First, know what is the mind suppose to be in actuality. The ‘I’ is the mind. The mind is the whole universe.+

First, know what is the mind suppose to be in actuality. The ‘I’ is the mind. The mind is the whole universe. The universe appears as waking or dream (duality) and disappears as deep sleep (nonduality). People mistake the ego for the mind.

The one that appears as waking or dream (duality) and disappears as deep sleep (nonduality), is the Soul, the ‘Self’.

The Soul is present in the form of consciousness. Consciousness pervades everything and everywhere in all three states.

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

People think the mind is within the body but deeper Self-search reveals the fact that the world in which you exist itself is the mind.

When the ‘I’ is there then only the mind is there. If the mind is there then only the universe is there. If the universe is present then only the waking is present.

Thus, it is very much necessary to realize the ‘what ‘I’ is in actuality. Without knowing what is this ‘I’ it is impossible to realize the ‘I-less’ truth, which is beyond the form, time, and space.

Remember:~

First, realize what the Self is in actuality. Amazingly an honest introspection will reveal that all fault lies with “you” and " your "own perceptions and attitudes. If there is an error in understanding what 'Self' is in actuality it is in “you".

Correcting this and changing to a Soulcentric attitude will change your perception and then the Soul; the 'Self' will reveal its formless, timeless, and spaceless true nature.

The mind becomes still, only when ignorance vanishes. The ignorance vanishes, when wisdom dawns. When wisdom dawns, then the Soul, the Self, remains in its own awareness in the midst of the duality.

Start your mental (inner) journey even you may find it difficult in the first as you go on reading the post your subconscious will start dropping the dualistic egocentric knowledge and start accepting the Soul-centric Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

As you mentally cross the ‘I’ and get to the other side and once you are on the other side of the ‘I’ is the reality, which beyond the form, time, and space. You will realize that the ‘I’ is an illusion.

Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana is nothing to do with the ‘I-centric' teaching.

Remember:~

The ‘I’ is not an individual because the ‘I’ is the whole universe. Limiting the ‘I’ to individuality is the cause of experiencing the dualistic illusion as a reality?

The nature of the ‘I’ is the nature of the mind.

The nature of the mind is the nature of the universe.

The nature of the universe is the nature of the waking.

The nature of waking is the nature of the illusion.

Thus, it is necessary to study the nature of the ‘I’ to unfold the mystery of the universe.

Remember:~

All the teachings limit the ‘I’ to an individual and glorify the ‘I’ without knowing what this ‘I’ is supped to be in actuality. All ‘I’ based teachings are inadequate and useless for the serious seeker of truth.

If you are seeking truth nothing but the truth must discard without mercy such teaching in order to progress in your spiritual quest.

The seeker must know the ‘I’ is not limited to individuality.

The seeker has to see the ‘I’ as the universe, in order to overcome ignorance. When the Advaitic wisdom dawns, then ignorance vanishes.

When ignorance vanishes and the dualistic illusion (world) you used to think as reality becomes unreal. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar

By indulging in meditation, ignorance will not vanish. Without getting rid of the ignorance, the Advaitic wisdom will not dawn.+

By indulging in meditation, ignorance will not vanish. Without getting rid of the ignorance, the Advaitic wisdom will not dawn.

The Soul, the Self is God of Reality hidden by the ‘I’. Till ‘I’ exists the ignorance prevails. The universe is a dualistic illusion or Maya.   Till ignorance is present the illusory universe will prevail as a reality.

The meditator, mediation and the world in which meditator exists is within the dualistic illusion. What is the use of indulging in meditation within the dualistic illusion? 

 Why to  waste time indulging in  physical based mediation  instead  the seeker has to utilize the same time  to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana through deeper Self-search. 

Ashtavakra says:~"This is your bondage, that you practice Samadhi or meditation.”

Remaining thoughtless in the waking experience is yogic Samadhi or meditation. Yogic Samadhi and meditation are not Advaitic wisdom.  

Remember:~

Meditation is not a tool to get Self-realization is not possible through meditation. All the physical-based mediation is only trying to imitate the nature of the ‘Self’ by indulging in meditation the ignorance will not vanish. Without getting rid of the ignorance Self-realization is an impossibility because meditation does not help to realize the Self hidden by the ignorance.

