Knowledge gathered from books or Gurus can never emancipate a man until its truth is rightly investigated and applied; only direct realization will do that.+

A true seeker is not content with the knowledge gathered from Gurus and scriptures; he strives to gain direct knowledge. Knowledge 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 your attention inward on the Soul, which is the cause of the universe.

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 guru who speaks of knowing Brahman within his body is thinking only of his head or heart, i.e. of his body. He is hallucinating.

You will not be able to find the truth because you are blindfolded by dualistic illusion. If you have to traverse the path, you will have to seek the aid of the one who knows the truth beyond the form, time, and space; else you will wind up meandering here and there without gaining anything.

The ‘Self’ is not within you because the ‘Self’ is not the body. If the ‘Self’ is not you, then why you think the Self is within you.

Deeper Self-search reveals the fact that you and the world are within the Soul, the  Self. Perfect understanding and assimilation lead to Advaitic Self-awareness.

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Holding some Guru or some Gurus teaching as a yardstick leads to all types of doubts and confusion and unnecessary argument. An argument fuels the ego. The argument is possible only when one trying to grasp the Non-dualistic truth on the dualistic perspective. One has to unlearn what he has learned. Without mentally burning the accumulated knowledge accumulated from different sources it is impossible to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

The seeker of truth should not become attached to words as being in perfect conformity with meaning because Truth is not in the letters. When a man with his finger-tip points to something, the finger-tip may be mistaken for the thing pointed at; in like manner the ignorant, are unable even to the day of their death to abandon the idea that in the finger-tip of words there is the meaning itself. They cannot realize Ultimate Reality because of their intent clinging to words that were intended to be no more than a pointing finger.

The Words and their discrimination bind one to the duality; meaning stands alone and is a guide to non-dual awareness. Meaning is attained by much learning, and much learning is attained by becoming conversant with meaning and not with words; therefore, seekers of truth have to avoid the sticklers for particular words                                                                                                     

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- 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 ignorant populace, and knowledge of the Spirit is given only selected few. 

Thus, we find traces of the knowledge of the Spirit in religious books in the form of parables.

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

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There is no such thing as ignorance beyond the ‘I’. Beyond the ‘I’ is the Soul, which is the reality. The Soul is the fullness of the consciousness without the division of the form, time, and space. The Soul is the formless, timeless, and spaceless existence.

The ‘I’ itself is ignorance, the cause of the bondage of illusory form, time, and space. When ignorance is eliminated, the unreal nature of the form, time, and space is exposed.  Only ignorance is the form, time and space prevail as a reality.: ~ Santthosh Kumaar