People's approach is more practical, and they are stuck with the reality of the illusory world, they take it as real.+

Q:- “If everything is consciousness, what will happen after death?

Santthosh Kumaar:~ If you had asked the same question to me in a dream, the dream becomes unreal when the waking takes place. In the same way, the waking becomes unreal when wisdom dawns.

You are the waking entity. You are not the Self. The world in which birth, life, and death take place is merely an illusion created out of consciousness.

The world in which you exist appears as the waking experience (duality) and disappears as deep sleep (nonduality). The one that appears as waking or dream (duality) and the one that disappears as deep sleep (nonduality) is consciousness.

Wisdom dawns when you realize the ‘Self’ is not you, but the ‘Self’ is the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.

The one, which is born, lives, and dies in the world, is not the ‘Self. The ‘Self is the invisible Soul is birthless and deathless because it is the ever-formless, timeless, and spaceless existence.

If the Self is not you but the invisible Soul, then why do you worry about what happens after death, because your present experience of birth, life, death, and the world itself is merely an illusion.

If you think this world is real, then:~

A person who stamped his foot on the ground to refute, to show the world, is real, ignores that in the dream he would do exactly the same--stamp his dream foot on the ground and assert it to be real.

When you finally realize the Self is not you, but the Self is the invisible Soul, then you will realize the world in which you exist is merely an illusion created out of the invisible Soul, the Self, which is present in the form of consciousness.

Thus, you, your experience of birth, life, death, and the world merely an illusion created out of consciousness; consciousness is the ultimate truth or Brahman or God in truth.

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

People's approach is more practical, and they are stuck with the reality of the illusory world; they take it as real. That is why all the confusion.

In Self-awareness, the witness and the witnessed are one in essence. That essence is consciousness. There is no second thing that exists other than consciousness.

Thus, whatever is seen, known, believed, and experienced as a person is a reality within the waking experience (duality), but waking experience (duality) itself is merely an illusion created out of consciousness.

Without the waking state, consciousness will prevail as consciousness, which is nondualistic existence. : : ~ Santthosh Kumaar 

First find out how this world, in which you exist, has come into existence. If you know the answer then all your doubts will vanish.+

First, find out how this world, in which you exist, has come into existence. If you know the answer, then all your doubts will vanish.

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 Maya.

When you finally realize the Self is not you, but the Self is the invisible Soul, then you will realize the world in which you exist is merely an illusion created out of the invisible Soul. The invisible Soul is present in the form of consciousness.

The whole universe is nothing but the invisible Soul in its essence. Therefore, there is no second thing that exists other than the invisible Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.

The invisible Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness, is the ultimate truth or Brahman.

Even Bhagavad Gita says: ~ 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).

When Bhagavad Gita says, God is considered the all-pervading consciousness which is the basis of all the animate and inanimate entities and material, then nothing has to be accepted as God other than consciousness. Consciousness is God in truth.

There is no God but God in truth because the universe is merely an illusion created out of God in truth. Thus, nothing that is not God in truth. God in truth is the whole, not the part. The part is an illusion.

Stick to God in truth by mentally reducing the illusion into God in truth.

For a Gnani sees the world in which he exists as consciousness, just as the goldsmiths view the ornaments as nothing but the gold.

All seekers must dig into my old posts and blogs, and also keep reading the new posts and blogs they will find answers to all their doubts.

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.

In Atmic reality, there is no scope for two. Advaita means one without the second. Advaita means the nondual nature of the invisible Soul, the Self.

The Soul, the Self which is present in the form of consciousness, is one without a second.

Consciousness is one without the second because the world in which you exist is created out of consciousness. Thus, everything is consciousness. No second thing exists other than consciousness. Consciousness alone is real and eternal.

Advaitic truth has to be grasped mentally by realizing that form, time, and space are one, in essence.

Advaitic wisdom will not dawn by questioning. The questions, answers, questioner and answerer, and the world in which they exist are created out of a single stuff. Knowledge of this single stuff is Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

To acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana perfect understanding of ‘what is what’ is needed. One will not be able to attain Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana by accumulating dualistic knowledge.

There is nothing to discuss or argue in the Atmic path. Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana is knowledge of one without the second. Where there is no second thing, then what is there to argue and discuss?  : ~ Santthosh Kumaar

No second thing existed other than invisible consciousness prior to the appearance of the ‘I’.

No second thing existed other than invisible consciousness prior to the appearance of the ‘I’. 

In Atmic reality, ‘I’ never exists now, and also ‘I’ never exists in the future. Whatever appeared as ‘I’ is merely an illusion.

Let you be clear on one thing. The ‘I’ is merely a dualistic illusion created out of the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. But in Atmic reality, ‘I’ neither exists in the past nor exists now, nor is going to exist in the future. 

Whatever existed in the past, and whatever exists now, and whatever is going to exist in the future is merely an illusion created out of consciousness.

Whatever has appeared as ‘I’ is nothing but consciousness? The ‘I’ has no value because it is merely an illusion.

If you search for the truth and you will find only the invisible Soul, the Self, which is present in the form of consciousness. If you search for the invisible Soul, the Self, then you will find only the truth, which is beyond form, time, and space.

The ‘I’ is both real and unreal. It is real because it is a manifestation of the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness, but is unreal, in the sense that it is not absolute and eternal like consciousness itself.

Some Gurus used the word ‘I’ to indicate the Self. And they think the ‘I’ without the body is the Self. The ‘I’ is not the Self, but the invisible  Soul; the witness of the ‘I’ is the true Self, which is real and eternal.

When the invisible Soul is the real Self, then how 'I' remain? Only the invisible Soul, the Self which is present in the form of consciousness, prevails, not the ‘I’.

The world in which you exist is a falsehood. Thus, you are the false Self within the falsehood. 

The falsehood appears as waking or dream (duality) and disappears as the invisible Soul, the Self in deep sleep (nonduality). 

Realize ‘what is real’ and ‘what is unreal’ to realize the truth, which is beyond form, time, and space.

Perfect understanding of ‘what is what’ helps to get rid of ignorance, which is the cause of experiencing the dualistic illusion (world) as a reality.

People's approach is more practical, and they are stuck with the reality of the illusory world; they take it as real. That is why all the confusion. :~Santthosh Kumaar

One needs to constantly reflect on the subject until one gets a firm conviction of what is what.+

If you are seeking truth then you must have patience, open the blogs and posts, and read. It will not only help you to clear all your cobwebs of doubts and confusion. 

Without reading the blogs, trying to argue on your own yardstick is not of any use. 

Whatever you have read, whatever you have heard, and accumulated becomes a hindrance in realizing the truth, which is beyond form, time, and space.

All your egocentric accumulated cocktail knowledge is not Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana. Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana, soulcentric knowledge, which is not available in the spiritual supermarket.

All accumulated knowledge is mental Garbage is of no use in the quest for truth. The seeker has to discard all the accumulated knowledge and start afresh.

Perfect understanding of ‘what is what’ through deeper thinking and reasoning helps to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

Reading and reflecting on my blogs and postings gradually will help seekers start assimilating and realizing ‘what is the truth’ and ‘what is the untruth’. 

Repeated reading of my blogs and postings will make the seeker Soulcentric, and the inner dialogue will start, and clear all 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 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 consciousness.

In the Atmic path, discussion of the unimportant subject matter is a great hindrance. The path of truth is the path of verification. Nothing has to be accepted as truth without verification. Agreeing to disagree causes unnecessary friction.

The Advaitic truth is very simple, but it is very difficult to grasp because of ignorance. 

You have to realize the world in which you exist is created out of a single clay. And that single clay is the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. 

Thus, you and your body and the world in which you exist are nothing but consciousness because they are merely an illusion created out of consciousness. A perfect understanding of ‘what is what’ is needed.

I can point at the sky, but the seeing of the star is the seeker's own work.

It is necessary to reflect on the same truth again and again till it becomes reality. 

One needs to constantly reflect on the subject until one gets a firm conviction of what is what. Words of wisdom are needed until one gets a firm conviction of ‘what is what’. 

People need to read and hear the words think, reason, and reflect deeply, and reach the ultimate end.  : ~ Santthosh Kumaar 

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

People’s observation is based on a dualistic (matter) perspective, whereas Gnani’s judgment is based on the nondualistic (Soul) perspective.+

People’s observation is based on a dualistic (matter) perspective, whereas Gnani’s judgment is based on the nondualistic (Soul) perspective. 

There is neither you, nor me, nor does the world exist as reality, when the invisible  Soul, the Self, remains its own awareness.

Thus, what value is there when you and your experience of the world are one in essence? That essence is the Soul, which is present in the form of the consciousness (Spirit).

The ego, body, and the world are made of single stuff, and that single stuff is consciousness. Consciousness (Spirit) is the ultimate truth, Brahman, or God in truth.

Until one thinks ego is ego, the body as the body, the world as the world, truth realization is impossible. Without truth realization, God-realization is not possible because truth realization itself is God-realization.

From the dualistic perspective, the world in which we exist is a reality. Duality is merely an illusion. Whatever happens, within the illusion (universe) is bound to be an illusion. 

The birth, life, death, and the world are part of the illusion. The illusion is created out of a single stuff. Recognizing and realizing that single stuff, which is the Spirit leads to Self-awareness.

In Self-awareness, there is no second thing that exists other than the Spirit, which is God in truth.

From the non-dualistic perspective, there is nothing that exists other than the spirit (conscientiousness), which is the ultimate truth or God in truth. Thus, there is no God but God because everything is God in truth.

Thus, discussion based on the present physical identity (ego or you) has no value in the nondualistic discussion because everything is the invisible Soul (Spirit); no second thing exists other than the Spirit. :~ Santthosh Kumaar 

The invisible Soul, the Self, will not reveal to you on its own without you having an intense urge to realize the truth.+

The invisible Soul, the Self, will not reveal to you on its own without you having an intense urge to realize the truth. How can you realize the Self when you are unaware of the fact that the world in which you exist hides the Self?

Without investigating the nature of the world in which you exist, it is impossible to realize the  Self, which is hidden by ignorance. Only when ignorance vanishes, you will realize the world in which you exist, which you used to think as real,  becomes unreal(illusion or Maya).

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.

The seeker should personally strive for a perfect understanding of ‘what is what’ to realize the truth, which is hidden by form, time, and space.

The seeker must rationally prove the unreal nature of the world in which he exists by realizing that the world in which he exists is merely an illusion created out of the invisible Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar