Not by listening to the sermons of the Gurus, nor by the study of the scriptures, not by meritorious deeds, nor by any other means can one attain Atmic-awareness, which is attainable only through association with the Gnanis and the clear quest of the Self.
People from all over the world come to India to get guidance from Gurus and their teaching and get stuck up emotionally with their chosen Guru and end up glorifying the Gurus and their teaching. So they forget their quest for truth. So their quest is incomplete hanging to the Gurus and their teaching.
After studying their Guru's teaching many become Gurus and start propagating what they know as the ultimate truth.
Many write books on Advaita. But such books are based on the borrowed knowledge from here and there. Such knowledge is not Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.
All accumulated knowledge is of no use in the path of wisdom. Without realizing “What is the truth, it is impossible to realize “What is untruth?” Without realizing what is truth and what is untruth, it is impossible to assimilate the Self –Knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana. Thus, one must know with full and firm conviction what truth is.
Fortunate is the one who does not lose themselves in the ‘I-centric’ Gurus and their teachings. Fortunate is the man who does not lose himself in glorifying and worshipping Gurus and personal Gods but goes straight to the source from where the ‘I’ arises.
First, one has to mentally detach the ‘I’ from the Soul, the Self. The Soul is the formless witness who is unaffected by the coming and going of the ‘I’.
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.
Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana does not come from outside, it is hidden within the world in which we exist. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar
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