Advaitic schlors mix up two viewpoints together, therefore, it becomes very difficult to get the Advaitic truth expounded by Sage Sankara.+

It is time to free oneself from the prison of orthodoxy and strive to acquire the Advaitic wisdom of Sage Sankara.

Adyatma is nothing to do with religious sects or creeds and religious beliefs or any philosophy or thinkers teaching. Adyatma is pure spirituality. Knowledge of Atma is Adyatma. Advaita is Adyatma.

Adyatma is the knowledge of the truth beyond form, time, and space. Bifurcate religion, yoga, and theoretical philosophy and base the truth on the Athma it is Adyathma.

Adyatma is based on the ultimate truth which is based on the Atman or Spirit, which is the Self.

Sage Sankara's Advaitic wisdom is pure spirituality or Adyathma.

Remember:~

There are so many obstacles if one tries to reach the non-dual destination because of orthodox adulteration.

Advaitic wisdom and orthodox or theistic Advaita are not the same. Mixing the Advaitic orthodoxy with Advaitic wisdom is like mixing oil and water.

Most of the scholars are sentimentally and emotionally involved with orthodoxy because both Advaitic orthodoxy and Advaitic wisdom are propagated by the same founder (Sage Sankara). 

Advaitic schlors mix up two viewpoints together, therefore, it becomes very difficult to get the Advaitic truth expounded by Sage Sankara.

It is very difficult to understand and assimilate ultimate truth or Brahman without bifurcating the religion, scriptures, philosophy, and idea of individualized God.

Ultimate truth or Brahman directly realized without Advaitic philosophy by Soulcentric reasoning.

Ashtavakra Gita: ~ It is not the absence of Buddhi (reason) that can grasp Advaita but the man who possesses the highest intellect. Brains are necessary. Such a man, by merely hearing the truth mentioned will know it. (Page~ 224).

Sage Sankara believed that those of superior intelligence, have no need of this idea of divine causality, and can, therefore, dispense with Shruti and arrive at the truth of Non-Dualism by pure reason.

Sage Sankara without the scripture one can arrive at the truth of Nondualism by pure reason.

Sage Sankara says: ~ “The exercise in discrimination between real and unreal and renunciation of the false is real meditation.

Unless you exercise your reason (Buddhi) -there is no chance of getting the ultimate truth or Brahman.

The seeker has to use his reason (Buddhi) in order to realize the truth hidden by ignorance. the ignorance is present in the form of the ‘I’.

The Upanishad says: - Atman the Self is known by Reason alone, by the sharpened intellect. Yet still, people worship Yoga and mysticism as the sole means of attaining Atman. 

Remember:~

The Advaita propagted by Sage Sankara is a rigorous, absolute one. According to Sage Sankara, whatever is, is Brahman. Brahman itself is homogeneous. All differences and plurality are illusory.

Sage Sankara gave out what was of the most use to the greatest number of people. Therefore, in the commentaries on the Upanishads, such as the famous Mundaka Upanishad, he gave the highest non-dual message of the identity of Atman and Brahman, revitalizing the philosophy and practice of Advaita, while in the commentaries on the Brahmasutra he gave lesser teaching, positing both higher and lower Maya and higher and lower Brahman (Ishvara) to explain the creation for those of lesser intellects until they were ready for the highest truth.

Sage Sankara says in Brahma Sutras:- that Brahman is the cause of the world, whereas in Manduka Upanishad he denies it. This is because he says that at the lower stage of understanding, the former teaching must be given, for people will get frightened as they cannot understand how the world can be without a cause, but to those in a higher stage, the truth of non-causality can be revealed.

Thus, those who are frightened to accept the world is merely an illusion should never indulge path of wisdom.

Sage Sankara was very careful with his choice of semantic analysis and use of words - taught at different levels of doctrine at different times as the situation warranted. 

Sage Sankara himself had often said that his philosophy was based on Sruti or revealed scripture. This may be because Sage Sankara addressed the ordinary man, who finds security in the idea of causality and thus with the idea of God~ and Revelation is indispensable to prove the latter. He believed that those of superior intelligence, have no need of this idea of divine causality, and can therefore dispense with Sruti and arrive at the truth of Non-Dualism by pure reason. 

The Advaitic formula, to be successively realized, is: “the world is unreal; Brahman is real; the world is Brahman.” This is the vision of non-duality. Sage Sankara affirmed a progression of points of view depending on the stage of one’s practice. 

Sages of truth declared that religion is meant for the ignorant populace. Sage Sankara means Advaita and Advaita means Sage Sankara.

The Advaitic wisdom of Sage Sankara is nothing to do with Advaitic orthodoxy. Orthodox Advaita is not Sage Sankara’s Advaitic wisdom.

Sage Goudapada says that: - The merciful Veda teaches Karma and Upasana to people of lower and middling intellect, while Jnana is taught to those of higher intellect.

There are two kinds of audiences - the ordinary ones who desire the transitory heaven and other pleasures obtained as a result of ritual sacrifices, and the more advanced seeker who seeks to know the truth beyond form, time, and space. 

Advaitic orthodoxy is meant for the first audience, to help lead its followers along the way. The Atmic path, with emphasis on the Advaitic wisdom, is meant for those who wish to go beyond form, time, and space. 

That is why Sage Sankara:~ VC- 61. For one who has been bitten by the serpent of Ignorance, the only remedy is the knowledge of Brahman. Of what avail are the Vedas and (other) Scriptures, Mantras (sacred formulae), and medicines to such a one?

What you are saying is the religious propagated moksha. Spiritual moksha is different from religious propagated moksha. 

Thus, those who are seeking truth have to discard the Orthodox Advaita without mercy to realize the Advaitic truth, which is beyond form, time, and space.

I quote Scriptural citation and also the citation of the Sages of truth only after verifying reality and proved truth, to point out that the scriptures indicate the truth, which is the Atman, the Brahman, or God in truth.

I do not require any scriptures. It is only to help the seekers to drop what is not needed to realize the truth, which is beyond form, time, and space.

Spirituality is not for religious-minded people. Spirituality is not suited for religious people. Religious people must tread their chosen path.

As per the scriptures, the three "Ashrams" or stages in life were originally intended for three grades of intelligence thus:~

Religion:- low intellects had to do 'karmas' works, ritual actions, chanting of mantras and indulging in bhajans and prayers, etc.

Yoga:- Middle intellects taking yellow robes, going to caves, ashrams, etc.

Advaitic wisdom:-High intellects who wanted the truth are concerned with no external rites no prayers or sanyasa but depend solely on the Soulcentric reasoning for their path.

Thus, the seeker has to choose his path according to his choice. Without an intense urge to know the truth and the sharpness to grasp the truth, it is difficult to tread the path of wisdom never mix different paths, and make cocktails because it leads to all sorts of doubts and confusion.

The seeker of truth should be aware of everything untrue: stick to the truth and he shall succeed, maybe slowly, but surely.

If one quotes them before having demonstrated the truth, then it is scholasticism.

You have to bifurcate spirituality from religion. There are only a few spiritual insights in the scriptures or books scattered here and there which are signposts that indicate the truth is beyond the realign, which is based on form, time, and space.

Scriptures are being added from time to time. This process will go on. There is the final authority among them? One contradicts the other: duality reigns supreme.

Sages of truth restrained themselves parting the Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana to the mass and only a selected few. It was hidden from the people who were not qualified and receptive to it. Self- it was given 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 knowledge of the Spirit is given to only selected a few. Thus, we find traces of the knowledge of the spirit in the religious books in the form of parables.

Katha Upanishad says: ~ This Atman is attained by him alone whom It chooses. To such a one Atman reveals Its form. (II -23-P-20)

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.

Self-knowledge cannot be attained by the study of the scriptures and intellectual understanding or by bookish knowledge. Therefore, there is no use in studying the scriptures and other scriptures to acquire non-dual wisdom.

Scriptures mastery, the force of religious merit--none of these lead to the realization of that Ultimate Truth or Brahman.

The ultimate truth is revealed in the clear understanding and realization of ‘what is truth and ‘what is the untruth. When one realizes the untruth (universe) is created out of single stuff, Self-awareness rises in the midst of duality exposing the unreal nature of form, time, and space.

The ultimate truth has to be realized first then only it is possible to know what the scriptures are saying. I do not require any scriptures.

Self-knowledge cannot be attained by the study of the scriptures and intellectual understanding or by bookish knowledge. Therefore, there is no use in studying the scriptures and other scriptures to acquire non-dual wisdom.

That is why Buddha rejected the scriptures, and even Sage Sankara indicated that the ultimate truth lies beyond religion, the concept of God, and the scriptures.

Katha Upanishad says ~ Fools dwelling in darkness, but thinking themselves wise and erudite, go round and round, by various tortuous paths, like the blind led by the blind. (Ch~ II-5 P-14)

That is why Swami Vivekananda said: ~ “You have to grow from the inside out. None can teach you, and none can make you spiritual. There is no other teacher, but the Soul.”

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.

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

Realize right here and right now ~ The ‘Self’ is not you, but the ‘Self is the Soul, which is unborn and eternal.+

Brahman means the ultimate truth or ultimate reality. Brahman cannot be attained by following Advaitic orthodoxy.

Advaitic orthodoxy is based on ignorance because orthodoxy holds the experience of birth, life, death, and the world as reality whereas the Soul, the Self is unborn and eternal because the Soul, the Self is ever formless timeless, and spaceless existence.

The Advaitic orthodoxy is not the means to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana. Advaitic orthodoxy is meant for the ignorant populace that is unfit to grasp the highest truth.

 

The Advaitic orthodoxy is nothing to do with the ultimate truth or Brahman or God in truth.  

The Advaitic orthodoxy is based on individual conduct is not the means to acquire Self-Knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana, because the ‘Self’ is not individual.

The ‘Self’ is the Soul, which is present in form of consciousness. Consciousness pervades everything and everywhere in the universe.

All these theoretical philosophies and theories based on individual conduct are not the means to Self –Knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

The non-duality cannot be mixed with religion and yoga because in religion and yoga one has to accept blindly and there is no scope for inquiry.

Remember:~

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 more and stronger.

Until this conditioning or samskaras prevails it is impossible to grasp, assimilate and realize the Advaitic truth, which is beyond form, time, and space.

The Advaitic orthodoxy is egocentric and egocentricity is the greatest obstacle in the Atmic path.

The orthodoxy is based on non-Vedic beliefs of Gods and indulging non-Vedic rituals’ such adulterated version of rituals leads one nowhere and it is a waste of time and effort.

The orthodoxy is not for those who are seriously seeking truth nothing but the truth. Mixing orthodoxy and preaching Advaita is a foolish venture.

It is necessary for the seeker of truth to follow the path of Brahman not the path of the orthodox priestcraft. Only by dropping all the accumulated priest-crafted baggage and one has to move forward to reach the nondual destination in lesser time and effort.

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)

Realize right here and right now ~ The ‘Self’ is not you, but the ‘Self is the Soul, which is unborn and eternal because it is ever formless timeless, and spaceless existence.

If the ‘Self’ is not ‘you’ but the ‘Self is the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness then the world in which you exist is merely an illusion created out of consciousness.

Whatever is real in the world in which we exist is consciousness. All that is real in the universe in which we exist is the Soul or consciousness.

Realizing the Self is the Soul, we discover the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness itself is God in truth. Consciousness is hidden by the ‘I’. 'I' is present in the form of the universe is the dualistic illusion or Maya.

When Sage Sankara says the world is an illusion it means the experience of the birth, life, and death that happens in the illusory world is inbound to be an illusion.

Sage Sankara says the Aman is Brahman which means the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness is the ultimate reality.

The Soul, the Self, which is present in the form of consciousness alone is real and eternal. The world in which we exist is an illusion created out of the Soul.

Rig Veda: ~ The Atman (consciousness) is the cause; Atman is the support of all that exists in this universe. May ye never turn away from the Atman, the Self. May ye never accept another God in place of the Atman nor worship other than the Atman?" (10:48, 5)

Rig Veda: ~ 'Prajnanam Brahma'- Consciousness is the ultimate reality or Brahman or God in truth.

Do not accept any other God other than the Soul. The Soul is God in truth,  Nothing is real but the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. Nothing matters but realizing God in truth. God in truth is everywhere and in everything. Let these words be inscribed in your subconscious.

God in truth is hidden by the illusory universe. God in truth alone is real and eternal and all else is an illusion.

Brahman is merely a word to indicate the ultimate truth or God in truth.  The ultimate truth itself is God in truth. 

Bhagavad Gita says: ~ ‘Brahmano hi pratisthaham’ ~ Brahman (God in truth) is considered the all-pervading consciousness, which is the basis of all the animate and inanimate entities and material. (14.27).

When Bhagavad Gita says, God is considered the all-pervading consciousness which is the basis of all the animate and inanimate entities and material then nothing has to be accepted as God other than consciousness.

The world in which you exist is a dualistic illusion created out of the ‘Self’ which is not you but the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.

Whatever you have seen, known, believed, and experienced as a person in this world the dualistic illusion. Thus, your existence is bound to an illusion created out of consciousness, which is real and eternal.

Like an ornament made from gold is Gold, that which is born out of consciousness is consciousness. Like gold is a permanent thing, in ornaments made of gold, similarly, the mind, which is in the form of the universe is born out of consciousness, is consciousness in its essence. ~ Santthosh Kumaar

Many seekers are venturing to get rid of the ego but they are unaware of the fact that by getting rid of the ego, the truth will not reveal, they have to get rid of ignorance, not the ego. +

First, realize the fact that you are the ego, therefore, you cannot get rid of the ego. The ego is the basis of the world in which you exist. People mistake pride for the ego but the ego is physical identity. That is you. You are the physical identity so you are the ego.

Without the ego, the world in which you exist ceases to exist. The ego is the very basis of the universe. The universe ceases to exist without the ego.

Many seekers are venturing to get rid of the ego but they are unaware of the fact that by getting rid of the ego, the truth will not reveal, they have to get rid of ignorance, not the ego.

A perfect understanding of ‘what is what' is very much necessary to realize the truth, which is hidden by ignorance.

It is foolish to get rid of the ego alone because, the ego, body, and the world in which you exist appear together and disappear together.

The ego is the false self within the false experience. The ego is the product of ignorance. Ignorance is the cause of experiencing duality as reality. Without the ego, one cannot perceive the world as a person because the person itself is the ego.

People mistake the ego and will vanish by being humble and loving to others but one cannot be humble and loving without the ego. The ego is the cause of ignorance, mistakes, and misunderstanding miscalculations.

The world in which you exist is an illusion created out of the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. You are part of the illusion. therefore, your existence is bound to be an illusion.

Your individual experience of birth, life, and death is happening within the illusory universe or Maya. You are unaware of the fact that you are the illusory self within the illusory universe.

The illusory universe is dependent on the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. Without knowing the Self is not you but the Self is the Soul. You are thinking you are the ‘Self’. This is a great error.

If you do not rectify this error of holding yourself as the Self, you are stuck with the erroneous idea of the ‘Self’ injected by the Gurus in the past.

If the Self is not ‘I’ but the Self is the Soul then from the standpoint of the Soul, the innermost Self: ~

Where is the ‘I’?

Where is the ego?

Where is the body?

Where is the mind?

Where is the world in which you exist?

Where are the form, time, and space?

Where is the waking experience?

Where is the duality?

Where is void?

They are or have become one with the Soul which is present in the form of consciousness.

Consciousness is the ultimate truth or Brahman or God in truth.

Rig Veda: ~ 'Prajnanam Brahma'- Consciousness is the ultimate reality or Brahman or God in truth.

God in truth is the Atman, the Self. Atman is present in the form of consciousness.

Do not accept any other God other than Atman not worship other than Atman.

Let these words be inscribed in your subconscious.

Nothing is real but God. Nothing Matters but love for God in truth. God in truth is everywhere and in everything.

God in truth is hidden by the illusory universe. God in truth alone is and all else is an illusion.

Remember:~

The ‘I’ is present only when the mind is present. The mind is present only when the world is present. The world is present only when there is a waking experience.

Deeper self-search reveals the fact that the waking experience is not considered different from the world. The world is not considered different from the mind. The mind is not considered different from the I’. This truth has to be assimilated.

The ‘I’ is merely an illusion created out of the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. ‘I’ is not the subject. The ‘I’ is an object to the Soul, which is the formless, timeless, and spaceless subject.

If the ‘I’ is an illusion then the world in which you exist is bound to be an illusion.

If the ‘I’ is an illusion then three states, are bound to be an illusion.

If the ‘I’ is an illusion then the form, time, and space are bound to be an illusion.

If the I’ is an illusion then the individual experience of birth, life, and death is bound to be an illusion.

If the ‘I’ is an illusion then the words and thoughts are bound to be an illusion.

If the ‘I’ is an illusion then the duality is bound to be an illusion.

The seeker has to make sure what is this ‘I’ supposed to be In actuality? The seeker has to make sure of the unreal nature of the ‘I’ which comes and goes to realize the truth, which is beyond form, time, and space.

That is why Bhagavad Gita: ~ The permanent is always there, only the transient ‘I’ comes and goes. (2.18)

The ‘I’ hides the Soul, the Self, which is present in the form of consciousness. .

People think the ‘I’ without the body is the Self. The seeker has to understand the fact that ‘I’ is not the Self, but the witness of the ‘I’ is the true Self, which is eternal.

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,

People are stuck with the reality of the ‘I’, which they take as real because some Gurus have propagated the Self is the ‘I’. is no need to convince such a mindset. The seeker of truth accepts only the truth nothing but the truth.

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.

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 a mindset is 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

Everyone is free to choose his path according to his taste and satisfaction which makes them feel happy.+

As per the scriptures, the three "Ashrams" or stages in life were originally intended for three grades of intelligence thus: ~

Religion:- Low intellects had to do 'karmas' works, ritual actions, chanting of mantras and indulging in bhajans and prayers, etc.

Yoga:- Middle intellects taking yellow robes, going to caves, ashrams, etc.

Path of wisdom:-High intellects who wanted truth are concerned with no external rites or sannyasa but depend solely on intelligent inquiry for their path.

Everyone is free to choose his path according to his taste and satisfaction which makes them feel happy.

According to Advaita Vedanta, the Veda addresses itself to two kinds of audiences –

1, “The ordinary ones who desire the transitory heaven and other pleasures obtained as a result of ritual sacrifices”.

It means those who are immersed is the world as reality and incapable of grasping the Advaita must follow the religious Advaita meant for the ignorant masses.

2, “The advanced seekers who seek to know the ultimate truth or Brahman.”

It means those who are able to grasp the Advaitic truth hidden by ignorance must follow the path of wisdom of Sage Sankara.

Thus, the Purva mimam. sa, with its emphasis on the karma kanda of the Vedas, is meant for the first audience, to help lead its followers along the way. However, the Vedanta, with its emphasis on the jnana kanda, is meant for those who wish to go beyond form, time, and space.

Thus those who are seeking truth have to discard the Theological Advaita without mercy in order to realize the Advaitic truth, which is beyond form, time, and space.

The Advaitic orthodoxy is based on the birth entity. The one which is born, lives, and dies in the world is not the 'Self’. 

Remember:~

Right now, right here get rid of ignorance and realize the truth hidden by ignorance. Discard all the Accumulated dualistic mental garbage.