By sitting quietly observing with dispassion whatever arises is an imaginary peace and tranquillity, which is impermanent. Meditation does not release one from ignorance.

Ignorance will never vanish without Advaitic wisdom. Ignorance will not vanish without inquiring into the nature of the universe.  

Meditation always means a critical analysis of the Self to get rid of ignorance.

Meditate on an object mechanically is not real meditation. Meditate on the subject. The world is an object to the Soul, which is the formless subject. Get so much drowned in Soul-awareness by realizing the Soul alone is real and all else is an illusion created out of the Soul till the illusion becomes alone with the Soul, which is present in the form of the consciousness.

For meditation, one need not sit and chant God's name or concentrate on some object. Anything you do will not be meditation. If there is a doer then it is not meditation. As long as there is doing, there is ignorance.

As long as the doer is present, the ego is present. If the ego is present the whole world is present. If the world is present the duality is present. If the duality is present then there is an illusion. If the illusion is present the birth, life, death, and the world are experienced as a reality.

By realizing the world in which you exist is created out of single stuff. That single stuff is the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. Knowledge of the single stuff is Self-knowledge.

Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana leads to self-awareness. In self-awareness the Soul, the 'Self' remains in its own awareness in the midst of the form, time, and space. Thus, Self-awareness is real meditation. Mediation is the nature of the Soul, the Self. : ~Santthosh Kumaar

Self-realization itself is God-realization.+

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. 

The path of wisdom is divided into three parts:~

First: hearing the truth--that the consciousness is the only reality and that the universe along with you merely an illusion or Maya. 

Second: reasoning upon these words of wisdom of Sage Sankara from all points of view. 

Third: giving up all further argumentation and realizing the truth. This realization comes from being certain that consciousness is the ultimate truth or Brahman or God in truth. 

Self-realization itself is God-realization: ~

In Vedas, God has been described as: ~

v Sakshi (Witness)

v Chetan (conscious)

v Nirguna (Without form and properties).

v Nitya (eternal)

v Shuddha (pure)

v Buddha (omniscient)

v Mukta (unattached).

The nature of the Atman (Soul) is: ~

v Witness

v Conscious

v Without form and properties

v Eternal

v Pure

v Omniscient

v Unattached

Remember:~

Yajurveda – chapter- 32:~ God Supreme is Supreme Spirit has no ‘Pratima’ (idol) or material shape. God cannot be seen directly by anyone. God pervades all beings and all directions. Thus, Idolatry does not find any support from the Vedas.

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

In Advaita Vedanta: ~Brahman is without attributes and strictly impersonal. It can be best described as infinite Being, infinite Consciousness.

Rig Veda: ~ The Atman 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)

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 (Gita 14.27)

The Upanishads say in effect that ~ if you believe that the Soul is one and God (Brahman) is another you cannot understand Truth.

Brihad Upanishad: ~ “If you think there is another entity, whether man or God there is no 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.

Rig-Veda 1-164-46 and Y.V 32-1 clearly mention that God is “One”.

Thus, all the scriptures refer to a formless and attributeless God, which is the Atman (Soul), the Self. It indicates clearly all the Gods with form and attributes are mere imagination based on the false self. Thus Atman or Soul, the Self, is God. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar

The Nirguna Brahman of Sage Sankara is impersonal.+

Sage Sankara says:~ ‘Atman is Brahman (God). The Atman alone is real. Sage Sankara 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.

The Soul, the God is impersonal. The only way to approach God is by Acquiring the Advaitic wisdom of Sage Sankara.

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). It is above all needs and desires. It is always the Witnessing Subject. It can never become an object as it is beyond the reach of the senses. Brahman is non-dual, one without a second. It has no other besides it. It is destitute of difference, either external or internal. Brahman cannot be described because the description implies a distinction. Brahman cannot be distinguished from any other than It. In Brahman, there is not a distinction between substance and attribute. Sat-Chit-Ananda constituted the very essence or Svarupa of Brahman, and not just Its attributes. The Nirguna Brahman of Sage Sankara is impersonal.

Constant remembrance of the nature of God leads to Self-awareness, which itself is God-awareness.

Remember:~

The Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness, is the ultimate truth or Brahman or God in truth. The Soul, the Self is free from the form, time and space, and name. The nature of the Soul, the Self, is formless, timeless, spaceless, and nameless existence.

All Gods with forms and name belongs to the religion. All the names of God's forms of God, symbols of God belong to the religion. Religion is based on form, time, and space.

The truth beyond the form, time and space, is the Spirit or God in truth. One must know God in truth, not God based on blind faith or belief. The belief is not God. The diverse beliefs have diverse ideas of God. The beliefs have no value in the domain of the truth.

That is why 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.

Rig-Veda 1-164-46 and Y.V 32-1 clearly mention that God is “One”.

Rig Veda: ~ The Atman (Soul) is the cause; Atman is the support of all that exists in this universe. May ye never turn away from the Atman, the Self. May ye never accept another God in place of the Atman nor worship other than the Atman?" (10:48, 5)

Yajur Veda also says:~ God has no image and His name is Holy. (32.3)”

Yajurveda – chapter- 32:~ God is Supreme Spirit has no ‘Pratima’ (idol) or material shape. He cannot be seen directly by anyone. He pervades all beings and all directions.

Thus, Idolatry does not find any support from the Vedas.

Bible says: ~ “God is a Spirit (Consciousness), and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth (John 4:24)”,

Mythreyi Upanishad 2:26 says: ~ All those who desire to have salvation without taking several births, should worship God in spirit and 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 (Gita 14.27)

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

The Soul is the Self. The Soul is present in the form of consciousness. Consciousness is the ultimate truth or Brahman or God in truth.

Realize that to be Brahman which is Existence, Knowledge and Bliss Absolute, which is non-dual and infinite, eternal and One and which fills all that exists.

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.

Brahman is merely a word to indicate the ultimate truth or God in truth. The ultimate truth itself is God in truth.

God in truth is hidden by the illusory universe. God in truth alone is real and eternal and all else is an illusion.

There is nothing that is not God in the universe in which you exist because the universe in which you exist is created out of God in truth, which is present in the form of consciousness. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar

Sage Sankara clearly says:~ Neither studying philosophy nor by mastering the scriptures liberation comes without realizing the Oneness.+

Self-knowledge is the knowledge of our true existence. Self-knowledge is the ultimate truth or Brahman. Self-knowledge is the knowledge of God in truth.

The seeker of truth must shed prejudices and get disentangled from all that is not needed to acquire Self-knowledge.  You must tread the path to the formless, timeless, and spaceless existence.

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 the consciousness.

Sage Sankara clearly says:~ Neither studying philosophy nor by mastering the scriptures liberation comes without realizing the Oneness.

Astavakra: ~ “My child you may speak upon various scriptures or hear the sermons on the scriptures. But you cannot establish in the ‘Self’ unless you forget all. 16-1 – p49

Sages of truth restrained themselves parting the Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana to the mass and only a selected few. It was hidden from the people who were not qualified and receptive to it. Self’ - knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana was not written down but was imparted orally to the chosen few. Thus, religion was given to the mass, and knowledge of the Spirit is given only to a selected few. Thus, we find traces of the knowledge of the spirit in the religious books in the form of parables.

Swami Vivekananda: ~ “Advaita encompasses everything. Since Advaita requires heavy-duty intellectualism, it had to be progressively simplified. (From 'The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda)

Self-Knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana is not based on any teaching or teacher.  The Pursuit of truth is the pursuit of verification not the pursuit of an argument.   Intellectual discussion is a great hindrance in the pursuit of truth.

Katha Upanishad 1:3:6:~ “Through the knowledge of the Soul, God, one is pure and clean constantly.” Neither by reading the book nor by taking a bath at the holy place has one become pure. Inner purity is possible when one remains in constant touch with the Soul. Constant Soul-Consciousness is the real purity.

It takes time to become receptive to receive Self-Knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana because it is Soulcentric knowledge whereas all accumulated knowledge is egocentric.

