Ashtavakra Gita: ~ Know the Self to be One and in this way enter into the state of dissolution."

Ashtavakra Gita: ~ “The universe raises from the Soul, the Self’ like bubbles from the sea. Thus, know the Self to be One and in this way enter into the state of dissolution."

The Soul is light that illuminates the whole cosmos. As soon as you get a glimpse of the Reality of true existence, you will realize the ‘Self is not you but the ‘Self is the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.

No can one see the Soul as it really is? You see the world that confronts you except the Soul. The illusory universe hides the Soul’s reality.

Swami Vivekananda: This bending the knee to superstitions, this selling yourself to your own mind does not befit you, the Soul. Self is infinite, deathless, and birthless. Because the Self is 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. Self is the entire world. Who can help you?

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.

The seeker must know with full and firm conviction what truth is.

Advatic wisdom consists in knowing the truth, that everything (mind or physical existence) is consciousness.

Freedom (ultimate truth) is always there yet one does not know it. But to those whose reason is turned away from physicality and who have attained the serenity of the Soul, the Self, which is present in the form of consciousness, is quite near to realizing the ultimate truth or Brahman.

Ashtavakra: ~ Diamonds are not many; only pebbles and rocks are so common. A single diamond is enough: ~ Santthosh Kumaar

Religious believers constantly quarreling with one another claiming that their religion is superior to other religions.+

Religious believers constantly quarreling with one another claiming that their religion is superior to other religions.

Religious people haven't the intelligence to understand that in reality there is nothing that exists other than the universal God, which is present in the form of the Spirit. The Spirit is the Self.

The ultimate truth is One and universal. All people are seeking the same Truth..... Everyone is going toward the ultimate Goal. They will all realize the ultimate truth or Brahman or God if they have sincerity and longing to realize it.

Religion causes one to become crippled, Self-mortifying and Self-deprecating is not a religion, but the social system of controlling the populace through psychological deformation and retardation.

One can think only within the waking experience. Therefore, even if one stops thinking he still remains a man without the thoughts. The thoughts will not form without form, feeling, perception mental formation, and consciousness. If one of these things is not there, then the thoughts will not form.

The thoughts will not stop until one becomes aware that, the Self is formless. It is impossible to get rid of the form without understanding ‘What is the mind? is and ‘What is the substance of the mind? ‘What is the source of the mind?

The formless Soul, the ‘Self’, when known becomes an object. The Soul, when realized, then it becomes consciousness. This is the distinction between knowing and realizing.

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Religion and yoga deal with lower knowledge. Sages ignored these rituals and went in search of higher knowledge. ... Such rituals and yoga are unsafe rafts for crossing the Ocean of ignorance.

Doomed to shipwreck are those who try to cross the ocean of ignorance on these poor rafts. Ignorant of their own ignorance, yet wise in their own esteem, these deluded men proud of their vain learning go round and round like the blind led by the blind.

Sage Sankara said 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.

Advaitic wisdom has nothing to do with egocentric Advaitic orthodoxy and other dualistic philosophies.

If you are a seeker of truth nothing but the truth the seeker has to drop all his accumulated knowledge and start afresh.

As the seeker digs into older posts and blogs old as well as new he will start finding answers for all his cobwebs of doubts and confusion.

The Atmic path makes the seeker think independently without outer spoon-feeding. Therefore there is a need to read, reflect, think, and reason again and again umpteen times until it is firmly rooted in the subconscious.

Once the Advaitic firmly takes root in the subconscious then you get the soulcentric vision of the universe. :~Santthosh Kumaar

Without reading the full subject matter coming to a judgment on your own point of view is not wisdom.+

Without reading the full subject matter coming to a judgment on your own point of view is not wisdom. Holding your accumulated knowledge and passing opinions without knowing the subject matter discussed fully will not yield wisdom.

Mixing religious views in the Atmic path is a great hindrance in realizing the truth hidden by ignorance. The religious orthodox knowledge has nothing to do with the Atmic path.

The Atmic path is not for those who think whatever they have read and heard from others is the ultimate truth. Such a mindset is not fit to acquire Self-knowledge. Such a mindset is a prisoner of their intellectual wealth. Their ‘I know attitude blocks than from realizing the truth is hidden by the ‘I’.

There is no need to agree or disagree with what is said in my postings or blogs. By agreeing or disagreeing the wisdom will not dawn. Those who agree will move further and reach the ultimate end of their understanding and those who disagree will remain stagnant with their own intellectual wealth.

The Atmic path is not for those who think they know is the ultimate truth because they have studied and mastered Vedanta and other scriptures. The Atmic path is for those who are seriously seeking the truth.

Atmic Path is not a question-and-answer session. The Atmic path is not the path to exchange views and opinions.

I have bifurcated what is not needed to realize the truth, which is beyond form, time, and space.

Some people expect me to comment on their individual views opinions and experiences.

I do not want to mix others' views opinions and experiences, which is of no use in the Atmic path. I share only what is revealed to me from the inner core.

Self-knowledge will not arise from the exchange of views opinions and arguments.

The accumulated knowledge is not a yardstick, to realize the truth beyond the form, time, and space.

In the path of wisdom discussion of the unimportant subject matter creates a hindrance.

The path of truth is the path of verification. Nothing has to be accepted as truth without verification. Agreeing to disagree causes unnecessary friction.

Sharing is giving info for the sake of goodness. As with all things, achieving a balance of peaceful communication is established with respect, humility, understanding, and patience. Balancing an achievement is harder.

The seeker has to stop passing unimportant opinions on the Atmic path. The Atmic path is not the path of discussion, but the path of realization of the truth. :~Santthosh Kumaar

The scriptures are filled just with information. By accumulating information it is imposible acquire Advaitic wisdom.+

The scriptures are filled just with information. By accumulating information it is impossible to acquire Advaitic wisdom. No matter how much one knows, wisdom is not attained.

One can go on gathering more and more knowledge, learn the scriptures by heart, become parrots, memorize each and every sutra or stanza, let the complete Vedas be imprinted in his memory -- but still, the wisdom will not dawn.

People think that mastering scriptural knowledge is wisdom. Pundits and religious gurus call scriptural knowledge as wisdom. Scriptural knowledge binds one instead thus it is not liberation. Wisdom is that which liberates one from experiencing the duality as reality

Mundaka Upanishads: ~ “So-called spiritual pundits and learned are called children because a child takes whatever it thinks as truth. The question never occurs to children “Is what I have seen or thought really the truth?" (P.334 line 9)

Scriptures are not needed in the pursuit of truth. Even the Upanishads and the sages of truth declare the same.

The ultimate truth has to be ascertained without the scriptures by realizing the Self is neither the waking entity nor the dream entity but the Self is the Soul which is present in the form of consciousness.

In the realm of truth form, time, and space are created out of single stuff. That single stuff is consciousness. Realizing the single stuff as the ultimate truth is Self-realization or truth realization. To realize this truth there is no need for the scriptures.

The ultimate truth has to be realized first then only it is possible to know what the scriptures are saying.

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.

I quote Scriptural citation only after verifying reality and is proved truth, to point out that the scriptures teach the same thing. If one quotes them before having demonstrated the truth, then it is scholasticism.

Self-knowledge cannot be attained by taking sanyasa, 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 Bhagavan Buddha rejected the scriptures, and even Sage Sri, Sankara indicated that the ultimate truth lies beyond religion, the concept of God, and scriptures.

There is only one Reality to be known, the same for all seekers, but the ways to it, are hidden by the religion.

Self-discovery is the only way, toward the non-dual Absolute without any religious doctrines, which will help the seekers to unfold the mystery of the illusion in which we all are searching for the truth of our true existence. :~Santthosh Kumar

Mundaka Upanishads: ~ “So-called spiritual pundits and learned are called children because a child takes whatever it thinks as truth.+

Mundaka Upanishads: ~ “So-called spiritual pundits and learned are called children because a child takes whatever it thinks as truth. The question never occurs to children “Is what I have seen or thought really the truth?" (P.334 line 9)

That is why Sage Sankara says: ~ VC 56. Neither by Yoga, nor by Sankhya, nor by good 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.

63. Without causing the objective universe to vanish and without knowing the truth of the Self, how is one to achieve Liberation by the mere utterance of the word Brahman? — It would result merely in an effort of speech.

64. Without killing one’s enemies, and possessing oneself of the splendor of the entire surrounding region, one cannot claim to be an emperor by merely saying, ‘I am an emperor’.

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.

66. Therefore the wise should, as in the case of disease and the like, personally strive by all the means in their power to be free from the bondage of repeated births and deaths.

Then there is no need for the scriptures, religion, and idea of God. One has to be more rational to realize the Advaitic truth, which is the ultimate truth or scientific truth.

It takes time for the seeker to gain the perfect understanding of ‘what is truth’ and ‘’what is untruth’. It takes time for the Soul, the Self to wake up from the sleep of ignorance, and it takes time for one to realize the truth, which is beyond the form, time, and space. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar

You are roaming around aimlessly to find the truth not knowing where to find the truth you are seeking for.+

You are roaming around aimlessly to find the truth not knowing where to find the truth you are seeking for.

You are caught up in the prison of accumulated knowledge, beliefs, dogmas, and superstition, and trying to search for the truth within the frame world of religion and the yogic path.

You are so sentimentally attached to your religious belief it is impossible to realize the truth, which is hidden under the debris of your inherited beliefs.

Religion keeps the Soul in the cage of ignorance. A Gnani knows ‘what is truth and what is the untruth.

A Gnani says there is no need to search for the truth in the world in which he exists.

The world is merely an illusion created out of the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. Consciousness is the ultimate truth or Brahman or God in truth.

Consciousness is prior to the world in which you exist. Consciousness is the cause of the world in which you exist and it, itself is uncaused.

This truth is already declared by Sage Sankara 1200 years back. So, there is no need to search for the truth you have only realize the truth by removing all the mental blocks one by one, which are obstructing you from realizing the ‘Self is not you but the ‘Self’ is Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.

The pursuit of truth is a mental journey. The path is straight. The path is the inner path. You will not find the path in the world in which you exist. Because you have chosen the outer path you are facing difficulty finding what you are seeking.

If you drop all the accumulated baggage you can go straight without being obstructed by any obstacles and reach the inner destination.

The Self is the destination. The ‘Self is what you are seeking. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar

Yogi practicing samadhi. Samadhi is not different from sleep. Yogi cannot get Advaitic wisdom because yoga is based on individuals.+

Yogi practicing samadhi. Samadhi is not different from sleep. Yogi cannot get Advaitic wisdom because yoga is based on individuals.

The individual has no reality because the individual belongs to the illusory universe or Maya. His yogic bliss is not concerned with Advaitic Gnana.

The universe must be seen before Advaitic Gnana can be got. You must know with full and firm conviction the universe is nothing but consciousness in the midst of the objective universe.

To achieve this, you must first examine the universe. If the inquiry does not include the universe then it is incomplete.

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.

You just study the nature of the universe with all the seriousness and sincerity to unfold the mystery of the universe. That is all you have to do.

Until the mystery of the universe is not solved, the Self hidden by the illusory universe will not be realized.

Reality is hidden by unreality. The universe in which we exist hides the truth. Whatever belongs to you is unreal.

Consciousness is the one single reality or Brahman. The individual self is a reality within the illusory universe or Maya.

Look into the nature of the universe. And you will be able to see that the universe by its very nature is illusory. The moment you understand that the universe is illusory, ignorance disappears and Self-awareness arises.

Self-awareness is the state of non-dual reality. That is the state of Advaita.

People never realize non-dualistic awareness through religion and yoga.

Self-awareness raises only by mentally transcending the dualistic illusion into non-dualistic reality.: ~Santthosh Kumaar