bhagavan Buddha: ~ “There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth: not going all the way... and not starting.
All so-called spiritual paths are useless unless it causes us to seek the truth of our true existence. All controversies about creation, the nature of the universe, evolution, the purpose of God, etc., are useless in the Atmic path.
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Start your journey now; do not give up till you realize it. If you are searching for truth then you are the chosen one.
Praise Sage Sankara and embark on the journey of the truth; it frees the Soul from the illusion of form, time, and space.
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, which is present in the form of consciousness.
Thus, you, your experience birth, life, death, and the world merely an illusion created out of the consciousness, the consciousness is the ultimate truth or Brahman or God in truth.
You are not the witness because the ‘Self' is not you. The Self is the Soul, which witnesses the world, in which you exist. The world is merely an illusion thus, you are part of the illusion or Maya.
Sage Sankara says: ~ Atman is Brahman. The Atman alone is real. He has declared this Advaitic truth, which the ultimate truth to the whole world, many centuries back.
Thus, the Atman which is present in the form of consciousness is real and eternal, the world in which we exist is merely an illusion. : ~
Manduka Upanishad:~ All indeed is, this Brahman; This Atman is Brahman. (verse-2)
While Brahman lies behind the sum total of the objective universe, some human minds boggle at any attempt to explain it with only the tools provided by reason. Brahman is beyond the senses, beyond the mind, beyond intelligence, beyond imagination. Indeed, the highest ideal is that Brahman is beyond both existence and non-existence, transcending and including time, causation, and space, and thus can never be known in the same material sense as one traditionally 'understands' a given concept or object.
Imagine a person who is blind from birth and has not seen anything. Is it possible for us to explain to him the meaning of the color red? Is any amount of thinking or reasoning on his part ever going to make him understand the sensation of the color red? In a similar fashion, the idea of Brahman cannot be explained or understood through material reasoning or any form of human communication. Brahman is like the color red; those who can sense it cannot explain or argue with those who have never sensed it.
Chandogya Upanishad:~One who meditates upon and realizes the Self discovers that everything in the cosmos-- energy and space, fire and water, name and form, birth and death, mind and will, word and deed, mantram and meditation--all come from the Self.
To realize the ultimate truth or Brahman is the prime goal. All the scriptures indicate that Atman is Brahman, and Brahman is the ultimate truth. Therefore, the Soul, which is in the form of consciousness, is the ultimate truth. Thus, to realize the ultimate truth is the prime goal. To realize the ultimate truth or Brahman is the prime goal. All the scriptures indicate that Atman is Brahman, and Brahman is the ultimate truth. Therefore, the Soul, which is in the form of consciousness, is the ultimate truth. Thus, to realize the ultimate truth is the prime goal. : ~Santthosh Kumaar
Sage Sankara says neither by worship Gods nor nor by singing devotional hymns nor by mastering the scriptures liberation comes without realizing the Oneness.+
If people have believed religious propagated myth thing over thousands of years, the length of time does not prove it true.
Sage Sankara’s Brahman or God in truth is impersonal. Worshipping personal Gods is meant for the orthodox people who are ignorant and refuse to accept the truth.
Sage Sankara clearly says:~ Neither studying philosophy nor by worship as many gods nor observe ceremonies nor by singing devotional hymns nor by uttering mantra nor by mastering the scriptures liberation comes without realizing the Oneness.
God in truth is not based on your inherited blind faith or belief. Religions are based on personal God whereas Sage Sankara’s Supreme Brahman (God) is impersonal, Nirguna (without Gunas or attributes), Nirakara (formless), Nirvisesha (without special characteristics), immutable, eternal, and Akarta (non-agent). God is above all needs and desires. God is always the Witnessing Subject. God can never become an object as God is beyond the reach of the senses. God is non-dual, one without a second. God has no other beside it. God is destitute of difference, either external or internal. God cannot be described because description implies a distinction. God cannot be distinguished from any other than God. In God, there is no distinction between substance and attribute. Sat-Chit-Ananda constituted the very essence or Svarupa of God, and not just God attributes. The Nirguna Brahman of Sage Sankara is impersonal.
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Swami Vivekananda:~ “The wicked are always looking for defects. Flies come and seek for the ulcer, and bees come only for the honey in the flower. Do not follow the way of the fly but that of the bee.
First, the seeker has to know ‘what is the subject’ and ‘what is the object’.+
First, the seeker has to know ‘what is the subject’ and ‘what is the object’. Deeper Self-search reveals the fact that”: the universe in which we exist is an object to the formless subject. The formless subject is the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.