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

Remember:~

The truth does not belong to any religion. Religious truth is an individual truth. Spiritual truth is universal. Advaita is the universal truth. Advaita is the existence hidden by the dvaita (world). Advaita is the Soul, the Spirit. Advaita is the nature of God. Advaita is God itself.

To acquire Self –knowledge, a perfect understanding of ‘what is what’ is needed. Nothing else is a need other than realizing the fact that, the form, time, and space are one in essence and that essence is the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness to get nondualistic Self -awareness.

The Advaitic truth is not found in the scriptures but there are some signposts scattered here and there. All the scriptures are based on a dualistic perspective. So, it is difficult to find the truth of the whole hidden by the illusion in any religious scripture because the religions are based on the matter, not the Spirit, the God.

Self -knowledge cannot be attained by the study of the scriptures and intellectual understanding or by bookish knowledge. Therefore, there is no use in studying the scriptures and other scriptures to acquire non-dual wisdom. That is why Buddha rejected the scriptures, and even Sage Sankara indicated that the ultimate truth lies beyond religion, the concept of God, and scriptures.

That is why Sage 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

Sage Sankara goes on to say: ~A sickness of not cured by saying the word “medicine.” You must take the medicine. Liberation does not come by merely saying the word “Brahman (God).” Brahman must be realized. Until you allow this apparent universe to dissolve from your consciousness until you have realized Brahman, how can you find liberation just by saying the word Brahman? The result is merely noise. Until a man has destroyed his enemies and taken possession of the splendor and wealth of the kingdom, he cannot become a king by simply saying “I am a king.”

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 the non-dualistic 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.

Sage Sankara:~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.

To realize the Advaitic Truth a freer and fuller scope the seeker has to realize the form, time and space are one in essence. And that essence is consciousness. And the Soul, the Self is present in the form of consciousness.

To realize the Advaitic truth the seeker has to be free from all superstitions and orthodox contaminations. The seeker has to dedicate himself seriously to acquiring the Self -knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana alone.’ ~ Santthosh Kumaar

Sage Sankara‘s declaration is the rational truth, scientific truth, and also the ultimate truth.+

India is the ancient land, where wisdom made its home India whose soil has been trodden by the feet of the greatest Sages of truth Sage Sankara, and Sage  Goudpada.

India is the fountainhead of Advaitic wisdom. Advaitic wisdom is brighter, greater which unfolds the mystery of the universe, which contains the whole of humanity.

Today the humanity needs universal brotherhood and peace for the whole of humanity to live with love and harmony not to indulge in the blood bath in the name of protecting religion and its religious Gods.

The goal of every human being is to realize God in truth. The truth is inherent in every seeker of truth. The truth does not come from outside, it is hidden within the world by which we exist. Thus, humanity has to wake up and seek the truth.

Remember:~

Advaita is universal. Advaita is not for sale. Do not buy Advaita from the spiritual supermarket. 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 very difficult 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 innermost 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 in truth.

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:~

Advaita is the proof of existence because the dvaita hides the proof. Advaita is universal. 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 very difficult 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 on its own its 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.

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:~

Sage Sankara was criticized for his views on Maya (illusion) without understanding him.

Sage  Sankara said: ~

(1) Brahman (Atman) is real

 (2) The universe is unreal, 

 (3) Brahman is the universe.

He did not stop at the second because the third explains the other two. It signifies that the universe is real if perceived as the ‘Self’ and unreal if perceived as apart from the Self. Hence Maya or illusion and reality are one and the same. 

The realists criticize the concept of illusion without understanding it. He said that:~

(1) Consciousness (Atman) is real

(2) The universe or mind is unreal

(3) Consciousness is the universe because the universe is merely an illusion created out of consciousness.  

One need not stop at the second because the third explains the other two. It signifies that the universe is real if perceived as the Self (Atman or consciousness) and unreal if perceived as apart from the Self (consciousness). Hence illusion and reality are one and the same because both are one in essence. Realizing the essence, which is consciousness as the  Self, is Self-Realization or Truth-Realization of God-Realization. 

Sage Sankara‘s declaration is the rational truth, scientific truth, and also the ultimate truth.

The world 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.

In Self-awareness-- the witness and witnessed are one in essence. That essence is consciousness. There is no second thing that exists other than consciousness.

