The path of wisdom is an inner (mental) journey.+

The path of wisdom is an inner (mental) journey. The path of yoga, the path of love, the path of devotion, and the path of humanity are meant for those who have the firm conviction that the practical life within the practical world as reality because they are based on ego or waking entity, whereas wisdom is based on the Soul and it is the inner (mental) journey that can be reached only through deeper thinking and Soulcentric reasoning.

A Gnani loves humanity and does his service to humanity within the practical world or illusion. It is erroneous to think, that the one who follows the path of wisdom is running away from the world.  They are more concerned with the humanity and love in the practical world and inwardly they are moving ahead to their destination seeking for.   

The one who takes the path of wisdom does not renounce the practical life and becomes sanyasi but he lives like any other householder enjoying healthy family life.

The egocentric paths are nothing to do with the path of truth or wisdom. Deeper self –a search reveals the Self is not the waking entity or ego but the Self is the Soul, which is in the form of consciousness then why follow the paths based on the false self. 

Thus, only realizing the form (universe or waking) is formless because form (universe or waking) is made of the formless stuff leads one to Self-awareness.     But other paths based on the false self and false experience as reality never realize the truth because they accepted something else as truth and their accepted truth is the greatest hindrance is realizing the ultimate truth.  

Thus, all egocentric paths are meant for the mass mindset which is incapable of inquiring into the nature of the universe (waking or mind) in which they exist.   It becomes very difficult for people who are incapable of grasping the ultimate truth because of their inherited and inborn conditioning.   

The seeker must have knowledge of the matter (universe or mind) and the spirit (Soul or consciousness) 

A seeker of truth has to know somewhere he is going wrong, and it is for the seeker to go on his own and remove all the obstacles.  

The greatest hindrance is mixing religion, god, scriptures, and yogic theories. Moreover, attachment to scriptures, personal god, and religious code of conduct keep one permanently in the grip of duality. 

As one goes into deeper investigation finds nothing satisfying in any religion.  The more he learns of any religious doctrine he becomes aware of the fact that religion is not the means for Self-realization because the true ‘Self” is not the form but the true Self is formless timeless and spaceless existence.  

Religion is based on the false Self (ego) and false experience (universe). Religion takes the false self as the real Self and false experience as reality. Thus whatever is based on the false Self and false experience is bound to be a falsehood.      

The obsession with "our sins" having been "washed away by the water of the river would be regarded as evidence of a serious mental illness in an individual within any sane society, but when this is an obsession of millions of people it becomes "religious faith", held by many others to be something that should never be criticized. 

It was desperately important for the believers of their belief system for some reason that others shared their beliefs because they assume that their religious doctrine is literally true, and then justify their beliefs because "God says so in their doctrine ". 

It is no use in 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.  

The seeker has to know the fact that God cannot exist without his existence. The truth does not depend on gods’ existence but it entirely depends on man’s existence.   Thus, it is foolish to venture in knowing the truth of god's existence without verifying the facts about his true existence.  

The seeker has to have the courage to accept the truth and reject the untruth. Most people will not be able to subscribe to the path of truth because they are sentimentally and emotionally involved with their inherited belief system and even if one does he has to overcome all his doubts, confusion, and despair.  

These are problematic for the seekers who are from a religious background because of their conditioning and they are made to accept their blind belief as truth and their interest or insight is not deep. 

It becomes difficult for the orthodox cult to accept anything else as truth other than their accepted belief, which they hold as truth. Although all religious followers are participants alike in the spiritual endeavor of the world, overzealous followers of each religion are not prepared to accord equal status to other faiths and assert the superiority of their own. 

This universal brotherhood is a total impossibility because it is difficult to accept anything other than their inherited belief system.          

Intense inner longing to know the ultimate truth will guide the seeker, he needs no other guide. People who think of worshiping their gurus as God in human form to get Self-realization is unaware that accepting someone as a guru and himself as a disciple is the greatest obstacle in the path of truth. 

The person who accepts himself as a guru is not a Gnani, because he has already accepted the Self as body whereas the Self is not the body. The person who accepts himself as a disciple of some guru also considers himself as a body thus; it becomes a great hindrance in the path of truth. Guru is essential in the religious and yogic path but not for Self-Realization.:~Santthosh Kumaar 

In pursuit of the truth, the ultimate truth has to be proved, not assumed. Pundits who take scriptures for granted are not Gnanis.+

In pursuit of the truth, the ultimate truth has to be proved, not assumed. Pundits who take scriptures for granted are not Gnanis. 

