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 eons, without realizing the Oneness.
There are three kinds of aspirants: ~
1. The ordinary ones who desire the transitory heaven and other pleasures obtained as a result of ritual sacrifices follow a religion.
2. Middling intellect who desire peace and well-being follow a yogic path or mediation.
3. The most advanced seeker who seeks to know the ultimate truth must follow the Atmic path. The Atmic path with its emphasis on the Advaitic wisdom is meant for those who wish to go beyond form, time, and space.
Only through deeper self-search do beginners and intermediates gradually become aware ‘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 consciousness, they are ready for the inner journey towards reality, which is beyond 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 consciousness.
Sage Sankara says the world is an illusion; it includes birth, life, and death, which happens within the world. Thus, the seeker's main aim is to mentally trace the formless substance of the illusion, which is also the witness of the illusion.
Sage Sankara, in Bhaja Govindam, says: ~ (Jnana Viheena Sarva Mathena Bajathi na Muktim janma Shatena) - One without knowledge does not obtain liberation even in a hundred births, no matter which religious faith he follows.
Thus, it proves that religion is not the means to Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana. Because Self’-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana is universal knowledge meant for humanity. Self’-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana does not belong to any religion.
Remember:~
The ‘Self’ is not ‘I’ but ‘I’ is the dualistic illusion. The dualistic illusion is present in the form of the world in which you exist. The world in which you exist appears as a waking experience (duality) and disappears as deep sleep (Nonduality).
Realizing the ‘Self is not you but the ‘Self is Soul' is real freedom from experiencing the dualistic illusion (the world in which we exist) as a reality.
Thoughtless awareness comes only when there is oneness in awareness in the midst of dualistic illusion. The dualistic illusion exists as a reality until ignorance is there. Ignorance will vanish only when the non-dualistic or Advaitic wisdom dawns.
The wisdom dawns only when one becomes aware of the fact that the world in which you exists is a dualistic illusion created out of the single stuff that is consciousness. Thus, realizing that consciousness alone is real and all three states are merely an illusion created out of consciousness leads to nondual self-awareness. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar
Realizing the ‘Self is not you but the ‘Self is Soul' is real freedom from experiencing the dualistic illusion (the world in which we exist) as a reality.
Thoughtless awareness comes only when there is oneness in awareness in the midst of dualistic illusion. The dualistic illusion exists as a reality until ignorance is there. Ignorance will vanish only when the non-dualistic or Advaitic wisdom dawns.
The wisdom dawns only when one becomes aware of the fact that the world in which you exists is a dualistic illusion created out of the single stuff that is consciousness. Thus, realizing that consciousness alone is real and all three states are merely an illusion created out of consciousness leads to nondual self-awareness. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar
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