Thus, whatever seen, known, believed, and experienced as a person is a reality within the waking experience (duality) but waking experience (duality) itself is merely an illusion.  

The Soul, the Self is present in the form of consciousness. The Soul is the witness that experiences the action, the actor, and the world of separate things. It is like a light that illuminates everything in a theater, revealing the master of ceremonies, the guests, and the dancers with complete impartiality. Even when they all depart, the light shines to reveal their absence.

Everything is consciousness in the three states because the three states are created out of the consciousness.   The three states cease to exist without consciousness.  The seeker, seeking and his destination all are one in essence.

There is only a need to realize the whole universe in which we exist is created out of the Soul or the consciousness.  On the standpoint of the Soul, the  Self, the universe is merely an illusion.  

Thus on the standpoint of the Soul, the  Self, no second thing exists other than consciousness. Thus, consciousness is the ultimate truth or Brahman.  The Brahman is God in truth. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar

Trying to imitate the nondual nature of the Soul through various meditation techniques is not meditation but imitation.+

Trying to imitate the nondual nature of the Soul through various meditation techniques is not meditation but imitation.

Meditation is not a means to acquire Advaitic wisdom or Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana. 

Meditation is not a mechanical process of forcing your attention upon an idea or object.

Without realizing the Self is not you but the Soul, meditating is useless because it is not meditation but an imitation of the formless existence.

Meditation is not Advaitic wisdom. Meditation is not a means to find the truth hidden by the form, time, and space. Without realizing the ‘Self-is not you but the Self is the Soul all the effort used in the meditation leads to hallucinate thoughtlessness.

The thoughtlessness is not wisdom. by ending the thoughts you may get peace, not Advaitic wisdom.

Meditation always means the critical analysis of the Self to get rid of ignorance. The ignorance will not vanish by reaming without the thoughts or focusing attention on some object.

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.

Until a man is ripe to receive Self-knowledge, it is fatal to ask him to give up meditation.

The novice seekers must understand that meditation is all right in its places and that it is good at the beginning of the pursuit of truth, but when meditation is made ends in itself and not means acquiring the theAdvaitic wisdom or  Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

It is all made so complicated, and books written by different autors have made it still more complicated. No amount of reading and understanding can lead to Self-realization.

All other teachings and practices other than Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana are for beginners only. There are stages in comprehending the truth.

Advaitic truth is the ultimate truth is for the seeker of truth. All religion, Yoga, meditation mysticism, or theology is for the lower and middling intellect.

The seeker's aim is the search for the Ultimate Truth or Brahman or God in truth. The search to find the non-dualistic or Advaitic truth that in actuality never was lost, only hidden.

Remember:~

The meditation, meditator, and the world in which meditation is performed is an illusion created out of single clay. That single clay is the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. Knowledge of the single stuff is Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana. Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana leads to Self-awareness.

In Self-awareness the Soul, the Self remains in its own awareness in the midst of the dualistic illusion. Self-awareness is real meditation. Thus, Self-awareness is real meditation. Mediation is the nondual nature of the Soul, the Self.

Meditation always means the critical analysis about the Self to get rid of the ignorance.

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, mantrams and meditation--all come from the Self.

People dip into meditation, but they do not understand that that is only one half of the truth and that this dipping is also a mental discipline for them to understand the true nature of the external universe, which understanding they must next get if they are to become a Gnani.

Ashtavakra says: - "This is your bondage, that you practice Samadhi or meditation.”

For meditation, one need not sit and chant God's name or concentrate on some object. Anything you do will not be meditation. If there is a doer then it is not meditation. As long as there is doing, there is ignorance. As long as the doer is present, the ego is present. If the ego is present the whole world is present. If the world is present the duality is present. If the duality is present then there is an illusion. If the illusion is present the birth, life, death, and the world are experienced as reality.

By realizing the world in which you exist is created out of single stuff. That single stuff is the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. Knowledge of the single stuff is Self-knowledge. Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana leads to Self-awareness.

In Self-awareness the Soul, the innermost self remains in its own awareness in the midst of the form, time, and space. Thus, Self-awareness is real meditation. Mediation is the nature of the Soul, the innermost Self. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar