The relationship and love, hate, happiness, and misery of the practical life within the practical world are a reality within the dualistic illusion. +

The relationship and love, hate, happiness, and misery of the practical life within the practical world have nothing to do with the invisible Soul, the Self, because the world in which you exist is merely an illusion created out of the invisible Soul or consciousness.

The relationship and love, hate, happiness, and misery of the practical life within the practical world are a reality within the dualistic illusion.

From the standpoint of the invisible Soul, the 'Self, they are merely an illusion created out of the invisible Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.

The invisible Soul is present in the form of consciousness. The invisible Soul, the Self, is beyond form, time, and space and beyond birth, life, death, and the world.

Thus, rest in consciousness by recognizing it as our innermost self, which is God. And realize the practical life within the practical world is a mere mirage created out of consciousness.

Consciousness is the ultimate truth, and the ultimate truth is God in truth.

Whatever is bound and whatever is free are one in essence. That essence is the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.

Within the illusion, the invisible Soul is bound by form, time, and space. In reality, the invisible Soul, the Self, is free from the bondage of form, time, and space because it is an ever formless, timeless, and spaceless existence.

You cannot think beyond form, time, and space without a perfect understanding of what is what.

Without knowing ‘what is real?’ and ‘what is unreal? ’It is impossible to realize the truth that is hidden by the ‘I’.

The seeker must realize how this ‘I’ is an illusion and on what standpoint the ‘I’ is an illusion.

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

It takes time for the seeker to gain the perfect understanding of ‘what is truth’ and ’what is untruth’.

It takes time for the invisible Soul, the Self, to wake up from the sleep of ignorance, and it takes time for one to realize the truth, which is beyond form, time, and space.: :~ Santthosh Kumaar

All that God propagated by religion is nothing but Gods based on blind faith or blind belief based on mythology.+

All that God propagated by religion is nothing but Gods based on blind faith or blind belief based on mythology. 

There is nothing so absurd that men have not worshipped in religion; every imaginable face has been given to God. If God is the creator, then it is foolish to worship anything as God from his creation because the creation is apart from God.

Every religion has its own idea of God. Thus, every religion is based on the false self. Whatever is based on the false self has to be a falsehood. Thus, the idea of God of any religion is an imagination based on the false self.

Yajurveda – chapter- 32:~  God Supreme or Supreme Spirit has no ‘Pratima’ (idol) or material shape. God cannot be seen directly by anyone. God pervades all beings and all directions. Thus, Idolatry does not find any support from the Vedas.

God in truth is a formless, timeless, and spaceless existence. According to the Vedas, God neither has any image nor does God reside in any particular idol or statue. God cannot be seen directly by anyone. God pervades all beings and all directions.

Mythological Gods and Goddesses based on blind  belief.   God, based on blind belief, is not God in truth. The belief implies duality. 

From the ultimate standpoint, duality is merely an illusion. Thus, whatever one sees, knows, believes, and experiences within the dualistic illusion is bound to be an illusion.

Mythological stories are a myth. Whatever is based on myth is merely a superstition. Mythology was introduced in the past for the ignorant masses. It has to be discarded as one progresses in his spiritual advancement.

All the mythological Gods are worshipped in the form of idols. The belief system that propagated ideas of many Gods and Goddesses, Bhakti is the only way to God, is simply trying to lead the people to darkness with its dogma and idea of many Gods, which is apart from the Self.

Mythology breeds superstition, blind belief, and senseless rituals, and is most irrational and giving them a divine outlook. Mythological stories are a myth. Whatever is based on myth is merely a superstition. 

Mythology was introduced in the past for the ignorant masses. It has to be discarded if one has to realize the ultimate truth, or Brahman, or  God in truth.

Through deeper self-search, one gains a new understanding of certain dogmas. Ideas injected by religion about the literal heaven where people are immersed in pleasure, in a literal hell where people suffer, are fables.

God is not up there to judge and decide our good and bad deeds. All the mythological stories and mythological Gods are religiously injected fables.

Hell is merely a metaphor for the isolated soul, which, like all souls, ultimately will be united in love with God.”

The seeker of truth must remember the fact that religion is not spirituality. The religion is based on the ego, which is the false self (ego) within the false experience (waking). Spirituality has nothing to do with religion.

Spirituality is based on the Spirit, which is present in the form of the invisible  Soul, the  Self.

The Vedas are based on the Spirit because they hold God as the Spirit.

Yajurveda – chapter- 32:~ “It has been said that God Supreme or Supreme Spirit has no ‘Pratima’ (idol) or material shape. God cannot be seen directly by anyone. God pervades all beings and all directions. Thus, Idolatry does not find any support from the Vedas.

