When the truth is rightly known and realized then the truth will reveal on its own.+

Self-realization is made so complicated because of religion and yoga and diverse theories propagated by Gurudom made it still more complicated.

No amount of reading diverse theories propagated by Gurudom can lead to God-realization. You must realize what God supposed to be in actuality. When you get a firm conviction of God in truth then the universe that you used to think it as reality will become unreal.

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 comes and goes 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.

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 innermost 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 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.

Remember:~

All fault lies with you because of your ‘I’ know attitude and perceptions. Instead of finding fault and maligning others dive into deeper thinking and reasoning, to realize the Self is not you but the Self is the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness amazingly an honest introspection will reveal the truth, which is beyond the form, time, and space.

If there is any fault it is, because, your wrong understanding based on the dualistic perspective. Correcting this and changing your- ‘I’ know’ attitude and developing patience and humility will change your perception and then the Soul reveals its true nature. When the truth is rightly known and realized then the truth will shine on its own.

The world in which you exist is nothing but an illusion created out of consciousness. Due to ignorance, you are unaware of the fact that the world in which you exist an illusion created out of consciousness.

All the Gods sculpted of Stone or metal are born out of imagination. People have been worshiping them from one generation to the next. The Sacred Books are nothing but words.

The scholars believed it was enough to read, to accumulate knowledge from books. They were well versed in the Vedas, in the Upanishads, and the other scriptures and they looked upon others who have not studies scriptures as ignorant, as illiterate people.

A Gnani may be illiterate or a literate person. A scholar mastered all knowledge of the Scriptures. But of what value is the scholar’s knowledge? A scholar will go on and on about the immortality of the Soul but when death approaches you will find him trembling and weeping and wailing.

All his knowledge of immortality will crumble into nothingness because he has not known it.

A Gnani knows, what he is talking about is not an explanation, what he is talking about is his realization ~ he is sharing his joy, he is sharing something that he has known, he is singing the song about the unsung song of the Soul.

Remember:~

whenever Gnani, speaks of God it is not a belief; he knows it, it is his conviction. He is speaking of the truth, which he has realized; hence, he can be of immense help to the seeking world.

Sage Sankara said:~Talk as much philosophy as you like, worship as many gods as you please, observe ceremonies, and sing devotional hymns, but liberation will never come, even after a hundred aeons, without realizing the Oneness.

The Advaitic truth is very simple, but it is very difficult to grasp because of ignorance. You have to only realize the world in which you exist is created out of single clay. And that single clay is the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.

Thus, you and your body and the world in which you exist are nothing but consciousness because they are merely an illusion created out of consciousness. A perfect understanding of ‘what is what’ is needed.

A Gnani can point at the sky, but the seeing of the star is the seeker's own work.

It is necessary to reflect on the same truth again and again till it becomes a reality. One needs to constantly reflect on the subject until he gets a firm conviction of what is what. Words are needed until one gets a firm conviction of ‘what is what’.

People need reading and hearing the words of wisdom to think reason and reflect deeply and reach the ultimate end.

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.

The oneness is not the state. Oneness is the Soul itself. Oneness is Turiya the Soul. From the standpoint of the Soul, the three states are non-existent as reality because three states are mere an illusion created out of consciousness.

If people think that there is a fourth stat then they are hallucinating. When the three states are mere an illusion created out of single clay the question of the fourth state does not arise.

Sage Sankara says ~ VC-162- There is no liberation for a person of mere book knowledge, howsoever well-read in the philosophy of Vedanta, so long as one does not give up the false identification with the body, sense organs, etc., which are unreal.

People dwelling in ignorance, but thinking themselves wise and erudite, go round and round by various blind beliefs and tortuous paths and practices, like the blind led by the blind.

