Yogis limit the mind to the physical entity, thus, they fail to realize the Advaitic truth.+

Swami Vivekananda: ~” The idea that you are Mr. So-and-so can never be true; it is a daydream. Know this and be free. This is the non-dualistic conclusion. "Self is neither the body, nor the organs, nor the mind; Self is Existence, Knowledge, and Bliss absolute; the Self is the Soul." This is true knowledge. all reason and intellect, and everything else is ignorance.

Where is knowledge for the Soul, the for Self, is knowledge itself! Where life is for the Soul, for Self is life itself! The Self is sure it the life, for Self is life, the One Being, and nothing exists except through the Soul, and in the Soul, and as for me.

If one carefully examines the experiences of mystics he finds that they do differ. It is superficial to say that yogis and mystics all have the same experience.

Sage Goudapada quotes from the Upanishads: ~ "There's no plurality here"; "The Soul through its powers appears to be many"; "those who are attached to the creation or production or origination go to utter darkness"; "the unborn is never reborn, for what can produce it?”

 

Sage Goudapada’s rational exposition of Advaita:~ Whatever is seen, whether external or internal, whether by the ordinary persons or yogis, is unreal.

Manduka Upanishad:~ Yoga is in the sphere of duality and is unnecessary to one who knows non-duality. 

Avadhuta Gita: ~“The Atman cannot be purified through the practice of the six limbs of the yoga, or through the annihilation of the mind, or through the instruction of Knower of Brahman. The Atman is the Reality Itself and It is Purity Itself."

Whatever idea of God one is familiar with through upbringing conditioning that he sees in his visions i.e. imagination.

Mystics who promise a Garden of Eden, a joyous outlook on life, do not see that this must be duality, an object which is seen and must inevitably vanish. How long can it last?

A Gnani regards Self-awareness as higher because it is apart from the joy or sorrow, ecstasy or pain, because it belongs to the Atman, the Self, and is, therefore, unbroken, permanent.

In the dream, one knows that the dream figures are also the mind, not different from it; similarly, when he knows that everything is Brahman, there is no need for the yogic control of the mind.

Remember:~

Manduka Upanishads: ~ “Control presupposes second, a duality. Hence, yoga is in the sphere of duality and is unnecessary to one who knows non-duality. (P.153)

The Upanishad says:~ Atman the innermost self is known by Reason alone, by a sharpened and purified intellect. Yet still, people worship Yoga and mysticism as the sole means of attaining Atman.

If one feels ecstatic or exalted peace in the presence of Yogis or Godmen or Guru is not wisdom. People with disturbed and troubled or unhappy find tranquillity in Ashrams or in the presence of gurus or yogis, because there are uneasy disturbances of the mind, probably over their practical life within the practical world.

This is because they do not know what truth is, and they mistake this physicalized peace as Atmic peace. Non-dualistic peace is the nature of the Soul, the Self.

Practicing yogic Samadhi up to the limit and extent of getting a strong and concentrative mind, and to be able to think of particular subjects, it is good; beyond that, if they begin to weaken their mind and accept what they imagine as real, they begin to get hallucinated.

Yogis limit the mind to the physical entity, thus they fail to realize the non-dualistic or Advaitic truth. They stick up to their accepted truth and they remain stagnant with their belief.

The individual experience is merely an illusion. Thus, without first examining them and inquiring into them thoroughly is to delude oneself. The three states common to all; therefore, one must begin his inquiry analysis and reasoning on the true base. It is only after it has inquired into the nature of the three states that he should inquire into who is the knower/witness. If, however, one inquires into the knower before the analysis of the three states, then it is mere mysticism. What are these three states? Must precede what is this ‘I’? : ~ Santthosh Kumaar

Without reading my posts and blogs trying to argue on your own yardstick, is not of any use.+

Manduka Upanishad has no assumptions whatever. It is an honest and bold inquiry into truth. It rises above scripture.

Those who argue and try to provoke from their own standpoint based on their accumulated knowledge are like a worm in the dung, which cannot survive without the dung.

Swami Vivekananda: ~ “The wicked are always looking for defects. Flies come and seek for the ulcer, and bees come only for the honey in the flower. Do not follow the way of the fly but that of the bee.

The Advaitic wisdom is not suited for the unsettled mind, which sticks to religion, yoga, and all non-Vedic worship and activities. There is no use in convincing such a mindset. Everyone is free to move on his chosen path.

The seeker must have the patience to open the blogs and posting and read. It will not only help you to clear all your cobweb of doubts and confusion. Without reading my posts and the blogs trying to argue on your own yardstick, but it also is not of any use.

Whatever you have read, whatever you have heard and accumulated from different sources becomes a hindrance in realizing the truth, which is hidden by the illusory form, time, and space.

All your egocentric accumulated cocktail knowledge is not Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana. Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana is soul-centric knowledge, which is not available in the spiritual supermarket.

All accumulated knowledge is mental Garbage is no use in the quest for truth. The seeker has to discard all the accumulated knowledge and start afresh.

A perfect understanding of ‘what is what’ through deeper thinking and reasoning helps to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

Reading and reflecting on my blogs and postings gradually, the seekers will start assimilating and realizing ‘what is the truth’ and what the untruth is.

Repeated reading my blogs and postings make the seeker, Soulcentric, and the inner dialogue will start and clear all the doubts and confusion.

When there are no doubts and confusion, then they have realized the truth that the form, time, and space are one in essence. And that essence is consciousness.

There is no use in wasting time in questioning and arguing the same time and effort has to be used to make the seeker more independent and without external spoon-feeding, he can reach the inner core, which is the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.

In the Atmic path discussion of the unimportant subject matter is a great hindrance. The path of truth is the path of verification.

Nothing has to be accepted as truth without verification. Agreeing to disagree causes unnecessary friction.

The truth is very simple but it is very difficult to grasp because of ignorance. You have to only realize the world in which you exist is created out of single clay. And that single clay is the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.

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.

I 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 a 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 reading and hearing the words think reason and reflect deeply and reach the ultimate end. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar

The world must be seen before one can know its true nature in Gnana. +

The universe itself is what God is all about. The totality of the universe is what God is all about. You just study the nature of the universe with all the seriousness and sincerity to unfold the mystery of the universe. That is all you have to do.

Until the mystery of the universe is not solved, the Self hidden by the illusory universe will not be realized.

Consciousness is the one single reality or Brahman. The individual self is a reality within the illusory universe or Maya.

Remember:~

The seeker of the truth has to be active in order to examine the world and discriminate. Hence, nondualistic self-awareness means knowing that the form, time, and space are one in essence. That essence is consciousness. The three states and the formless witness of the three states are one in essence.

The three states and their formless witness is the Atman, is present in the form of consciousness. The Atman is the innermost self. Realizing the Atman as self, the nondualistic self-awareness arises in the midst of the duality. This is different from Patanjali Yogic Nirvikalpa Samadhi, which is only deep sleep.

The yogis and mystics want meditation, sitting still, etc. only because it gives them pleasure: the satisfaction is for their own selves only, which are something sought by the ego and cannot get non-dualistic self-awareness in consequence.

There is nothing to drive out. Even the yogi's ecstasies may be retained, provided one does not let himself be deceived about them and accept them like everything else, as part of Brahman.

The Yogi wants to do something, some action, even that of sitting still, to control this or concentrate that. This means he is still attached to the body. He wants his body to be quiet. He is still thinking of an illusory body. He does not start with that the body and the world are but an illusion a. On the contrary, he takes them for reality.

To be desireless means to feel that he everything in him; that there is nothing outside him; therefore, what has one to desire? The populace misunderstands and thinks desirelessness means refraining from worldly pleasures. A Gnani has nothing to give up when all is Brahman.

Those who tell one that Brahman is unity, that he can get it only by intuition, that he should not reason, he should inquire, are deluding him. Verification must come by thought.

The world must be seen before one can know its true nature in Gnana. The yogi, who shuts it out, thereby deprives himself of the opportunity to achieve Gnana.

Sage Sankara:~ VC-63. Without causing the objective universe to vanish and without knowing the truth of the Self, how is one to achieve Liberation by the mere utterance of the word Brahman? — It would result merely in an effort of speech.

Manduka Upanishad: ~ Those that want ultimate truth Brahman will not practice control of the mind. (p.231)

If a man gets Moksha after undergoing any discipline, his Moksha is only temporary: it will go again. Atman (consciousness) cannot be got because it is already there. The witness (Atman) has never been in bondage because it is always apart from, untouched by witnessed (three states). This argument cannot be turned against Gnanis.

Yogis and religious believers regard ignorance as an integral part of the Soul to be got rid of by their practices.

Gnani says the witness ( Atman) is ever pure, ever free from ignorance. All yogic practices are within the realm of the witnessed (duality), never the witness (Atman).

People talk of liberation. They are forming an idea. The idea is duality. Many thinkers who are so confused as to be unable to separate the witness, talk of gaining liberation. But all such ideas are only within the duality (witnessed) which come and go, the witness (Atman) needs no liberation.

The final state is that God is Everything, the All, there is nothing but God, whereas to say "God is in me" is mysticism.

Brihadaranyaka Upanishad:~ Brahman or God in truth is present in the form of the Athma, and it is indeed Athma itself.

DVI" means two. DVI" connotes the dual existence and the non-dual. Which of these two is non-existence? People think that there is a God and that the jivas--Souls-like them form the second, other than them. There is no such duality at all.

The "Soul”, which is present in the form of consciousness, is the only reality and there is nothing other than this Soul or consciousness, which is the Self.

From the standpoint, the Soul, the Self, there is no second thing that exists other than consciousness. Because the whole universe, in which we all exist is created out of consciousness. There is no second thing that exists other than consciousness. Hence, it is nondual (nonduality). The Soul or consciousness is the ultimate truth or Brahman or God in truth.

Nondualistic Self-awareness is Brahmic bliss. In self-awareness, there is neither the enjoyer nor enjoyment nor the world.

Self-awareness is possible only in the midst of duality. The mystic reveals only in 'bliss' that is experienced i.e. that comes and goes, but mystics is not Non-dualistic Self-awareness.

The peace will be disturbed only if one recognizes a second. Hence, the mystic's peace is temporary: the only enduring peace belongs to the Gnani for it is nondual.

Mystics claim that their ego disappears in the mystic experience: we say it is not so. It is the ego that sees and enjoys the experience, otherwise, they would not say afterward "I had this great ecstasy, I felt such peace."

When the ultimate truth is rightly known and one attains eternal life thereby. Through Soul, the innermost self he gains strength and through its knowledge immortality.

Not by intellectual speculation but only by an awakening to the reality of his true existence he gets the Soul-centric vision. Soul, the Self’s nature is like the state of deep sleep.

Religion, yoga, and intellectualism are not the means to acquire self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana. Without getting rid of the ignorance and trying to get Self-awareness through religion and yoga, is like, a sleeping man trying to know what he is about, without waking up. As sleep is to waking, so is ordinary life to the state of realization. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar

The seeker needs to reflect constantly on the subject till the cobwebs of his doubts and confusion get cleared.+

Those who argue and try to provoke from their own standpoint based on their accumulated knowledge are like a worm in the dung, which cannot survive without the dung.

Swami Vivekananda: ~ “The wicked are always looking for defects. Flies come and seek for the ulcer, and bees come only for the honey in the flower. Do not follow the way of the fly but that of the bee.

The Advaitic wisdom is not suited for the unsettled mind, which sticks to religion, yoga, and all non-Vedic worship and activities. There is no use in convincing such a mindset. Everyone is free to move on his chosen path.

Bhagavan Buddha: ~ “There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth: not going all the way... and not starting.

The goal of the truth-seeker is to acquire Self- knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana. Self- knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana is inherent in every seeker of truth.

What is the use of arguing on the base of the birth entity, which is not the Self?

What is the use of knowing what happens after death when the Self is birthless?

What is the use of thinking of heaven and hell when the ‘Self ‘is not an individual and it is never born and never dies?

Human knowledge is dualistic knowledge. Dualistic knowledge is helpful only in practical life in the practical world. Dualistic knowledge is not Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana. Dualistic knowledge is based on form, time, and space whereas Self-knowledge is based on the formless, timeless, and spaceless existence. Self-knowledge Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana is Soulcentric knowledge.

To acquire Self-knowledge the seeker must realize 'Self' is not the ‘I’ but the Self is the Soul, which witnesses the coming and going, of the ‘I’. Whatever knowledge is based on ‘I’ is dualistic. And whatever is based on the Soul, the Self is nondualistic. The seeker must discard the ‘I’ to get Advaitic Gnana.

Whatever teachings available so far are inadequate and useless to acquire Self-knowledge. All the teachings glorified the ‘I’ and glorified the Gurus.

All the ‘I-centric teaching Leads to hallucination based on imagination.

The Soul is the best object of study. Theoretical study of Soul does not take the seeker very far, though it is always better to study Soul than to be completely ignorant about his existence.

The path of wisdom attracts only those who are in search of truth and they appreciate it greatly. The ignorant are not spiritually matured the receive Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana. The ignorant indulge in argument and provocation and personal attack, which hinder their own realization of the ultimate truth or Brahman.

That is why Jesus said:~ Do not throw your pearls before pigs, lest they trample them underfoot and turn to attack you. (Matthew -7:6)

~ Jesus meant knowledge of the Spirit or Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana

Bhagavad Gita says: ~ “Don't unsettle the minds of ignorant by revealing the esoteric truth."

Katha Upanishad says: ~ This Atman is attained by him alone whom It chooses. (II -23-P-20)

Thus, those who have taken the path of wisdom are chosen ones. The chosen one will get the grace of the Soul the inner Guru. The path of wisdom is the Soulcentric path, whereas all other paths are egocentric. All egocentric paths are leads to hallucination.

The Soul, the Self reveals: ‘what is real’ and ‘what is unreal” when the seeker is receptive and ready.

Sage Sankara restrained himself parting the Advaitic wisdom to the masses and parted with only a selected few. Advaitic wisdom was hidden from the mass that was not qualified and receptive to it. Advaitic wisdom was not written down but was imparted orally to the chosen few. Thus, religion was given to the masses, and knowledge of the Spirit is given only selected a few. Thus, we find traces of the knowledge of the Spirit in the religious books in the form of parables.

The Soul, the Self reveals ‘what is real’ and ‘what is unreal” when the seeker is receptive and ready.

Do not believe in a thing because you have read about it in a book. Do not believe in a thing because wise man has said it was true. Do not believe in words because they are hallowed by dualistic knowledge Find out the truth for yourself. Use Soulcentric reason, which leads to the realization of the truth, which is beyond the form, time, and space.

Advaitic wisdom can never be gained by argument and provocation. Discard all the accumulated dualistic knowledge by realizing the world in which you exist, exists because of ignorance. Get rid of the ignorance by realizing the world in which you exist is created out of single clay and that single clay is the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.

Realizing the ‘Self’’ is not you but the Soul is Self-realization. The Soul is the cause of the universe and it itself is uncaused.

Katha Upanishad says:~ Fools dwelling in darkness, but thinking themselves wise and erudite, go round and round, by various tortuous paths, like the blind led by the blind. (Ch~ II-5 P-14)

Those who indulge in the perverted argument on their own standpoint and opinion are not seeking the truth, which is beyond form, time, and space. They just want to exhibit their accumulated knowledge accumulated from here and there. They think what they know is the ultimate truth.

They think whatever they propagate is the ultimate truth. The question never occurs to them, “Is what I know is really the truth

It is for every seeker, who is in the Atmic path to realize himself “What is truth, “and “What is untruth?” to assimilate Advaitic wisdom or Self –Knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana. My postings are only signposts. The seeker needs to reflect constantly on the subject till the cobwebs of his doubts and confusion get cleared.

My main intention is to divert the seekers' attention to the source from where the universe rises and subsides.

Reading and reflecting on my blogs and postings gradually, the seekers will start assimilating and realizing ‘what is the truth’ and what the untruth is. Repeated reading my blogs and postings make the seeker, Soulcentric, and the inner dialogue will start and clear all the doubts and confusion.

When there is no doubts and confusion, then they have realized the truth that the form, time, and space are one in essence. And that essence is consciousness. There is no use in wasting time in questioning and arguing same time and effort has to be used to make the seeker more independent and without external spoon-feeding, he can reach the inner core, which is the Soul, which is present in the form of the consciousness.

The words that mean different things to different people, it is what's behind the words, between the lines that matter. Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana is meant for the class, not for the mass. : ~Santthosh Kumaar

You have to study the book of the universe carefully and find and realize God in truth hidden by it.+

All religions claim that their books are not man-made? Hindus claim that the Vedas are Aporsheya: not made by man but revealed by God himself; and Sanskrit is the divine language, not human. 

The religious Gods people believe and worship are not God Vedic God.  You have to study the book of the universe carefully and find and realize God in truth hidden by it. 

All religions have the same type of claim. Muslims say the Koran has descended from God, and so with Jews and Christians. Everybody is trying to claim that their book is the sacred book and nobody bothers to look at the real divine book.

This is what the real Veda, the real Koran, the real Bible is. This is the book, and all other books are man-made. Only this universe is the book that is authored by God because God is hidden by the universe. 

The universe is real Veda, the real Koran, the real Bible is. The universe is the book, and all other books are man-made.

Only when you open the book of the universe the God hidden in the book will be revealed. When you finish reading the book of the universe then the universe will become an illusion and God alone prevails as ultimate reality. 

Sage Sankara: ~ “VC~ All this universe which through ignorance appears as of diverse forms, is nothing else but Brahman which is absolutely free from all the limitations of Maya. 

Sage Sankara says you must first know what is before you. If you cannot know that, what else can you know or understand? If you give up the external world in your inquiry, you cannot get the whole truth.

Jesus said: ~” Know what is in front of your face, and what is hidden from you will be disclosed to you. (THE GOSPEL OF THOMAS- Saying 5)

Know what is this universe, which confronts you, and what is hidden by the universe will be revealed. "Those who seek should not stop seeking until they realize the Self hidden by the universe. When they realize the Self they will realize the illusory nature of the universe. 

When you mentally reduce the two into one, and when you reduce inside and outside as consciousness and when you reduce above and below as consciousness, and when you reduce male and female as consciousness, then will you enter the kingdom of nondualistic heaven. 

Mythological Gods do not find any support from the Vedas.

Mythological God and Goddesses based on blind faith or blind belief. The belief is no God. The belief implies duality. From the ultimate standpoint, duality is merely an illusion. Thus, whatever one sees, knows, believes, and experiences within the dualistic illusion is bound to be an illusion. 

Mythological stories are a myth. Whatever is based on myth is merely a superstition. Mythology was introduced in the past for the ignorant masses. It has to be discarded as one progresses in his spiritual advancement. 

Mythology breeds superstition, blind belief, and senseless rituals, and most irrational and gives them a divine outlook

Yajurveda – chapter- 32: - God is Supreme Spirit has no ‘Pratima’ (idol) or material shape. He cannot be seen directly by anyone. He pervades all beings and all directions.

Thus, Idolatry does not find any support from the Vedas.

Brihadaranyaka Upanishad:~ "He who worships the deities as entities entirely separate from the Self does not know the truth. For the Gods, he is like a pasu (beast)". (1. 4. 10)

The real God is stolen by ignorance and people worship ignorance as God because the religion propagated false God as real God. 

Swami Vivekananda: ~ “The masses in India cry to sixty million Gods, and still die like dogs. Where are these Gods? (In San Francisco, on May 28, 1900, of Swami Vivekananda/volume 1)

Religion breeds superstition because religion is based on blind belief. Whatever is based on blind belief is superstition. 

God in truth is not based on blind faith or blind belief. One must know God in truth. Without knowing what God supposed to be in actuality worshipping the blind belief based God is superstition. 

Worshipping superstitious Gods barred by Vedas. Know what God supposed to be according to Vedas Upanishads Bhagavad Gita and Bible. 

Bible says: ~ “God is a Spirit, and they that worship God must worship God in Spirit and in Truth. (John 4:24)

The Spirit is the root element of the universe. The Spirit is present in the form of the Soul, the innermost Self. The Soul is present in the form of consciousness. From the Spirit, the universe comes into existence. In the Spirit, the universe resides. And into the Spirit, the universe is dissolved. The Spirit is the parent of all that is there is. 

Swami Vivekananda: ~ “If superstition enters, the brain is gone. Superstition is our great enemy, but bigotry is worse.

Chandogya Upanishad Chapter: ~”ekam evadvitiyam- God is only one without a second. (6- Section- 2- Verse- 1)

Swethaswethara Upanishad:~ “Na casya kasuj janita na cadhipah, which means of him of Almighty God, there are no parents they have got no lord. Almighty God has no true father, he has no true mother, he has no true superior. (Chapter-6- Verse -9)

Swethaswethara Upanishad: ~ “Na Tasya Pratima Asti- of that God there is no Pratima, there is no likeness, there is no image, there is no picture, there is no photograph, there is no sculpture, there is no statue. (Chapter -4- Verse- 19)

Swethaswethara Upanishad:~ “No one can see the Almighty God (Chapter -4, Verse -20)

Even Brihadaranyaka Upanishad: ~ Brahman (God) is the form of the Athma, and it is indeed Athma itself.

There is a clear-cut idea of God in the Vedas, Upanishad, and Bhagavad Gita. And also there is a clear-cut idea of what not to worship as God in place of real God.

That is why 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.

Vedas and Upanishad confirm the Soul, the innermost Self, is present in the form of the Spirit or the consciousness.

Rig Veda: ~ The Atman (Soul or Spirit) is the cause; Atman is the support of all that exists in this universe. May ye never turn away from the Atman the innermost self. May ye never accept another God in place of the Atman nor worship other than the Atman?" (10:48, 5)

Rig Veda: ~ 'Prajnanam Brahma'- Consciousness is the ultimate reality or Brahman or God in truth.

Sage Sankara’s Supreme Brahman is impersonal, Nirguna (without Gunas or attributes), Nirakara (formless), Nirvisesha (without special characteristics), immutable, eternal, and Akarta (non-agent). It is above all needs and desires. It is always the Witnessing Subject. It can never become an object as it is beyond the reach of the senses. Brahman is non-dual, one without a second. It has no other besides it. It is destitute of difference, either external or internal. Brahman cannot be described because description implies a distinction. Brahman cannot be distinguished from any other than It. In Brahman, there is not the distinction between substance and attribute. Sat-Chit-Ananda constitutes the very essence or Svarupa of Brahman, and not just Its attributes. The Nirguna Brahman of Sage Sankara is impersonal. 

Only through deeper self-search beginners and intermediates gradually become aware of ‘what is what’. Only after they have realized the fact that the ‘Self’ is not ‘I’ but the ‘Self’ is the Soul, which is present in the form of the consciousness, they ready for the inner journey towards reality, which is beyond the form, time and space.

Upanishad:~ ‘They alone in this world are endowed with the highest wisdom who are firm in their conviction of the sameness and birthlessness of Atman. The ordinary man does not understand their way. (Chapter IV — Alatasanti Prakarana 95-P-188 in Upanishads by Nikilanada)

If you are seeking truth you have to know the ‘Self’ is not you but the ‘Self’ is the Soul, which is present in the form of the consciousness. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar

The teachers of philosophy and leaders of mysticism or religion do not want to inquire into truth and have no time for it.+

Sage Goudpada: ~ To establish the truth of Non-duality by sheer reasoning alone. He begins by defining "What is real?" "What is unreal?" etc, because that is the right way to discuss or teach. People must first know what they are talking about. (Manduka Karika)

Nagarjuna:~ All the philosophies are a mental fabrication. There has never been a single doctrine by which one could enter the true essence of things.

Sage Sankara clearly says:~ Neither studying philosophy nor by worship as many gods nor observe ceremonies nor by singing devotional hymns nor by uttering mantra nor by mastering the scriptures liberation comes without realizing the Oneness.

Katha Upanishad 1:3:6 “Through the knowledge of the Soul, God, one is pure and clean constantly.” Neither by reading the book nor by taking a bath at a holy place has one become pure. Inner purity is possible when one remains in constant touch with the Soul. Constant Soul Consciousness is the real purity.

Sage Goudapad:~Duality is for the unwise, non-duality and undifferentiated Reality is for the wise and difficult to grasp.

Swami Vivekananda: ~ “Advaita encompasses everything. Since Advaita requires heavy-duty intellectualism, it had to be progressively simplified. (From 'The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda)

One has to go beyond Vedas means to go beyond the religion. Go beyond the religion means, go beyond God based on blind faith or blind belief.

Going beyond the Vedas, religion and the blind belief-based God means, going beyond the illusion, which is the end of Vedas (Veda –antha).

Lord Krishna confesses that the oldest wisdom of India (Advaitic wisdom) has been lost: people misinterpret and falsify it today as they did then. It is not yoga but the philosophic truth. But nobody knows it. The teachers of philosophy and leaders of mysticism or religion do not want to inquire into truth and have no time for it. (Gita –Chap- IV-v.2)

When one goes into the annals of history it looks like the true Advaita expounded by Sage Sankara and Sage Goudpada was lost because of orthodox adulteration.

Advaitic wisdom is nothing to do with orthodox preaching and practice because Advaitic orthodoxy is dogmatism. The Advaitic orthodoxy has to be discarded if one wants to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

Sage Sankara and Sage Goudpada are independent thinkers other schools of Indian philosophy are mere theologies. Advaitic philosophy is real philosophy. The dualistic philosophy cannot escape the charge of dogmatism.

Sage Sankara was an independent thinker. His wisdom has not been taken seriously by many in India because most of the followers of Sage Sankara belong to the orthodox sect.

Yoga Vasistha:~ "Teachers, interpretations of sacred texts, the force of religious merit--none of these lead to the realization of that Ultimate Truth which is revealed in the clear reflection of the heart, engendered from contact with the good."

Anybody can write a commentary on the Upanishads and other great philosophic texts, all they need to do to pour out words. Some westerners along with some orthodox pundits translated and published books but all these books are based on the dualistic perspective. all the knowledge of Advaita on dualistic perspective is merely egocentric imagination, not the truth, which is hidden by the ‘I’.

Sage Sankara’s Advaitic wisdom is nothing to do with orthodox belief systems.

It is necessary for the seeker to do his homework, and verify the validity of all the claims, rather than blindly believe, what orthodox pundits expound as knowledge, till; the un-contradicted truth is obtained.

Self- Knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana is only being true knowledge not the absence of duality. Self -Knowledge cannot destroy the world but it eliminates ignorance and exposes the unreal nature of the mind or the universe.

Sage Sankara: - 63. Without causing the objective universe to vanish and without knowing the truth of the ‘Self’, how is one to achieve Liberation by the mere utterance of the word Brahman? — It would result merely in an effort of speech.

Sage Sankara: ~ “VC- 61. For one who has been bitten by the serpent of Ignorance, the only remedy is the knowledge of Brahman. Of what avail are the Vedas and (other) Scriptures, Mantras (sacred formulae), and medicines to such a one?

How does one get the knowledge? What is meant by the knowledge? What is true knowledge? –All this of which must be dealt with by the seeker of truth in order to realize the ultimate truth or Brahman.

Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana does not destroy the world but it exposes the illusory nature of the universe, which appears as the waking. The same way the unreal nature of the dream was exposed when waking took place. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar