You need no techniques to realize the ‘Self’ other than a perfect understanding of ‘what is what.+

You need no techniques to realize the ‘Self’ other than a perfect understanding of ‘what is what. The ‘Self’ is hidden by ignorance.

Only when the ignorance vanishes through Advaitic wisdom, then only the Self hidden by the ignorance be revealed on its own. Ignorance is present in the form of the ‘I’. the ‘I’ is present in the form of the universe.

The visible is the universe. The invisible is the Soul, the Self hidden by the universe. Without the invisible Soul, the visible universe ceases to exist. The invisible Soul can exist with or without the known (universe)

Advaita is the Soul, the Self. Dvaita is the universe. The Soul is present in the form of consciousness. The universe hides consciousness.

The universe hides consciousness because the universe is merely an illusion created out of consciousness. Without the universe, consciousness alone exists as the eternal reality or Brahman.

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One who is born, lives, and dies in the world is not the Self. One who is born lives and dies in the world is the dualistic illusion. The dualistic illusion hides the Soul, the Self because the dualistic illusion is created out of the Soul, the Self.

Perfect understanding of ‘what is what’ leads to nondualistic or Advaitic self-awareness in the midst of the dualistic illusion or Maya.

Ashtavakra Gita: ~ “The universe raises from the Soul, the innermost Self like bubbles from the sea. Thus know the Self to be One and in this way enter into the state of dissolution."

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).

First, know ‘what is the truth’ and ‘what is untruth’ for sure. Without realizing what untruth truth is, it is difficult to know what truth is.

When the sky, clouds, and the world in which you exist are made of single clay then there is no second thing that exists, other than that clay. That clay is the Soul, which is formless, timeless, and spaceless existence.

Reality is hidden by the unreality. The world in which we exist hides the truth. Whatever belongs to you is unreal. The words and thoughts belong to you, not to the Soul, which is the ‘self.

Whatever has a name and form and attributes and whatever belongs to form, time and space is an illusion. The illusion hides the Spirit, which is God. The illusion and Spirit are one in essence. Spirit, the God alone is real and eternal. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar