Meditation is not focusing attention on the ‘I’, but focusing on the invisible Soul, the Self, which is the cause of the 'I'. +

People dip into meditation, but they do not understand that that is only one-half of the truth and that this dipping is also a mental discipline for them to understand the true nature of the external universe, which understanding they must next get if they are to become a Gnani.

Sage Sankara says ~ The exercise in discrimination between real and unreal and renunciation of the false is real meditation, then why are you indulging in another type of meditation.*

For meditation, one need not sit and chant God's name or concentrate on some object. Anything you do will not be meditation. If there is a doer, then it is not meditation. As long as there is doing, there is ignorance.

Ashtavakra says: - "This is your bondage, that you practice Samadhi or meditation.”

Meditation on an object is not helpful. The seeker must learn to realize that the subject and object are one. In meditating on an object, you are destroying that sense of oneness and creating duality. 

Remember:~

Meditation is not focusing attention on the ‘I’, but focusing on the invisible Soul, the Self, which is the cause of the 'I'.

The ‘I’ is not limited to the ego because the ‘I’ is the whole universe.

The ‘I’ is ignorance. Meditation is the total negation of ignorance, which is present in the form of ‘I’.

Only in ignorance there is conflict. There is no conflict in the nondual nature of the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.

The invisible Soul is ever free and is totally free from conflict.

All the conflicts belong to the dualistic illusion.

Ignorance is the cause of form, time, and space; without ignorance, there is no division of form, time, and space in consciousness.

The nature of the ‘Self’ is the fullness of consciousness, without the illusory division of consciousness.

Attaining nondual Self-awareness in the midst of the dualistic illusion is real meditation. :~Santthosh Kumaar

Advaitic truth of the whole, not a part, was declared by Sage Sankara 1200 years ago and imparted only to those of higher intellect who are receptive.+

Existence is nondual. Nonduality cannot be described through words, for all uses of language fail to express it. Nonduality is sought to be indicated mentally negation of duality (all attributes and characteristics).

If people have believed false Gods propagated by religion over millions of years, the length of time does not prove it is God in truth.

Sage Sankara says:~ How can the talk of diversity, dvaita, apply to the Supreme Reality, which is one and homogeneous, Advaita? Who has ever observed diversity, dvaita, in the unmixed bliss of the state of profound sleep?

Advaitic Gnana here is knowledge uncontradictable truth or scientific truth. This Advaitic truth of the whole, not a part, was declared by Sage Sankara 1200 years ago and imparted only to those of higher intellect who are receptive.

Karma and Upasana, yoga, and orthodoxy have to be bifurcated in order to realize the ultimate truth or Brahman.

That is why Sage Sankara indicated in Bhaja Govindam says: ~ (Jnana Viheena Sarva Mathena Bajathi na Muktim janma Shatena) - One without knowledge does not obtain liberation even in a hundred births, no matter which religious faith he follows.

Then it is no use going a roundabout way, trace the Brahman, which is the formless substance, and witness of the universe, which is in the form of the mind.

By tracing the source of the mind or the universe, one will be able to realize the Brahman.

Self-knowledge is meant only for those who have an intense urge and the courage to accept the truth with humility and reject the untruth. Since people start comparing their scriptural knowledge, it becomes impossible to assimilate and realize the non-dual truth. Therefore, there is no need to convince anyone other than our own selves to get a firm conviction. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar

Consciousness is everything. Consciousness is the ultimate truth or Brahman, or God in truth.+

Do not search for solitude in the world in which you exist. The solitude is hidden by the world in which you exist. Solitude is the nature of the invisible Soul, the Self.

When you realize the Self is not you, but the Self is the invisible Soul, then the formless, timeless, and spaceless solitude reveals itself.

You are afraid to realize the truth of true existence because you fear losing the world in which you exist. The world in which you exist will not disappear when Advaitic wisdom dawns.

It is always present, but the unreal nature of the world in which you exist is exposed.

You will be able to observe the invisible Soul, the Self, as it is in the midst of the world in which you exist.

There is no second thing to exist other than the invisible Soul because you and the world in which you exist are nothing but an illusion created out of the invisible Soul, the Self, which is present in the form of consciousness.

