The argument is useless so long as the ultimate truth is unknown, and the argument is equally useless when the ultimate truth or Brahman has already been known.+

 

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.

Ignorant become wiser when he realzes with full and firm conviction the Self is the Soul and sees the universe in which he exists as an illusion created out of consciousness.

Sage Goudpada: ~ To establish the truth of Non-duality by sheer reasoning alone. He begins by defining "What is real?" "What is unreal?" etc, because that is the right way to discuss or teach. People must first know what they are talking about. (Manduka Karika)

The path of wisdom is not for the exchange of views and opinions. One opinion may be used to contradict another, so both may be thrown away. Opinions are only thoughts. Thoughts are not the truth we are seeking because the ultimate truth is nondual. 

Arguing and provoking the wisdom will not dawn. The argument is useless so long as the ultimate truth is unknown, and the argument is equally useless when the ultimate truth or Brahman has already been known.

Manduka Upanishad shows how one opinion may be used to contradict another, so that both may be thrown away. Opinions are not for philosophy; they are as Ashtavakra says, merely thoughts; it wants the truth.

Opinions belong to scholasticism, not to ultimate truth or Brahman. Ultimate truth or Brahman has no use for opinions.

To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like injecting medicine into a corpse.

Advaitic Wisdom is not custom-made stuff to feed a different mindset according to their likes and fancy.

The un-contradictable truth is the ultimate truth or Brahman. The un-contradictable truth is beyond form, time, and space.

Thus, whatever knowledge is based on form, time, and space, is dualistic knowledge. The non-dualistic wisdom is nothing to do with form, time, and space.

Thus, mixing dualistic knowledge and trying to understand and realize the Advaitic truth is like mixing oil and water.

Remember:~

Self-knowledge will not arise from the exchange of views and opinions and arguments. The accumulated knowledge is not a yardstick, to realize the truth beyond form, time, and space.

In the path of wisdom discussion of the unimportant subject matter, and creates a hindrance. The path of truth is the path of verification. Nothing has to be accepted as truth without verification.

What is the use of arguing on the base of the birth entity, which is not the Self?

What is the use of knowing what happens after death when the Self is birthless?

What is the use of thinking of heaven and hell when the ‘Self ‘is not an individual and it is never born and never dies?

Human knowledge is dualistic knowledge. Dualistic knowledge is helpful only in practical life in the practical world.

Dualistic knowledge is not Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana. Dualistic knowledge is based on form, time, and space whereas Self-knowledge is based on the formless, timeless, and spaceless existence. Self-knowledge Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana is Soulcentric knowledge.

To acquire Self-knowledge the seeker must realize that the 'Self' is not the ‘I’ but the Self is the Soul, which witnesses the coming and going of the ‘I’.

Whatever knowledge is based on ‘I’ is dualistic. And whatever is based on the Soul, the Self is non-dualistic. The seeker must discard the ‘I’ in order to get Advaitic Gnana.

Whatever teachings available so far are inadequate and useless to acquire self-knowledge. All the teachings glorified the ‘I’ and glorified the Gurus. All the ‘I-centric teaching Leads to hallucination based on imagination.

The Soul is the best object of study. But a purely theoretical study of the Soul does not take the seeker very far, though it is always better to study the Soul than to be completely ignorant about his existence.

The path of wisdom attracts only those who are in search of truth and they appreciate it greatly. The ignorant are not spiritually mature the receive Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

The ignorant indulge in argument and provocation and personal attack, which hinder their own realization of the ultimate truth or Brahman.

That is why Jesus said: - Do not throw your pearls before pigs, lest they trample them underfoot and turn to attack you. (Matthew -7:6)

~ Jesus meant knowledge of the Spirit or Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

Bhagvad Gita says: ~ “Don't unsettle the minds of the ignorant by revealing the esoteric truth."

Remember:~

Katha Upanishad says: ~ This Atman is attained by him alone whom It chooses. (II -23-P-20)

Thus, those who have taken the path of wisdom are chosen ones. The chosen one will get the grace of the Soul the inner Guru. The path of wisdom is the Soulcentric path, whereas all other paths are egocentric. All egocentric paths are leads to hallucination.

The Soul, the 'Self' reveals ‘what is real’ and ‘what is unreal” when the seeker is receptive and ready.:~Santthosh Kumaar

Advaitic wisdom of Sage Sankara exposes the false nature of egocentric knowledge based on ignorance.+

The patThe path of wisdom is the soulcentric path. Egocentric knowledge is not of any use in the path of wisdom. In the soulcentric path,

The path of wisdom is the Soulcentric path, whereas all other paths are egocentric. All egocentric paths are dualistic based on ignorance.

Advaitic wisdom of Sage Sankara itself is Self –Knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

The goal of the true seeker is to acquire the Advaitic wisdom of Sage Sankara itself is Self –Knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

Advaitic wisdom of Sage Sankara is soulcentic.  Advaitic wisdom of Sage Sankara exposes the false nature of egocentric knowledge based on ignorance.

Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana declared by the Indian sages in the past has to be mentally excavated from the labyrinths of philosophy.

So many conceptual divisions were invented by teachers of philosophy by their excessive analysis and a different idea of truth and interpretations. All these concepts and ideas are a never-ending process.

The seeker of truth need not take the path of doubt and confusion, which takes him nowhere. Fortunate is the seeker who does not lose himself in the labyrinths of these theoretical philosophies. By perfect understanding of ‘what is what’ leads to non-dual Self-awareness.

The seeker has to behave in a normal and sane way and silently reflect on the subject constantly.

There is no physical body, no ego, and no experience of the world in the realm of truth because the body and the world are one in essence. That essence is consciousness.

The one who has the firm conviction that he is an individual separate from the world and world that existed prior to him and he is born in it afterward is egocentric. And he is unfit to grasp the ultimate truth or Brahman.

The seeker has to trace the source of the mind or universe to realize the fact that, the mind and its formless substance and the source are one in essence.

The truth is hidden within the mind which is in the form of the universe and it requires deeper self-search mental excavation, the removal of ignorance, which is the cause of experiencing the illusory universe or Maya as reality.

Grasping the transparent Truth of the self, which is hidden by illusion or waking or universe, is to be attained through soulcentric reasoning, followed by reflection, meditation, and so forth, but not through perverted egocentric arguments.

Remember:~

Advaitic wisdom is soulcentric knowledge. It is difficult for people to understand soulcentric knowledge from a dualistic perspective. 

Our intelligence is based on the dualistic perspective thus; one has to learn to view and judge the worldview from the nondualistic perspective. As one goes on reading my blogs and posting gradually, he will become soulcentric and will be able to view the worldview from the non-dualistic perspective and he will be able to grasp the Advaitic truth.

People’s opinions are based on the dualistic perspective based on the false Self (ego or you) within the false experience (waking). Therefore, people go on arguing holding their accumulated knowledge as a yardstick. The pursuit of truth is the pursuit of verification not the pursuit of an argument. Nothing has to be accepted as truth without verification.

The judgment has to be based on the Soul, the Self to understand, assimilate and realize the truth, which is hidden by the illusory form, time, and space.

The judgment based on the non-dualistic perspective leads to Self-awareness. In Self-awareness, the Soul, the innermost Self, will remain in its own awareness in the midst of diversity.

Only a perfect understanding of ‘what is what’ is needed. Realizing form, time and space are one is the essence and that essence is consciousness leads to nondualistic or Advaitic Self-awareness. When we drop all accumulated knowledge and start afresh it becomes easier to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

The seeker has to have an inner urge to know the truth seriousness, patience, and humility in order to reach the ultimate end of understanding. A man of truth will not indulge in an argument he keeps his distance with such a mindset.

Remember:~

Soulcentric Reason is not intellect. Soulcentric Reason is that which finally distinguishes between real and unreal, false and true, and, therefore, it takes all three states into account.

Until that is attained people generally use only intellect (egocentric reason) which is confined to the waking state only.

Intellect (egocentric reason) evolves into Soulcentric Reason as man realizes that the study of the waking world is not enough, and that study of all the phenomena of consciousness is required. Such study must embrace the dream and sleep; hence there is no perfection of reason without analysis of the three states.

Soulcentric reason distinguishes the ultimate reality from the rest.' Egocentric reason discrimination between good and bad right and wrong is confined to the physical plane, it is intellect, and logic.

Soulcentric reason is that which enables one to distinguish the real from the unreal, true from false. People do not clearly know the difference between egocentric and Soul-centric and reason. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar 

Sage Sankara goes to the very root of things. Sage Sankara rejects everything untrue by the principle of "Not this, Not this."+

Sage Sankara is the foremost among Sages and the noble souls which Mother India has produced. He was the expounder of the Advaitic wisdom. 

