Ignorance is the mother of the universe, which is illusory existence. The real existence is the Soul or consciousness, which is ever nondual.+

Like an ornament made from gold is Gold, that which is born out of the consciousness is bound to be the consciousness. Like gold is the permanent thing, in ornaments made of gold, similarly, the mind, which is in the form of the universe is born out of the consciousness, is consciousness in its essence.

Bhagavad Gita: ~ Brahmano hi pratisthaham ~ Brahman (God) is considered the all-pervading consciousness, which is the basis of all the animate and inanimate entities and material. (14.27).

The all-pervading consciousness, which is the basis of all the sentient and insentient. Material.

The look of an object will depend upon the medium through which the observer views it. In fact, our mental and intellectual conditions determine the world, observed and experienced. The commoner viewing the world will see differently from a Gnani viewing the same world. Each one interprets the world which confronts them that they see in terms of their existing knowledge. The commoner sees everything based on the ego therefore he sees the experience of the birth, life, death, and the world as a reality, whereas a Gnani sees the world in which he exists as consciousness and he is fully aware of the fact that, there is no second thing exists other than the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. Thus, all the egocentric (religious) adulteration has to be bifurcated to realize the ultimate truth or Brahman to know the truth, which is beyond the form, time and space.

Sage Sankara: ~ VC~"All this universe which through ignorance appears as of diverse forms, is nothing else but Brahman(consciousness) which is absolutely free from all the limitations of human thought

Sage Sankara: ~VC~ if the universe be true, let it then be perceived in the state of deep sleep also. As it is not at all perceived, it must be unreal and false like dreams.

Ashtavakra Gita: ~ The universe rises from the Soul, the innermost Self like bubbles from the sea. Thus, know the Self to be One and in this way enter into the state of dissolution."

You are not the ‘Self’ because you are mortal. You are mortal because you are bound by the experience of the birth, life, death and the world. The ‘Self’ is the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness is immortal because it is ever formless, timeless and spaceless existence.

The one that is in ignorance is the Soul; the one that has to wake up from the sleep of ignorance is the Soul, the Self.

The world in which you exist is the product of ignorance. When ignorance vanishes the world in which you exist is merely an illusion created out of consciousness. Without the illusion, the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness alone will prevail as the ultimate reality or Brahman. Thus, consciousness is Brahman or God in truth.

Self-realization is necessary to realize ‘what is truth and ‘what is the untruth.

Consciousness is the root element of the universe. Consciousness is present in the form of the Soul, the Self. From the Soul, the universe comes into existence. In the Soul, the universe resides. In addition, into the Soul the universe dissolves. The Soul is the parent of all that is there is.

Rest in consciousness, by realizing the universe in which you exist is nothing but consciousness. 

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The Soul is the Self. The Soul is all-pervading. The Soul is present in the form of consciousness is not within any particular body it pervades the whole universe.

Consciousness pervades form, time, and space. Without consciousness, form, time and space cease to exist.

Only in ignorance, there is duality. In reality, there is no duality.

‘I’ is the illusory nature of the Soul, the Self. Holding the ‘I’ as the Self is holding on to ignorance. Ignorance will not buzz till you hold on to the ‘I’ because ‘I’ itself is ignorance.

Ignorance is the mother of the universe, which is illusory existence. The real existence is the Soul or consciousness, which is ever nondual.

If the seed of Advaita is sowed in your subconscious then it gradually starts growing and destroys ignorance, when ignorance is destroyed the Soul becomes free from the illusory cage of form, time, and space.

Remember, the form, time and space cease to exist without the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.

The form, time, and space are merely an illusion created out of consciousness.

Consciousness alone is real and eternal. Whatever is eternal is the ultimate truth or Brahman or God in truth. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar

Without reading all my blogs and posting it is very difficult to understand assimilate what I am saying.+

The one who seeks truth seriously must have patience and humility. He must read the words of wisdom and think and reason deeply to get the uncontradictable truth. The seeker must become an independent thinker.

Whatever question arises he must try to find answers by deeper reasoning on his own without outer spoon-feeding.

