Your understanding and your views and judgment are based on the dualistic perspective whereas the ultimate truth is based on the nondualistic perspective.+

Your understanding, views, and judgment are based on the dualistic perspective, and the truth is based on the non-dualistic perspective. So, it is very difficult for you to assimilate the non-dualistic truth from the dualistic perspective.

I 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 of wisdom are needed until one gets a firm conviction of ‘what is what. 

People need to read and hear the words of wisdom to think reason, reflect deeply, and reach the ultimate end.

The seekers who will approach with receptiveness as they should be approached may conceivably pause at any time and say, these pointers are helping them to think on their own and assimilate Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana and understanding it in a proper and perfect way.

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 (from, time and space) observed and experienced. The commoner viewing the form, time, and space (world) will see differently from a Gnani viewing the same world. Each one interprets the form, time, and space (world) that they see in terms of their existing knowledge. The commoner sees everything based on the ego, therefore, experiences the form, time, and space (world) as a reality, whereas a Gnani sees form, time, and space as consciousness and he is fully aware that there is no second thing exists other than the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. 

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

There is nothing to realize other than realizing the universe in which we exist is created out of single stuff. That single stuff is the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. Consciousness is real and eternal.

All my blogs and postings are the verified truth. As one goes on reading, all his doubts and confusion will start clearing. It takes time to be receptive to Self-Knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana because it is Soulcentric knowledge, whereas all accumulated knowledge is egocentric.

I am highlighting all the obstacles in the inner journey and how to overcome these obstacles. All accumulated knowledge is of no use in the path of wisdom.

It is for every seeker who is in the path of wisdom to realize himself “What is the 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 until the cobwebs of his doubts and confusion get cleared.

It takes time for the seeker to gain the perfect understanding of ‘what is the 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 to realize the truth, which is beyond form, time, and space.

The inner Sage will guide you with love. Your sincerity and seriousness lead you to the inner core.

As you keep reading the old posts and also the new posts, you will find answers to all your doubts and confusion.

As you try to find answers independently, the inner revelation will start, and you will be able to move on your own.

Atmic path is not a question and answers session. The Atmic path is not the path of exchanging views and opinions.

 I have bifurcated what is not needed to realize the truth, which is hidden by the illusory form, time, and space.

The true seeker with all the humility must use language without the words and try to discriminate between real and unreal to realize the truth hidden by the ‘I’ (universe). 

Everyone has not got the capacity to know Truth very few have: but some among these few are so sharp that they have only to hear it explained by proper guidance when they grasp it at once. They only have to stabilize their illumination.

You, yourself, must do the work of realizing Truth by using your own judgment and reason. Nobody else, no guru, can do it for you. :~Santthosh Kumaar 

The Advaitic wisdom will dawn only when you start reasoning yourself on the base of the Soul, the Self.+

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. 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. I 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 until it becomes a reality.

One needs to constantly reflect on the subject until he gets a firm conviction of what is what. Words of wisdom are needed until one gets a firm conviction of ‘what is what. ’

People need to read and hear the words of wisdom to think reason, reflect deeply, and reach the ultimate end.

It takes time for the seeker to gain the perfect understanding of ‘what is the 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 to realize the truth, which is hidden by the illusory form, time, and space.

When one is absorbed in thinking of anything, then he forgets the subject. The subject is the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.

Remember:~

The Advaitic wisdom will dawn only when you start reasoning yourself on the base of the Soul, the Self.

The inner dialogue will start, and the subconscious will start judging ‘what is the truth?’ and ‘what is the untruth? and it starts discarding the untruth.

Till you hold your accumulated knowledge as a yardstick and try to interpret it in your own way, it is difficult to tread the Atmic path. All the accumulated knowledge from different sources becomes an obstacle in the Atmic path.

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

Thus, it is necessary to read again and again till the subconscious starts accepting and judging the truth from a nondualistic perspective.

The seeker must do his homework by deeper thinking and reflect on the subject umpteen time; then only he will be able to get a firm conviction. 

The external spoon feedings are mere signposts to direct him towards the reality, which is beyond form, time, and space.

When the seeker independently starts thinking and reasoning, then the truth will start unfolding. The inner satisfaction comes only when one gets a firm conviction of the truth, which is beyond form, time, and space.

Upanishads All this is full /from fullness; fullness comes when fullness is taken from fullness/ fullness still remains.

Remember:~

From the dualistic perspective, people see the world in which they exist as a reality. They see their body as the body, their ego as the ego, and the world in which they exist as the world, whereas a Gnani sees everything from a non-dualistic perspective.

A Gnani sees his body as the consciousness, his ego as consciousness, and the world in which he exists as the consciousness. For a Gnani, whatever is seen, known, believed, and experienced is nothing but consciousness. 

There is unity in diversity in Gnani's understanding, whereas the ignorant people see only diversity and separation.

Thus, it is necessary to learn to view and judge the worldview on the nondualistic perspective to realize the form, time, and space are one in essence. There is nothing to realize other than realizing that consciousness is everything. The consciousness is second to none.

When everything is nothing but consciousness, then what remains is not consciousness. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar

The ‘I’ becomes the invisible ‘Soul’ in deep sleep and the invisible ‘Soul’ becomes the ‘I’ in the waking.+

The ‘I’ becomes the invisible ‘Soul’ in deep sleep, and the invisible ‘Soul’ becomes the ‘I’ in the waking.

The ‘I’ becomes the ‘I-LESS-Soul’ in deep sleep, and the ‘I-LESS-Soul ’ becomes the ‘I’ in the waking.

The ‘mind’ becomes the ‘Soul’ in deep sleep, and the ‘Soul’ becomes the ‘mind’ in the waking.

The ‘universe’ becomes the ‘Soul’ in deep sleep, and the ‘Soul’ becomes the ‘universe’ in the waking.

The ‘duality’ becomes the ‘nonduality’ in deep sleep, and the ‘nonduality’ becomes the ‘duality’ in the waking.

Think the nature of the ‘Self’ is like the deep sleep state, and then think of the waking experience and the dream.

There is neither the waking experience nor the dream in deep sleep. Therefore, there is no division in consciousness. In waking or dream, there was a division of form, time, and space.

Thus, the one that appears as the waking one that appears as the dream, and the one that disappears as deep sleep is nothing but consciousness. Thus, the three states are one in essence.

Deep sleep brings a sense of non-dualistic peace with it. This experience one gets only in the absence of the ‘I. ’ Therefore, there is a need to investigate this ‘I. The ‘I’ appears and disappears.

A deeper investigation reveals that the ‘I’ is present in the form of the mind. The mind is in the form of the universe.

The universe appears as waking or the dream (duality) and disappears as deep sleep (nonduality).

The ‘Self’ is not the ‘I. ’ If you hold the ‘Self’ as ‘I,’ then you will never be able to realize the truth, which is hidden by the illusory form, time, and space.

The ‘Self’ is the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. The Soul is the witness of the ‘I’ that appears and disappears. Thus, the ‘I’ is not permanent.

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

The ‘I’ hides the Soul, the Self, which is the cause of the 'I. People think the ‘I’ without the body is the ‘Self’.

The seeker has to understand that ‘I’ is not the ‘Self, ’ but the witness of the ‘I’ is the true ‘Self, which is eternal.

That is why Ashtavakra Gita 16:10 says:~ If you desire liberation, but you still say 'I, '

If you feel the 'Self’ is the ‘I, ’ you are not a wise man or a seeker. You are simply a man who suffers.

People are stuck with the reality of the ‘I’, which they take as real because some Gurus have propagated that the ‘Self’ is the ‘I’.

There is no need to convince such mindsets. The seeker of truth accepts only the truth, nothing but the truth. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar

As per the Vedas people who indulge in worshipping human beings as God fall into an awful hell of pain, sorrow, and suffering.+

Brihadaranyaka Upanishad:~ "He who worships the deities as entities entirely separate from the Soul, the Self does not know the truth. For the Gods, he is like a pasu (beast)". (1. 4. 10)

Yajurveda – chapter- 32:~ God is Supreme Spirit.

God in truth is not human, but God in truth Spirit. God in truth is invisible. God in truth is not an idol or a material shape. God in truth is invisible and cannot be seen directly by anyone.

God in truth pervades all beings and all directions. Thus, Idolatry does not find any support from the Vedas

You and your Guru are the part of the illusory universe. Thus, what is the use of worshiping the Guru, who is part of the illusion? The one who worships and the one who is getting worshipped himself as Guru are ignorant; therefore, they will never get Gnana (wisdom).

Worshiping human beings as God is barred by the Vedas. As per the Vedas, people who indulge in worshipping human beings as God fall into an awful hell of pain and sorrow and suffer terribly for a long time.

Vedas bar human worship: ~

Translation 3

"They are enveloped in darkness, in other words, are steeped in ignorance and sunk in the greatest depths of misery who worship the uncreated, eternal prakrti -- the material cause of the world -- in place of the All-pervading God, But those who worship visible things born of the prakrti, such as the earth, trees, bodies (human and the like) in place of God are enveloped in still greater darkness, in other words, they are extremely foolish, fall into an awful hell of pain and sorrow, and suffer terribly for a long time."- (Yajurveda 40:9)

~Then why to worship and glorify the GURUS and YOGIS (human form) in place of God when Veda bars such activities and it also warns people who indulge in such activities are enveloped in still greater darkness, in other words, they are extremely foolish, fall into an awful hell of pain and sorrow, and suffer terribly for a long time. :~ Santthosh Kumaar

Upanishads ridicule the worshipper of deities as a dim-witted person no better than a beast.+

Sage Sankara pointed out that those rituals could in no way bring about wisdom, much less Moksha.

Upanishads ridicule the worshipper of deities as a dim-witted person no better than a beast.

Mundaka Upanishad condemns rituals. The Para or Higher knowledge is the knowledge of the Supreme Being while the Apara or Lower Knowledge is that of following sacrificial rites and ceremonies. (1/2/ 1 – 6)

Sage Sankara: ~ "Though I wear these robes of a Sanyasin, it is only for the sake of bread."

~ This shows he was wearing the religious robe only for the sake of bread." Thus, it means those who are wearing the religious robe for the sake of bread.

All the rituals based on the false belief of Gods will not yield any fruits, and they are meant for the ignorant populace who are unable to grasp the God beyond form, time, and space.

Sage Sankara severely criticized the ritualistic attitude and those who advocated such practices

Ceremonials and sacrifices lead men round and round, and not to the ultimate goal to which an understanding of the Self alone can lead.

Worshipping of the non-Vedic Gods will not yield any fruit. The Vedas confirm that God is Atman, the Self.

The religion of the Veda knows no idols, so why are so many Gods and Goddesses with different forms and names being propagated as Vedic Gods? Why are these conceptual Gods introduced when the Vedic concept of God is free from form and attributes?

Rig Veda: ~ The Atman is the cause; the 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)

Gods and Goddesses worshipped in India today are non-Vedic Gods. Such Gods and Goddesses cease to exist without the dualistic illusion. Whatever belongs to the dualistic illusion is bound to be a falsehood.

Rig Veda clearly says that God is Atman and never accepts another God in place of the Atman nor worships other than the Atman. Then why worship any other God in place of the Atman, the real God.

Bhagavad Gita: ~ Brahmano hi pratisthaham ~ Brahman (God in truth) is considered the all-pervading consciousness (Spirit), the basis of all the animate and inanimate entities and material. (14.27).

When the Bhagavad Gita says God is considered the all-pervading consciousness (Spirit), the basis of all the animate and inanimate entities and material, nothing has to be accepted as God other than consciousness.

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.

The dualistic worship of "God” is only for the ignorant populace. The God in truth is only Atman, the Self. In reality, there is no duality, no differentiation. Only Atman exists.

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

Yajurveda – chapter- 32:~ It has been said that God Supreme or 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.

Yajurveda says God is the Supreme Spirit has no 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. Therefore, why worship the Gods when they cease to exist without the dualistic illusion.

Yajurveda warns people that those who worship non-Vedic Gods in place of Vedic God are enveloped in still greater darkness, in other words, they are extremely foolish, fall into an awful hell of pain and sorrow, and suffer terribly for a long time." (Yajurveda 40:9.)

The rituals mentioned in the karmakanda of the Vedas are sought to be negated in the Jnanakanda, which is also part of the same scripture. While the Karmakanda enjoins upon you the worship of various deities and lays down rules for the same, the Jnanakanda, constituted by the Upanishads, ridicules the worshiper of deities as a dim-witted person no better than a beast. This seems strange, the latter part of the Vedas contradicting the former part. The first part deals with Karma, while the second or concluding part is all about Jnana. Owing to this difference, people have gone so far as to divide our scripture into two sections: the Vedas (that is the first part) to mean the karmakanda and the Upanishads (Vedanta) to mean the jnanakanda.