Some scriptures have presented fragments of truth embedded in the covering of stories, histories, and picturesque touches of mysticism.

The seeker should not mix religion, mysticism, and yoga with the path of wisdom.

All the Gurus of the East and West touch of mysticism to make it more attractive to feed the crowd.

All the gurus of the East and West interpret Advaita from the dualistic standpoint or orthodox point of view and they are still dealing with words, not truth. It proves that they have not understood the Advaitic wisdom of Sage Sankara.

It all depends on the seekers' capacity to grasp the Advaitic wisdom of Sage Sankara, which is above words and above interpretation.

Remember that only a few of those who have understood Sage Sankara’s Advaitic wisdom for them contradictory interpretations will never arise.

There will be no two among them, only one. The only test of the correctness of any interpretation of Sage Sankara is whether it tends towards non-duality or not, whether its author has grasped non-duality or not.

The orthodox scholars are stuck with the scriptures holding the scriptures as a yardstick for the secondhand knowledge inherited from one generation to the next.

That is why Sage Sankara says:~ VC~ 56. Neither by Yoga, nor by Sankhya, nor by work, nor by learning, but by the realization of one's identity with Brahman is Liberation possible, and by no other means.

58. Loud speech consisting of a shower of words, the skill in expounding the Scriptures, and likewise erudition - these merely bring on a little personal enjoyment to the scholar but are no good for Liberation.

59. The study of the Scriptures is useless so long as the highest Truth is unknown, and it is equally useless when the highest Truth has already been known.

60. The Scriptures consisting of many words are a dense forest that merely causes the mind to ramble. Hence, men of wisdom should earnestly set about knowing the true nature of the Self.

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?

62. A disease does not leave off if one simply utters the name of the medicine, without taking it; (similarly) without direct realization one cannot be liberated by the mere utterance of the word Brahman.

That is why In Mundaka Upanishad 1:2:8:~ “Remaining in the fold of ignorance and thinking “we are extremely wise and learned,” the fools with boastful nature ramble about like the blind led by the blind alone.”

The people who follow religion think that following their inherited religion is their duty. And questioning the Guru or scholars is irreligious. Thus, they indulge in rituals and hearing of religious discourses. They are weak and timid.

That is why Katha Upanishad 1:2:23:~ “The Soul cannot be realized through hearing the scholarly explanation of the discourses, not even by the intellect.:~Santthosh Kumaar

Hindus are idol worshipers of a large number of Gods and Goddesses whereas Rig Veda: ~'Prajnanam Brahma'- Consciousness is God in truth.+

Hindus are idol worshipers of a large number of Gods and Goddesses whereas in the Vedas the God has been described as: ~

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.

Rig-Veda 1-164-46 and Y.V 32-1 clearly mention that God is “One”.

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

Yajurveda – chapter- 32: ~ God is Supreme Spirit has no ‘Pratima’ (idol) or material shape. God cannot be seen directly by anyone. God pervades all beings and all directions.

Thus, Idolatry does not find any support from the Vedas.

It refers to a formless and attriubuteless God, which is the Atman (Soul), the innermost Self within the false experience. Thus, it indicates clearly all the Gods with form and attributes are mere imaginations based on the false Self. Thus, Atman or Soul, the ‘Self’ is God in truth.

The Vedas do not talk about idol worship. In fact, till about 2000 years ago followers of Vedism never worshipped idols. Idol worship was started by the followers of Buddhism and Jains.

There is logic to idol worship. Vedas speak of one God that is the supreme Self i.e. Atman or Soul but Hinduism indulges in worshiping 60 million Gods.

That is why Swami Vivekananda: ~

The masses in India cry to sixty million Gods and still die like dogs. Where are these Gods?

Knowing this, stand up and fight! Not one step back that is the idea. ... Fight it out, whatever comes. Let the stars move from the sphere! Let the whole world stand against us! Death means only a change of garment. What of it? Thus fight! You gain nothing by becoming cowards. ... Taking a step backward, you do not avoid any misfortune. You have cried to all the Gods in the world. Has misery ceased? The masses in India cry to sixty million Gods and still die like dogs. Where are these Gods? ... The Gods come to help you when you have succeeded. So what is the use? Die game. ... This bending the knee to superstitions, this selling yourself to your own mind does not befit you, my Soul. You are infinite, deathless, birthless. Because you are an infinite spirit, it does not befit you to be a slave. ... Arise! Awake! Stand up and fight! Die if you must. There is none to help you. You are the entire world. Who can help you? - Swami Vivekananda (Delivered In San Francisco, on May 28, 1900) -The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda/Volume 1/Lectures And Discourses/The Gita II.

