The Advaitic truth is a bitter pill. It becomes very difficult for the seeker to accept it at first; because of his inherited conditioning. Gradually, he will be able to grasp it as he moves on.
One has to go beyond the Vedas means thinking beyond religion. Going beyond religion means thinking beyond the blind belief-based God.
That is why Bhagavad Gita: ~ “You must first see the ‘I’ as illusory before you see others as illusory. ~ CH.2 v.16
The seeker must do his homework and verify the validity of all the claims, rather than blindly believe what others expound as knowledge, till the uncontradicted truth is obtained.
The invisible Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness, is without attributes. All the attributes are merely an illusion created out of the invisible Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.
Reality and unreality are created out of a single stuff because the unreality (the world in which we exist) is experienced as a reality; we are unaware of the reality hidden by the unreality.
There is no second thing that exists other than the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. The dualistic illusion, which is present in the form of the ‘I’, hides the truth.
When the matter is an illusion created out of the spirit, then Spirit alone is real.
When the object is created out of the subject, then the subject alone is real.
When the attributes are created out of the Soul, then the Soul alone is real.
When the world in which you exist is created out of consciousness, then consciousness alone is real.
The knowledge of both matter and spirit is True knowledge. The true knowledge is Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.
Krishna tells Arjuna: - that knowledge of both matter and Spirit is the True knowledge. (Gita, Chap.XII)
In Advaita: - Brahman is without attributes and strictly impersonal. It can be best described as the infinite Being, infinite Consciousness, and infinite Bliss. It is pure knowledge itself, similar to a source of infinite radiance. Since the Advaitins regard Brahman to be the Ultimate Truth, in comparison to Brahman, every other thing, including the material world, its distinctness, the individuality of the living creatures, and even Ishvara (the Supreme Lord) itself, are all untrue. Brahman is the effulgent cause of everything that exists and can possibly exist. Since it is beyond human comprehension, it is without any attributes, for assigning attributes to it would be distorting the true nature of Brahman. Advaitins believe in the existence of both Saguna Brahman and Nirguna Brahman; however, they consider Nirguna Brahman to be the absolute supreme truth.
All the attributed Knowledge belongs to the domain of form, time, and space. From the standpoint of the invisible Soul, the Self, the form, time, and space are an illusory reality.:~ Santthosh Kumaar
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