The orthodoxy has to be dropped if one has chosen the path of wisdom.+

The Orthodox person who performs rituals and aspires for rewards will view himself in terms of the caste into which he is born, his age, the stage of his life, his standing in society, etc. And he is required to perform rituals all through his life.

The scriptures dealing with rituals, rewards, etc. are therefore addressed to an ignorant person.

The orthodoxy has to be dropped if one has chosen the path of wisdom. The orthodoxy is the greatest hindrance in the pursuit of truth because it makes the inborn samskara or conditioning (I or I AM) more and stronger. 

Till this inborn conditioning prevails it is impossible to grasp, assimilate, and realize the non-dual truth. The orthodoxy is egocentric and egocentricity is the greatest obstacle in the path of truth.

The orthodoxy indulges in all non-Vedic rituals and because of add-ons and adulteration such rituals lead one nowhere and it is a waste of time and effort. Thus orthodoxy is not for those who are seeking truth nothing but the truth. Mixing orthodoxy and preaching non-duality is a foolish venture. 

Rituals and theories are not meant for those who are searching for the Brahman or ultimate truth or God in truth.    

Remember:~

Consciousness is the cause of the universe and it, itself is uncaused. The universe is nothing but consciousness. Modern science has yet to discover consciousness is the cause of the universe, which was discovered and declared by Sage Sankara 1200 years back.

Advaita is not philosophy, but Advaita is the nature of the Soul. There is no second thing that exists other than the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. At that ultimate understanding - there is only Self-awareness.  

Existence consciousness cannot be divided. If one sees divisions they are only apparent and not real. If one takes the apparent as real, then all other factors become real. 

The Advaita is the oldest wisdom of India and has been buried under the debris of religion, diverse beliefs, diverse philosophies, theories, ideologies paths, and practices. 

People misinterpret and falsify as they want to suit their tastes. Advaita is not a theory but the truth, which is beyond form, time, and space. People do not want to inquire into the truth and have no time to investigate; they imagine Advaita in their own way. 

So even in the ancient days, people did not care for Advaita; they wanted religion; hence Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana got lost. Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana is kept as “the supreme secret by the Sages of truth. 

Deeper self-search produces the realization of the universal truth. The seeker who achieves perfection in Soulcentric reasoning realizes the truth in time. 

The Soul is the Self. Do not search for truth in religion, or religious books. Nothing is real but the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. Consciousness is everywhere and in everything. Consciousness alone is real and eternal and all else is an illusion. 

Those who know the world in which they exist in truth will realize the world in which they exist is created out of single stuff. That single stuff is consciousness. Consciousness is the cause of the world and it, itself is uncaused. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar