Sunday 6 October 2024
Psychologists think that the deep sleep state is unconsciousness and they have absolutely no idea that unconsciousness is the non-dual nature of the Soul, the Self.+
Self-realization is the direct realization of the ultimate truth or Brahman or God in truth.+
Sage Sankara says: ~ VC-162- There is no liberation for a person of mere book knowledge, howsoever well-read in the philosophy of Vedanta, so long as one does not give up the false identification with the body, sense organs, etc., which are unreal.
People dwelling in ignorance but thinking themselves wise and erudite, go round and round by various blind beliefs and tortuous paths and practices, like the blind led by the blind.
Swami Vivekananda said:~ "The Vedas teach that the Soul is divine, only held in the bondage of matter; perfection will be reached when this bond will burst, and the word they use for it is, therefore, Mukthi - freedom, freedom from the bonds of imperfection, freedom from death and misery."
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 a 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.
A Gnani 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 are needed until one gets a firm conviction of ‘what is what’. People need to read and hear the words of wisdom to think reason, reflect deeply, and reach the ultimate end.
It takes time for the seeker to gain the perfect understanding of ‘what is truth’ and ‘’what is untruth’.
It takes time for the Soul, the Self to wake up from the sleep of ignorance, and it takes time for one to realize the truth, which is beyond the form, time, and space.
The Bible, Vedas, and Upanishad confirm the Soul, the Self, is present in the form of the Spirit and is God in truth.
Kabir views humanity as being caught up in the illusion, searching for Ultimate Reality in all the wrong places, always seeking It outside of ourselves in various rituals, temples, forests, and mountaintops, not realizing That which we seek is already hidden within us.
The nature of the Atman (Soul or Spirit) is:~
v Witness
v conscious
v Without form and properties
v eternal
v pure
v omniscient
v unattached
The Soul is present in the form of consciousness. Consciousness is the ultimate truth or Brahman. To realize the ultimate truth is the prime goal.
Soulcentric reasoning will lead one to his inner destination. All the scriptures indicate that Atman is Brahman and Brahman is the ultimate truth or God in truth.
Self-Realization is the direct realization of the ultimate truth. The ultimate truth is Brahman or God in truth.
The Atmic path is the direct path to Self-realization in contrast with traditional paths, which are indirect. the other paths cannot lead to the ultimate destination because they are based on the false self (ego), which they hold as real ‘Self’ and false experience (waking) as a reality.
Until and unless one overcomes physical shackles it is impossible to understand and assimilate the Advaitic truth, which is beyond the physical existence (universe). Consciousness itself is the lord of itself though not of the universe. And having nothing it has all. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar
The path of love and humanism is not the Atmic path because love and humanism are based on the matter not on the Soul, the Spirit.+
Your inherited beliefs have made you a non-thinker, therefore, you are not bothered to think beyond your inherited relgion.+
You have the inborn conviction that you are an individual separate from the world in which you exist and the world in which you exist, existed prior to your birth, and you are born in it afterward.
Until this conviction is there, it is impossible for you to realize the truth, which is beyond form, time, and space.
Thus, you have to realize the ‘Self’ is not you because you are the birth entity whereas the Soul, the Self is birthless and deathless because it is a formless, timeless, and spaceless existence.
You are carrying loads of accumulated knowledge collected from a different source. The seeker must realize that whatever knowledge he has accumulated within the domain of form, time, and space is based on a dualistic perspective and is invalid because the truth is beyond form, time, and space.
You have to realize the truth about your own existence is part of the dualistic illusion.
Your inherited beliefs have made you a non-thinker, therefore, you are not bothered to think beyond your inherited belief system
Orthodox people say: ~ “I am the son of a Brahmana belonging to such and such a lineage; I was a householder, and am now a wandering sanyasi trying to get freedom from the cycle of birth and death.
But how can get freedom from the cycle of birth and death as the world, in which birth and death take place is merely an illusion?
It is impossible to realize the truth without realizing the fact that, you are not the ‘Self’. You are born and you are going to die in this illusory world whereas the ‘Soul’, the Self is birthless and deathless because it is the ever-formless, timeless, and spaceless existence.
