Saturday, 15 February 2025

People who are stuck to religion are unfit to acquire Self-knowledge Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.+

The seeker has to realize that religion, rituals religious God with form and attributes, and its code of conduct are not meant for those who are seeking the truth.
Indulging in religious activities is like burying the truth in the garbage.
People who are stuck to religion are unfit to acquire Self-knowledge Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.
Advaita is not concerned with any religion. Advaita is pure Spirituality. Advaita is the Soul, the Spirit. Advaita itself is the God in truth.
Self-knowledge or Atma Gnana or Brahma Gnana cannot be attained by one who is without strength or earnestness or without the receptiveness and courage to accept the truth and reject the untruth.
If a serious seeker strives sincerely through deeper self-search he will realize the Self is not the I’ but the ‘Self’ is the Soul, which witnesses the coming and going, of the ‘I’.
The Soul is the Self. The Soul is present in the form of consciousness.
If the Soul is the Self then whatever is based on ‘I’ is bound to be a falsehood.
The ‘I’ is not limited to the physical body because ‘I’ is the whole world in which you exist. Without the ‘I’, the world, in which you exist ceases to exist.
WHO AM ‘I’? ~ inquiry is inadequate and useless to unfold the mystery of the ‘I’.
Thus, it is necessary to know what this ‘I’ is in actuality.
What is this ‘I’?
The ‘I’ is ignorance.
The ‘I’ is duality.
‘I’ is an illusion.
The ‘I’ is the mind.
The ‘I’ is the universe.
The ‘I’ is the waking.
The ‘I’ is the dream.
The ‘I’ is form, time, and space together.
The ‘I’ is the experience of birth, life, death, and the world.
Through deeper self-search, the seeker realizes the Self’ is not the ‘I’ but the Soul. Thus, all the ‘I’ based teaching has no value for the seeker who has crossed the boundaries of the ‘I’.
If you cross the boundary of the ‘I’ then the ignorance vanishes.
If the ignorance vanishes the falsity of the ‘I’ is exposed.
If the falsity of the ‘I is exposed then the ‘I’ becomes an illusion.
If the ‘I’ is an illusion then the form, time, and space are bound to be an illusion.
If the form, time, and space are an illusion then the world in which we exist is an illusion.
If the world in which we exist is an illusion then the experience of the birth, life, death, and the world.
It is only the sincerity and earnestness of the seeker that helps him to realize the truth to unfold the truth hidden by the ‘I’.
The truth beyond the ‘I’ starts revealing on its own if the seeker moves in the right direction with a perfect understanding of ‘what is what’.

Anyone who has humility and patience and is sincere and ready to drop their accumulated dross and receptive to accept the truth will be able to acquire Self-knowledge or Braham Gnana or Atma Gnana: ~Santthosh Kumaar

The proof of God’s existence is not possible without knowing what God is supposed to be in actuality. God is existence itself.+

The proof of God’s existence is not possible without knowing what God is supposed to be in actuality. God in truth is existence itself.

Sage Sankara is the only one who proved the existence of God from the Vedic perspective and also proved the existence of God rationally.

Sage Sankara himself had often said that his philosophy was based on Shruti, 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 Shruti and arrive at the truth of Non-Dualism by pure reason.

When Sage Sankara says Brahman or God is impersonal and attributeless then why to worship God with form, names, and attributes.

God and Goddess are religious concepts. Whatever is seen, known, believed, and experienced as a person within the dualistic illusion (world) is a falsehood.

Sage Sankara’s Supreme Brahman (God) is impersonal, Nirguna (without Gunas or attributes), Nirakara (formless), Nirvisesha (without special characteristics), immutable, eternal, and Akarta (non-agent). It is above all needs and desires. It is always the Witnessing Subject. It can never become an object as it is beyond the reach of the senses. Brahman is non-dual, one without a second. It has no other besides it. It is destitute of difference, either external or internal. Brahman cannot be described because description implies a distinction. Brahman cannot be distinguished from any other than it. In Brahman, there is no distinction between substance and attribute. Awareness constitutes the very essence or the true nature of Brahman, and not just its attributes. The attributeless Brahman of Sage Sankara is impersonal.

When Sage Sankara says Atman is Brahman or God then why believe and accept anything as God other than the Atman. Vedas say May ye never turn away from the Atman the innermost self. May ye never accept another God in place of the Atman nor worship other than the Atman?

~ Then, why worship non-Vedic Gods in place of Atman, the real God. Self-realization is truth-realization. Truth-realization is God-realization and God-realization is real worship.

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. One must realize the difference between the ordinary concept of God and the truth about God.

Religious Gods are based on blind belief. Religious God cannot be considered as the cause of the universe because the Soul, the ‘Self’ is the cause of the universe.

Without the Soul, the universe in which you exist ceases to exist, which means the religious God is dependent on the Soul for his existence.

Even 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)

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

Sage Sankara is the only Sage who proved the existence of God by declaring that Atman is the only one ultimate reality or Brahman. Brahman is God in truth.

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 is merely an illusion.

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

The Soul, the Self itself is Brahman or God in truth. God in truth is present in the form of consciousness. God is ever-present. Without consciousnesses, the world, in which you exist ceases to exist.

God in truth is Self-evident. God i in truth not established by extraneous proofs. It is not possible to deny the existence of God in truth because it is the very essence of the one who denies it. God in truth is the basis of all kinds of knowledge, presuppositions, and proofs. God in truth is everything. God in truth is present in the form of consciousness, is the ultimate truth or Brahman or God in truth.

The 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 nothing has to be accepted as God other than consciousness.

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

God in truth is beyond is hidden by the physical existence. God in truth can never be proved, through intellectual argument but God in truth can be realized by getting rid of ignorance. Only by acquiring Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana getting rid of ignorance is possible. : ~Santthosh Kumaar

Many seekers are stuck up with the idea of experiencing the Self and have become identified with those experiences, thinking, they have realized the Self.+

Many seekers are stuck up with the idea of experiencing the Self and have become identified with those experiences, thinking, they have realized the Self.

If one bases it on the sayings of some Guru and Saints, even granting that they honestly believed in their experiences, there is still the query of how they know that these experiences were the truth. Because the experience is possible only in the domain of form, time, and space. The form, time, and space are within the dualistic illusion or Maya.

Thus, whatever experience experienced within the dualistic illusion is bound to be a falsehood.
Whatever we believe in what we see feel and experience is within the dualistic illusion. The truth cannot be ascertained through experiences.

The experience implies duality. If one says it is anubhava or experience, then my experience differs from yours: Such disagreement does not settle the matter.

People have stopped before reaching the final stage where all experiences disappear. Enlightenment is not an experience. However beautiful and enchanting an experience you come across, it is merely a hallucination because the Self is not you but the invisible Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.

The ultimate in the journey is the point when there is no experience There is nothing as an object for the Soul, the Self, but only subjectivity.

Many seekers have gotten stuck in beautiful experiences, and have become identified with those experiences, thinking, “I have Self-realized. They have stopped before reaching the final stage where there is experience to experience.

Self-realization is not an experience. However beautiful and enchanting an experience one may come across it is merely a hallucination. :~Santthosh Kumaar

Meditation is an individual act.+

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

Meditation is an individual act. The Soul the Self, is not an individual because it is an ever formless, timeless, and spaceless existence. Meditation is possible within the domain of the illusory form, time, and space.

The form, time, and space are the product of ignorance. When ignorance vanishes, then only reality appears.

The mind is virtually the universe. The universe appears as the waking or dream (duality) and disappears as deep sleep (nonduality). Efforts should be made to understand the mind. Advaitic wisdom is an ancient truth preserved as a secret by sages of truth.

We are within the illusion. Whatever we have seen, felt, known, believed, and experienced is also within the illusion. The formless substance and witness of the illusion is the Soul the Self.

In Self-awareness, the substance and witness are one in essence. That essence is the Soul which is present in the form of consciousness (Spirit).
The dream entity and the dream world are within the dream. Similarly, you and your experience of the world are within the waking experience.

The witness of the dream is not the waking entity. Similarly, the witness of the waking experience is not the waking entity.

The Soul is the witness of the coming and going of the three states.

The three states have nothing to do with the Soul, the Self because, from the standpoint of the Soul the Self, the three states are non-existent as reality. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar

Consciousness pervades everything and everywhere in all three states.+

The ‘I’ is not a thought. The ‘I’ is the mind. The mind is the whole universe. The universe appears as the waking or dream (duality and disappears as deep sleep (non-duality). 

The one that appears as waking or dream (duality) and disappears as deep sleep (nonduality), is the Soul, the Self. The Soul is present in the form of consciousness. Consciousness pervades everything and everywhere in all three states.

Without knowing what is the mind?-it is impossible to realize the truth, which is beyond form, time, and space. 

People think the mind is within the body, but deeper self-search reveals the fact that the world in which you exist itself is the mind. When the ‘I’ is there then only the mind is there. 

If the mind is there then only the universe is there. If the universe is there then only the waking is there. Thus, it is very much necessary to realize the ‘what ‘I’ is in actuality. 

Without knowing ‘what is this ‘I’ it is impossible to realize the ‘I-less’ truth, which is beyond form, time, and space.

Till you hold the ‘Self ‘as the ‘I’ you will never be able to get Self-realization. ‘I’ hides the Soul, which is the Self. ‘

'I’ is ignorance.

‘I’ is the duality.

‘I’ is the form, time, and space.

‘I’ is the universe.

‘I’ is the waking.

‘I’ is the dream.

‘I’ is the illusion.

‘I’ is the experience of birth, life, death, and the world.

But remember:~

Without the ‘I’ there is no ignorance.

Without the ‘I’ there is no duality.

Without the ‘I’ there is no form, time, and space.

Without the ‘I’ there is no universe.

Without the ‘I’ there is no waking.

Without the ‘I’ there is no dream.

Without the ‘I’ there is no illusion.

Without the ‘I’ there is no experience of birth, life, death, and the world.

The ‘I’ hides the truth of the whole. The ‘I’ hides the truth.

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.

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

Bhagavad Gita says: ~ “The permanent is always there, only the transient ‘I’ comes and goes.+

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

The ‘I’ hides the truth of the whole.
Where there is ‘I’ there is ignorance.
Where there is ignorance there is separation.
Where there is a separation there is duality.
Where there is duality there is an illusion.
Where there is illusion there is mind.
Where there is mind,  there is the universe.
Where there is the universe,  there is a waking or dream.
Where there is a universe there is waking or dream there is form, time, and space
But remember:~
Where there is no ‘I’ there is no ignorance.
Where there is no ignorance there is no separation.
Where there is no separation there is no duality.
Where there is no duality there is no illusion.
Where there is no illusion there is no mind.
Where there is no mind there is no universe.
Where there is no universe there is no waking or dream.
Where there is no waking or dream there is no form, time, and space
When there are no divisions of form, time, and space, there is the Advaitic reality.
Perfect understanding of ‘what is what leads to the realization of Advaitic truth, which is beyond the form, time, and space.:~Santthosh Kumaar 

Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana frees the Soul, the Self from the cage of the dualistic illusion.+

Humanity has to awaken to the reality of its true existence by realizing the world in which humanity exists is merely an illusion created out of consciousness through Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.
Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana frees the Soul, the Self from the cage of the dualistic illusion.
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.
People dwelling in ignorance but thinking themselves wise and erudite, go round and round by various blind beliefs and tortuous paths and practices, like the blind led by the blind.
Swami Vivekananda said:~ "The Vedas teach that the Soul is divine, only held in the bondage of matter; perfection will be reached when this bond will burst, and the word they use for it is, therefore, Mukthi - freedom, freedom from the bonds of imperfection, freedom from death and misery."
The truth is very simple, but it is very difficult to grasp because of ignorance. You have to only realize the world in which you exist is created out of a single clay. And that single clay is the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.
Thus, you and your body and the world in which you exist are nothing but consciousness because they are merely an illusion created out of consciousness. A perfect understanding of ‘what is what’ is needed.
The world is full of various names and forms which are ever-changing. They are transient in nature. They have a birth and a death. Hence, they cannot be called real. The reality is that which is true always, which exists always without birth or death.
Therefore, God or Brahman which is the substratum of the universe is alone real. The attainment of this knowledge is Moksha (Liberation).
The mind appeared as the universe. The universe is the illusion, In illusion is one shadowed by doubts. Within the illusion is our birth, life, and death, and the world is a reality.
If one discovers the source of the mind then he realizes the ultimate truth. The nature of the mind is consciousness.
Until one thinks that the Self is physical he is in the bondage of duality. Until he is in the bondage of duality he experiences the illusion as a reality.
How is the Mind born? In which way is the release? The Mind is a chronic malady but within it also is its remedy.
When one discovers and realizes the substance of the mind then the mind stills, and one destroys the sense of the Second thing. For egocentrics, the universe is a reality. One should see consciousness within the mind (I) but without the mind (I).
People are immersed and intoxicated by egocentricity. The egocentrics are filled with cravings for material things and myriad hopes of all kinds. They are gripped by the chronic disease of egocentricity.

Discovering and realizing the truth that the Self is not physical but consciousness is the only cure to overcome the duality, which is experienced as a reality. : ~Santthosh Kumaar 

A deeper investigation “Who Am I?- inquiry.+

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