In Upanishads, the God has been described as:~

Brihadaranyaka Upanishad: ~ Brahman (God in truth) is present in the form of the Athma, and it is indeed the Athma itself.

Chandogya Upanishad: ~ekam evaditiyam- God is only one without a second. (6- Section- 2- Verse- 1)

Swethaswethara Upanishad: ~ Na casya kasuj janita na cadhipah- which means of him of Almighty God, there are no parents they have got no lord. Almighty God has no true father, he has no true mother, he has no true superior. (Chapter-6- Verse -9)

Swethaswethara Upanishad: ~ “Na Tasya Pratima Asti- of that God there is no Pratima, there is no likeness, there is no image, there is no picture, there is no photograph, there is no sculpture, there is no statue. (Chapter -4- Verse- 19)

Swethaswethara Upanishad: ~ “No one can see the Almighty God.(Chapter -4, Verse -20)

Brihadaranyaka Upanishad:~ The Self is indeed Brahman (God in truth), but through ignorance, people identify it with intellect, mind, senses, passions, and the elements of earth, water, air, space, and fire. This is why the Self is said to consist of this and that and appears to be everything.

In Bhagavad Gita, the God has been described as: ~

Lord Krishna says Ch. V:~ “Those who know the Self in truth.". The last two words (tattvataha) are usually ignored by pundits, but they make all the difference between the ordinary concept of God and the truth about God.

Bhagavad Gita: ~ 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)

Bhagavad Gita Chapter: ~ All those whose intelligence has been stolen by material desires worship many Gods. (7- Verse -20)

According to Sage Sankara says: ~ Ataman is Brahman (God in truth). Thus, the Soul the Self is God. Therefore, all the Gods with form and attributes are mere imaginations based on the false self.

Thus, there is adulteration and add-ons in the past, which have to be bifurcated if one wants pure Vedic essence.

As indicated in ISH Upanishads: - By worshipping Gods and Goddesses you will go after death to the world of Gods and Goddesses. But will that help you? The time you spend there is wasted because if you were not there you could have spent that time moving forward towards Self-knowledge, which is your goal. In the world of Gods and Goddesses, you cannot do that, and thus you go deeper and deeper into darkness.

It clearly indicates that:- If the human goal is to acquire Self-Knowledge then why indulge in rituals and glorify the conceptual Gods, Goddesses, and Gurus to go into deeper darkness. Instead spend that same time moving forward towards Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana, which is one’s prime goal. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar

All the attachment and detachment belong to you, not to the Soul, the Self. +

All the attachment and detachment belong to you, not to the Soul, the Self. All attachment and detachment belong to the domain of form, time, and space.

Without form, time, and space there is no idea of attachment and detachment. The form, time, and space belong to the dualistic illusion.

From the standpoint of the Soul, there is nothing to attach or detach because there is no second thing that exists other than the Soul to attach or detach.

Form, time, and space are the products of ignorance. When ignorance vanishes form, time and space vanish and the Soul, the Self alone will prevail as a formless, timeless, and spaceless existence.

Attachment to the Soul, the ’Self’, and detachment from the ‘I’’(world) is the key to freedom and salvation.

Every one of us is attached to the 'I', which holds the whole experience of diversity. And diversity makes us the prisoner of duality. The 'I' appears and disappears as the mind is impermanent.

Why the 'I', does not disappear even after inquiry, even if one knows intellectually- 'I' am not the body?

If 'I', is not the body, what is 'I', without the body?

How can 'I', remain as 'I', without the body?

Where 'I', disappeared in deep sleep?

What is it that knows, the appearance and disappearance of the 'I'?

When the 'I' is impermanent, what is it that permanent Which knows the appearance and disappearance of the 'I'?

How can one remain as 'I', when it is impermanent and judge the eternal truth, which is not the 'I'?

The seeker of the truth has to find what is eternal and what is impermanent to decide whether the 'I' or duality is permanent or the Soul, the witness of the 'I', is permanent? to overcome the illusion and establish the non-dualistic reality.