Swami Vivekananda said:~ "The Vedas teach that the Soul is divine, only held in the bondage of matter; perfection will be reached when this bond will burst, and the word they use for it is, therefore, Mukthi - freedom, freedom from the bonds of imperfection? : ~ Santthosh Kumaar

A Gnani never considers his body and his experience of the world as not different from consciousness.+

Mundaka Upanishad:~ As rivers flow into the sea and in so doing lose name and form, so even the wise man, freed from name and form, attains the Supreme Being, the Self-luminous, the Infinite. He who knows Brahman becomes Brahman. ~ 3.2.8-

Therese is no need to step out of the illusion. A Gnani lives within the illusory world but he is not of this illusory world. At the dawn of Advaitic wisdom, life will go on as usual within the dualistic illusion but the conscious awareness of the reality always there.

For Gnani whether there is a dualistic illusion or there is no dualistic illusion makes no difference because he is free from experiencing the individual experience of birth, life, death, and the world as a reality.

A Gnani sees the world in which he exists as consciousness, just as the goldsmiths view the ornaments as nothing but the gold.

A Gnani never considers his body and his experience of the world as not different from consciousness.

A Gnani considers the world in which he exists as the Soul. And the Soul is present in the form of consciousness. Consciousness 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 theatre, 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.

Remember:~

For a Gnani, 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.

The common 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.

A Gnani is fully aware of the fact that 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.

Remember:~

The universe will not vanish, when wisdom dawns, only the ignorance disappears and the unreal nature of the universe is exposed, the same way as the unreal nature of the dream exposed when the waking takes place. The wisdom dawns in the midst of duality because in reality there is no duality. Nothing is needed other than a perfect understanding of ‘what is what’ is needed.

The ultimate truth or Brahman cannot be experienced because it is prior to any experience. The experience belongs to individuality. And individuality is a falsehood. There is neither individual nor his experience in the Advaitic reality

The world in which you exist cannot exist without waking experience. Whatever we are discussing, we are discussing within the waking experience but from the ultimate standpoint, the waking experience itself is an illusion. Whatever is known, seen, believed, and experienced as a person within the dualistic illusion is bound to be an illusion?

Remember:~

Nothing ever is really born. The entire universe is only an illusion. The universe in which you exist is merely an illusion created out of consciousness.

What exists is the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness only. The consciousness cannot be expressed in words because it is the existence itself. It is eternal, self-effulgent, and unblemished.

The illusion has no value. The universe is the illusory nature of the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. Mentally reduce the universe into consciousness by realizing the universe is nothing but an illusion created out of consciousness.

There is no reason behind the illusion! From the ultimate standpoint, there is no illusion at all! Everything is nothing but consciousness. There is no reason behind the illusion! From the ultimate standpoint, there is no illusion at all! Everything is nothing but consciousness. :~ Santthosh Kumaar

Mundaka Upanishad:~Wise man, freed from name and form, attains the Supreme Being, the Self-luminous, the Infinite. He who knows Brahman becomes Brahman.+

Mundaka Upanishad:~ As rivers flow into the sea and in so doing lose name and form, so even the wise man, freed from name and form, attains the Supreme Being, the Self-luminous, the Infinite. He who knows Brahman becomes Brahman. ~ 3.2.8-

A Gnani never claims himself as a Gnani. A Gnani being within the illusion, he is not of the illusion. The doer, doing and the world are all within the duality. With perfect equanimity, even in practical life within the practical world, a Gnani attends all his worldly duties like any other commoner.

A Gnani may have sorrows, but he is in perfect equanimity because he is aware of the fact that, the physical awareness is a mere illusion created out of the Soul, the innermost ‘Self’.

A Gnani is fully aware his physical life started within the illusion and ends within the illusion. When it ends then the Soul, the Self is free from experiencing the illusory form, time, and space as a reality.

When the nonduality is viewed and judged on the dualistic perspective it is impossible to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

Remember:~

To realize our life of pleasure-pain within the world is as real as a dream. Only through Advaitic wisdom, the ‘Self’ becomes free from experiencing the dualistic illusion as a reality.

