Brihad Upanishad says: ~ “Every man says “I know.” What does he know?+

In the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness, in and upon hich the universe appears. Superimposed like the snake on a rope. The whole universe is reduced to the Soul in deep sleep.

All the success or failure one experiences in this world, whatever suffering and pleasure one experiences in this world, are nothing but an illusory play played by the Soul, the ‘Self’.

The Soul, the ‘Self’, is the witness-consciousness that experiences the action, the actor, and the world of separate things. It is like a light that illuminates everything in a theatre, revealing the master of ceremonies, the guests, and the dancers with complete impartiality. Even when they all depart, the light shines to reveal their absence.

On the dualistic perspective, the world in which we are born, live, and die is a reality. The pain and pleasure we experience as an individual are a reality within the world in which we exist, but we are unaware of the fact that the world in which we exist is an illusion created out of a single clay, and that single clay is the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. The knowledge of the single clay is the Advaitic wisdom of Sage Sankara.

One may be poor or wealthy, but he focuses on becoming more and wealthier to enjoy his life and look after master his family. Those who fail to become wealthy accept their life as it comes. Non-stop pursuing of wealth and immersing in worldly enjoyment will not give him lasting satisfaction. Human life a time-bound package. The journey starts at birth and ends at death.

People never bother to inquire about the nature of the world to realize their individual experience of birth, life, and death is a reality within the universe, which is the dualistic illusion or Maya.

Brihad Upanishad says: ~ “Every man says, 'I know.” What does he know?

Those who try to know the truth of their true existence end? up with ‘WHO AM I?’ without reaching anywhere. They thought ‘WHO AM ‘I? as inquiry is final.

When one is unable to quench his spiritual thirst from his Guru or teaching, he has to look elsewhere to clear the cobwebs of his understanding and to move forward in his spiritual quest.

It is no use arguing with someone who has faith in his belief system because for him, there can be no possible refutation of what he believes, so rational argument is entirely useless. He clings to his belief so strongly that he makes no distinction between the truth and his belief. One has to know the fact that God cannot exist without his existence. The truth does not depend on God’s existence, but it entirely depends on man’s existence. Thus, it is foolish to venture into knowing the truth of God's existence without verifying the facts about his own existence.

It is difficult for tradition-bound people to accept anything as truth other than what they inherited from their inborn traits and the inherited conditioning, parental grooming, and their accumulated knowledge. The only intense urge to know the truth and the courage to accept the truth after verification, with a better understanding, one will be able to drop all his accumulated dross, which is the main obstacle in Self-Realization.

As one moves deeper and deeper in his inner (mental) journey, he realizes that what is written in my blogs and postings is true, and he will become more receptive to Self-Knowledge, or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

What is the use of dying without realizing the truth of hione'srue existence? People never give importance to realizing the truth, which is the real God hidden by the world in which they exist.

A person lying on the deathbed and recalling his whole life, he realizes that all the power, recognition, and wealth that he took so much pride in have paled and become meaningless in the face of impending death.

Bhad Upanishad ~ 8-p ~-211: ~ “This Self is dearer than a son, dearer than wealth, dearer than everything else because It is innermost. If one holding the Self dear were to say to a person who speaks of anything other than the Self as dear, that he, the latter, will lose what he holds dear—and the former is certainly competent to do so—it will indeed come true. One should meditate upon the Self alone as dear. He who meditates upon the Self alone as dear, what he holds dear will not perish.

The wealth is only a fact of life that people are accustomed to, but they are unaware of the fact that their own existence as an individual, their wealth, their power, their family and friends, and the world in which they exist is an illusion created out of the Soul, which is the ultimate truth or Brahman or God.

Whatever your individual experience of birth appears to be on its own, it disappears on its own in death. Individuality is a reality within the dualistic illusion or Maya.

Until one thinks he is an individual separate from the world and the world existed before you are born in it, later on, one can't accept the truth, which is hidden by form, time, and space. :~Santthosh Kumaar