All the teachings, philosophies, and theories on Advaita are like dead wood in the presence of the Advaitic wisdom of Sage Sankara.
All the teachings, philosophies, and theories of Advaita are dualistic and will not yield the truth hidden by ignorance because they are egocentric wisdom.
Advaitic wisdom is neither any type of teaching nor philosophy nor theory. Advaita is the existence hidden by the Dvaita (universe or Maya). The existence is the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.
The Soul is Advaita, the one without the second. The Soul is the ultimate truth or Brahman or God. The universe is nothing but the Soul because the universe is merely an illusion created out of the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.
You are roaming around aimlessly to find the truth, not knowing where to find the truth you are seeking.
You are caught up in the prison of accumulated knowledge, beliefs, dogmas, and superstition and trying to search for the truth within the framework of religion and the yogic path.
You are so sentimentally attached to your religious belief it is impossible to realize the truth, which is hidden under the debris of your inherited beliefs. Religion keeps the Soul in the cage of ignorance.
Scriptures mastery, the force of religious merit--none of these leads to the realization of that Ultimate Truth or Brahman.
Mundaka Upanishad: ~ So-called spiritual pundits and learned are called children because a child takes whatever it thinks as truth. The question never occurs to children “Is what I have seen or thought really the truth?" (P.334 line 9)
Scriptures are not needed in pursuit of truth. Even the Upanishads and the Advaitic Sages declare the same.
The ultimate truth has to be ascertained without the scriptures by realizing the Self is neither the waking entity nor the dream entity but the Self is a formless Soul that is present in the form of consciousness.
In the realm of truth, form, time, and space are created out of single stuff. That single stuff is consciousness.
Realizing the single stuff as the ultimate truth is Self-realization or truth realization. To realize this truth, there is no need for the scriptures.
The ultimate truth has to be realized first then only it is possible to know what the scriptures are saying.
That is why Sage Sankara says: ~ VC 56. Neither by Yoga, nor by Sankhya, nor by good work, nor by learning, but by the realization of one's identity with Brahman is Liberation possible, and by no other means.
58. Loud speech consisting of a shower of words, the skill in expounding the Scriptures, and likewise erudition - these merely bring on a little personal enjoyment to the scholar, but are no good for Liberation.
59. The study of the Scriptures is useless so long as the highest Truth is unknown, and it is equally useless when the highest Truth has already been known.
60. The Scriptures consisting of many words are a dense forest that merely causes the mind to ramble. Hence, men of wisdom should earnestly set about knowing the true nature of the Self.
Advaita is the nature of the Soul. Advaita is second to none. Advaita is universal wisdom revealed on its own to all the serious and sincere seekers of truth.
The real Advaitic wisdom of Sage Sankara is Soulcentric knowledge. Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana is Soulcentric knowledge that destroys ignorance.
That is why Sage Sankara says:~VC-65- As a treasure hidden underground requires (for its extraction) competent instruction, excavation, the removal of stones and other such things lying above it, and (finally) grasping, but never comes out by being (merely) called out by name, so the transparent Truth of the Self, which is hidden by Maya and its effects, is to be attained through the instructions of a knower of Brahman.
In reality, there is no scope for two. Advaita means one without the second. Advaita means the Soul. The Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness, is one without the second.
Consciousness is one without the second because the world in which you exist is created out of consciousness.
Thus, everything is consciousness. No second thing exists other than consciousness. Consciousness alone is real and eternal.
Advaitic truth has to be grasped mentally by realizing that form, time and space are one, in essence.
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.”
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)
As you go on reading the words of wisdom it will start growing. It takes time for the egocentric subconscious to accept the Soulcentric truth.
Advaitic Truth is very simple but it is very difficult to grasp because of ignorance. There is no need to search for the truth because, the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness, is the ultimate truth.
Only when the conviction of the Soul becomes firm then only you will be able to accept the world in which you exist is nothing but consciousness.
Thus, you and your body and the world in which you exist are nothing but consciousness. They cease to exist without consciousness. You have to think and reason deeply.
Thus you and your body and the world in which you exist are nothing but consciousness. They cease to exist without consciousness. You have to think and reason deeply.
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.
Perfect understanding and assimilation of ‘what is what,’ leads to a perfect conviction of ‘What is truth?” and ‘What is the untruth? Perfect conviction of the truth leads to Advaitic-awareness.
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 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, think reason, and reflect deeply and reach the ultimate end.
Thus, you and your body and the world in which you exist are nothing but consciousness. You have to think and reason deeply to unfold the mystery hidden by the ‘I’.
Until a man is ripe to receive Self-knowledge, he will not be able to understand what I am saying.
Even though you may find it difficult at 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.
It is your intense urge, patience, and humility that will take you to the ultimate goal. Your patience and humility will help you to reach what you are seeking.
Remember this:~
Sage Sankara says: ~ there is no need to study the Scriptures, in order to realize the ultimate truth or Brahman
~ then why indulge in studying the scriptures.
Sage Sankara says: ~ there is no need to study philosophy, to realize the ultimate truth or Brahman
~then why indulge in studying philosophy.
Sage Sankara says: ~ there is no need to indulge in rituals, to realize the ultimate truth or Brahman.
~ then why indulge in rituals.
Sage Sankara says: ~ there is no need to indulge in yoga, to realize the ultimate truth or Brahman
~ then why indulge in yoga.
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 a Guru who is not a Gnani.
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.
Sage Sankara: ~ VC~ "All this universe which through ignorance appears as of diverse forms, is nothing else but Brahman(consciousness) which is absolutely free from all the limitations of human thought.
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. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar
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