Sage Sankara goes to the very root of things. Sage Sankara rejects everything untrue by the principle of "Not this, Not this."

The Advaitic wisdom of Sage Sankara is pure spirituality or Adyathma. Advaitic wisdom of Sage Sankara is nothing to do with religion and yoga and philosophies. 

All Advaitic teachings of the Gurus of the east and west are not the Advaitic wisdom of Sage Sankara.

Mixing your accumulated knowledge gathered from different sources will block you from acquiring the Advaitic wisdom of Sage Sankara.

Sage Sankara’s Advaitic wisdom has not been taken seriously because of people’s orthodox attitude.

Sage Sankara was an independent thinker. Sage Sankara’s Advaitic wisdom has not been taken seriously by many in India because most of the followers of Sage Sankara are religious orthodox.

Sage Sankara says: - VC-47- All the effects of ignorance, root, and branch, are burnt down by the fire of knowledge, which arises from discrimination between these two—the Self and the not-Self.

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.

It is that philosophy in India was for centuries more an exposition of the ancient classics than the independent thought of individual thinkers as in ancient Greece or modern Europe and America.

Sage Sankara and Sage Goudpada are independent thinkers other schools of Indian philosophy are mere theologies. Advaitic wisdom is the only tool to unfold the mystery of the ‘I’. The dualistic philosophy cannot escape the charge of dogmatism.

Intelligence and thought, are not applicable to Advaitism, intelligence and thought are based on a false self (you) within the false experience (waking). The whole Advaitic philosophy is an attempt to transcend the limitations of intelligence and thought.

The two points of view a Gnani is not cut off from the experience of practical life within the practical world because Advaitic truth is neither realism nor idealism; it is beyond both these.

There is no Advaitic wisdom without Sage Sankara. All the 'I-centric' Gurus and their teachings are not the Advaitic wisdom of Sage Sankara.

When Advaitic Sage  Sankara has given the clear-cut instruction to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana then why waste time with other Guru's teaching and their instruction?

The seeker need not follow any religion or study the scriptures or glorify the Gods and the Gurus, or by practicing yoga, or by losing himself in the labyrinths of philosophy to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

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.

Upanishad says: ~ The human goal is to acquire Self-Knowledge and they indicate that belief in the personal Gods, yoga scriptures, worship, and rituals are not the means to Self –Knowledge, then why anyone should indulge in it? 

Religion, the concept of an individualized god, and scriptures are the greatest obstacle to realizing non-dual truth or Self-realization because they are based on a false self. The seeker of truth has to search for the ultimate truth without losing himself in the labyrinths of philosophy, through deeper self-search, and assimilate and realize it.

That is why Sage Sankara, indicated 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.

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 aeons, without realizing the Oneness.

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 the consciousness,  they are ready for the inner journey towards reality, which is beyond the form, time, and space.

That is why Sage Sankara says: ~ There is no need to study the Scriptures, in order to realize the ultimate truth or Brahman.

~ then why indulge in studying the scriptures?

Sage Sankara says: ~ There is no need to study philosophy, in order to realize the ultimate truth or Brahman.

~then why indulge in studying philosophy?

Sage Sankara says: ~ There is no need to indulge in rituals, to realize the ultimate truth or Brahman.

~then why indulge in rituals?

Sage Sankara says: ~ There is no need to indulge in yoga, in order to realize the ultimate truth or Brahman.

~then why indulge in yoga?

Sage Sankara says the transparent Truth of the Self, which is hidden by the illusion, is to be attained through the instructions of a knower of Brahman, (Gnani)

~ then why you are sticking a Guru who is not a Gnani?

Sage Sankara:~VC -Neither sacred baths nor any amount of charity nor even Hundreds of pranayamas* can give us knowledge about our own Self. The firm realization of the nature of the Self is seen to proceed from inquiry along the lines of the salutary advice of the wise. (13)

Sage  Sankara says ~ “The exercise in discrimination between real and unreal and renunciation of the false is real meditation, then why you are indulging in other types of meditation.

Sage  Sankara: ~ VC~ "All this universe which through ignorance appears as of diverse forms, is nothing else but Brahman which is absolutely free from all the limitations of Maya.

Sage  Sankara says you must first know what is before you. If you cannot know that, what else can you know or understand? If you give up the external world in your inquiry, you cannot get the whole truth.

Sage Sankara says: -VC-65- As a treasure hidden underground requires (for its extraction) competent instruction, excavation, the removal of stones and other such things lying above it, and (finally) grasping, but never comes out by being (merely) called out by name, so the transparent Truth of the Self, which is hidden by Maya and its effects, is to be attained through the instructions of a knower of Brahman, followed by reflection, meditation and so forth, but not through perverted arguments.

People refuse to accept anything other than their Guru's words. For them, their Guru's words are the ultimate truth. They do not accept anything else other than their accepted truth. There is no need to convince such a mindset.

Such mindsets are not fit to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana. The seekers of truth accept only the truth nothing but the uncontradictable truth. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar 

Sage Sankara's Advaitic wisdom is a spiritual treasure hidden by ignorance that requires removal of ignorance.+

Sage Sankara's Advaitic wisdom is a spiritual treasure hidden by ignorance that requires removal of ignorance.

Advaita encompasses everything. Since Advaita requires heavy-duty intellectualism, it had to be progressively simplified.

Sage Sankara says only through direct knowledge of non-duality that one could be enlightened.

Sage Sankara’s supreme Atman is Attriubuteless (without the Gunas), Nirakara (formless), Nirvisesha (without attributes), and Akarta (non-agent). He is above all needs and desires. Sage Sankara says, "This Atman is self-evident. This Atman or Self is not established by proofs of the existence of the Self. It is not possible to deny this Atman, for it is the very essence of he who denies it. The Atman is the basis of all kinds of knowledge. The Self is within, the Self is without, the Self is before and the Self is behind. The Self is on the right hand, the Self is on the left, the Self is above and the Self is below".

Satyam-Jnanam-Anantam-Anandam is not separate attributes. They form the very essence of Atman. Atman cannot be described, because description implies distinction. Atman cannot be distinguished from any other than He.

The objective world-the world of names and forms-has no independent existence. The Atman alone has real existence. The world is only phenomenal.

Sage Sankara was the exponent of the Advaita Wisdom. His Advaitic wisdom  can be summed up in the following words:~

Brahma Satyam Jagat Mithya,

Jeevo Brahmaiva Na Aparah

Meaning- Atman alone is real; this world is unreal; the Jiva is identical with Atman.

Remember:~

The truth of the Self, which is hidden by Maya is to be attained through the instructions of a Gnani, followed by reflection and so forth, but not through perverted discussion and arguments.

One has to go beyond Vedas' means to go beyond religion. Going beyond religion means, going beyond Gods based on blind belief. Going beyond the Vedas, religion and the Gods based on blind belief going beyond the dualistic illusion, that is the end of Vedas (Veda –antha).

Advaitic wisdom has been lost: people misinterpret and falsify it by mixing religion and yoga. It is not yoga but truth hidden by the dualistic illusion. But nobody knows it. The Gurus, religious believers, philosophers, thinkers, and yogis do not want to inquire into truth and have no time for it.

That is why Sage Sankara says: ~ VC-65- As a treasure hidden underground requires (for its extraction) competent instruction, excavation, the removal of stones and other such things lying above it and (finally) grasping, but never comes out by being (merely) called out by name, so the transparent Truth of the Self, which is hidden by Maya and its effects, is to be attained through the instructions of a knower of Brahman, followed by reflection, meditation and so forth, but not through perverted arguments.

Therefore, you should personally strive by all means to be free from the bondage of ignorance (I).

The Advaitic wisdom is nothing to do with orthodox preaching and practice because Advaitic orthodoxy is dogmatism. The Advaitic orthodoxy has to be discarded if one wants to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

Advaitic wisdom expounded by Sage Sankara was hidden. Sage Sankara restrained himself from parting the Advaitic wisdom or Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana to the ignorant populace and parting it with only a selected few.

Advaitic wisdom or Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana was hidden from the people who were not qualified and receptive to it. Advaitic wisdom or Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana was not written down but was imparted orally to the chosen few. Thus, religion was given to the ignorant populace, and the knowledge of the Spirit, the God is given to only a selected few.

Thus, we find traces of the knowledge of the spirit in the religious books in the form of parables.

Bhagavad Gita says: ~ Among thousands of men, scarcely one strives for perfection; and of those who strive and succeed, scarcely one knows the ‘Self’ in truth.

The Guru's interpretations of sacred texts, the force of religious merit--none of these lead to the realization of the ‘Self’ hidden by ignorance. It is revealed in the clear reflection of the truth, engendered from contact with the good."

Sage Sankara said:~ Talk as much philosophy as you like, worship as many Gods as you please, observe ceremonies, and sing devotional hymns, but the liberation will never come, even after a hundred aeons, without realizing the Oneness.

The Advaitic wisdom is nothing to do with orthodox preaching and practice because Advaitic orthodoxy is dogmatism. The Advaitic orthodoxy has to be discarded if one wants to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

Sage Sankara and Sage Gaudapada are independent thinkers other schools of Indian philosophy are mere theologies. Advaitic philosophy is real philosophy. The dualistic philosophy cannot escape the charge of dogmatism.

Sage Sankara was an independent thinker. His wisdom has not been taken seriously by many in India, because, most of the followers of Sage Sankara belong to the orthodox sect.

Sage Sankara’s Advaitic wisdom is nothing to do orthodox sect.

It is necessary for the seeker to do his homework, and verify the validity of all the claims, rather than blindly believe, what orthodox pundits expound as knowledge, till; the un-contradicted truth is obtained. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar

This whole universe which through ignorance appears in diverse forms is nothing else but consciousness.+

Sage Sankara: ~VC- All this universe which through ignorance appears as of diverse forms, is nothing else but Brahman (Consciousness) which is absolutely free from all the limitations of Maya.

Sage Sankara: ~ VC-63- Without knowing and examining the universe, one can’t know the Truth, as the idea that the external world exists, won't go. It can go only by an inquiry into the nature of the external world.

Sage Sankara says: ~ What is accepted without a proper inquiry will not lead a person to the final goal. On the contrary, such acceptance will result only in evil, something which is detrimental to our spiritual progress.

Sage Sankara says: - VC-47- All the effects of ignorance, root, and branch, are burnt down by the fire of knowledge, which arises from discrimination between these two—the Self and the non-Self.

Until you think you are an individual separate from the world and the world existed prior to you and you are born in it afterward ignorance will prevail as a reality. Till ignorance is there the universe prevails as reality.

Sage Sankara says: ~ “The exercise in discrimination between real and unreal and renunciation of the false is real meditation, then why you are indulging in other types of meditation.

Sage Sankara says: ~ “The exercise in discrimination between real and unreal and renunciation of the false is real meditation, then why you are indulging in other types of meditation. not the truth through deeper Self-search. Finally, when you become aware of the fact that, your ego, your body, and the world are one in essence then there is Self-awareness in the midst of duality

The universe in which we exist is a dualistic illusion. The dualistic illusion is present in the form of the ‘I’. The ‘I’ hides the Soul, the God. God is present in the form of consciousness.

Only consciousness counts. For a Gnani, everything is consciousness the whole universe is nothing but an illusion created out of consciousness.

Snake and the rope:~

This whole universe which through ignorance appears in diverse forms is nothing else but the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. Consciousness is absolutely free from all the limitations of Maya.

Consciousness alone is real and eternal since there is no second thing that exists other than consciousness.

In Self-awareness, there remains no other independent entity.

A permanent view of the world as unreal can come only after Soul-centric reasoning; such knowledge cannot change. If the seeker is sufficiently sharp then he could grasp the unreal nature of the world by Soul-centric reasoning alone. 

To know the whole truth, one must know the whole universe, otherwise, he gets only a half-truth.

The world in which we exist (waking) is a mere superimposition like seeing a snake superimposed on a rope on a dark night.

The snake has no independent existence, apart from the rope, it exists because of the rope, and it ceases to exist as soon as a light is brought. The snake then dissolves into the rope. In the same way, when the Soul remains in its own awareness, the mind (I) merges into it. The mind and Soul are one in essence. 

To attain this knowledge is the goal of the truth seeker. The three states then cannot taint the Soul, the Self.

Why does the snake appear to be existing, you cannot say a snake does not exist unless you see it as only a rope.

Similarly, the universe in which you exist appears to be existing you cannot say the universe in which you exist does not exist unless you realize the cause of the universe is the Soul.

The ‘I’ is the snake the Soul is the rope. Until you become aware of the Soul the ‘I’ remains as a snake.

The universe is the snake the Soul is the rope. Until you become aware of the Soul the universe remains as a snake.

The waking is the snake the Soul is the rope.

Until you become aware of the Soul the waking remains as a snake.

The form, time, and space are the snake and the Soul is the rope.

Until you become aware of the Soul the form, time and space remain as a snake.

The duality is the snake the Soul is the rope. 

Until you become aware of the Soul the duality remains as a snake.

When you become aware of the rope there is no more snake.

Similarly, the Soul wakes up from its sleep of ignorance there is no ‘I’.

If there is no ‘I’ there is no ignorance.

If there is no ‘I’ there is no mind.

If there is no ‘I’ there is no universe.

If there is no ‘I’ there is no waking.

If there is no ‘I’ there is no form, time, and space.

If there is no ‘I’ there is no duality.

If there is no duality there is only the Advaitic reality.

The Soul is the innermost Self. The Soul is present in the form of consciousness. Consciousness is Self-evident. It is not established by extraneous proof. It is not possible to deny consciousness because it is the very essence of the one who denies it.

Consciousness is the basis of all kinds of knowledge, presuppositions, and proofs. Until one thinks of his body as the body, the ego as the ego the universe as the universe he remains in ignorance because he is still in ignorance and he is unaware of the fact that they too are consciousness. The seeker has to grow from the inside out. None can teach him, and none can make him spiritual. There is no other Guru but his own Soul.”

Consciousness is not an object, but it is the subject. Within the dualistic illusion, it is the subject and object together. It is not another. It is all-full, infinite, changeless, Self-existent, Self-delight, Self-knowledge, or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana. It is the essence of the knower. It is the formless substance and the Witness of the dualistic illusion (universe). : ~Santthosh Kumaar

By inquiring ‘Who am ‘I’?- you will never reach the ultimate end of understanding.+

Do not try to know who you are. By inquiring ‘Who am ‘I’?- you will never reach the ultimate end of understanding.

‘Who am ‘I’? is only helpful at the beginning in later stages it is inadequate to realize the truth, which is beyond form, time, and space.

Try to find out what is this ‘I’ which appears and disappears. What is it that knows this appearance and disappearance of the ‘I’?

Why are you struggling to find out who you are? You will never find the answer if you get stuck to the ‘I’. Find out ‘what is this ‘I’, which appears and disappears. What is that is aware of the coming and going of the ‘I’?

Without realizing ‘What is this ‘I’? you will never be able to realize the mystery of the ‘I’. The ‘I’ is the most intoxicating stuff. Those who use the word ‘I’ for the ‘Self ‘will never be able to cross the threshold of the dualistic illusion.

The ‘I-centric' teachings will not transport the seeker to the ultimate end of understanding.

The ‘I’ is the cage for the Soul. ‘I’ is the cause of ignorance. Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana is the only weapon to get rid of ignorance.

The ‘I’ based teachings will not transport the seeker to the ultimate end of understanding. A perfect understanding of ‘what is this ‘I’ leads to the realization of the truth beyond form, time, and space.

That is why Ashtavakra Gita 16:10:~ If you desire liberation, but you still say 'I'," If you feel the ‘Self’ is the ‘I’, you are not a wise man or a seeker. You are simply a man who suffers.

Remember:~

Realizing the ‘Self ‘is not the ‘I’ but the Self is the Soul, the witness of the ‘I’. You think the ‘Self is the ‘I’ and ‘I’, is within the body. You are mistaking the ‘Soul, the ‘Self ‘for the ‘I’, which appears and disappears.

This is the great stumbling block of the Gurus who propagated the ‘I’-centric teaching.

These Gurus think that when the ego is not, nothing remains. You must realize you are the ego. You are the false self within the false experience.

You (the ego), body, and the world appear together and disappear together. Therefore, you cannot get rid of the ego alone because your body and the world also appeared along with the ego.

It is a foolish venture to get rid of the ego alone. Therefore, it is necessary for the seeker to realize ‘what is what’ in order to discover the truth, which is hidden by the ‘I’.

The ‘I’ is not different from the mind. The mind is not different from the universe. The universe is not different from waking. Without the ‘I’ there is neither the mind nor the universe nor the waking.

The universe is verily consciousness. Without realizing ‘what is the Mind? it is impossible to get  Self- realization.

The universe is not different from the Mind because the universe is the mind itself.

The mind is not different from the Soul because the mind is the dualistic illusion created out of the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.

Thus, the universe is nothing but consciousness. The universe is unreal because it is not absolute and eternal like consciousness.

It is impossible for any human being to challenge successfully the Advaitic position, as Sage  Sankara says: ~ Santthosh Kumaar

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