The illusion has no value. You and the world in which you exist are the illusory nature of the invisible Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.

Mentally reduce you and the world in which you exist into consciousness by realizing that you and the world in which you exist are nothing but an illusion created out of consciousness.

There is no reason behind the illusion! From the ultimate standpoint, there is no illusion at all! Everything is nothing but consciousness.

Whatever you have seen, known, believed, and experienced as a person within the world in which you exist is bound to be an illusion created out of consciousness.

Thus, the invisible and unborn 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. Consciousness is the ultimate truth or Brahman, or God in truth.

Remember:~ If one feels the ecstatic or exalted peace in the presence of a Yogi or Godmen is not wisdom.

Troubled people, unhappy in their life, probably over health, wealth, or women, find solitude at Ashrams, pilgrimages, and temples because there is an uneasy disturbance of the mind; they find peace because their attention is diverted from the present problem temporarily. They had no peace of mind, but the Ashram, pilgrimages, and temples cured it for the time.

By visiting the ashrams, pilgrimages, and temples, one gets dualistic peace.

The dualistic peace is not permanent like the Atmic peace. It merely indicates the state of mind possessed on arrival at Ashram pilgrimages and temples.

There was no permanent cure, however, without Advaitic Gnana. Visiting Ashram, pilgrimages, and temples will not help one eliminate ignorance.

Without getting rid of ignorance, the present life will be experienced as a reality.

When wisdom dawns, the world in which we exist becomes unreal. In the same way as the dream becomes unreal when waking takes place.

Thus, when you become Soulcentric, the present life becomes a passing show. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar 

The seeker has to independently strive to realize the truth, which is hidden by ignorance.+

There is no need to condemn any Gurus or their teaching, but for those who are seeking truth nothing but the truth, this Gurudom business becomes a great hindrance to the truth they are seeking for.

The seeker has to independently strive to realize the truth, which is hidden by ignorance.

Swami Vivekananda: ~ “The wicked are always looking for defects. Flies come and seek 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.

The Advaitic wisdom is not suited for the unsettled mind, which is stuck to religion, yoga, and all non-~Vedic worship and activities. There is no use in convincing such a mindset.

Everyone is free to move on their chosen path. The ignorant (unsettled mind) will not be able to grasp the esoteric truth, which is beyond form, time, and space. There is no use in convincing the unsettled mind because they are unfit to tread the Atmic path.

Bhagavan Buddha: ~ “There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth: not going all the way... and not starting.

That is why Bhagavan Buddha said: ~ “Believe nothing just because a so-called wise person said it. Believe nothing just because a belief is generally held. Believe nothing just because it is said in ancient books. Believe nothing just because it is said to be of divine origin. Believe nothing just because someone else believes it. Believe only what you, yourself, test and judge to be true.

The goal of the truth-seeker is to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana. Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana, is inherent in every seeker of truth.

Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana does not come from outside; it is hidden within the world in which we exist.

Self-knowledge cannot be attained by the study of the scriptures and intellectual understanding or by bookish knowledge. There is no use in studying the scriptures and other scriptures to acquire non-dual wisdom.

That is why Bhagavan Buddha rejected the scriptures, and even Sage Sankara indicated that the ultimate truth lies beyond religion, the concept of God, and the scriptures.

Bhagavan Buddha gave up yoga after practicing it for six years. He saw it could not yield truth.

Bhagavan Buddha gave up his austerities of yoga as impossible and useless. Thus, Bhagavan Buddha got enlightenment only after he gave up Yoga. (Page.70/71 "Buddhism In Translation” by Warren)

Unless one exercises his Buddhi--reason--there is no chance of getting the ultimate truth or Brahman.

Bhagavan Buddha: ~ “We live in illusion and the appearance of things. There is a reality. We are that reality.

When you understand this, you see that you are nothing, and being nothing, you are everything. That is all.

The invisible Soul is the universe because the universe is an illusion created out of the invisible Soul, the Self.

The physical Guru and the disciple are part of that illusion. The invisible Soul is within the dualistic, but it is apart from the dualistic illusion.

The invisible Soul is within the dualistic illusion neither as an entity nor as an identity nor as a thing but it is the formless substance of the dualistic illusion and it is apart because it is the formless witness of the dualistic illusion.

