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 

The modern generation is more advanced and capable of reasoning and discriminating. +

The modern generation is more advanced and capable of reasoning and discriminating. Thus, the modern generation is more advanced and seeks to know the ultimate truth or Brahman

It is high time for the orthodox highly educated noble Advaitins to realize their religious-based orthodox path was meant for the ignorant in the past therefore, it is outdated and not suited for the modern generation.

The right path for the modern generation is the path of the Advaitic wisdom of Sage Sankara. The orthodox Advaita has nothing to do with the ultimate truth or Brahman. Thus, getting stuck with the religious path is getting stuck with the dualistic illusion. Getting stuck with dualistic illusion is getting stuck with falsehood.

Getting stuck with the falsehood is accepting the illusory experience of birth, life, death, and the world as a reality. Thus, the people who want freedom or Moksha right here, right now, that is, in this very life and in this very world must follow the path of wisdom.

The orthodoxy is the path of ignorance because it recognizes the experience of birth, life, death, and the world as a reality.

It is high time to stop judging who is right and who is wrong in this unreal world instead one has to spend the same time acquiring Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

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 the darkness.

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

All your opinions, judgments, and arguments based on a dualistic perspective are nothing but ignorance.+

Every individual’s judgment of the worldview is based on the dualistic perspective.  The dualistic judgment is based on the ‘I’, which is ignorance. Thus, whatever is based on the dualistic perspective is ignorance.

All your opinions, judgments, and arguments based on a dualistic perspective are nothing but ignorance not concerned with the truth hidden by the ‘I’, which is the dualistic illusion.

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 (religious) adulteration has to be bifurcated to realize the ultimate truth, which is beyond form, time, and space.

The ‘I’ 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 ‘I’, they take it as real. That is why all the confusion. 

Remember:~ 

He who meditates on the ‘I’ does not comprehend it, for it is then incomplete because the Self is not the ‘I’ but the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.  

When it is associated with the ‘I’, the Soul, the Self is not revealed in its totality. The Soul, the Self alone, in its totality, is to be meditated upon, for in it all things become unified . . . .

This Soul, the Self is dearer than a son, dearer than wealth, dearer than everything else, because it is the innermost Reality.

One should meditate upon the Soul, the Self alone as dear. He who meditates upon the Soul, the Self alone as dear ~ what he holds dear will not perish.

The sun shines during the day. The moonbeams at night. The sun and the moon and stars and planet or the whole cosmos exist only with the dualistic illusion.

The Soul, the Self was indeed Brahman or God in truth from the beginning. The Soul, the ‘Self’ was in its own awareness. The Soul, the ‘Self’ is the fullness of consciousness.

Whosoever comprehends this truth also becomes Brahman. Whosoever realized the Soul, the Self as Brahman or God in truth," becomes one with Brahman or God in truth.

If a man worships God as though God is one thing and he (the man) is another, then this man is far from the truth.

If the seeker after the truth who has realized the Soul itself is the ultimate truth or Brahman or God in truth through and through, then ignorance diminishes and fades away. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar