Not by listening to the sermons of the Gurus, nor by the study of the scriptures, not by meritorious deeds, nor by any other means can one attain Atmic-awareness.+

 Not by listening to the sermons of the Gurus, nor by the study of the scriptures, not by meritorious deeds, nor by any other means can one attain Atmic-awareness, which is attainable only through association with the Gnanis and the clear quest of the Self.

People from all over the world come to India to get guidance from Gurus and their teaching and get stuck up emotionally with their chosen Guru and end up glorifying the Gurus and their teaching. So they forget their quest for truth. So their quest is incomplete hanging to the Gurus and their teaching.

After studying their Guru's teaching many become Gurus and start propagating what they know as the ultimate truth.

Many write books on Advaita. But such books are based on the borrowed knowledge from here and there. Such knowledge is not Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

All accumulated knowledge is of no use in the path of wisdom. Without realizing “What is the truth, it is impossible to realize “What is untruth?” Without realizing what is truth and what is untruth, it is impossible to assimilate the Self –Knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana. Thus, one must know with full and firm conviction what truth is.

Fortunate is the one who does not lose themselves in the ‘I-centric’ Gurus and their teachings. Fortunate is the man who does not lose himself in glorifying and worshipping Gurus and personal Gods but goes straight to the source from where the ‘I’ arises.

First, one has to mentally detach the ‘I’ from the Soul, the Self. The Soul is the formless witness who is unaffected by the coming and going of the ‘I’.

The goal of the truth seeker is to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana. Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana is inherent in every seeker of truth.

Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana does not come from outside, it is hidden within the world in which we exist. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar

The past, present, and future belong to you. You and the world in which you exist belong to the dualistic illusion.+

The past, present, and future belong to you. You and the world in which you exist belong to the dualistic illusion.

The past, present, and future have nothing to do with the Soul, the Self, which is present in the form of consciousness.

Remember: ~

First, realize the ‘Self is not within you. You are bound by the experience of birth, life, death, and the world whereas the ‘Self is birthless and deathless because it is ever formless, timeless, and spaceless existence.

The Soul is the Self. The Soul is present in the form of consciousness. \

Consciousness is the cause of the world in which you exist and it, itself is uncaused. Consciousness is the ultimate truth or Brahman or God in truth.

From the standpoint of the Soul, the Self the world in which you exist is merely an illusion. Thus, the world in which exists hides the Soul, which is the real God.

Till you think the ‘Soul, the Self’ is within you, you will never be able to realize God. God is not limited to you but it pervades in everything and everywhere in the world in which you exist.

You are with the body. You are born in this world. You are living in this world and you are going to die in this world. The world itself is an illusion.

When the ‘Self’ is not you but the ‘Self is the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness then what is the use of discussing birth, life, death, and the world because the one which is born, lives and dies is not the ‘Self. The Soul is birthless and deathless because it is an ever-formless, timeless, and spaceless existence.

You are the birth entity. Your existence is limited to form, time, and space.

Your religion, your religious Gods your beliefs, your religious rituals and prayers, your race, and your nationality have nothing to do with the Soul, the ‘Self’ because the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness itself is the ultimate truth or Brahman or God in truth.

It is not you have to establish in consciousness but by realizing you and your experience of the world is nothing but an illusion created out of consciousness Self-awareness is raised in the midst of the dualistic illusion.

Mentally reduce the world in which you exist into consciousness by realizing the world in which you exist is nothing but consciousness. If everything is consciousness then how can anything exist, which is not consciousness?

When the conviction about consciousness becomes firm then everything falls into the right slot.

Self-realization is very much necessary to realize the world is an illusion. Until and unless you realize the Self is not you but the Self is the Soul Self-realization is an impossibility. :~Santthosh Kumaar

'WHO AM 'I'? and ‘I AM THAT’-Gurus and their teachings are not yardsticks to realize the Advaitc truth.+

It has not been possible to preach Advaitic Truth entirely free from the settings of dualistic weakness it has not been more operative and useful to mankind at large because only a few will be able to grasp and realize it.

Remember ~ 'WHO AM 'I'? and I AM THAT- teachings and the Gurus are nothing to do with the Advaitic wisdom of Sage Sankara.

'WHO AM 'I'? and I AM THAT-Gurus and their teachings are not yardsticks to realize the Advaitc truth. Holding them as a yardstick leads to hallucination based on imagination.

'To realize the Advaitic Truth a freer and fuller scope the seeker has to realize the form, time and space are one in essence. And that essence is consciousness. The Soul the Self is present in the form of consciousness.

To realize the Advaitic truth the seeker has to be free from all superstitions and orthodox contaminations. The seeker has to be dedicated to acquiring Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana alone.’

Sage Sankara: ~ VC- 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 (verses-6)

It is clear that liberation cannot be the result of good works, for Sruti itself declares that there is no hope for immortality by means of wealth. (Verses -7)

Actions help to purify the mind but they do not, by themselves, contribute to the attainment of Reality. The attainment of the Reality is brought about only by Self-Inquiry and not in the least by even ten million acts. (11)

The fear and sorrow created by the delusory serpent in the rope can be ended only after fully ascertaining the truth of the rope through steady and balanced thinking. (12)

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

Ultimate success in spiritual endeavors depends chiefly upon the qualifications of the seeker. Auxiliary conveniences such as time And place all have a place indeed, but they are essentially secondary. (14)

He alone is considered qualified to enquire after the supreme Reality, which has discrimination, detachment, qualities of Calmness, etc., and a burning desire for liberation. The four-fold qualifications (verses 17)

Great sages have spoken of four qualifications for attainment which, when present, succeed in the realization of Brahman and In the absence of which the goal is not attained. (18)

(While enumerating the qualifications), first, we count the ability to discriminate between the Real and the unreal; next, comes a spirit of detachment from the enjoyment of the fruits of actions here and hereafter; after that is the groups of six virtues beginning with Calmness, and the last is undoubtedly an intense desire for liberation. (19)

A firm conviction that Brahman alone is Real and the phenomenal world is unreal is known as discrimination between the Real and The unreal. (20)

They have crossed the dreadful ocean of (embodied) existence through their own efforts and without any (personal) motives; they help others to cross it. (37)

Swami Vivekananda: ~ “The Higher your idea is, the more miserable you are,' for such a thing as an ideal cannot be attained in the world — or in this life, even. He who wants perfection in the world is a madman — for it cannot be. How can you find the infinite in the finite?

Consciousness is the root element of the universe. Consciousness is present in the form of the Soul, the Self. From the Soul, the universe comes into existence. In the Soul, the universe resides. In addition, into the Soul the universe dissolves. The Soul is the parent of all that is there.

Rest in consciousness, by realizing the universe in which you exist is nothing but consciousness. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar

If the ‘I’ is true, let it then be perceived in the state of deep sleep also. As it is not at all perceived, it must be unreal and false like dreams.+

If the ‘I’ is true, let it then be perceived in the state of deep sleep also. As it is not at all perceived, it must be unreal and false like dreams. The seeker has to dive deeper and deeper to unfold the mystery of his true existence.

The basic purpose of seeking the truth is to discover the truth of our true existence. The truth of our true existence will be revealed only by discovering the source of the physical existence.

Physical existence means the universe. The universe means ‘mind’. The mind means ‘I’.

First, analyze the universe. How this universe came into existence. And what this universe is supposed to be in truth.

As you go deeper and deeper in analyzing you will discover that the universe is dependent on the ‘I’. Without the ‘I’ the universe ceases to exist. Thus the ‘I’ is the main ingredient to investigate.

As you go deeper you will find: ~

The ‘I’ appears along with the universe.

The ‘I’ disappears along with the universe.

As you go still deeper you will find.

The ‘I’ is there only when the mind is there.

The ‘I’ appears along with the mind.

The ‘I’ disappears along with the mind.

As you go deeper you will find: ~

The mind appears along with the universe.

The mind disappears along with the universe.

As you go deeper you will find: ~

The universe appears along with the waking experience.

The universe disappears along with the waking experience.

As you go deeper you will find: ~

The dream universe appears along with the dream.

The dream universe disappears along with the dream.

The dream is a parallel waking experience.

The waking experience is a parallel dream.

As you go deeper you will find: ~

‘I’ disappears into deep sleep.

Along with the ‘I’ the mind disappears.

Along with ‘I', the universe disappears.

Along with ‘I’, the waking disappears.

Along with the ‘I’ dream disappears.

So,

‘I’ is one behind the mind.

The ‘I’ is the one behind the universe.

The ‘I’ is the one behind the waking.

The ‘I’ is the one behind the dream.

So,

Where this ‘I’ disappeared in deep sleep.

As you go deeper you will find: ~

The duality is present only when ‘I’ is present.

The duality is present only when the mind is present.

The duality is present only when the universe is present.

The duality is present only when the waking is present.

The duality is present only when the dream is present.

But

The duality is absent in deep sleep.

The ‘I’ is absent in deep sleep.

The mind is absent in deep sleep.

The universe is absent in deep sleep.

The waking is absent in deep sleep.

The dream is absent in deep sleep.

So,

In deep sleep, there is only the non-dualistic reality.

So, find out,

What is it that appears as duality and what is it that disappears nonduality?

~ It is the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness is the cause of the ‘I’, and it, itself is uncaused.

The Soul ~ the One without the Second.

The Soul is the spiritual heart. The Soul is Self-evident. It is not established by extraneous proofs. It is not possible to deny the Soul because It is the very essence of the one who denies It.

The Soul is the basis of all kinds of knowledge, presuppositions, and proofs. Self is within, the Self is without; the Self is before, the Self is behind; the Self is on the right, the Self is on the left; the Self is above and the Self is below.

The Soul is everything. Thus, the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness, is the ultimate truth or Brahman.

There is no need to accept what l write but verify by diving deeply to realize the truth, which is hidden by the illusory form, time, and space. : ~Santthosh Kumaar

As we keep digging deeper and deeper, the truth will shine as nondual awareness in the midst of the duality (waking).+

As we keep digging deeper and deeper, the truth will shine as nondual awareness in the midst of the duality (waking).

The Soul, the Self is our ultimate teacher. It is only our inner teacher that will walk with us to the goal, for the Soul is the goal.

Millions are searching for truth but one in a million will realize it.

Deliberate daily exercise in discrimination between real and unreal and renunciation of the false is real renunciation.

Truth is One; It is called by different names. All people are seeking the same Truth...

Everyone is going toward the ultimate goal. They will all realize the ultimate truth or Brahman if they have sincerity and longing to realize it.

Bhagavan Buddha: ~It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles. Then the victory is yours. It cannot be taken from you, not by angels or by demons, heaven or hell.

Inner longing to know the truth, sharpness to grasp, and courage to accept the truth leads one to Self-awareness.

People are immersed in ignorance and experience the illusion as reality, and they do not exert themselves to know the reality of their true existence.

By clinging to things of the unreal world they think of their experience of birth, life, death, and the world as reality.

Remember:~

Blinded with the illusion very few grasp the non-dualistic or Advaitic truth. Only a few escape from the web of illusion, and only a few will be able to acquire nondualistic or Advaitic wisdom.

The non-duality has to be grasped in the midst of the waking experience (duality or mind or universe).

Being aware of the truth and untruth, reality and unreality. And able to establish himself in the truth and able to view and judge, the three states, on the base of the Soul, the Self, which is the ultimate truth or Brahman or God in truth.

Unfortunately, people are stuck with their accumulated ideas based on the false self, imagine nonduality and say nothing exists and call it emptiness.

A Gnani says everything exists (illusion) but everything is created out of the Soul or consciousness.

Everything rises from the Soul and subsides as the Soul (Spirit or consciousness).

Thus, the whole diversity has no relevance, from the standpoint of the Soul as the Self.

Everything (illusion or matter) is nothingness (Spirit or consciousness) realizing the three states are created out of nothingness.

Nothingness is the nature of the Soul because there is no second thing that exists other than the Soul, the Self.

Thus, consciousness is the ultimate truth or Brahman or God in truth.: ~Santthosh Kumaar

A donkey with a load of holy books is still a donkey. A person who mastered scriptural knowledge is still a scholar, not a Gnani.+

A donkey with a load of holy books is still a donkey. A person who mastered scriptural knowledge is still a scholar, not a Gnani.

By studying the holy books and sacrifices to the gods, performing rituals, and worshiping the deities, there is no freedom without the realization of one’s identity with the Soul, the Self, which is present in the form of consciousness.

There is no hope of immortality through riches. Action or inaction cannot be the cause of freedom because inaction also is action and action and inaction are part of the duality.

People think by using lesser words or by keeping silent the truth emerges on its own, but they keep hoping and remain in the prison of dualistic illusion or Maya.

The seeker of truth has to strive his best for freedom from experiencing the illusion as reality and fix his attention on the Soul, the Self, which is the cause of the illusory universe.

The Soul is present in the form of consciousness and is the cause of the illusory universe.

Consciousness alone is real and eternal, and it is the source of the illusory universe from where it rises and subsides.

The seeker of truth has to give up all physical-based theoretical practices.

The seeker will realize the waking experience in which the individual experiences birth, life, death, and the world as reality are also as unreal as the dream.

By realizing the formless substance and witness of the three states as consciousness one becomes free from experiencing the duality as reality.

Remember:~

All the religious scriptures and holy books are irrelevant -- God's greatest book is just in front of you.

That is why 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.

You have to study the book of the universe carefully and find and realize God hidden in it.

All religions claim that their books are not man-made? Hindus claim that the Vedas are Aporsheya: not made by man but revealed by God himself; and Sanskrit is the divine language, not human.

All religions have the same type of claim. Muslims say the Koran has descended from God, and so with Jews and Christians.

Everybody is trying to claim that their book is the sacred book and nobody bothers to look at the real divine book.

This is what the real Veda, the real Koran, the real Bible is. This is the book, and all other books are man-made. Only this universe is the book that is authored by God because God is hidden by the universe.

The universe is the real Veda, the real Koran, the real Bible is. The universe is the book, and all other books are man-made.

Only when you open the book of the universe the God hidden in the book will be revealed. When you finish reading the book of the universe then the universe will become an illusion and God alone prevails as the ultimate reality.

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, in something detrimental to our spiritual progress.

You are also part of the divine book of the universe! And whatever you have seen, known, believed, and experienced as an individual is part of it. :~Santthosh Kumaar

The goal of the true seeker is to acquire the Advaitic wisdom of Sage Sankara.+

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. The Advaitic wisdom of Sage Sankara is the end of all egocentric knowledge.

People always need some sort of hope when their minds are not yet enlightened. "Self is closer to man than his own veins." "With the Self-Knowledge, one will begin to know the ultimate truth, to finally realize that the Self is not the form and becomes conscious that the ‘Self’ is the ‘Spirit’.

Most people lack the patience and perseverance to investigate and collect all the data before judging: hence they assume Guru or Godmen are great because other people say so, or that he is wise because he, himself says so, or that what he teaches is true because it attracts them. Such an attitude and easy assumptions become an obstacle to unfolding the truth and it requires some trouble to put into effect.

 

'I-centric' gurus and their teaching is not the Advaitic wisdom of Sage Sankara. Those who want Advaitic Gnana will not hold anything as real of the illusory world because they will not be able to transcend the dualistic illusion.

 

Accept nothing on the authority of a Godman or genius of the past or present but only if it proves true after the examination. Sticking to a physical Guru or yogi sentimentally and emotionally will block Self-realization. No Guru can transmit wisdom to you. You have to do your own homework.

 

Vedas bar human worship: ~

 

"They are enveloped in darkness, in other words, are steeped in ignorance and sunk in the greatest depths of misery who worship the uncreated, eternal Prakriti -- the material cause of the world -- in place of the All-pervading God, But those who worship visible things born of the Prakriti, such as the earth, trees, bodies (human and the like) in place of God are enveloped in still greater darkness, in other words, they are extremely foolish, fall into an awful hell of pain and sorrow, and suffer terribly for a long time.":~ (Yajur Veda 40:9.)

 

Then why worship and glorify the Gurus and Yogis (human form) in place of God when Veda bars such activities and it also warns people who indulge in such activities to are enveloped in still greater darkness, in other words, they are extremely foolish, fall into an awful hell of pain and sorrow, and suffer terribly for a long time.

No one has ever seen God by practicing religion or yoga or indulging in glorifying the religious God and Goddesses because God exists prior to the form, time, and space. The form, time, and space cease to exist as a reality when wisdom dawns. 

Gods and Gurus have no place in the domain of the Advaitic reality. Advaita is the nature of the Soul, which is God in truth. Thus, Self-realization is the only way to God-realization.:~Santthosh Kumaar