Self-knowledge cannot be attained by taking sanyasa, by the study of the scriptures and intellectual understanding, or by bookish knowledge.+

Rig Veda: - The famous utterance of Upanishad that Brahman cannot be attained by duality is in RV (5.12.2).

The idea that Brahman cannot be attained by mere action or effort is in RV (8.70.3) and (5.48.5); Brahman cannot be approached by thought (RV.1.170.1 or Kena U., 1.3). [RV=RIG VEDA].

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Accumulated knowledge is not Advaitic wisdom. The knowledge accumulated from intellectual spoon-feeding from the intellectual wise men is not Advaitic wisdom.

Gurus who are propagating only half-truth as absolute truth are playing with feelings of the seeker with ornamental words.

The people who are stuck with half-truth think they have already realized the truth and they try to snub others and expect to follow their own terms without realizing they have not yet completed the journey.

The truth- realization is very simple. We make it complicated by mixing diverse theories, different ideologies, religions, and yoga. All our accumulated knowledge is the greatest hindrance in the pursuit of truth.

To realize the truth beyond the form, time, and space, one must have the courage to get Self-realzation. Self-realization can be acquired only after acquiring the religion, scriptures, and religious God based on blind faith or belief.

To realize the simple truth three is no need to go from one mountain to another, one Ashram to another or worship the Godmen or Guru as a God, or converting from one faith to another. The truth is universal. Anyone can realize it if has an intense urge.

There is no second thing that exists other than consciousness. In the world in which we exist, all our thoughts, words, beliefs, experiences are nothing but consciousness. Realizing the consciousness is everything, is truth realization or Self-realization or God-realization.

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Self-knowledge cannot be attained by taking sanyasa, by the study of the scriptures and intellectual understanding, or by bookish knowledge. Therefore, there is no use in studying the scriptures and other scriptures in order to acquire non-dualistic wisdom.

That is why Bhagwan Buddha rejected the scriptures, and even Sage Sankara indicated that the ultimate truth lies beyond religion, the concept of God, and the scriptures.

Self-inquiry is for finding out the Self, which is hidden by the ‘I’. By taking sanyasa by renouncing the worldly life or by becoming and a monk or by observing celibacy or by surrendering to a guru or a yogi or by indulging in religious rituals or by good karma, it is not possible to get Self-realization.

There is only one Reality to be known, the same for all seekers, but the ways to it, are hidden by the ‘I’. Self-discovery is the only way, towards the Advaitic reality without any religious doctrines, which will help the seekers to unfold the mystery of the illusion in which we all are searching for the truth of our true existence.

The ‘Self is not you. The ‘Self’ is not in the world, in which you exist. The ‘Self’ is the cause of the world in which you exist and it itself is causeless. The ‘Self is the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.

The ‘Self ‘is nothing to do with the world in which you exist because the ‘Self’ is the fullness of consciousness without the division of the form, time, and space. The ‘Self’ is the ever formless, timeless, and spaceless existence.

The ‘Self is the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. Thus, the world in which you exist is merely an illusion created out of consciousness.

The eternal truth is hidden within the universe (mind) and it is without the universe (mind).

Direct knowledge of the ‘Self’ can be acquired by realizing the ‘Self’ is not you but the ‘Self’ is the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.

Self- realization is the essence of human existence. Where there is unity, one without a second; there is the world of nondual reality. The nondual truth is the ultimate truth. And the ultimate truth itself is God. : ~Santthosh Kumaar