The seeker must have: ~ An intense urge to realize the truth, which is hidden by ignorance.+

If you are aware of the existence of God in truth, then seek God in truth, to realize God in truth.

Do not search for God in this world because God in truth is hidden by the illusory universe in which you exist. 

God in truth can only be found as existence. The Soul, the Self is the real existence hidden by the illusory universe or Maya.

Without the Soul, the Self, which is present in the form of consciousness, the illusory universe ceases to exist.  The Soul, the Self is the cause of the universe and it itself is uncaused

The seeker must have: ~

An intense urge to realize the truth, which is hidden by the illusory form, time, and space

Receptive to receive the truth

Sharpness to grasp the truth

Courage to accept the truth and reject the untruth

Patience

Humility

Non- argumentive

Ready to reflect the truth repeatedly

Drop all the accumulated knowledge

All the above things are very much necessary to tread the Atmic path. The Guru is needed only in religious and yogic paths. In the Atmic path, there is no need for the Guru. There is no need to stick to any Guru or any teaching.

A Gnani will never accept himself as Guru nor does he claim himself’ as a Gnani. One who accepts himself as Guru does not know the truth. When one inquires into the nature of the mind then the truth will start revealing on its own.

That is why 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.”

Bhagavan Buddha said: ~ “Do not believe spiritual teaching just because:-

1. It is repeatedly recited

2. It is written in a scripture

3. It was handed from Guru to disciple

4. Everyone around you believes it

5. It has supernatural qualities

6. It fits my beliefs anyway

7. It sounds rational to me

8. It is taught by a respectable person

9. It was said to be the truth by the teacher

10. One must defend it or fight for it.

However, only when it agrees with your experience and reason, and when it is conducive to the good and gain of oneself and all others, then one should accept the teachings, and live up to them." : ~

Santthosh Kumaar