Without realizing the world in which they exist is the product of ignorance and because of ignorance, the world in which they exist is experienced as a reality. Without getting rid of the ignorance the experience of birth, life, death, and the world will prevail as a reality.
Thus, Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana is necessary to get rid of ignorance. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar
A person who realizes the ultimate truth or Brahman will throw off his religious robe and all religious identity.+
All the Gurus and yogis are holy people who belong to religion and yoga, not spirituality. Advaitic Gnana has nothing to do with the Gurus, yogis, pundits, and priests.
Advaitic Gnana is not for those who believe in religion, or religious Gods and are stuck up with religious rituals and ceremonies. Religious believers are not truth seekers because they have accepted their religious beliefs as the ultimate truth.
Advaitic Gnana is knowledge of the Spirit, the God in truth. God in truth is Advaita, the one without the Second.
A person who has realized the ultimate truth or Brahman will throw off his religious robe and all religious identity and live like a commoner.
A Gnani never identifies himself as a Gnani nor does he identify himself as superior to others. He only shares his knowledge with his fellow seekers.
A Gnani never identifies himself as a Guru or a Yogi or someone disciple. The one who accepts himself as a Guru or someone’s disciple is not a Gnani.
Ashtavakra Samhita: ~ "The man of knowledge (Gnani), though living like an ordinary man, is contrary to him, and only those like him understand his state.
A Gnani can point at the sky, but the seeing of the star is the seeker's own work.
If you are trying to become a Guru or Monk then you are unfit to acquire Self -knowledge. Someone posing as a Gnani, because he is some Gurus’ direct disciple cannot be a Gnani.
Those who pose themselves as Gnanis are not Gnanis. A Gnani never poses himself as a Guru, a swami, a sadhu, a yogi, or some Guru’s disciple.
Different Gurus and teachers are pointing out the understanding of the Advaitic truth from different standpoints. All such understanding of Advaita is on a dualistic perspective accumulated from here and there.
Sage Sankara: ~ "Though I wear these robes of a Sanyasin, it is only for the sake of bread."
Sage Sankara: ~ A Gnani "bears no outward mark of a holy man." (Stanza 539).
Thus, it proves that the religious Gurus and yogis are not Gnanis because they identified themselves as holy people.
A Gnani never claims himself as a Gnani, he guides the seekers, not posing himself as a Guru, and he does not force his wisdom on others.
Advaita is not a theory or a philosophy. Advaita is the nature of the Soul the Self. There is no need for any theory, philosophy, or scriptures to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Athma Gnana. Only a perfect understanding of ‘what is what’ is needed.
Sage Sankara:~ Actual realization takes you beyond books. At a certain stage, books become a botheration.
Bhagavan Buddha: ~ Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders.
You need not become a Guru or a monk to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.
You have not to renounce the world or to leave anything ~ your wife, children, job, responsibilities. You do not have to renounce anything! The only thing you have to realize is the truth, which is beyond the form, time, and space by realizing the form, time and space are the product of ignorance.
When the ignorance vanishes, then the unreality of the form, time, and space, is exposed.
Upanishads say ~ "He who thinks he knows, does not know." This means that to know anything implies a second, an object of knowledge, hence duality, i.e. no Gnana.
Tripura Rahasya: ~ Second-hand knowledge of the Self-gathered from books or Gurus can never emancipate a man until its truth is rightly investigated and applied; only direct realization will do that. Realize yourself, turning the mind inward. (18: 89) : ~ Santthosh Kumaar
From the Vedic perspective, Puranic Gods are not Vedic Gods because Rig Veda says: May ye never accept another God in place of the Atman nor worship other than the Atman.+
Hindus worship Puranic Gods. Puranic Gods are not Vedic God. From the Vedic perspective, Puranic Gods are not Vedic Gods because Rig Veda says: May ye never accept another God in place of the Atman nor worship other than the Atman."
Psychologists think that the deep sleep state is unconsciousness and they have absolutely no idea that unconsciousness is the non-dual nature of the Soul, the Self.+
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