Remember:~

Detachment to attachment is impossible without Advaitic wisdom. Only when one realizes the fact that the Self is not the form, but the Self is the formless Soul, then only it is possible to detach the ‘Self’ from the false attachment.

Man and his individual experience of birth, life, death, and the world are a reality within the dualistic illusion.

Until one has a firm conviction, he is an individual separate from the world, and the world existed prior to him, and he is born in it afterward, he will never be able to acquire nondualistic or Advaitic wisdom, because of this reason, he will not be able to think beyond the form, time and the space.

Until this conviction is there all his views, judgments, and conclusions are based on the false self (ego or you) within the false experience (waking).

Thus, there is a need to overcome this conviction by realizing that form, time, and space are one in essence. And that essence is the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.

All the attachment and detachment are within the dualistic illusion or Maya. The Maya is present in the form of the universe. The dualistic illusion is the product of ignorance.

From the non-dualistic perspective, nothing can be attached and nothing can be detached.

Self-realization is necessary to get rid of ignorance. Without the ignorance of the Soul, the Self, which is present in the form of consciousness alone exists.

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).

Consciousness, the God is Self-evident. It is not established by extraneous proofs. It is not possible to deny God because God is the very essence of the one who denies God. God is the basis of all kinds of knowledge, presuppositions, and proofs.

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.

Due to ignorance, the universe has arisen. The universe is the dualistic illusion or Maya. Without ignorance, the Soul, the Self, which is present in the form of consciousness alone shines as the ultimate truth or Brahman or God in truth.:~ Santthosh Kumaar

Man and his individual experience of birth, life, death, and the world are a reality within the dualistic illusion.+

Detachment to attachment is impossible without Advaitic wisdom. Only when one realizes the fact that the Self is not the form, but the Self is the formless Soul, then only it is possible to detach the ‘Self’ from the false attachment.

Man and his individual experience of birth, life, death, and the world are a reality within the dualistic illusion.

Until one has a firm conviction, he is an individual separate from the world, and the world existed prior to him, and he is born in it afterward, he will never be able to acquire nondualistic or Advaitic wisdom, because of this reason, he will not be able to think beyond the form, time and the space.

Until this conviction is there all his views, judgments, and conclusions are based on the false self (ego or you) within the false experience (waking).

Thus, there is a need to overcome this conviction by realizing that form, time, and space are one in essence. And that essence is the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.

All the attachment and detachment are within the dualistic illusion of Maya. The Maya is present in the form of the universe. The dualistic illusion is the product of ignorance.

From the non-dualistic perspective, nothing can be attached and nothing can be detached.

Self-realization is necessary to get rid of ignorance. Without the ignorance of the Soul, the Self, which is present in the form of consciousness alone exists.

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

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.

Consciousness is God in truth. God in truth is Self-evident. It is not established by extraneous proofs. It is not possible to deny God in truth because God in truth is the very essence of the one who denies God in truth. God in truth is the basis of all kinds of knowledge, presuppositions, and proofs.

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.

Due to ignorance, the universe has arisen. The universe is the dualistic illusion or Maya.

Without ignorance, the Soul, the Self, which is present in the form of consciousness alone shines as the ultimate truth or Brahman or God in truth. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar

The whole universe and its contents are nothing but an illusion created out of consciousness.+

S R-Q: ~ Santthosh, having read this post, who are we then? I am not asking about the Self, I am asking about us as humans, who are we?

Santthosh Kummar: ~

Dearest brother,

If you had asked the same question in a dream, the dream becomes unreal when waking takes place. Similarly, the waking becomes unreal when you realize the ‘Self is not you but the Soul, which is present in the form of the consciousness.

If the waking is unreal then your experience of birth, life, death, and the world within the waking experience also is unreal (illusion).

The question is based on the waking entity (you or ego). Whatever is based on the waking entity (ego) is based on the dualistic perspective.

You have to learn to view the worldview from a non-dualistic perspective then only you will be able to have the Soulcentric view of the worldview.

In Advaitic Self-awareness, the ego is not considered as ego, even though the ego is present, the body is not considered as a body even though the body is present, and the world which confronts him is not considered as the world even though the world is present, the duality ceases even though the duality is present, because of wisdom everything is considered as consciousness. Thus, there is conscious oneness.

Only in ignorance, the world in which we exist is an illusion created out of the Soul, the Self.

The world is both real and unreal. It is real because it is a manifestation of consciousness, but is unreal, in the sense, that it is not absolute and eternal like consciousness itself.

People's approach is more practical, and they stuck with the reality of the world, they take it as real. That is why all the confusion.

The look of an object will depend upon the medium through which the observer views it. In fact, our mental and intellectual conditions determine the world, observed and experienced. The commoner viewing the world will see differently from a Gnani viewing the same world. Each one interprets the world that they see in terms of their existing knowledge. The commoner sees everything based on the ego and, therefore, experiences birth, life, death, and the world as a reality, whereas a Gnani sees everything as consciousness and he is fully aware of the fact that, there is no second thing that exists other than the Soul or consciousness.

Thus, all the egocentric knowledge has to be bifurcated to realize the ultimate truth, which is beyond form, time, and space.

Rig Veda: ~ The Atman 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 says God is ‘ONE’ and God is Atman, then why believe and worship in place of the real God.

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.

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, that God is considered the all-pervading consciousness which is the basis of all the animate and inanimate entities and material then no second thing exists other than consciousness. Thus, the whole universe and its contents are nothing but an illusion created out of consciousness.

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.

Chandogya Upanishad:~ One who meditates upon and realizes the 'Self' discovers that everything in the cosmos-- energy and space, fire and water, name and form, birth and death, mind and will, word and deed, mantrams and meditation--all come from the Self.

The universe is not different from the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness because the universe is made of consciousness.

Thus, the consciousness alone is and all else (universe) is merely an illusion. Thus the illusion is not different from consciousness, which ultimate truth or Brahman or God in truth.

The non-dual consciousness appears as the diverse universe is only an illusion. If it really became diverse then the immortal would become mortal.

The dualist thinkers who seek to prove the origination of the unborn, by that very enterprise try to make the immortal, mortal. The ultimate nature can never change - the immortal can never become mortal and vice versa.

There's no plurality in the non-dual nature of the Soul appears to be many"; those who are attached to creation or production or origination are in ignorance because their approach is more practical, and they are stuck with the reality of the universe (waking) take it as real. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar

Sage Sankara’s wisdom does not need any support of any scriptures the seeker can arrive at the Advaitic truth by pure reason.+

Yoga Vasistha:~ "Teachers, interpretations of sacred texts, the force of religious merit--none of these lead to the realization of that Ultimate Truth which is revealed in the clear reflection of the heart, engendered from contact with the good."

Anybody can write a commentary on the Upanishads and other great philosophic texts, all they need to do to pour out words. Some Westerners along with some orthodox pundits translated and published books.

Sage Sankara’s wisdom does not need any support from any scriptures the seeker can arrive at the Advaitic truth by pure reason.

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, in 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.

In the past, the Gurus and the scriptural interpreters used the word ‘I’ to the ‘Self’ without knowing what is this ‘I’ supposed to be in actuality.

Deeper Self-search reveals the fact that the ‘Self’ is not the ‘I’ but the ‘Self’ is the witness of the ‘I’, which appears as a waking or dream (duality) and disappears as deep sleep (non-duality).

The witness of the ‘I’ is the Soul. The Soul is present in the form of consciousness is real and eternal.

WHO AM ‘I’ AND ‘I AM THAT’ is only for a lower stage where one gives up externally to expose the false nature of the form(ego), which is not the full truth.

To unfold the ‘Self’ hidden by the ‘I’ the seeker has to inquire into the nature of the ‘I’.

The ‘I’ appears as the universe. Inquiring into nature the universe is higher.

With the ‘WHO AM ‘I’? or ‘I AM THAT’- teaching is not the Advaitic wisdom of Sage Sankara wisdom. With the ‘WHO AM ‘I’? or ‘I AM THAT’- the journey is incomplete.

Sage Sankara introduced WHO AM ‘I’? or ‘I AM THAT’ for the lower stages and it becomes inadequate and useless as the seeker advances in his quest for truth.

Some Gurus in the past introduced WHO AM ‘I’? or ‘I AM THAT’ –as their own teaching with their own cocktail of imagination.

Self-knowledge is the knowledge of the whole, not the part. Therefore universe, which confronts one, has to be included in the inquiry to get the truth of the whole. Thus, the ‘WHO AM ’I’ inquiry does not help unfold the truth.

WHO AM ‘I’?- inquiry is helpful in the first stage, but the seeker has to go much beyond ‘WHO AM ’I’ ?. The seeker has to do his homework to realize the truth of the whole. :~ Santthosh Kumaar