Even in a dream whatever experienced becomes unreal when waking takes place. Similarly, when wisdom dawns one becomes aware of the fact that the Self is neither the waking entity nor the dream entity. Thus whatever experienced as the waking experience is as real as a dream.

Thus for a Gnani, all three states are merely an illusion created out of consciousness, because he is fully aware of the fact that, the witness of the three states is not the body but consciousness.

A Gnani is fully aware of the fact that his body, ego, and the universe are nothing but consciousness. Thus he finds the experience of any sort is the play of consciousness and experience is merely an illusion. The one that witnesses the experience, which is in the form of the universe or mind is merely an illusion.

Through Advaitic wisdom, one gains Self-awareness in the midst of the dualistic illusion or Maya. Self-awareness itself is Brahmic awareness or God-awareness.

Remember:~

A Gnani being in the world he is not of the world. The doer and doing and the world, are all within the dualistic illusion. With perfect equanimity, even in practical life within the practical world, a Gnani attends all his worldly activities duties like any other commoner. It is wrong to think that a Gnani sits quietly without any activities.

Even inaction also is an action. He may have sorrows, but he is in perfect equanimity because he is aware of the fact that, the physical awareness is merely an illusion created out of the Soul, the innermost Self. He is fully aware of the fact that the physical life started within the illusion and ends within the illusion.

In Self-awareness the Soul, the Self is free from experiencing the form, time, and space as a reality in the midst of the dualistic illusion.

A Gnani being in the illusion he is not of the illusion. Doer and doing and the world are all within the duality. With perfect equanimity, even in practical life within the practical world, a Gnani attends all his worldly duties like any other commoner. He may have sorrows but he is in perfect equanimity because he is aware of the fact that, the physical awareness is merely an illusion created out of the soul, the innermost self. He is fully aware his physical life started within the illusion and ends within the illusion. When it ends then the soul, the innermost is free from experiencing the form, time, and space as reality.:~Santthosh Kumaar 

All the judgment based on the ego is based on the dualistic perspective. Whatever judgment based on the Soul is the non-dualistic perspective.

Every individual’s judgment of the worldview based on the dualistic perspective. The dualistic judgment is based on the ‘I’, which is ignorance. Thus, whatever is based on the dualistic perspective is ignorance.

All the judgment based on the ego is based on the dualistic perspective. Whatever judgment based on the Soul is the non-dualistic perspective. 

All your opinion, judgment, and argument based on the dualistic perspective are nothing but ignorance not concerned with the truth hidden by the ‘I’, which is the dualistic illusion or Maya.

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.

The ‘I’ 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.

Remember: ~

You are not separate from the ego because you are the ego. Without the ego you and the world in which you exist cease to exist. In the awareness of the ego, the world in which you exist is a reality.

In the awareness of the ego, your individual experience of the birth, life, death, and the world experienced as a reality.

In the awareness of the ego, the form, time, and space prevail as a reality.

In the awareness of the ego, the dualistic illusion, or Maya prevails as reality.

In the awareness of the ego, the three states prevail as reality.

In the awareness of the ego, the ‘I’ prevails as a reality.

If ‘I’ prevails as reality the ignorance prevails as reality.

Self-knowledge or Advaitic wisdom is necessary to get rid of ignorance.

Without Self-awareness, the universe prevails as reality. Self-awareness means the conscious awareness of the Soul hidden by the ‘I’. In Self-awareness, the reality of the universe fades away. 

Sage Sankara says liberation comes, but only through the realization that Atman and Brahman are one in no other way. (1) Vivekachoodamani v 56, pg 25:~Santthosh Kumaar

To realize the Advaitic truth there is no need to go from one mountain to another, one Ashram to another or worship the Godmen or Guru as a God.+

To realize the Advaitic truth there is no need to go from one mountain to another, one Ashram to another or worship the Godmen or Guru as a God, or converting from one faith to another.

The Advaitic truth is universal. Anyone can realize it if he has an intense urge. There is no second thing that exists other than consciousness. In the world in which we exist, all our thoughts, words, beliefs, experiences are nothing but consciousness.

Realizing consciousness is everything, is truth realization or Self-realization or God-realization.

Remember Advaitic truth has to be realized being in this world doing all the worldly duties and not run behind the Gurus and yogis or escape to mountains and caves and Ashrams and joining some cult.

Ignorance will not vanish by becoming a sanyasi or a monk, a sadhu or swami. If you are seeking truth then you have to drop all that is not needed to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

It is very sad to see children are forced to monkhood in the monastery brainwashed to become a monk, which will not yield any truth.

It is very sad to see youngsters are discontinuing their education in order to become a sanyasi.

It is very sad to see people are renouncing their family life and dedicate themselves to some cult.

What is the use of becoming a monk or sanyasi or swami or Sadhu?

Sanyasa is a religious fable. Sanyasa is nothing to do with the ultimate truth or Brahman.

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

What is the use of giving up something within the unreal world when Sage Sankara declares the world is unreal and Brahman alone is real?

Sanyasa is nothing to do with ultimate truth or Brahman. When the Self is not you then what is the use of taking sanyasa. You are the false Self (waking entity) within the false experience (waking).

Deeper Self-search reveals the fact that the waking experience itself is merely an illusion. Suppose if you had asked the same question in the dream, the dream becomes unreal when waking takes place. Similarly, the waking becomes unreal when wisdom dawns. The wisdom dawns when the waking entity (you) realizes it itself is not the Self.

There is no need to take sanyasa and renounce worldly life in order to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana. All the guru propagated knowledge is not Gnana. All guru propagated knowledge is meant for the ignorant populace. If you are stuck up with religion and yoga you are unfit to tread the Atmic path.

If you are seeking the truth of your true existence then you must set yourself free of religious background and cultures, of all accumulated Knowledge should be discarded.

The seeker has to have the courage to accept the truth and reject the untruth because most people will not be able to subscribe to the path of truth, because, they sentimentally and emotionally involved with their inherited belief system, and even if one does he has to overcome all his doubts, confusion, and despair. These are problems for the seekers who are from a religious background because of their conditioning and they are made to accept their blind belief as truth and their interest or insight is not deep.

Thus, all my blogs are useful in analyzing these problems because they highlight what is not the truth according to their own religious scriptures and make them accept the truth and reject all the false conditioning and move ahead in the pursuit of truth.

Ashtavakra Samhita: ~ "The man of knowledge (Gnani), though living like an ordinary man, is contrary to him and only those like him understand his state.

Sage Sankara: ~ "Though I wear these robes of a Sanyasin, it is only for the sake of bread." (Select Works of Sage Sri, Sankara" also his commentary on Brihad)

Thus, the above passage proves that all those who were the sanyasin robes are wearing it for the sake of bread belongs to the religion; they are nothing to do with the Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana. There is no need to criticize and condemn the Gurus, yogis, and swamis because they are needed for the welfare of ignorant masses in the dualistic world.

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)

That is why 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.”:~

Santthosh Kumaar

All religious propagated ides are based on blind faith or belief are a mental fabrication.+

Yoga Vasishtha:~Teachers, interpretations of sacred texts, the force of religious merit--none of these lead to the realization of that Ultimate Truth which is revealed in the clear reflection of the heart, engendered from contact with the good."

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

Adyatma is nothing to do with religious sect or creed and religious belief. Adyatma is pure spirituality. Knowledge of Atma is Adyatma. Advaita is Adyatma.

Adyatma is the knowledge of the truth beyond the form, time, and space. Bifurcate religion, yoga, and theoretical philosophy and based the truth on the Athma it is Adyathma.

Adyatma is based on the ultimate truth which is based on the Atman or Spirit, which is the Self.

Sage Sankara's Advaitic wisdom is pure spirituality or Adyathma.

 If people have believed religious propagated myth thing over thousands of years, the length of time does not prove it true.

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.

Remember:~ 

All religious propagated ides are based on blind faith or belief are a mental fabrication. There has never been a single doctrine by which one could enter the true essence of things.

Ritualistic or meritorious work [Dharma], the desire of sensual and all sorts of enjoyment [Kama], and worldly prosperity [Artha]are reality within the false experience. Discrimination has no significance for the Gnani who has transcended such dualistic notions because for him the whole universe is consciousness, which is the ultimate truth, or Brahman or God in truth.

In ignorance the experience of the practical life within the practical world is reality. When ignorance vanishes through wisdom the practical life within the practical world is merely an illusion. Thus, wisdom is the only means to get rid of ignorance.

For a seeker who has risen to Gnana or wisdom: where is the delusion, where is the universe, where is the meditation on the self or where is liberation for the one who is resting in the tranquility of the innermost self, which is formless consciousness or Brahman.

Until one has the conviction the mind is within the body and he is an individual and the universe is separate from him then the non-dual wisdom or Advaitic Gnana is an impossibility.

Until one has the conviction God is an individual entity and he is an individual separate from the universe and the universe existed prior to him and he is born in it afterward then he is stuck to the reality of the experience of birth, life, death, and the universe.

Until he has the conviction that the experience of the birth, life, death, and the universe as reality the non-dual wisdom or Advaitic Gnana is an impossibility because he cannot think beyond form, time, and space.

Until one has the conviction that form, time, and space as the reality he sees the universe as a second thing.

Remember:~

The Gnani who is liberated from dualistic notions while living in practical life within the practical world is fully aware of what truth is and what is untruth.

Gnani's actions in the practical world pertain to practical life. Though he seems to be attached and performing all the duties of the practical life in the physical plane he is internally detached from it because he is fully aware of the fact that his practical life within the practical world is merely an illusion created out of consciousness.

The yogi also thinks he is an individual separate from the world and he limits himself to his physical body alone and enters the Samadhi and thinks the thoughtlessness is a state of Brahman. As soon as he comes out of Samadhi, he again sees the universe as the second thing. Thus, for the yogi duality prevails and the yogic blankness or Samadhi is not wisdom.

Those who cannot grasp this position mistake the yogic Samadhi, where the universe is not seen, which is mere blankness and people wrongly hold it to be non-dual Self-awareness.

Self-awareness has to be got in the midst of the waking experience. The presence of the universe is no obstacle to Gnani’s realization; he does not need yogic Samadhi.

Gnani transcended all the three states and sees no second thing even though he is in the midst of waking [duality] because he is fully aware of the fact that, all the three states as consciousness. Therefore, there no second thing exists for him.

There is no experience in non-dual reality or Brahman. The experience implies duality. Wherever there is experience there is duality. Duality is always falsehood.

The yogi wrongly thinks there is a Brahman to be got and he attempts to get it from his yogic Samadhi and he sees the Brahman in his Samadhi, but all the time he is under the delusion of duality, thinking Brahman to be something different. When one says all the three states are only consciousness then he has transcended the experience of the three states.

Who sees the waking or universe as reality will not be able to grasp the non-dual truth, which is within the frame of form, time, and space but it is beyond the frame of form, time, and space?

The experience of practical life within the practical world is nothing to do with the Soul, the Self because the self is not the waking entity.

Thus, there is no need to renounce the world to understand assimilate and realize the non-dual truth but one has to get rid of ignorance through wisdom.

A Gnani is neither a sanyasi nor a swami nor guru nor a pundit nor religious scholar nor devotee.

A Gnani lives like any other householder. He indulges in his regular worldly activates without showing off as a Gnani. Others cannot detect him merely by appearance. He does not want to show off that he is different from others. He inspires others by showing the inner path not as a guru but as a fellow seeker.

A Gnani is beyond existence and non-existence, who is wise and satisfied, and free from experiencing the duality as reality does nothing even if he may be indulging in worldly activities in the eyes of other people.

A Gnani lives on peacefully doing what comes to him to be done, does not feel troubled either inactivity or inactivity. He accepts the circumstances of life as they come good or bad and sees them as passing shows. Activity and inactivity both are the same to him and both will be practiced at appropriate times.

A Gnani is beyond yogic Samadhi and distraction and he does not practice meditation, he is neither an aspirant for liberation nor he is in the bondage of duality. Having known the universe to be merely an illusion even though he sees it, he is in awareness of the Soul, the Self.

Gnani knows the waking entity and the waking world are merely an illusion. Wisdom makes him view the waking experience as a whole. Even though he is within the waking experience he witnesses it without the physical apparatus. Just as, the dream is witnessed as a whole, without the physical apparatus, the same way the waking also is witnessed as a whole without the physical apparatus.

Thus, one has to realize the fact that, the Self is neither the waking entity nor the self is a dream entity, but the self is that witnesses, the coming and going of the waking or dream, without the physical apparatus.

Remember:~

Until one holds the waking entity as the witness or I AM’ as the witness, it becomes difficult to get rid of ignorance. Because ‘I’ or ‘I AM itself is ignorance. Until ignorance is there the duality will prevail as reality.

The waking entity is within the waking experience. The dream entity is within the dream. The ‘I’ or ‘I AM’ exists only when waking or dream is present and they are absent when waking or dream is absent. The one which witnesses the coming and going of the three states is neither the waking entity nor the dream entity.

Thus the witness is within the three states but it is apart from the three states. It is within the three states because it is also the formless substance of the three states. It is apart from the three states because it is not an identity or entity or thing within the three states.

Thus, the Self is within the three states but it is without the three states and it is ever formless. Until the inborn ignorance or samskara or conditioning which is ‘I’ ‘I AM’ is there the unreality will prevail as reality.

Once the inborn samskara is destroyed by wisdom then the experience of birth, life, death, and the world is merely an illusion. That is freedom or Mukthi from experiencing birth, life, death, and the world as reality. Only in Self-awareness, the consciousness prevails without the experience of birth, life, death, and the world is the ultimate truth or Brahman.

When the Self is in its own awareness the reality of the mind or universe is merely an illusion created out of consciousness. Thus one has to know the universe as consciousness to find freedom from experiencing the illusion of birth, life, death, and the world as reality.

A Gnani lives within the world as a person but he is fully aware of the fact that the Soul, the Self is without the body and without the world or without the waking or without the dream. Thus, the Soul, the Self is naked without the universe.

Both Duality and non-duality are merely words and words belong to duality, words cannot reach the true self, which is consciousness or the ultimate truth, or Brahman because consciousness is prior to experience, thoughts, and words. Experience, thoughts, and words are made of single stuff, which is consciousness.:~Santthosh Kumaar

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

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

No one becomes a Gnani by taking sanyasa or wearing religious robes or by mastering the scriptures or by identifying with the religious symbol. Religious robes and religious symbols are not the means to Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

As per the scriptures, the three "Ashrams" or stages in life were originally intended for three grades of intelligence thus:-

Religion:- low intellects had to do 'karmas' works, ritual actions, chanting of mantras and indulging in bhajans and prayers, etc.

Yoga:- Middle intellects: Taking yellow robes, going to caves, ashrams, etc.

Advaitic wisdom:- High intellects: who wanted the truth is concerned with no external rites no prayers or sanyasa but depend solely on the Soulcentric reasoning for their path.

Thus, the seeker has to choose his path according to his choice. Without an intense urge to know the truth and sharpness to grasp the truth, it is difficult to tread the path of wisdom. Never mix different paths with each other and make cocktails because it leads to all sorts of doubts and confusion.

The seeker of truth should be aware of everything that is untrue: stick to the truth and he shall succeed, maybe slowly, but surely.

Swami Vivekananda: ~ No blind belief can save you, work out your own salvation.

Remember:~

What is the use of giving up something within the unreal world when Sage Sankara declares the world is unreal and Brahman alone is real?

Sanyasa is nothing to do with ultimate truth or Brahman or God in truth. When the Self is not you then what is the use of taking sanyasa. You are the false Self (waking entity) within the false experience (waking).

Deeper Self-search reveals the fact that the waking experience itself is merely an illusion. Suppose if you had asked the same question in the dream, the dream becomes unreal when waking takes place. Similarly, the waking becomes unreal when wisdom dawns. The wisdom dawns when the waking entity (you) realizes it itself is not the Self.

There is no need to take sanyasa and renounce worldly life in order to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana. All the guru propagated knowledge is not Gnana. All guru propagated knowledge is meant for the ignorant populace.

If you are stuck up with religion and yoga you are unfit to tread the Atmic path.

If you are seeking the truth of your true existence then you must set yourself free of religious background and cultures, of all accumulated Knowledge should be discarded.

The seeker has to have the courage to accept the truth and reject the untruth because most people will not be able to subscribe to the path of truth, because, they sentimentally and emotionally involved with their inherited belief system, and even if one does he has to overcome all his doubts, confusion, and despair. These are problems for the seekers who are from a religious background because of their conditioning and they are made to accept their blind belief as truth and their interest or insight is not deep.

Thus, all my blogs are useful in analyzing these problems because they highlight what is not the truth according to their own religious scriptures and make them accept the truth and reject all the false conditioning and move ahead in the pursuit of truth.:~Santthosh Kumaar

To get full and firm understanding reflecting on Sage Sankara's wisdom very much necessary. [manana] +

Upanishads say ~ "He who thinks he knows, does not know." This means that to know anything implies a second, an object of knowledge, hence duality, i.e. no Gnana.

Tripura Rahasya: ~ Second-hand knowledge of the ‘‘Self’’-gathered from books or Gurus can never emancipate a man until its truth is rightly investigated and applied; only direct realization will do that. Realize yourself, turning the mind inward. (18: 89)

The seeker has to his own homework to overcome ignorance.

Hearing the words of wisdom of Sage Sankara is the first stage. [sravana]

To get full and firm understanding reflecting on Sage Sankara’s wisdom very much necessary. [manana]

Understanding reality without clarity is disastrous. The lethargic attitude makes one remain in ignorance without proper inquiry and a perfect understanding of ‘what is what’.

Remember:~

Constant repetition and persistence are the way to sow the seed of the non-dual truth, in the subconscious.

One of the reasons I have been expressing about its repetition of the same thing again, and again is to grasp the Advaitic truth.

It takes few months for seekers to assimilate what is been said through messages, seeker not only reads the messages by constantly reflecting on the true Self on these messages is with constant mental exercises he will be able to grasp and assimilate the Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

The seekers who have an intense urge, truth-oriented, and ready to verify everything, and ready to accept the truth after verification will reach the non-dual destination without hurdles.

Religionists, theorists, and some intellectuals can never grasp what is being said here; because they have preconceived ideas of their accepted truth, therefore, they refuse to verify the facts.

Always anything communicated through these messages comes from the `inner core of the existence'(Soul), not from judgment based on the ego.

The seeker may find it a bit of irritation at first repetitive messages, it will be stirred enough to divert their attention from the Atman and the point of view I am emphasizing on. Only through frequent

Repetition the seeker will be able to grasp and focus his attention from the form, (body) to formless (Soul) and able to grasp and assimilate the Self- knowledge.

The seeker has to read repeatedly, write repeatedly, and reflect on the subject repeatedly which helps the seeker to get a firm conviction of un-contradicted truth. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar