Be an independent thinker. You should not stop seeking until they find the ultimate truth.
Jesus said: ~"Those who seek should not stop seeking until they find. When they find, they will be disturbed. When they are disturbed, they will marvel, and will reign over all." (Gospel of Thomas 2)
Jesus said: ~” Know what is in front of your face, and what is hidden from you will be disclosed to you. (THE GOSPEL OF THOMAS- Saying 5)
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Jesus said: ~ Do not throw your pearls before pigs, lest they trample them underfoot and turn to attack you. (Matthew -7:6)
~ Jesus meant Self-knowledge or Knowledge of the Spirit (pearls) should not be shared with unqualified people(pigs).
Remember:~
If you are seeking the truth, but you still say "I," If you think the ‘Self’ is the ‘I’, you are not a wise seeker. You are simply a person dwelling in ignorance, but thinking yourself wise and erudite, you go round and round by following the Gurus and their teaching and tortuous paths and practices, like the blind led by the blind.
Remember, the Guru is useless so long as the ultimate truth is unknown, and the Guru is equally useless when the ultimate truth or Brahman has already been known.
A Guru is needed in the religious and the yogic path. There is no need for a Guru to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.
Yoga Vasistha says:~ Self-knowledge or knowledge of truth is not had by resorting to a Guru (preceptor) nor by the study of scripture, nor by good works: it is attained only by means of inquiry inspired by the company of wise (Gnani). One’s inner light alone is the means, naught else. When this inner light is kept alive, it is not affected by the darkness of inertia.
The Seeker has to think deeply instead of passing opinion on his own point of view and he has to drop the judgmental attitude, which bars the realization of the truth, which is beyond the form, time, and space.
Intellectual discussion is a great hindrance in the pursuit of truth because intellectual knowledge is limited to the domain of form, time, and space.
There is no fear of losing anything because only ignorance vanishes and one becomes fully aware of ‘what is real’ and ‘what is unreal’ in the midst of the unreal waking experience.
This will ensure that one has reached the right path of progress and will eventually get the knowledge of the Self. A true seeker should seek only truth, nothing but the truth. His sincerity and urge to know the truth will lead him, not his mental decisions.
The seeker should be aware of everything that is untrue: stick to the truth and he shall succeed, maybe slowly, but surely.
Remember:~
Bhagavad Gita: ~ “You must first see the ‘I’ as illusory before you see others as illusory. ~ CH.2 v.16
All the Gurus glorified the ‘I’. Thus, it becomes very difficult to discard the ‘I’.
Those who have accepted the ‘I-centric' teaching refuse to accept anything other than their accepted truth.
Till you hold the ‘Self’ as the ‘I’, your knowledge remains skin deep.
What is it that appears as the ‘I’ and disappears as the ‘I-less? It is the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.
Do not make the mistake of holding the Self as ‘I’ because it is not permanent. ‘I’ disappears and becomes ‘I’-less.
‘I’ is an illusion and the ‘I-LESS- Soul’ is real and eternal. The ‘I-LESS-Soul ‘appears as ‘I’ and ‘I ’‘disappears as I-LESS-Soul.
Bhagavad Gita: ~ The permanent is always there, only the transient ‘I’ comes and goes. (2.18)
The ‘I’ hides the Soul, the Self, which is present in the form of consciousness.
The seeker has to understand the fact that ‘I’ is not the Self, but the witness of the ‘I’ is the true Self, which is eternal.
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. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar
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