Vedas and Upanishad confirm that the invisible Soul, the  Self, is present in the form of the Spirit or the consciousness.

Rig Veda: ~ The Atman (Soul or Spirit) is the cause; Atman is the support of all that exists in this universe. May ye never turn away from the Atman, the Self. May ye never accept another God in place of the Atman nor worship other than the Atman?" (10:48, 5)

The Spirit is the root element of the universe. The Spirit is present in the form of the INVISIBLE  Soul, the  Self. The INVISIBLE  Soul is present in the form of consciousness. 

From the Spirit, the universe comes into existence. In the Spirit, the universe resides. And into the Spirit, the universe is dissolved. The Spirit is the parent of all that is there.

Even the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad: ~ Brahman (God in truth) is the form of the Athma, and it is indeed Athma itself.

There is a clear-cut idea of God in the Vedas, Upanishads, and Bhagavad Gita. And also, there is a clear-cut idea of what not to worship as God in place of the real God. Thus, it proves from the  Vedic perspective that the Puranic Gods are not Vedic Gods.

Vedas says never accept another God in place of the Atman, nor worship other than the Atman.

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One must remember that for all periods the Vedas are the final goal and authority, and if the Puranas differ in any respect from the Vedas, the Puranas are to be rejected without mercy.

If you feel the Puranas say something and the Vedas say something else, reject the Puranas and believe in the Vedas. The Puranas are just a myth.

India takes pride in being the descendants of the Sages of truth who gave the Advaita the ultimate truth. The Advaitic truth is the truth beyond form, time, and space.

All the mythological Gods' existence is a myth. Such Gods can exist only within the dualistic illusion. Thus, the existence of such Gods is illusory.

Mythological Gods and Goddesses are based on the belief. The belief is not in God. The belief implies duality. From the ultimate standpoint, the duality is merely an illusion. Thus, whatever one sees, knows, believes, and experiences within the dualistic illusion is bound to be an illusion.

Mythological stories are a myth. Whatever is based on myth is merely a superstition. Mythology was introduced in the past for the ignorant masses. It has to be discarded as one progresses in his spiritual advancement.

Swami Vivekananda: This bending the knee to superstitions, this selling yourself to your own mind, does not befit you. The Soul, the Self, is infinite, deathless, and birthless. Because the Self is infinite Spirit, it does not befit you to be a slave. ... Arise! Awake! Stand up and fight! Die if you must. There is none to help you. Self is the entire world. Who can help you?

Mythology breeds superstition, blind belief, and senseless rituals, and is most irrational and gives them a divine outlook.

Swami Vivekananda: ~ If superstition enters, the brain is gone. Superstition is our great enemy, but bigotry is worse.

Mythological stories and religious fables, yet are taken seriously by pundits. All these stories are a reality within the dualistic illusion. The waking experience is a dualistic illusion. Thus, whatever belongs to the dualistic illusion is bound to be a falsehood. In reality, there is no duality because there is only Oneness.

That the ancient sages had miraculous occult power and books relate stories of their feats, are fairy tales meant for children and those whose minds had not developed.

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. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar

Spirituality is based on the invisible Soul, the Self.+

Many believe spirituality and religion are interconnected, but it is not. Religion is based on the false self (ego) and it is limited to the false experience (universe), while spirituality transcends race, religion, gender, language, and nationality, and the universe.

Spirituality is based on the invisible Soul, the Self. From the standpoint of the invisible Soul, the Self, the universe in which we exist is merely an illusion:

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 (pearls) should not be given to the ignorant populace (pigs)

Jesus really said? To the multitude, he said, “God is in heaven; try to go there,” and to reach that end, he said to overcome certain temptations and sufferings.

To his followers, he said, “God is everywhere; try to see Him,” and gave explanations to that effect.

To the close circle of apostles, he said, “God is in me and in you too,” and actually revealed this to them.

Why did Jesus say different things? Owing to the time and the persons, according to their readiness to listen and understand. What Jesus meant was to leave all and follow him; that means to know him, see him, and experience him.

The teachings that are being followed by Christians are not the real teachings that Christ gave. The priests have altered his words, added to his teachings, and spoiled them.

Jesus said: ~ Seek and ye shall find. Knock the doors shall open to you.

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Gospel Thomas logian 22: - Jesus saw infants being suckled. He said to his disciples, “These infants being suckled are like those who enter the kingdom.”

They said to him, “Shall we then, as children, enter the kingdom?”

Jesus said to them, “When you make the two one, and when you make the inside like the outside and the outside like the inside, and the above like the below, and when you make the male and the female one and the same, so that the male not be male nor the female is female; and when you fashion eyes in the place of an eye, and a hand in place of a hand, and a foot in place of a foot, and a likeness in place of a likeness; then will you enter the kingdom.”

Santthosh Kumaar: ~ This above passage is Jesus’s version of Nonduality or Advaita. When one realizes that the mind (matter) and the invisible Soul (Spirit), the Self, are one, in essence, there is no place for duality.

Without the duality, the universe ceases to exist. Without the universe, your existence within the universe is merely an illusion.

There is scope for two because everything is created out of a single stuff. That single stuff is consciousness or Spirit.

Till one thinks he is an individual separate from this world, he remains in the realm of duality. The duality is the product of ignorance. When the Advaitic wisdom dawns, then ignorance vanishes. When ignorance vanishes, then the duality never remains as a reality.

God in truth, is not physical. God in truth is present in the form of the Spirit. The Spirit is the cause of the world, and the Spirit itself is uncaused.

From the standpoint of the Spirit, the form, time, space, and name are merely an illusion.

The Spirit alone is real and all else is an illusion. In reality, the Spirit (God in truth) and matter (the world in which we exist) are one. :~ Santthosh Kumaar 

A Gnani lives within the world but he is not of this world.+

There is no need to step out of the illusion. A Gnani lives within the world, but he is not of this world. At the dawn of the Advaitic wisdom, life will go on as usual within the dualistic illusion, but the conscious awareness of reality is always there.

For Gnani, whether there is a dualistic illusion or there is no dualistic illusion makes no difference because he is free from experiencing the individual experience of birth, life, death, and the world as a reality.

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

A Gnani never considers his body, and his experience of the world is not different from consciousness.

A Gnani considers the world in which he exists as the Soul. And the Soul is present in the form of consciousness. Consciousness is the witness that experiences the action, the actor, and the world of separate things. It is like a light that illuminates everything in a theatre, revealing the master of ceremonies, the guests, and the dancers with complete impartiality. Even when they all depart, the light shines to reveal their absence.

Remember:~

For a Gnani, 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.

The common people's approach is more practical, and they are stuck with the reality of the 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.

A Gnani is fully aware that 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.

Remember:~

The universe will not vanish when wisdom dawns; only the ignorance disappears, and the unreal nature of the universe is exposed, in the same way as the unreal nature of the dream is exposed when the waking takes place.

The Advaitic wisdom dawns in the midst of duality because, in reality, there is no duality. Nothing is needed other than a perfect understanding of ‘what is what’..

The ultimate truth or Brahman cannot be experienced because it is prior to any experience. The experience belongs to individuality. And individuality is a falsehood. There is neither an individual nor his experience in the Advaitic reality.

The world in which you exist cannot exist without waking experience. Whatever we are discussing, we are discussing within the waking experience, but from the ultimate standpoint, the waking experience itself is an illusion.

Whatever is known, seen, believed, and experienced as a person within the dualistic illusion is bound to be an illusion.

Remember:~

Nothing ever is really born. The entire universe is only an illusion. The universe in which you exist is merely an illusion created out of consciousness.

What exists is the invisible Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness only. Consciousness cannot be expressed in words because it is existence itself. It is eternal, self-effulgent, and unblemished.

The illusion has no value. The universe is the illusory nature of the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.

Mentally reduce the universe into consciousness by realizing the universe is 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. There is no reason behind the illusion! From the ultimate standpoint, there is no illusion at all! Everything is nothing but consciousness. :~ Santthosh Kumaar

When you will start thinking independently then the inner revelation will start clearing all the obstacles.+

Even for simple crafts, such as masonry or carpentry, a preliminary course of training is required before a person is allowed to handle the instruments; but in the field of Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana, the science of the Soul, the Self, the highest and the most difficult of all sciences.

Most people think they are competent and entitled to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana, but their egocentric intelligence and accumulated knowledge block them from acquiring Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

Katha Upanishad: ~ This Knowledge cannot be attained by common sense or by reasoning. Brahman-Atman is easy to comprehend when taught by one who knows. [1.2.9]

Katha Upanishad says: ~ This Atman is attained by him alone whom It chooses. To such a one, Atman reveals its own form. ( II -23-P-20)

Upanishads:~ Fools dwelling in darkness, but thinking they are wise and erudite, go round and round, by various tortuous paths, like the blind led by the blind. (Upanishads Nikilanada - Ch II-5 P-14)

Brihadaranyaka Upanishad 1.3.28:~ “oṁ asato mā sad gamaya ~`tamaso mā jyotir gamaya~ mṛtyor mā amṛtaṁ gamaya~ oṁ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ” ~

~Lead Us From the Unreal To the Real, Lead Us From Darkness To Light, Lead Us From Death To Immortality, Let There Be Peace, Peace, Peace.

The truth is very simple. It is very difficult to realize because it is lost in the dualistic knowledge we inherited, collected from different sources, different masters, different gurus, different philosophies, different ideologies, different books, and scriptures. All this accumulated knowledge is a mere hill of Garbage.

Nothing is needed other than realizing the knowledge of the single stuff. The single stuff is the cause of the world in which we exist. And that single stuff itself is causeless. That single stuff is the invisible Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.

The invisible and unborn Soul is the Self. Knowledge of the invisible Soul, the Self, is Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana. Atma Gnana is knowledge of God.

Realizing God in this very life is your goal. God-realization itself is real worship.

A perfect understanding of ‘what is what’ is needed. Only an intense urge to know the truth, humility, sincerity, and patience are the only qualifications to realize God in this very life and in this very world.

Drop all your accumulated knowledge, drop all the physical Gurus, the invisible Soul, the inner Guru, is waiting for you to take the first step, for you to realize there are no more steps.

When you start thinking independently, the inner revelation will start clearing all the obstacles that were blocking your realization.

Deeper thinking and reasoning is very much needed in the pursuit of truth. : ~ Santthosh Kummar

Until one thinks he is an individual separate from this world he remains in the realm of dualistic illusion.+

The ego, body, and the world in which you exist are created out of a single stuff. That single stuff is the invisible Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.

Till we have a firm conviction about this single stuff, it becomes difficult to grasp the truth, which is beyond form, time, and space.

Until one thinks he is an individual separate from this world, he remains in the realm of dualistic illusion or Maya. The dualistic illusion or Maya is the product of ignorance.

When the Advaitic wisdom dawns, then ignorance vanishes. When ignorance vanishes, then the duality never remains as a reality.

From the standpoint of the invisible Soul, the Self, the world in which we all exist is merely an illusion.

Rest in consciousness by realizing the world in which you exist is nothing but an illusion created out of consciousness.

The invisible Soul is the fullness of consciousness without illusory division of form, time, and space.

Thus, consciousness alone is real and eternal; all else is merely an illusion created out of consciousness.

It takes time for the seeker to gain the perfect understanding of ‘what is truth’ and ’what is untruth’.

It takes time for the invisible Soul, the Self, to wake up from the sleep of ignorance, and it takes time for one to realize the truth, which is hidden by the illusory form, time, and space. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar

At the dawn of the Advaitic wisdom, life will go on as usual within the dualistic illusion,n but the conscious awareness of the nondual reality is always there.+

There is no need to step out of the illusion. A Gnani lives within the world, but he is not of this world. At the dawn of the Advaitic wisdom, life will go on as usual within the dualistic illusion, but the conscious awareness of the nondual reality is always there.

For Gnani, whether there is a dualistic illusion or there is no dualistic illusion makes no difference because he is free from experiencing the individual experience of birth, life, death, and the world as a reality.

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

A Gnani never considers his body, and his experience of the world is not different from consciousness.

A Gnani considers the world in which he exists as the invisible Soul. And the invisible Soul is present in the form of consciousness.

Consciousness is the witness that experiences the action, the actor, and the world of separate things. It is like a light that illuminates everything in a theatre, revealing the master of ceremonies, the guests, and the dancers with complete impartiality. Even when they all depart, the light shines to reveal their absence.

Remember:~

For a Gnani, 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.

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

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

A Gnani is fully aware of the fact that 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.

Remember:~

The universe will not vanish when Advaitic wisdom dawns; only ignorance disappears, and the unreal nature of the universe is exposed, in the same way as the unreal nature of the dream is exposed when the waking takes place.

The Advaitic wisdom dawns in the midst of duality because, in Atmic reality, there is no duality. Nothing is needed other than a perfect understanding of ‘what is what’.

The ultimate truth or Brahman cannot be experienced because it is prior to any experience. The experience belongs to individuality. And individuality is a falsehood. There is neither an individual nor his experience in the Advaitic reality.

The world in which you exist cannot exist without waking experience. Whatever we are discussing, we are discussing within the waking experience, but from the ultimate standpoint, the waking experience itself is an illusion.

Whatever is known, seen, believed, and experienced as a person within the dualistic illusion is bound to be an illusion.

Remember:~

Nothing ever is really born. The entire universe is only an illusion. The universe in which you exist is merely an illusion created out of consciousness.

What exists is the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness only. Consciousness cannot be expressed in words because it is existence itself. It is eternal, self-effulgent, and unblemished.

The illusion has no value. The universe is the illusory nature of the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. Mentally reduce the universe into consciousness by realizing the universe is 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. There is no reason behind the illusion! From the ultimate standpoint, there is no illusion at all! Everything is nothing but consciousness. :~ Santthosh Kumaar