The discussion is unimportant in the path of wisdom because, as one goes on digging into my posts, he will find answers.+

All my posts and blogs are concerned with Self-knowledge or Atma Gnana or Brahma Gnana. Path wisdom is meant only for serious seekers who are in the quest for the truth. The truth is hidden by the illusory form, time, and space.

Thus, the discussion is unimportant in the path of wisdom because as one goes on digging into my posts he will find answers and all his cobweb of doubts will be cleared.

Those who have taken the path of wisdom are chosen ones. The chosen one will get the grace of the Soul the inner guru. The path of wisdom is the Soulcentric path, whereas all other paths are egocentric. All egocentric paths lead to hallucination.

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

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- it was given 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 masses, and knowledge of the Spirit was 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 scattered here and there, which is very difficult to grasp

If you have an intense urge to realize the ultimate truth that intense urge itself leads you to realize the truth, which is beyond the form, time, and space. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar

Why you are sticking to a Guru who is not a Gnani.+

Someone posing as a Gnani is not a Gnani. If someone poses himself as a direct disciple of some guru cannot be a Gnani. Those who pose themselves as Gnanis are not Gnanis.

A Gnani never poses himself as a Guru, a swami, a sadhu, a yogi, or some Guru’s disciple.

Sage Sankara clearly indicates in Viveka Chudamani (2):~ Knower of the Atman (A Gnani) "bears no outward mark of a holy man" (Stanza 539).

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

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

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

Thus it proves that Sage Sankara meant, taking sanyasa and wearing the religious robes to earn bread. Sanyasa is not a qualification to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana

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

~ ‘Then why stick to a Guru who is not a Gnani. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar

If anyone claims himself to be a Gnani, he is not a Gnani. The Soul, the Self alone is a Guru and the Soul alone is a Gnani.=

If anyone claims himself to be a Gnani, he is not a Gnani. The Soul, the Self alone, is a Guru, and the Soul alone is a Gnani.

Manduka Upanishads: ~ It is very difficult to find out who is a Gnani because he bears no external mark. Neither nudity nor the yellow robe have anything to do with him.

Gurus and yogis identify themselves with their body and sense organs and the world in which they exist, which are illusory.

The Guru and disciple and the world in which Guru and disciple exist are created out of single stuff. That single stuff is consciousness. Consciousness is the ultimate truth of Brahman.

Identifying as a Guru or some Guru’s disciple keeps one in the cage of ignorance.

A person who identifies himself as a Guru or disciple will never be able to get Advaitic Gnana.

The Guru and disciple and the world in which Guru and disciple exist are created out of single stuff. That single stuff is consciousness. Consciousness is the ultimate truth of Brahman.

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

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

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

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

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)

That is why Swami Vivekananda 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.

Swami Vivekananda: ~ ‘Worship your Guru as God, but do not obey him blindly; love him all you will, but think for yourself. No blind belief can save you, work out your own salvation. Have only one idea of God: that God is an eternal help.

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

A guru is needed in the religious and yogic paths. The path of wisdom is not religious or yogic. There is no need for a guru to acquire Self-knowledge, Brahma Gnana, or Atma Gnana.

Katha Upanishad says: ~ This Atman is attained by him alone, whom It chooses. To such a person, Atman reveals its own form. (II -23-P-20)

A Gnani is neither anyone’s guru nor anyone’s disciple. He respects all the sages of the past and highlights good points in their teaching, and he also highlights the obstacles, that block the realization of the ultimate truth, or Brahman, or God in truth.

Bhagavad Gita says: ~ “Among thousands of men, scarcely one strives for perfection; and of those who strive and succeed, scarcely one knows the ‘Self’ in truth.

A Gnani sees only unity in diversity, just like a goldsmith estimating the gold in various items of jewelry sees only gold. When one identifies the Self with the form, then only the form, time, and space are present. But when one transcends form, time, and space, duality never remains a reality.

Gnanis are one in billions, for they have ignored the opinions of whole peoples in their independent search for truth, and questioned all beliefs, all scriptures, and all authorities until they could be proved to be true.

Even the arguments that religions have been followed since time immemorial make no difference to them because if people have believed a false thing over millions of years, the length of time does not prove it true.

Your intense urge to know the truth will take you to the ultimate end, but your accumulated knowledge will block you from realizing the truth, which is hidden by ignorance.: ~ Santthosh Kumaar

Sage Sankara says Karma is not competent to remove ignorance.+

Sage Sankara From the point of any of these four uses karma is of no use for attaining liberation. Remaining in one's own true form is release. It consists in realizing the true nature of the Self which is ever-existent and eternal. Moksha, therefore, is not something to be produced, for it is eternal (nityatvat). It is not something to be purified, for it is bereft of all qualities and impurities (nirgunatvat, nirdoshatvat cha). There is also another reason here. It cannot be purified since it is not a means (asadhanadravyatmakatvat). Only a thing that serves as a means can be purified, such as the sacrificial vessel or clarified butter by sprinkling of water and so on. (Commentary on Bhr, Upanishads 3-3-1)

Sage Sankara says Karma is not competent to remove ignorance, for it is not opposed to it. It does not matter in what way we characterize ignorance, whether as absence of knowledge or as doubt or as erroneous knowledge. It is always removable by knowledge, but not by action in any of its forms, for there is no contradiction between ignorance and karma. (Commentary on Brah.3-3-1 )

Sage Sri Sankara: ~ Action (karma) cannot destroy ignorance, for it is not in conflict with or opposed to ignorance. Knowledge does verily destroy ignorance as light destroys deep darkness. -Atma Bodha

Then the karma theory has no value. The karma theory is merely a religious fable meant for ignorant masses. The karma theory is not the means to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

According to Advaita Vedanta, the Veda addresses itself to two kinds of audiences - the ordinary ones who desire the transitory heaven and other pleasures obtained as a result of ritual sacrifices, and the more advanced seeker who seeks to know Brahman. Thus, the purva mimam. sa, with its emphasis on the Karma kanda of the Vedas, is meant for the first audience, to help lead its followers along the way. However, the Vedanta, with its emphasis on the jnana kanda, is meant for those who wish to go beyond such transient pleasures.

The Orthodox people are ordinary people. Thus the ordinary ones who desire the transitory heaven and other pleasures obtained as a result of ritual sacrifices. The Karma kanda of the Vedas is meant for the ordinary audience, to help lead its followers along the way.

The Soul, the Self is birthless; because it is formless the question of karma does not arise. The karma theory is based on the birth entity.

Karma is a reality within the scope of form, time, and space (universe or duality) whereas the Soul, the Self is a formless, timeless, and spaceless existence.

The religion is based on the birth entity. Whatever is based on the birth entity is bound to be falsehood because the Self is not the birth entity because the Self is birthless.

Sage Goudapada said: ~ “The merciful Veda teaches karma and Upaasana to people of lower and middling intellect, while Jnana is taught to those of higher intellect. Thus Sage Sri Goudapada suggests that the religious paths and worship of the Guru and conceptual God are lower and middling intellect. But in this modern world, people are sharp enough to understand and assimilate the ultimate truth or Brahman or God. Thus people who want the higher truth then it is high time to discard the lower knowledge and move ahead to realize the ultimate truth, which is Brahman or God.

The one who thinks he is an independent apart from the world and believes in action (karma) is not aware that, the world in which he exists is merely an illusion created out of the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.

The Karma which is done in a previous life, and produces the present life is a mere religious theory based on the false Self (you) and false experience (waking).

You are not the ‘Self,’ but the ‘Self’ is the invisible Soul then how karma done in the previous life can produce present life when the Soul, the ‘Self’ is birthless and deathless because it is the ever-formless, timeless, and spaceless existence. That is why self-knowledge is necessary to realize the ‘self’ is not you but the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.

The karma theory is based on the birth entity, which is the false self whereas the Soul, the Self is birthless. The Soul is birthless because it is unborn

The Karma theory has no value in the realm of truth, as the Self has no birth. The one who is born lives and dies is the false entity (you) within the false experience (waking experience).

Just as the body and the world in a dream are superimposed and therefore illusory, so is also this body and the world of the waking is superimposed. The birth, life, death, and world are part of the waking experience and the waking is superimposed, and in the absence of waking, which contains the body and the world there is no room for karma at all.

All the activities are happening within the illusion. One engages in all these activities within the illusion.

Thus karma theory which is based on the individual activity is bound to be the false theory because it is based on the false Self (waking entity or you) within the false experience (waking).

When the experience of birth, life, death, and the world is an illusion then how karma will affect the Self, which is ever birthless.

The Karma theory says that consciousness is different from the body and permanent, as it endures even after the fall of the body and reaps the fruits of actions done in this life.

When the body is not the doer or the Self how it can reap the fruits of action of the last life when it is not the doer or the Self in the next life. When the Soul, the Self is unborn then how can it be reborn? Thus karma theory is based on the false entity and has accepted the false entity as the Self.

When the Self is not the body (‘ego or waking entity’) then whatever one sees, knows, believes, experiences, and feels on the base of the body (‘ego or waking entity’) as the Self is bound to be an illusion. Thus, the karma performed in illusion is bound to be an illusion. The birth, life, and death are happening within the illusion; therefore it is bound to be an illusion.

Thus, rebirth and reincarnation theories based on the false Self within the false experience are bound to be an illusion on the base of the true Self. Only the witness of the illusion is real (Brahman). Therefore, everything has to be viewed and judged, on the base of the Formless Witness (Soul or consciousness) to overcome the illusion/duality.

The law of karma holds reality only on the base of the birth entity. The one which is born lives and dies in this world is not the Self because the Self is the Soul, which is birthless and deathless. It is birthless and deathless because it is ever formless, timeless, and spaceless existence.

From the standpoint of the Soul, the Self the world in which you exist is an illusion. Therefore, the karma performed within the illusion is bound to be an illusion.

The karma theory has nothing to do with the birthless Soul, the Self because the Soul, the Self is ever deathless, because, it is birthless because it is formless, timeless, and spaceless existence.

The karmic account is never-ending because one has to be born again and again to reap his good or bad karma carried forward from one life to the next. The karma theory is merely a religious and yogic fable.

The karmic account is never-ending because one has to be born again and again to reap his good or bad karma carried forward from one life to the next. The karma theory is merely a religious and yogic fable. :~Santthosh Kumaar

You have been misled by the Eastern and Western Advaitic Gurus and their ‘I-centric teachings; you are unable to grasp the ‘Self’.

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.

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.

Those who lack the intelligence to discriminate between the subject and the object will not be able to grasp what is real and what is unreal. Both the subject and object are the consciousness, not the subject alone.

The subject is the Spirit and the object is the ‘I’ the matter. The Soul, the Self is the Spirt. The Soul, the Self is the subject. The ‘I’ is the universe is the matter.

Unless you realize ‘What is the subject?’ and ‘What is the object’? you will never be able to unfold the mystery hidden by the ‘I’.

You have been misled by the Eastern and Western Advaitic Gurus and their ‘I-centric teachings you are unable to grasp the ‘Self’ hidden by the ‘I’.

The ‘Self' hidden by the ‘I’ means the Spirit hidden by the matter. Remember the eastern and western Advaitic Gurus and their ‘I-centric teachings are not the Advaitic wisdom of Sage Sri Sankara.

Sage Sankara says: ~ “What is accepted without proper inquiry will not lead a person to the final goal. On the contrary, such acceptance will result only in evil, something which is detrimental to our spiritual progress.

Unless you drop all eastern and western Advaitic Gurus and their ‘I-centric teachings you will not be able to acquire the Advaitic wisdom of Sage Sankara who is the founder of the Advaitic wisdom.

Being means a thing is. How do you know this world exists? How do you know that you exist in this world? It is the ‘Self; the witness that gives you the idea of being in the world. Apart from the Soul, the 'Self' you never realize that there is such a thing as being.

The first step is to distinguish between the real and the unreal. That is to know about the dual and nondual experience. The seeker has to discriminate between real and unreal. It means separating the subject from the object through deeper analysis.

The real is the subject and the unreal is an object. The Advaitic Gurus of the East and West cannot think of the subject because they are unaware that the subject is hidden by the object. Unless you drop

Without the subject, there is no object. The subject can stay without the object whereas the object is fully dependent on the subject for its existence because the object is nothing but an illusion created out of the subject.

The subject contained in the object. The consciousness cannot be apart from the object because the object is merely an illusion. Thus, the objective illusion has no value because it is non-existent without consciousness.

The dualists regard objects as a reality because they are ignorant have no idea of a subject and hence never seek for it. From the Advaitic perspective, the object is also regarded as the subject because the object is nothing but an illusion created out of the subject.

The ice will not form without the water, and the cloud will not form without the water, similarly, the world, in which you exist ceases to exist without consciousness.

The world, in which you exist, is created out of a single stuff. The Knowledge of the single stuff is Self-Knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

The world in which we exist is an object to the Soul, which is the formless subject. The object is created out of the subject. In reality, the subject and object are one, in essence. That essence is the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.

Thus, the world in which we exist is nothing but the consciousness, which is the subject. Thus, the subject alone is real and eternal, the world in which we exist is merely an illusion.

From the standpoint of the Soul, the innermost Self, there is neither the object nor the subject, there is unity in diversity. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar

No one becomes a Gnani by taking sannyasa, wearing religious robes, or mastering the scriptures.+

One need not renounce the worldly life and become a sanyasi or monk. One need not retire from his business or corporate job and become a Guru all these religious and yogic propagated outdated ideas have to be discarded to realize the truth of the true existence.

Do not become a slave of all these outdated religious and yogic ideas they are not meant for those who seriously seeking the truth. There is no need to follow anyone. Self–realization becomes easy if you independently walk your path.

The Atmic path is your own path. You have to tread the path alone to reach it alone finally nothing remains as reality other than the Athma or the Soul.

Emotionally and sentimentally, sticking to physical Guru is sticking to ignorance.

That is why Bhagavan Buddha: ~ Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders.

Sage Sankara was a Brahma Gnani. Most of the modern masters are not Gnani. And you have to understand that to be a Gnani is one thing; to be a Guru is totally different.

Out of a million people perhaps one is a Gnani. most of the Self- realized decide to remain silent – seeing the difficulty, that whatever they have realized is impossible to convey in any possible way to others; seeing that not only is it difficult to convey, but it is bound to be misunderstood too.

A Gnani never claims himself as a Gnani, he guides the seekers, not posing himself as a Guru, and he does not force his wisdom on others. A Gnani is not a religious person or Yogi.

One need not roam one mountain to another, one ashram to another, or meet gurus or yogis to get Gnana. One can get the Advaitic Gnana and become a Gnani wherever he lives.

We all are searching for truth within the illusion, not being aware of the fact that the illusion is created out of a single stuff which is the Soul, the Self. The Soul is present in the form of consciousness.

Thus, searching for the truth within illusion with the illusory self, within the illusory experience, has to be an illusion. The illusion is created and sustained, and finally, dissolves as consciousness. There is no second thing that exists other than consciousness. Consciousness is the ultimate truth or Brahman. Brahman is God in truth.

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

Blind faith is an obstacle in the pursuit of truth. The seeker should not waste his time on, he should primarily reflect on the Soul, the Self; not on the ‘I’.

The Soul, which is present in the form of the Spirit (consciousness), is ever formless, timeless, and spaceless existence.

Sruti says: ~ "brahmavit brahmaiva bhavati":~ He who knows Brahman becomes Brahman Itself. In the Advaita understanding of this statement, the "becoming" is only metaphorical. It is not as if something that was not Brahman suddenly becomes Brahman. Rather, "realizing Brahman" means a removal of the ignorance about one's own essential nature as Brahman. Thus, to "know Brahman" is to "be Brahman".

The one who has realized the Soul is the Self is a Gnani. Gnani is the one who is liberated even while embodied. Such a realization should not and cannot just be a literal understanding of Upanishadic Mahavakyas.

Remember:~

A Gnani has realized the ultimate truth or Brahman or God in truth. Thus, moksha is not a result of ritual action (path of karma a) or of devotional service (path of bhakti). These paths are egocentric paths, therefore, they will not help anyway to get rid of ignorance. In fact, moksha is not a result of anything, for it always exists.

All that is required is the removal of ignorance. The path of wisdom helps the seeker to acquire the Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

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

Thus, moksha is not a result of ritual action (path of karma) or of devotional service (path of bhakti). : ~ Santthosh Kumaar

The Advaitic wisdom of Sage Sankara helps to expose all dualistic fraud that is going on in the name of Spirituality.+

Advaitic wisdom is not for sale. Advaitic wisdom of Sage Sankara helps to expose all the dualistic fraud, which is going on in the name of spirituality.

The Atmic path is only for those seriously seeking the truth, not for those who want solutions for worldly life but to realize the world life is an illusion created out of the ‘Self’, which is hidden by ignorance. All the suffering and solutions belong to the dualistic illusion or Maya.

Those who are stuck to ignorance experience the individual experience of pleasure and pain as a reality.

My blogs and postings are mainly intended for the seekers who find theological, religious, yogic, and theoretical philosophizes as a useless raft to realize the ultimate truth or Brahman and who are interested in the direct realization of the truth, which is hidden by the illusory form, time and space.

Advaita is not any type of teaching or philosophy. Advaita is the knowledge of your true existence. Advaita is the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. Advaita is the ultimate reality, Brahman, or God in truth.

That is why 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.

If you are a truth seeker then it is better to spend time discovering the facts about your own existence than waste precious time attending Satsang, meeting Gurus and yogis, traveling from one place to another by reading book after book, staying at Ashrams, and by the walking in the Himalayas.

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.

By indulging in anything within the dualistic illusion. ignorance will not vanish. Realize that ‘I’ is the cause of ignorance. Your blind acceptance of ‘I’ based gurus and their teaching as final are blocking your realization.

The ‘I’-centric knowledge blocks the realization of truth because the religion is built on the foundation of form, time, and space whereas the ultimate truth is based on the formless, timeless, and spaceless existence.

If one is ready to drop all his baggage of inherited accumulated knowledge then it becomes easy to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

Freedom means becoming free from ignorance. The ‘I’ is the cause of experiencing the dualistic illusion or Maya as a reality.

Realize the Self is not ‘I’ but the Self is the Soul, which is ever nondual.

Remember: ~

Whatever is based on ‘I’ is an illusion.

Whatever is based on the Soul is a reality.

It is not possible to realize the Self without realizing the ‘I’ supposed to be in actuality.

The truth is hidden within the ‘I’ but it is without the ‘I’.

All the ‘I’-centric accumulated knowledge is false knowledge. Such ‘I’ -centric Gurus and their teaching make you only hallucinate.

By giving up thoughts and beliefs or by renouncing the worldly life, ignorance will not vanish. Perfect understanding of ‘what is what’ helps you to unfold the truth which is hidden by the ‘I’. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar

Do not search the ‘Self is in the spiritual junkyard in India or elsewhere in the world.+

Do not search for the ‘Self' in the spiritual junkyard in India or elsewhere in the world. Do not become part of the dualistic junkyard you will not find the Advaitic treasure hidden by the Sage Sankara.

All your accumulated junk accumulated from different Gurus and their junk will make you the prisoner of the dualistic junkyard.

The Advaitic treasure is hidden by the universe like fragrance in the flower; Musk lies within the Musk-deer yet seeks it afar."

Until one traces the hidden treasure, the illusory experience of birth, life, death, and the world is experienced as a reality

Dattatreya's Song of the Avadhut 1.36-42:~ Non-duality is taught by some; some others teach duality. They don't understand that the all-pervading Reality is beyond both duality and non-duality.

The self-styled Gurus talk of ripeness and effort of destiny and grace; all these are playing with the emotions and sentiments of the seekers.

Emotionally and sentimentally addicted seekers become victims of these Gurus and their teachings. Instead of helping the seeker, they obstruct.

Do not stick to the Gurus and their teachings but stick to the truth. Advaitic wisdom is not any type of teaching. no guru is required to acquire it.

Advaitic wisdom is a treasure hidden by Sage Sankara 1200 years back. Every seeker is qualified for the treasure if he is serious and sincere in his quest for truth.

Do not get stuck with Gurus and teachers who preach Advaita their propagated wisdom is only skin deep and inadequate and useless to unfold the Advaitic treasure of Sage Sankara.

Remember Sage Sankara is the final authority in Advaita. There is no Advaitic wisdom without Sage Sankara.

Unless you forget all your accumulated knowledge of different gurus you will never be able to find the reassure hidden by the great sage.

If you are following and any Guru or his teaching, however, holy or sacred is the Guru it will become a great obstacle to the realization of truth.

Advaitic wisdom is not A marketable commodity only by self-discovery you will find it.

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.”

That is why Bhagavan Buddha said: ~ “Believe nothing because a wise man said it, Believe nothing because it is generally held. Believe nothing because it is written. Believe nothing because it is said to be divine. Believe nothing because someone else said it. But believe only what you, yourself judge to be true

The wisdom consists in knowing the truth, that everything (mind or physical existence) is consciousness. Freedom (ultimate truth) is always there yet one does not know it. But to those whose reason is turned away from physicality and who have attained the serenity of the Soul, the Self is quite near to realizing the ultimate truth or Brahman or God in truth.

Ashtavakra: ~ Diamonds are not many; only pebbles and rocks are so common. A single diamond is enough.

Bhagavan Buddha: - There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth: not going all the way... and not starting

The Advaitic wisdom hidden by the Sages of truth imparted only to a few who were capable of grasping it. In time the Advaitic truth was lost and forgotten in the garbage of religion, philosophies, and yoga.

That is why Lord Krishna confesses that the oldest wisdom of India (Advaitic wisdom) has been lost: people misinterpret and falsify it today as they did then. It is not yoga but the philosophic truth. But nobody knows it. The teachers of philosophy and leaders of mysticism or religion do not want to inquire into truth and have no time for it. (Gita –Chap- IV-v.2)

That is why Sage Sankara says: ~ “A buried treasure is not uncovered by merely uttering the words: “Come forth.” You must follow the right directions, dig, remove the stones and earth from above it, and then make it your own. In the same way, the pure truth of the Atman, which is buried under Maya and the effects of Maya, can be reached by meditation, contemplation, and other spiritual disciplines but never by perverted arguments.

If someone has acquired Self-knowledge and shares his acquired knowledge with others, others cannot say, that there is nothing for them to do. Everyone has to discover a fresh for himself by verifying all the facts. Each one has to grasp assimilate and realize it until he gets a firm conviction of the ultimate truth or Brahman. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar

If you get stuck with physical Guru then it is impossible to transcend from dualistic illusion to nondualistic reality.+

If you are seeking truth, you should not get stuck with the physical Guru emotionally and sentimentally because the physical guru belongs to the dualistic illusion.

If you get stuck with a physical Guru is impossible to transcend from dualistic illusion to nondualistic reality.

Sentimentally and emotionally getting attached to anything of the dualistic illusion, blocks Self-realization.

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

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

Do not search for Guru in the world in which you exist. Guru is the Self. Let these words be inscribed in your subconscious.

The transparent truth of the ‘Self’ is hidden by the ‘I’, which is the dualistic illusion. It requires extraction competent instruction, excavation, and the removal of ignorance.

The truth is never revealed by following some Guru or his teaching or by glorifying the religious and yogic Gurus.

The transparent truth of the ‘Self’ is to be attained through constant reading of the words of wisdom followed by reflecting and so forth, but not through perverted discussion and arguments.

All the penances are external because they are based on individuality. Investigating the mind alone leads to Self-realization.

To know what is the mind profits much rather than searching for the truth in the external world moving from one ashram to another and one Guru to another and one mountain to another.

When one starts investigating the universe that confronts him will mentally move inwards and will reach the ultimate end and become fully aware of “What is truth?” and “What is untruth?” in his own home or city and establish in truth by realizing what is the untruth?. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar

You cannot get rid of the desire. By getting rid of the desire the ignorance will not vanish.+

You cannot get rid of the desire. By getting rid of the desire, ignorance will not vanish. Ignorance will vanish only when you realize that the ‘Self’ is not you but the ‘Self is the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.

Clinging to any physical Guru is clinging to ignorance. The half-baked knowledge propagated as the ultimate truth leads the seeker to a hallucinated version of the truth.

Sage Sankara page 482: On Gnani: ~ "The knower of Brahman wears no signs. Gives up the insignia of a monk's life…his signs are not manifest, nor his behavior."

Sage Sankara: ~ The Knower of the Atman or the knower of Brahman or Brahma Gnani.

When the knower of Brahman (Gnani) wears no signs it means he does not identify himself as Guru or yogi or teacher or Swami because a Gnani sees the form, the time and space are one in essence. Thus, there is unity in diversity in his realization.

Sage Sankara says the knower of Brahman wears no signs. Gives up the insignia of a monk's life then it is no use to renounce the worldly life, and become a sanyasi or monk or Sadhu to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Brahma Gnana.

The seeker of truth need not renounce the worldly life and run to the mountains or run behind the Gurus or Yogis to waste their precious life and fortune to get Self-knowledge.

If the seeker has an intense urge to realize the truth, then that very urge leads to the realization of the ultimate truth or Brahman or God in truth.

What is the use of renouncing anything within the dualistic illusion? By giving up anything the ignorance will not vanish. By hearing ornamental words from some guru wisdom will not dawn. Sticking to some Guru trying to get Self-realization is trying to drain the sea drop by drop.

The path of wisdom is the inner path. The inner path is a mental path. Without stepping out of the boundary of form, time, and space, it is impossible to assimilate Advaitic truth. The Advaitic truth is the ultimate truth or Brahman or God in truth.

This Path of wisdom is Soulcentric, therefore, it is very difficult to tread this path from an egocentric perspective. Even the yogis and saints have not come to understand the state of the Soul, the ‘Self’.

Ignorance is the cause of the ‘I’. The ‘I’ is present in the form of the mind. The mind is present in the form of the universe. The universe appears as waking or the dream (duality) and disappears as deep sleep (nonduality).

Man and his experience of the world are the result of ignorance. Man and his experience of the world cease to exist as a reality in the realm of the Soul, the ‘Self’.

Consciousness is the ultimate truth or Brahman. The world in which you exist is created out of consciousness.

When this truth is revealed from the inner core then the Advaitic wisdom will dawn. When Advaitic wisdom dawns then the Soul, the ‘Self’, remains in its own awareness in the midst of the diversity. :~ Santthosh Kumaar