Deeper verification reveals the fact that the object and the subject are one in essence. That essence is consciousness. The object only an illusion created out of the formless subject. Thus, in reality, the subject is real exists eternal.
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 object (three states), observed and experienced. The commoner viewing the object (three states) will see differently from a Gnani viewing the same three states. Each one interprets the three states that they see in terms of their existing knowledge. The commoner sees everything based on the ego, therefore, object (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.
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Knowing something is real within the objective world as truth is truth only on a dualistic perspective.
If one is seeking truth there is no need to discuss no need to argue, read and think and reason deeply to realize God in truth.
To realize the ultimate truth or Brahman or God in truth is the prime goal. All the scriptures indicate that Atman is Brahman, and Brahman is the ultimate truth. Therefore, the Soul, which is in the form of consciousness, is the ultimate truth. Thus, to realize the ultimate truth is the prime goal.
Rig Veda: ~ 'Prajnanam Brahma'- Consciousness is the ultimate reality or Brahman or God in truth.
Do not accept any other God other than the Soul. The Soul is God in truth, Nothing is real but the Soul, which present in the form of consciousness. Nothing Matters but realize God in truth. God in truth is everywhere and in everything. Let these words be inscribed in your subconscious.
God in truth is hidden by the illusory universe. God in truth alone is real and eternal and all else is an illusion.:
Brahman is merely a word to indicate the ultimate truth or God in truth. The ultimate truth itself is God in truth.
As indicated in ISH Upanishads: ~ “By worshipping Gods and Goddesses you will go after death to the world of Gods and Goddesses. But will that help you? The time you spend there is wasted because if you were not there you could have spent that time moving forward towards Self-knowledge, which is your goal. In the world of Gods and Goddesses, you cannot do that, and thus you go deeper and deeper into darkness.
It clearly indicates that:-If the human goal is to acquire Self-Knowledge then why one has to indulge in rituals and glorifying the conceptual Gods, Goddesses, and Gurus to go into deeper darkness. Instead spend that time moving forward towards Self-knowledge, which is one’s prime goal.
There is no higher or lower goal within the dualistic illusion (world). There is only one goal, Self-Realization.
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What is there to discuss and argue and exchange opinions? If one is seeking truth there is no need to discuss no need to argue, read and think and reason deeply, then the truth will start revealing on its own. Be an independent thinker.
Do not accept anything without verification the seeker should not argue and waste his time. The argument will not yield the truth. Only intellectuals argue to exhibit their intellectual wealth.
The intellectual argument is based on ego. The ego-based intellectuality is limited to the form, time, and space. The truth you are seeking is based on the Soul.
The Soul is hidden by the illusory form, time, and space. Thus, what is the use of egocentric argument in the soulcentric discussion?
That is why Bhagavan Buddha said: ~ Believe nothing because a wise man said it, Believe nothing because it is generally held. Believe nothing because it is written. Believe nothing because it is said to be divine. Believe nothing because someone else said it. But believe only what you yourself judge to be true
Advaitic Wisdom consists in knowing the truth, that everything (mind or physical existence) is consciousness. The freedom (ultimate truth) is always there yet one does not know it. But to those whose reason is turned away from physicality and who have attained the serenity of the Soul or consciousness, the Self, are quite near to realizing the ultimate truth or Brahman.
Ashtavakra: ~ Diamonds are not many; only pebbles and rocks are so common. A single diamond is enough.
Intellectuals argue, if everything is consciousness, how can one give up anything? Can you give up anything? These types of questions are speculation based on the waking entity (ego), which is the false self within the false experience.
Without knowing the ‘Self is not the form but the ‘Self’ is formless it is impossible to realize the truth, which is beyond the form, time, and space.
All their speculation is limited to the domain of the form, time, and space whereas the truth is beyond the form, time, and space. They are incapable of understanding and assimilating truth, which is the ever formless, timeless, and spaceless existence. They refuse to verify and they want the truth on their own terms. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar
All the Gurus propagated Advaita is adulterated with religion, yoga, theories, tradition, are nothing to do with Advaitic wisdom of Sage Sankara.+
Advaita is not philosophy. Advaita is the ultimate truth or Brahman or God in truth. The nature of God in truth is Advaita.
All the teaching propagated as Advaita is not Gnanic Advaita but orthodox Advaita meant for ignorant people. All the Gurus propagated Advaita is adulterated with religion, yoga, theories, tradition, are nothing to do with Advaitic wisdom of Sage Sankara. Advaita Gnana itself is Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.
Lord Krishna confesses that the oldest wisdom of India (Advaitic wisdom) has been lost: people misinterpret and falsify it today as they did then. It is not yoga but the philosophic truth. But nobody knows it. The teachers of philosophy and leaders of mysticism or religion do not want to inquire into truth and have no time for it. (Gita –Chap- IV-v.2)
Advaitic reality there is neither God nor Goddess but only Consciousness. Consciousness is the real God.
Rig Veda: ~ 'Prajnanam Brahma'- Consciousness is the ultimate reality or Brahman or God in truth.
Do not accept any other God other than the Soul. The Soul is God in truth, Nothing is real but the Soul, which present in the form of consciousness. Nothing Matters but realize God in truth. God in truth is everywhere and in everything. Let these words be inscribed in your subconscious.
God in truth is hidden by the illusory universe. God in truth alone is real and eternal and all else is an illusion.
Brahman is merely a word to indicate the ultimate truth or God in truth. The ultimate truth itself is God in truth.
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A Gnani is neither anyone’s gurus nor any one’s disciple. Gnani respects all the Sage of the past, he highlights good points in their teaching and he also highlights how their wisdom obstacles, which block the realization of the ultimate truth.
Atmic path is not a question and answers session. Atmic path is not the path exchange views and opinion. I have bifurcated what is not needed to realize the truth, which is beyond the form, time, and space. I respect everyone's views and wisdom.
Different people have different views and opinions and experiences but all those views opinions and experiences are nothing to do with truth, which is hidden by the dualistic illusion.
Dualistic knowledge, views, and opinion have no value in the Atmic path. those who are stuck with their intellectual knowledge are stuck up with ignorance. it is no use in convincing such a mindset, which will not get convinced and which expects the truth on their own terms and conditions.
Self-knowledge will not arise from the exchange of views and opinions and arguments. The accumulated knowledge is not a yardstick, to realize the truth beyond the form, time, and space.
In the path of wisdom discussion of the unimportant subject matter and creates a hindrance. The path of truth is the path of verification. Nothing has to be accepted as truth without verification. Agreeing to disagree causes unnecessary friction.
Sharing is giving info for the sake of goodness. As with all things, achieving a balance of peaceful communications is established with respect, humility, understanding, and patience. Balancing an achievement is harder.
The seeker has to stop passing unimportant opinions in this Atmic path. Atmic path is not the path of discussion, but the path of realization of the truth, which is beyond the form, time, and space.
There is only one Reality to be known, the same for all seekers, but the ways to it, are hidden by the religion. Self-discovery is the only way, towards non-dual Absolute without any religious doctrines, which will help the seekers to unfold the mystery of the illusion in which we all are searching for the truth of our true existence.
That is why Sage Sankara declare: ~ VC 56. Neither by Yoga, nor by Sankhya, nor by good work, nor by learning, but by the realization of one's identity with Brahman is Liberation possible, and by no other means.
58. Loud speech consisting of a shower of words, the skill in expounding the Scriptures, and likewise erudition - these merely bring on a little personal enjoyment to the scholar but are no good for Liberation.
59. The study of the Scriptures is useless so long as the highest Truth is unknown, and it is equally useless when the highest Truth has already been known.
60. The Scriptures consisting of many words are a dense forest that merely causes the mind to ramble. Hence men of wisdom should earnestly set about knowing the true nature of the Self.
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?
62. A disease does not leave off if one simply utters the name of the medicine, without taking it; (similarly) without direct realization one cannot be liberated by the mere utterance of the word Brahman.
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.
64. Without killing one’s enemies, and possessing oneself of the splendor of the entire surrounding region, one cannot claim to be an emperor by merely saying, ‘I am an emperor’.
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.
66. Therefore, the wise should, as in the case of disease and the like, personally strive by all the means in their power to be free from the bondage of repeated births and deaths.
Then there is no need for the scriptures, religion, and idea of God. One has to be more rational to realize the Advaitic truth, which is ultimate truth or scientific truth.
All the obstacles in the inner journey are highlighted in my posts and blogs and how to overcome these obstacles.
There is no need to ask questions. The seeker will find answers for all his doubts and confusion as he goes on reading my blogs and posting. 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.
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
There is no need to follow anyone. Self-realization becomes easy if you independently walk your path.+
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