The dualistic illusion is present in the form of the ‘I’, perfect understanding of ‘what is what' is needed, not the Guru or the Guru's teaching.

Advaita is not any type of teaching or philosophy. Advaita is the knowledge of your true existence. Advaita is the invisible Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. Advaita is the ultimate reality, Brahman, or God in truth.

That is why Sage Sankara said:~ Talk as much philosophy as you like, worship as many Gods as you please, observe ceremonies, and sing devotional hymns, but liberation will never come, even after a hundred aeons, without realizing the Oneness.

The Self is not you, but the Self is the invisible and unborn Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.

By sticking to any physical Guru, or by identifying yourself with any Guru’s disciple, your spiritual journey is incomplete.

Sticking to physical Guru is sticking to ignorance. If you hold yourself as a follower or disciple of a Guru, then you are stuck by accepting the dualistic illusion as a reality.

The seeker's main aim is to transcend dualistic illusion into Advaitic reality. The dualistic illusion is created out of single stuff. That single stuff is invisible Soul, which is the Spirit or consciousness. The knowledge of the invisible Soul is Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

Thus, by sticking to the Guru, you will not be able to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana. Come out of the old, outdated idea of having a Guru.

Identifying as a Guru or some Guru’s disciple keeps one in the cage of ignorance. A person who identifies himself as a Guru or disciple will never be able to get Advaitic Gnana.

The Guru and disciple, and the world in which Guru and disciple exist, are created out of a single stuff. That single stuff is consciousness. Consciousness is the ultimate truth of Brahman.

Ashtavakra Samhita: ~ "The man of knowledge (Gnani), though living like an ordinary man, is contrary to him, and only those like him understand his state. A Gnani can point at the sky, but the seeing of the star is the seeker's own work.

The truth-seeker seeks only truth. The inner Sage will guide you with love. Your sincerity and seriousness lead you to your inner core. The sincere and serious seekers are not excluded.

Sage Sankara says the transparent truth of the Self, which is hidden by the illusion, is to be attained through the instructions of a knower of Brahman (Gnani)

~ Then why stick to a Guru who is not a Gnani and whose teaching is not Advaitic Gnana.

That is why Swami Vivekananda said: ~ “You have to grow from the inside out. None can teach you, none can make you spiritual. There is no other teacher but your own Soul.”

Swami Vivekananda: ~Jñāna Yoga is divided into three parts. First: hearing the truth--that the Atman is the only reality and that everything else is Maya. 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.

Yogis and Gurus are not Gods.

This idea of worshiping the Guru as God is not a Vedic idea but was adopted from Jainism and Buddhism.

Vedas bars human worship: ~

Yajur Veda:~"They are enveloped in darkness, in other words, are steeped in ignorance and sunk in the greatest depths of misery who worship the uncreated, eternal prakrti -- the material cause of the world -- in place of the All-pervading God, But those who worship visible things born of the prakrti, such as the earth, trees, bodies (human and the like) in place of God are enveloped in still greater darkness, in other words, they are extremely foolish, fall into an awful hell of pain and sorrow, and suffer terribly for a long time.":~ (Yajur Veda 40:9.)

Then why worship and glorify the Gurus and Yogis (human form) in place of God when Veda bars such activities and it also warns people who indulge in such activities are enveloped in still greater darkness, in other words, they are extremely foolish, fall into an awful hell of pain and sorrow, and suffer terribly for a long time. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar

The pursuit of truth is a mental journey.+

The pursuit of truth is a mental journey. Deeper self-search makes one realize “what is the truth? ‘and ‘what is untruth?’ and the subconscious will be able to reject the untruth after knowing what is the truth. Whatever prevails after rejecting the untruth is the ultimate truth.

The path of wisdom is the inner (mental) journey. Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana and wisdom are one and the same thing.

Without an intense urge, it is difficult to tread this path. Self-realization is not an experience because the Self is not you but the invisible Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.

There is no need for any teaching or a teacher in this journey of self-verification. If one has an intense urge to know the truth, then that urge itself will take him to his spiritual destination.

The seeker has to learn to think and reason on his own without the aid of his accumulated knowledge, to get rid of ignorance.

The seeker should not seek everything with the accumulated knowledge, perverse thinking, and argument.

Accumulated knowledge is a great obstacle in the pursuit of truth. If you are ready to drop what is not needed to realize the truth ready to do this then you will be able to move forward toward the non-dual destination.

A well-directed inquiry, analysis, and deeper reasoning with all humility, seriousness, and sincerity will definitely lead you towards realizing the ultimate truth or Brahman or God in truth.

The seeker has to try to find answers for himself without imagining it, but by pondering through deep thinking and Soulcentric reasoning constantly.

Whatever answers come from within the seeker has to verify through Soulcentric reasoning constantly, until the inner dialogue starts. When the seeker starts getting answers from within then all his doubts and confusion starts getting cleared.

There is no need for mental spoon-feeding, from the outer source, when the inner dialogue starts.

It takes a long time because the egocentric subconscious accepts the Soulcentric truth. When the subconscious becomes Soulcentric, then it becomes receptive and accepts the Soulcentric truth.

When the subconscious becomes Soulcentric then it will start analyzing what is real and what is unreal and then it will drop what is not real.

A Gnani uses the egocentric reason for a practical purpose and the Soulcentric reason to analyze the truth.

No Guru can teach, you to work out your own salvation. You, yourself must walk the path.

Tripura Rahasya: ~ Second-hand knowledge of the Self gathered from books or Gurus can never emancipate a man until its truth is rightly investigated and applied; only direct realization will do that. ~ (18- 89)

Sage Sankara has declared non-dual truth centuries back, but one has to reach the destination with a scientific (rational) investigation, not through punditry and intellectualism.

The seeker has to mentally reach the final conclusion, only then the conviction become firm. Without firm conviction, Advaitic wisdom will not dawn.

There is a need to realize that consciousness is real, all else is a myth, which Sage Sankara declared as the world is a myth, Brahman alone is real.

Guru, disciple, guru's blessings, and guru's grace belong to the illusory universe. Holding the physical Gurus as reality is holding the illusory universe as reality.

Guru is useless so long as the ultimate truth is unknown, and the Guru is equally useless when the ultimate truth or Brahman has already been known.

A guru is needed in the religious and yogic path. For truth seekers, the Soul is the inner Guru.

The seeker has to grow from the inside out by Soulcentric reasoning. None can teach him none can make him reach the ultimate end of understanding. There is no other Guru but the formless Soul or the consciousness, which is the Self.

The Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness, is the source of all that exists as the universe. To realize the universe is nothing but consciousness in its essence, there is no need for a Guru.

That is why Sage Sankara says:~ ~ VC 63. Without causing the objective universe to vanish and without knowing the truth of the Self, how is one to achieve Liberation by the mere utterance of the word Brahman? — It would result merely in an effort of speech.

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.

66. Therefore, the wise should, as in the case of disease and the like, personally strive by all the means in their power to be free from the bondage of repeated births and deaths.

Sage Sankara says Atman is Brahman and everything is Brahman is a scientific declaration, not religious or yogic.

Sage Sankara is more scientific than anyone else in the world. Since the real Advaitic essence is hidden, it cannot be obtained without the inner (mental) journey.

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.

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 invisible 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.

When ignorance vanishes through Advatic wisdom then consciousness hidden by the illusory universe shines as the ultimate truth or Brahman or God in truth.

A perfect understanding of 'what is what' will help the seeker to realize God in truth in this very life.

When you mentally drop what is not needed to realize God in truth then God in truth will reveal on its own.

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No blessings and grace of a physical Guru are needed because the invisible Soul, the Self itself, is the guru that will guide you to reach the ultimate end of understanding and realization.

You have to work out your own salvation; no guru or no book will help you to realize God in truth.  : ~Santthosh Kumaar

If the ‘I’ 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.+

People who think the 'I' in everyone and everything is the Self, without realizing the Self is not ‘I’, but the Self is the invisible and unborn Soul hidden by the "I".

If the ‘I’ 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.

Bhagavad Gita:~ You must first see the ‘I’ as illusory before you see others as illusory. ~ CH.2 v.16

The ‘I’ is not within you, but you exist within the ‘I’. The ‘I’ is present in the form of the world in which you exist.