If you are seeking truth nothing but the truth then you must seek the truth independently. If you are sticking up to gurus, yogis and intellectuals then you are sticking up to ignorance. They do not have the truth which you are seeking for. They have plenty of ignorance to seduce you to remain in ignorance forever.

Without discarding the religiously propagated truth, it is impossible to acquire the Self-knowledge of Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

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.

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.

All your egocentric accumulated cocktail knowledge is not Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana. Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana soulcentric knowledge is not available in the spiritual supermarket.

All accumulated knowledge is mental Garbage is no use in the quest for truth. The seeker has to discard all the accumulated knowledge and start afresh.

Perfect understanding of ‘what is what’ through deeper thinking and reasoning helps to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

That is why Sage Sankara:~ VC-61- For one who has been bitten by the serpent of Ignorance, the only remedy is the knowledge of Brahman. Of what avail are the Vedas and (other) Scriptures, Mantras (sacred formulae), and medicines to such a one?

Sage Sankara:~ VC- v6~ Let erudite scholars quote all the scripture, let Gods be invoked through sacrifices, let elaborate rituals be performed, let personal Gods be propitiated---yet, without the realization of one‘s identity With the Self, there shall be no liberation for the individual, not even in the lifetimes of a hundred Brahmas put together.

Sage Sankara’ has already declared:~

‘What is the truth?’

~ Atman is Brahman ~ “Atman is the only one ultimate reality.

‘What is untruth?’

~ The universe is an illusion. ~ The universe is false.

Sage Sankara’s declared this truth many centuries back Then why you are struggling to find out the truth.

Sage Sankara: ~ A buried treasure is not uncovered by merely uttering the words: “Come forth.” You must follow the right directions, dig, remove the stones and earth from above it, and then make it, your own. In the same way, the pure truth of the Atman, which is buried under Maya and the effects of Maya, can be reached by meditation, contemplation, and other spiritual disciplines but never by perverted arguments.

Sage Sankara goes on to say: ~ “A sickness of not cured by saying the word “medicine.” You must take the medicine. Liberation does not come by merely saying the word “Brahman.” Brahman must be experienced. Until you allow this apparent universe to dissolve from your consciousness until you have realized Brahman, how can you find liberation just by saying the word Brahman? The result is merely noise. Until a man has destroyed his enemies and taken possession of the splendor and wealth of the kingdom, he cannot become a king by simply saying “I am a king.”

Advaita means the Soul, the Self, which is second to none. The Soul, which is present in the form of the Spirit or consciousness, is the ultimate truth or Brahman or God in truth.

Advaita is the nature of God, the Self. Advaita is God. Advaita is the fullness of consciousness.

Sage Sankara’s Advaitic wisdom is very much in the tune with the essence of Vedas and Upanishad but Advaitic orthodoxy indulges in non-Vedic beliefs of God and non-Vedic rituals and practices.

There is no need to condemn the Advaitic orthodoxy because it is a path meant for the ignorant as per Sage Sri, Sankara himself. Do not mix up the two and mess up your quest

The Soul, the Self, is present in the form of the Spirit or consciousness.

Sage Sankara says: ~ there is no need to study the Scriptures, to realize the ultimate truth or Brahman or God in truth

~ then why indulge in studying the scriptures.

Sage Sankara says: ~ there is no need to study philosophy, to realize the ultimate truth or Brahman or God in truth

~then why indulge in studying philosophies.

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

~then why indulge in rituals.

Sage Sankara says: ~ there is no need to indulge in yoga, to realize the ultimate truth or Brahman or God in truth

~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 are sticking a Guru who is not a Gnani.

Sage Sankara says ~ “The exercise in discrimination between real and unreal and renunciation of the false leads to truth realization.

Atman is Brahman. The Atman is the Self is non-dual because there is no second thing that exists other than the Atman. Atman is present in the form of consciousness.

Consciousness is the only true reality, and everything else, which appears as form, time, and space are merely an illusion created out of Atman. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar