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.
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
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