The ‘I’ disappears as deep sleep, so what is the use of being attached to it? It is impermanent and illusory because ‘I’ is physical awareness.

Physical awareness is not Self-awareness. ‘I-less awareness is Self-awareness.

It is erroneous to identify the invisible Soul, the Self, as 'I' or 'I AM' because the invisible and genderless Soul, the Self, is not 'I' or I AM’. The invisible Soul, the Self, is the witness of the 'I'.

To understand the false nature of the ‘I’, the Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana, is necessary.

The Self is not ‘I’, but the Self is the invisible Soul, which is the cause of the ‘I’. Holding the ‘I as the Self leads to hallucination based on the imagination.

What is the use of saying ‘I AM THAT’- without knowing what the Self is in actuality?

Without knowing the truth of the Self, without realizing the truth of the world in which you exist, it is impossible to realize the truth, which is hidden ignorance. By a mere utterance of the word ‘I AM THAT', the truth will not be revealed.

Deeper self-search reveals the fact that the Self is not you, but the Self is the invisible Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.

If the ‘Self’ is not you, then what is the use of you saying ‘I AM THIS ‘or 'I AM THAT' because you are the false self within the dualistic illusion.

When the Soul wakes up from its sleep of ignorance, the world in which you exist is merely an illusion.

When the invisible Soul, the Self, remains in its own awareness, the world in which you exist becomes one with the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.

If the ‘I’ is present, then only the mind is present. If the mind is present, then only the universe is present. And the universe is present only when the waking or the dream is present.

One sees differences between things because of ignorance; all these differences would vanish when one gets wisdom and the various thoughts arise because one considers the Self as ‘I’.:~ Santthosh Kumaar

All the confusion is because of identifying the Self as the ‘I’.+

The waking state is a parallel dream, and the dream is a parallel waking state. The waking and the dream are a dualistic illusion.

All the confusion is because of identifying the Self as the ‘I’. Holding the Self as ‘I’ or ‘I AM’ without realizing what ‘I’ is in actuality.

Holding the Self ‘I’ or ‘I AM’ is blocking the realization of the invisible and unborn Soul, the Self, which is without the illusory form, time, and space.

The ‘I’ is an object to the formless subject. Thus, it is necessary to realize ‘what is ‘I’ supposed to be in actuality.

The ‘I’ exists only when the mind exists. The mind exists only when the universe exists.

The universe is present only in the waking experience. If there is no waking experience, then there is no ‘I’.

If there is no ‘I’, then there is no mind.

If there is no min,d, then there is no universe.

If there is no universe, then there is no waking experience.

If there is no waking experience, then you do not exist.

Your existence as an individual is dependent on the waking experience. The waking experience is dependent on the universe.

The universe is dependent on the mind. The mind is dependent on the invisible Soul, the Self.

Thus, the invisible Soul, the Self, is the ultimate reality or Brahman or God in truth.

If the ‘I’ is the universe, then it is necessary to include the universe in the inquiry to realize the unreal nature of the ‘I’, which is present in the form of the universe.

Sage Sankara: ~ “This entire 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.

The universe is real because it is a manifestation of consciousness but is unreal, in the sense, that it is not absolute and eternal like consciousness itself.

From the standpoint of the invisible Soul, the Self, the universe is unreal. Therefore, whatever is seen, known, believed, and experienced as a person within the practical world is bound to be unreal.

There is no impermanence of the ‘I’ which comes and goes. The Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness, is the formless substance and witness of the ‘I’, which comes and goes.

That is why Bhagavad Gita: ~ “The permanent is always there, only the transient ‘I’ comes and goes. (2.18)”

The ‘I’ hides the invisible Soul, which is the cause of the 'I'.

People think the ‘I’ without the body is the Self. The seeker has to understand that ‘I’ is not the Self, but the invisible Soul, which is the cause of the ‘I’ is the true Self, which is eternal.

That is why Ashtavakra Gita 16:10:~ If you desire liberation, but you still say 'I', if you feel the ‘Self’ is the ‘I’, you are not a wise man or a seeker. You are simply a man who suffers.

Brahman is considered the all-pervading consciousness, which is the basis of illusory form, time and space form, time, and space. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar