The path of wisdom attracts only those who are in search of truth and they appreciate it greatly. +

The path of wisdom is not for the Orthodox populace. It is difficult for the orthodox people to accept the truth because they have already accepted something else as truth because of their samskara or conditioning. It is difficult for them to accept anything other than their inherited conditioning.

Even if Sage Sankara appears and personally tells them that what they have accepted as truth is not truth, they will never be able to accept anything other than their accepted truth and the words of their physical Gurus. Such a mindset is unfit for thread the path of wisdom.

Orthodox people must follow their chosen path, which makes them happy and gives them satisfaction. Without an intense urge to acquire Self-knowledge, it is impossible to tread the path of wisdom.

The Bhagavad Gita says: ~ Among thousands of men, scarcely one strives for perfection; and of those who strive and succeed, scarcely one knows the Self in truth.

The path of wisdom attracts only those who are in search of truth and they appreciate it greatly. The ignorant are not spiritually mature they receive Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

The ignorant indulge in argument and provocation, and personal attack, which hinders their own realization of the ultimate truth or Brahman.

That is why Jesus said: - Do not throw your pearls before pigs, lest they trample them underfoot and turn to attack you. (Matthew 7:6)

~ He meant Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

Bhagavad Gita says ~ “Don't unsettle the minds of the ignorant by revealing the esoteric truth."

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Katha Upanishad says: ~ This Atman is attained by him alone whom It chooses. (II -23-P-20)

Thus, those who have taken the path of wisdom are chosen ones. The chosen one will get the grace of the invisible Soul, the inner Guru. The path of wisdom is the Soulcentric path, whereas all other paths are egocentric. All egocentric paths lead to hallucination.

The invisible Soul, the Self, reveals ‘what is real’ and ‘what is unreal' when the seeker is receptive and ready.

Sages of truth restrained themselves, parting the Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana to the mass and only a selected few. It was hidden from the masses who were not qualified and receptive to it. Self-knowledge, or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana, was not written down but was imparted orally to the chosen few.

Thus, religion was given to the ignorant populace, and the knowledge of the Spirit or Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Athma Gnana, is given only selected a few.

Thus, we find traces of the knowledge of the spirit in the religious books in the form of parables. : ~Santthosh Kumaar