People are stuck with the reality of the ‘I’, which they take it as real because some Gurus have propagated that the Self is the ‘I’.
The one who holds the ‘I’ as the Self will never be able to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana, or Atma Gnana.
Thus, it is necessary to realize first that the ‘I’ is not the invisible Soul, the Self, but the invisible Soul, the Self, is the cause of the ‘I’.
The ‘I-centric’ teaching and teachers are not a yardstick in the path of wisdom. ‘I-centric’ teaching will not lead the seeker to the ultimate end of his inner journey.
Different Gurus and teachers are pointing out the understanding of the Advaitic truth from a different standpoint. All such understanding of Advaita is on a dualistic perspective accumulated from here and there.
Advaita is not a theory or a philosophy. Advaita is the nature of the invisible Soul, the Self.
There is no need for any theory or philosophy, or scriptures to acquire Self-knowledge. Only a perfect understanding of ‘what is what’ is needed.
The citations from scriptures are not proofs. The ultimate truth has to be proved without the scriptures. The ultimate truth is the universal truth, and it does not belong to any religion.
The religion causes diversity in unity, whereas the ultimate truth brings unity in diversity.
It is not that one should pore over the ancient scriptures. There is no need to study first, then realize. One has to realize first, then only he will know ‘what is the truth?’ and ‘what is untruth?’.
One has to make use of his discoveries through the process of rational thinking.
That is why Sage Sankara says :~VC-65. As a treasure hidden underground requires (for its extraction) competent instruction, excavation, the removal of stones and other such things lying above it and (finally) grasping, but never comes out by being (merely) called out by name, so the transparent truth of the Self, which is hidden by Maya and its effects, is to be attained through the instructions of a knower of Brahman,.
People refuse to accept anything other than their Guru's words. For them, their Guru's words are the ultimate truth. People do not accept anything other than their accepted truth. There is no need to convince such a mindset.
Such a mindset is not fit to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana, or Atma Gnana. The seekers of truth accept only the truth, nothing but the uncontradictable truth. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar
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