Dogmas and beliefs, rituals and ceremonies are the essences of the religion, not of the spirituality. The religion has become merely a matter of external rituals and ceremonies. The religion hides the truth beyond form, time, and space.

Until form, time, and space are present, the duality is present. The duality creates the illusory prison to the Soul, the Self.

Religious rites and rigid ceremonies were passed down from one generation to the next as a practice or set customs and tradition and performed automatically with blind faith. Such worship of God based on blind belief does not reach God in truth.

Religious rites and ceremonies, yagnas and homas, havans or any other forms of ritual are meant for the ignorant populace.

Belief in God without knowing God in actuality holds the worshiper more firmly in the grip of ignorance.

All worship and the ceremonies and rituals performed on the base of non-~Vedic Gods will not yield any fruits.

Deeper self-search reveals the fact that the worshiped, the worship, the worshiper, and the world are merely an illusion created out of consciousness.

Religious rites and ceremonies, yagnas and homas, havans or any other forms of rituals or formal observance have long since set in.

Religious rites and ceremonies, yagnas and homa, havans or any other forms of ritual are meant for the ignorant populace. In the Atmic path, the seeker has to discard what is not needed to realize the truth, which is beyond form, time, and space.

Religious rites and ceremonies, yagnas and homa, havans or any other forms of rituals or formal observance have long since set in.

Sage Sankara says:~ The scriptures dealing with rituals, rewards are therefore addressed to an ignorant person. Thus, the rituals are meant for ignorant people.

One of Sage Sankara’s missions was to wean people away from a ritualistic approach advocated by Mimamsakas and to project wisdom (jnana) as the means of liberation in the light of Upanishad teachings.

Sage Sankara severely criticized the ritualistic attitude and those who advocated such practices. However, the orthodox texts that combined rituals with wisdom (jnana_karma_samucchaya) more in favour of the Mimamsaka position came into vogue, projecting Sage Sankara as the rallying force of the doctrine.

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.

Sage Sankara:~ (11) As regards the rituals, Sage Sankara says the person who performs rituals and aspires for rewards will view himself in terms of the caste into which he is born, his age, the stage of his life, his standing in society, etc. In addition, he is required to perform rituals all through his life. However, the Self has none of those attributes or tags. Hence, the person who superimposes all those attributes on the changeless, eternal Self and identifies the Self with the body is a confusing one for the other and is, therefore, an ignorant person. The scriptures dealing with rituals, rewards, etc., are therefore addressed to an ignorant person.-- Adhyasa Bhashya

Sage Sankara:~ (11.1) This ignorance (mistaking the body for Self) brings in its wake a desire for the well-being of the body, aversion for its disease or discomfort, fear of its destruction, and thus a host of miseries(anartha). This anartha is caused by projecting karthvya(“doer” sense) and bhokthavya (object) on the Atman. Sage Sankara calls this adhyasa. The scriptures dealing with rituals, rewards, etc., are, therefore, he says, addressed to an ignorant person. -Adhyasa Bhashya

Sage Sankara:~ (11.2) In short, person who engages in rituals with the notion “I am an agent, doer, thinker”, according to Sage Sankara, is ignorant, as his behavior implies a distinct, separate doer/agent/knower; and an object that is to be done/achieved/known. That duality is Avidya, an error that can be removed by vidya. -Adhyasa Bhashya

Sage Sankara: ~ (12) Sage Sankara affirming his belief in one eternal unchanging reality (Brahman) and the illusion of plurality, drives home the point that Upanishads deal not with rituals but with the knowledge of the Absolute (Brahma vidya) and the Upanishads give us an insight into the essential nature of the Self which is identical with the Absolute, the Brahman. -Adhyasa Bhashya

No conceptual God can exist apart from the consciousness. People are not aware of the fact that there is no individual God that can exist apart from the Soul, which is in the form of consciousness.

Thus, the Soul or consciousness is the Self. If there is no consciousness, then there is no body, no ego, no universe, no religion, and no conceptual God. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar

Reject all non-Vedic Gods to realize the Atman, the God in truth.+

Vedic God is Athma.

It is for every seeker who is seeking truth must first know what God supposed to be in actuality according to Vedas and Upanishads and reject all non-Vedic Gods to realize the Atman is real God.

Bhagavad Gita Chapter:~ “All those whose intelligence has been stolen by material desires, they worship many Gods. (7- Verse -20)

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

Thus, it refers to a formless and attributeless God, which is the Atman (Soul), the ‘Self’ within the false experience. Thus, it indicates clearly that all the Gods with form and attributes are mere imagination based on the false self. Thus, Atman or Soul, the ‘Self’ is God in truth.

The Vedas do not talk about idol worship. In fact, till about 2000 years ago, followers of Vedism never worshiped idols. Idol worship was started by the followers of Buddhism and Jainism. There is logic to idol worship. Vedas speak of one God that is the supreme ‘Self’, i.e., Atman or Soul, but Hinduism indulges in worshiping 60 million Gods.

It indicates clearly that all the Gods with form and attributes are mere imagination based on the false self.

The Brihadaranyaka Upanishad:- "He who worships the deities as entities entirely separate from him does not know the truth. For the Gods, he is like a pasu (beast)". (1. 4. 10)

A great majority of Hindus are not in contact with their religious history; therefore, they believe their inherited beliefs as the ultimate truth.

Hinduism is not Ancient Vedic religion or Santana Dharma. All Hindus indulge in non-Vedic practices barred by the Vedas, introduced by the different founders of the different sects of Hinduism at different times, whereas the Vedic religion or Santana Dharma is ancient and has no founder.

Thus, to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana, the seeker has to realize his inherited religion is adulterated in the past, and it becomes a great obstacle in realizing the ultimate truth or Brahman.

While they do not accept the texts past the Vedas, they are still monists and uphold other Hindu views. In their reformations, they rejected Brahminical control, and they are open to all castes and women.

Hinduism is based on myths, and thus, people of Indian are unaware of the facts of their inherited religious history. The Vedic Culture and Vedas are complete in themselves, but Hinduism, which is a non-Vedic belief system with all its ritual and conduct-oriented practices, has been contributed largely by the orthodox priests to suit their convenience!

Supreme Court of India:~ Hinduism, as a religion, incorporates all forms of belief without mandating the selection or elimination of any one single belief. “ It is a religion that has no single founder, no single scripture and no single set of teachings. It has been described as Santana Dharma, namely, eternal faith, as it is the collective wisdom and inspiration of the centuries that Hinduism seeks to preach and propagate.” Hinduism has no single founder or scripture: SC, The Times of India (Delhi) Dec 17, 2015

Max Müller says ~ "The religion of the Veda knows no idols; the worship of idols in India is a secondary formation, a degradation of the more primitive worship of ideal Gods."

Hindus are idol worshipers of a large number of Gods and Goddesses, whereas in Vedas, the God has been described as:-

In the Vedas, God has been described as:~

Yajurveda – chapter- 32:~God Supreme or 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.

Rig Veda: ~ The Atman (Soul or Spirit) is the cause; the 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)

The Vedas, as a body of scripture, contain many contradictions, and they are fragmentary in nature. For Hindus, scriptures like the Bhagavad-Gita, Ramayana, Mahabharata, and Puranas are more attractive and appealing than the Vedas. Also, the Gods and Goddesses they worship differ considerably from the Vedic ones. The collection of hymns called Vedas, written in praise of certain deities by poets over several centuries, does not seem to have much significance for the Hindus.

Yajur Veda says:~

Translation 1

They enter darkness, those who worship natural things (for example, air, water, sun, moon, animals, fire, stone, etc).

They sink deeper in darkness those who worship sambhuti. (Sambhuti means created things, for example, table, chair, idol, etc.) (Yajurveda 40:9)

Translation 2

"Deep into the shade of blinding gloom fall asambhuti's worshippers. They sink to darkness deeper yet who on sambhuti are intent" (Yajurveda Samhita by Ralph T. H. Griffith pg. 538)

Translation 3.

"They are enveloped in darkness, in other words, are steeped in ignorance and sunk in the greatest depths of misery who worship the uncreated, eternal prakrti -- the material cause of the world -- in place of the All-pervading God, But those who worship visible things born of the prakrti, such as the earth, trees, bodies (human and the like) in place of God are enveloped in still greater darkness, in other words, they are extremely foolish, fall into an awful hell of pain and sorrow, and suffer terribly for a long time." (Yajur Veda 40:9.)

So, Yajur Veda indicates that:~

Those who worship visible things such as the earth, trees, bodies (human and the like) in place of God are enveloped in still greater ignorance.

Why worship and glorify the non-~Vedic Gods in place of Vedic God when Veda bars such activities and it also warns people who indulge in such activities are enveloped in still greater darkness, in other words, they are extremely foolish, fall into an awful hell of pain and sorrow, and suffer terribly for a long time.

God exists prior to form, time, and space. The form, time, and space cease to exist as a reality when wisdom dawns. Thus, the Gods and Gurus have no place in the domain of the Advaitic reality. Advaita is the nature of the Soul, which is real God. Thus, Self-realization is the only way to God realization.

By worshipping the religious Gods and Gurus, one will not get Self-realization or God-realization.

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

The Upanishad says: the human goal is to acquire Self-Knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana, and they indicate the personal gods, scriptures, worship, and rituals are not the means to Self –Knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana, then why anyone should indulge in it.

The religion, concept of an individualized god, and scriptures are the greatest obstacle to Self-realization because they are based on the false self.

The seeker of truth has to search the ultimate truth without losing himself in the labyrinths of philosophy, through deeper inquiry, analysis, and reasoning, and assimilate and realize it.

That is why Sage Sankara, indicated in Bhaja Govindam, says: ~ “One without knowledge does not obtain liberation even in a hundred births, no matter which religious faith he follows.

Then it is no use going a roundabout way; trace the Brahman, which is the formless substance and the witness of the universe.

The universe is present in the form of mind. By tracing the source of the mind (universe), one will be able to realize the Brahman or God in truth. :: ~ Santthosh Kumaar

If you are worshipping the human being as God then you are worshiping ignorance as God.+

If you are worshipping the human being as God, then you are worshiping ignorance as God. If you are seeking truth, nothing but the truth, you must restrain all such activities that block your realization of the ultimate truth or Brahman or God.

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

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

Vedas clearly say those who worship Human and the like in place of God are enveloped in still greater darkness; in other words, they are extremely foolish, fall into an awful hell of pain and sorrow, and suffer terribly for a long time.

Guru worship is not a Vedic idea. It is adopted for Buddhism and Jainism. The seeker of truth need not indulge non-Vedic act, which keeps him permanently in the prison of ignorance.

Why worship and glorify the Gurus and Yogis (human form) in place of God when Veda bars such activities and it also warns people who indulge in such activities are enveloped in still greater darkness, in other words, they are extremely foolish, fall into an awful hell of pain and sorrow, and suffer terribly for a long time

Vedas bars human worship: ~

Yajur Veda:

Translation:~

"They are enveloped in darkness, in other words, are steeped in ignorance and sunk in the greatest depths of misery who worship the uncreated, eternal prakrti -- the material cause of the world -- in place of the All-pervading God, But those who worship visible things born of the prakrti, such as the earth, trees, bodies (human and the like) in place of God are enveloped in still greater darkness, in other words, they are extremely foolish, fall into an awful hell of pain and sorrow, and suffer terribly for a long time."- (Yajur Veda 40:9.)

Many people are stuck on the idea that without a Guru, truth-realization is impossible. Guru is only a religious fable. They do not even know that the Guru teaches the truth.

Gurus themselves, dwelling in darkness, preach that their way is the only way, and the followers of the Gurus follow the dualistic path like the blind led by the blind.

A person who realizes the ultimate truth or Brahman will throw off his religious robe and all religious identity and live like a commoner. He never identifies himself as Gnani, nor does he identify himself as superior to others. He only shares his knowledge with fellow seekers.

A Gnani never identifies himself as a Guru or a Yogi or some Guru's disciple. The one who accepts himself as a Guru or someone’s disciple is not a Gnani.

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."

So he wore a Guru's robe only for the sake of the ignorant. So he was identified as Guru with parampara by religious people. For the truth seekers, Sage Sankara is a Brahma Gnani.

Sage Sankara himself said: ~ A Gnani 'bears no outward mark of a holy man."

Thus, it proves that the religious gurus and yogis are not Gnanis because they identified themselves as holy people.

All those who wear the sanyasin robes are wearing it for the sake of the bread that belongs to the religion; they have nothing to do with 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 the ignorant masses in the dualistic world.

Even swami Vivekananda was Ramakrishna Paramahansa’s disciple. Swami Vivekananda himself said: ~ “You have to grow from the inside out. None can teach you, and none can make you spiritual. There is no other teacher but your own Soul.”:~ Santthosh Kumaar