A buried treasure is not uncovered by merely questioning and arguing intellectually. The seeker must follow the right directions, dig, and remove all mental garbage that is covering the truth.

The truth, which is buried under the illusion can be reached by deeper Self-search but never by intellectual questioning and arguments on the unimportant subject matter which is not concerned with Self-realization because the intellectuality is bound by form, time, and space whereas the truth is beyond form, time and space.

Without reading all my blogs and posting it is very difficult to understand assimilate what I am saying.

All intellectual questions are based on the dualistic perspective whereas what I am saying is on the non-dualistic perspective. So, the seeker has to question himself and try to find answers and verify the facts.

So, the seeker has to first read all the posts and blogs, and then gradually he will be able to understand and assimilate the truth beyond the form, time, and space. The truth will not reveal by arguing asking intellectual questions. The seeker will find answers on his own as he keeps on reading my blogs and posting.

All my blogs and posts are the verified truth. If one goes on reading all his doubts and confusion will start clearing. It takes some time to be receptive to receive Self-Knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana because it is Soulcentric knowledge whereas all accumulated knowledge is egocentric.

I highlight all the obstacles on the inner journey and how to overcome these obstacles. All accumulated intellectual knowledge is of no use in the path of wisdom.

I am not trying to prove my views, but it is for every seeker, who is in the path of truth to realize himself “What is the truth? “and “What is untruth?” to assimilate the Self –Knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

I just write what is revealed from the inner core. My main intention is to divert their attention to the source from where the mind (universe) rises and subsides.

Reading my blogs gradually they will start assimilation ‘what is truth and what is the untruth. Repeated reading my blogs makes the seeker, Soulcentric, and the inner dialogue will start and clear all the doubts and confusion.

When there are no doubts and confusion, then they have realized the truth that form, time, and space are one in essence. And that essence is consciousness.

There is no use in wasting time in questioning and arguing at the same time and effort has to be used to make the seeker more independent and without external spoon-feeding, he can reach the inner core, which is the Soul which is present in the form of the consciousness.

The words mean different things to different people. It is what's behind the words, between the lines that matter.

A perfect understanding of ‘what is what' is needed. Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana is meant for those who are seriously seeking the truth. Patience and humility are the main ingredients in the path of truth. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar

Manduka Upanishad: ~ Whoever distinguishes between a cause and an effect is a dualist, even whether he says the world came from nothing or from something.+

Manduka Upanishad: ~ Whoever distinguishes between a cause and an effect is a dualist, even whether he says the world came from nothing or from something. (p.251)

Existence cannot be a cause and effect at the same time, from the point of view of the dualists, but deeper Self-search shows the Existent is no-two and causality can’t rise at all.

The real existence is formless, timeless, and spaceless existence. the form, time, and space are merely an illusory existence.

Sage Goudapada quotes from the Upanishads: ~ "There's no plurality here"; "The Soul through its powers appears to be many"; "those who are attached to the creation or production or origination go to utter darkness"; "the unborn is never reborn, for what can produce it?”

Sage Goudapada’s rational exposition of Advaita:~ Whatever is seen, whether external or internal, whether by the ordinary persons or yogis, is unreal.

Thus, whatever you have seen, known, believed, and experienced as a person within the waking experience is bound to be an illusion created out of consciousness. Thus, the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness alone, is real and eternal.

Consciousness is ever-present. Without consciousness, the world, in which you exist ceases to exist. Consciousness is Self-evident. It is not established by extraneous proofs. It is not possible to deny consciousness, because it is the very essence of the one who denies it. Consciousness is the basis of all kinds of knowledge, presuppositions, and proofs. Consciousness is everything. Thus, consciousness is the ultimate truth or Brahman or God in truth.

Remember:~

The cause and effect are possible only in the domain of form, time, and space. therefore the cause and effect is part of the dualistic illusion or Maya.

In non-dualistic reality is hidden by the dualistic illusion or Maya.

The dualistic theory says that whatever was in the cause was also in the effect. They say that the gold brick, the gold medal, the gold ornaments --are in the seed--the gold.

Deeper Self-search reveals the fact that, if cause and effect are one what is the difference between the two?

The nature of the Soul is a silent, featureless one without attributes. The Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness, is not an object but is always the subject.

The truth is beyond form, time, and space. Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana dispels ‘Ignorance’.

The Self is the Soul. The Soul is present in the form of consciousness; there the object has become one with the subject. there is only unity in diversity.

Consciousness is the ultimate truth or Brahman. The consciousness is ‘the one without a second’, the one which alone exists as the ultimate reality.

Sage Sankara’s Supreme Brahman is impersonal, Nirguna (without Gunas or attributes), Nirakara (formless), Nirvisesha (without special characteristics), immutable, eternal, and Akarta (non-agent). It is above all needs and desires. It is always the Witnessing Subject. It can never become an object as it is beyond the reach of the senses. Brahman is non-dual, one without a second. It has no other beside it. It is destitute of difference, either external or internal. Brahman cannot be described because the description implies a distinction. Brahman cannot be distinguished from any other than It. In Brahman, there is not a distinction between substance and attribute. Sat-Chit-Ananda constitutes the very essence or Svarupa of Brahman, and not just Its attributes. The Nirguna Brahman of Sage Sankara is impersonal.

The Soul remains in its own awareness. The illusion (mind) does not merge with the Soul because it never really separated from it. The Soul remains the one without a second (Advaita). The Soul’s separation is an illusion, the result of ignorance which when dispelled, the hidden reality shines as formless, timeless, and spaceless existence. :~Santthosh Kumaar

The practical life within the practical world is merely an illusion. A Gnani is fully aware of ‘what is truth’ and ‘what is untruth’.+

Advaitic Sage and Maya.

The King of the Hoysalas was a dualist and was greatly incensed at the doctrine taught Advaitin Sage that everything here below is an illusion. He wanted to teach the exponent of this doctrine a lesson. So he invited the then Advaitin Sage to his palace. That Advaitin sage went there and stoutly maintained that everything in this world was an illusion. The king had arranged to let loose an infuriated elephant against, Advaitin sage. The beast rushed at Advaitin sage who took to a precipitate flight to save himself.

'Oh, Venerable Sir,' shouted the king, 'why do you run so fast seeing that the elephant is only an illusion?'

'Oh, king,' said Advaitin sage in the course of his flight, 'my running too is an illusion. Everything in this world is an illusion.’

Similarly, the practical life within the practical world is merely an illusion. A Gnani is fully aware of ‘what is truth’ and ‘what is untruth’. 

A Gnani e is fully aware of the fact that the experiences the pleasure and pain within the waking experience are merely an illusion because the waking experience itself is an illusion. 

Thus, life within the waking experience will go on, on its own. It is nothing to do with The Soul, the Self. The waking or dream is merely an object to the formless witness. The Soul is the Self.  

The Soul is the witness. The Soul the witness is nothing to do with the three states, because it is a mere witness of the coming and going of the three states or illusion. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar

Swami Vivekananda: ~ “Advaita encompasses everything. Since Advaita requires heavy-duty intellectualism, it had to be progressively simplified.+

Swami Vivekananda: “The wicked are always looking for defects. Flies come and seek for the ulcer, and bees come only for the honey in the flower. Do not follow the way of the fly but that of the bee.

Swami Vivekananda: ~ Advaita encompasses everything. Since Advaita requires heavy-duty intellectualism, it had to be progressively simplified. (From 'The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda)

Dattatreya's Song of the Avadhut: ~ “The ‘Self is the ultimate Reality; have no doubt. The Self is not something known by the mind; The Self is the very one who knows! How, then, could you think to know the Self? (1.36-42)

Path of wisdom is not for the orthodox populace. It is difficult for the orthodox people to accept the truth because they 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 Sage Sankara appears personally and tells them what they have accepted as truth is not truth; they will never be able to accept anything other than their accepted truth.

Orthodox people must follow their chosen path which makes them happy and gives them satisfaction. Without instance 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 matured they receive Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana. The ignorant indulge in argument and provocation and personal attack, which hinder their own realization of the ultimate truth or Brahman or God in truth.

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)

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

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

Remember:~

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

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

The inner 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 mass 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 mass, and knowledge of the Spirit is given to only a selected few. Thus we find traces of knowledge of the Spirit in the religious books in the form of parables. : ~Santthosh Kumaar

Swami Vivekananda: ~The wicked are always looking for defects. Flies come and seek for the ulcer, and bees come only for the honey in the flower. Do not follow the way of the fly but that of the bee.+

Swami Vivekananda: ~ “The wicked are always looking for defects. Flies come and seek for the ulcer, and bees come only for the honey in the flower. Do not follow the way of the fly but that of the bee.+

Discussion based on the ego (you) has no value on the nondualistic discussion. The judgment based on ego is dualistic.

To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like injecting medicine into a corpse.

The Advaitic wisdom is not suited for the unsettled mindset, which is stuck to their own opinion and judgment based on their accumulated knowledge.

There is no use in convincing such a mindset. Everyone is free to move on his chosen path.

The look of an object will depend upon the medium through which the observer views it. In fact, our mental and intellectual conditions determine the world, observed and experienced. The commoner viewing the world will see differently from a Gnani viewing the same world. Each one interprets the world that they see in terms of their existing knowledge. The commoner sees everything based on the ego, therefore, experiences the birth, life, death, and the world as a reality, whereas a Gnani sees everything as consciousness and he is fully aware of the fact that, there is no second thing that exists other than the Soul or consciousness.

Thus, all the egocentric knowledge has to be bifurcated to realize the ultimate truth, which is beyond form, time, and space.

The truth ever nondual and nondualistic truth is a language without the words. It is very difficult for dualistic intellect to grasp the nondualist truth, which is beyond the illusory form, time, and space. :~Santthosh Kumaar 

Sage Sankara: ~If the universe is true, let it then be perceived in the state of deep sleep also.+

Seek until you find the ‘Self’, which is hidden by the world in which you exist. The world in which you exist itself is the dualistic illusion or Maya.

Sage Sankara gave religious rituals to the ignorant populace because it is very difficult for the ordinary person to grasp the Advaitic wisdom.

Sage Sankara shared Advaitic wisdom with the few who had an intense urge according to their capacity to grasp and readiness to listen and understand. What Sage Sankara meant was to leave all and follow the Athma; that means to realize the Self, which is hidden by Maya.

Sage Sankara: ~ “VC~ All this universe which through ignorance appears as of diverse forms, is nothing else but Brahman which is absolutely free from all the limitations of human thought.

Sage Sankara: ~VC~ if the universe is true, let it then be perceived in the state of deep sleep also. As it is not at all perceived, it must be unreal and false like dreams.

Sage Sankara says: ~ A. A 88. When the whole universe, movable and immovable, is known to be Atman, and thus the existence of everything else is negated, where is then any room to say that the body is Atman?

Investigation of the world in which we exist is very much necessary because we are searching for the truth within the objective world. The objective world is an object to the Soul, which is the formless subject. The subjective knowledge is very much necessary to realize the truth, which is beyond form, time, and space.

Knowing something is true within the objective world as truth is truth only on the dualistic perspective.

From the non-dualistic perspective, the dualistic defense will not sustain. Thus, there is a need to learn to view the subject as the subject and the object as the object.

In reality, the subject and object are one in essence. So, there is no object in the realm of the subject.

There is always evidence of misunderstanding because people are viewing and judging the nonduality from the dualistic perspective.

Everyone innately believes in the reality of practical life within the practical world.

If they take the practical life within the practical world as a reality, then they have accepted their experience of birth, life, death, and the world as a reality.

If they have accepted their experience of birth, life, death, and the world as a reality, then they have accepted the waking experience as a reality.

If they have accepted the waking experience as a reality, then they have accepted the form, time, and space as a reality.

If they have accepted form, time, and space as a reality, then they have accepted the duality as a reality.

If they have accepted the duality as a reality, then they have accepted the mind as a reality.

If they have accepted the mind as a reality they have accepted the ‘I’ as a reality.

If they have accepted the ‘I’ as reality, then they have accepted the illusion as a reality.

If they accepted the illusion as a reality then they are in the realm of ignorance. Till they hold the ‘I’ as the Self they will remain in the prison of the dualistic illusion. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar