No books or Guru or yogi can do help you to find it. Without Guru, you can get the realization of the ‘Self’ hidden by the ‘I’.

The Advaitic wisdom does not depend upon books or upon the existence of any philosophies any religion and books! The Advaitic wisdom is hidden by the ‘I’, which is ignorance.

Sage Sankara: ~ 'Like a servant who carries a lamp in front of you to find your way, and you have found it, so becomes the Veda to that person. What is the Veda? ~ utterances of those who have known the Truth. Here is one who has known the Truth; why should he or she depend upon the Veda further? Actual realization takes you beyond books. At a certain stage, books become a botheration.

The Upanishad itself says that the 'words are only so much of distraction for such minds. There is no need to study scriptures in order to acquire Advaitic wisdom,

To realize the ultimate truth or Brahman no scriptures are needed. I am highlighting only the rational views of the sages of truth.

No books or Guru or yogi can do help you to find it. Without Guru, you can get the realization of the ‘Self’ hidden by the ‘I’.

That is why 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.

Without bondage to the Guru and the scriptures by blindly believing them but think for yourself. No blind belief can save you, work out your own salvation.

Realize the ‘Self is not you but the ‘Self’ is the Soul. The Soul is the ultimate truth or Brahman or God in truth. First, realize the ‘Self’ is not you but the ‘Self’ is the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.

Mentally hold on to the Soul and mentally reduce the world in which you exist as consciousness by realizing the world in which you exist is nothing but an illusion created out of consciousness.

The seeker has to:~

First: hearing the truth--that the Atman is the only reality and that everything else is an illusion.

Second: reasoning upon this philosophy from all points of view.

Third: giving up all further argumentation and realizing the truth.

This realization comes from being certain that Brahman is real and everything else is unreal.

The Soul which is present in the form of consciousness is the ultimate truth or Brahman or God in truth. Thus everything is God in truth nothing but God in truth.

The Soul, the Self is present in the form of consciousness. Consciousness is the root element of the universe.

From consciousness, the universe comes into existence. In consciousness, the universe resides. And into consciousness, the universe is dissolved. Consciousness is the parent of all that is there is.

The cause and effect are only in the domain of ignorance (dualistic illusion). The cause is consciousness. The effect also is consciousness.

The cause and effect are made of the same clay. So there is no second thing that exists other than consciousness, which is the cause of the dualistic illusion. Consciousness is uncaused. In reality, there is neither a cause nor an effect. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar