By stopping the thoughts through yogic samadhi, ignorance will not vanish.+

By stopping the thoughts through yogic samadhi, ignorance will not vanish.

Thoughtlessness is not wisdom. The thoughts and the thinker and the world in which the thinker exists belong to the dualistic illusion.

Some gurus say Find out to whom these thoughts come?’ But such an inquiry will not help to unfold the mystery of the ‘I’.

The thoughts have nothing to do with the invisible  Soul, the Self, which is an ever-formless, timeless, and spaceless existence.

Without the form, time, and space, the thought will not be formed. The thought rises only to the waking entity or dream entity. Without the waking entity or dream entity, the thoughts will not arise.

Deeper self-search reveals that the Self is neither the waking entity nor the dream entity, but the Self is the invisible Soul or consciousness, which witnesses the coming and going of the three states.

The three states have nothing to do with the invisible Soul, the Self, because the three states are an illusion created out of the invisible Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.

Thus, the thoughtless is not wisdom. The thought, the thinker, and the world are created out of a single clay, and that clay is consciousness. That essence is consciousness; thus, the thought, the thinker, and the world are part of the illusion. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar 

Ignorance is present in the form of the ‘I'.+

One should not wish for the easy way to search for the truth. In an easy way, there is ignorance. Ignorance is inborn.

Ignorance is present in the form of the ‘I'. Ignorance has been nourished and passed on from one generation to the next.

Without getting rid of this inborn ignorance, it is impossible to realize the ultimate truth or Brahman.

The world in which we exist (waking) is the product of ignorance. The world, in which we exist, ceases to exist without ignorance.

In Self-awareness, there is neither man nor the world because the world in which we exist is an illusion created out of the invisible Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. The invisible Soul is the Self.

From the standpoint of the invisible Soul, the Self, the man+world is merely an illusion.

Ignorance is present in the form of the ‘T’. 'I' is present in the form of the mind. The Mind is present in the form of the universe.

The universe appears in the form of the waking or the dream (duality) and disappears as deep sleep (non-duality)

The ‘I’ is inborn samskara or conditioning; because of this inborn samskara or conditioning, the illusion is experienced as reality.

Remember:~

The invisible Soul without the ‘I’ is God. God is hidden by ‘I’.

Remember, the ‘I’ is not an individual because the ‘I’ is the whole universe.

Limiting the ‘I’ to individuality is the cause of experiencing the dualistic illusion of reality?

The nature of the ‘I’ is the nature of the mind.

The nature of the mind is the nature of the universe.

The nature of the universe is the nature of the waking.

The nature of the waking is the nature of the illusion.

Thus, it is necessary to study the nature of the ‘I’ to unfold the mystery of the universe.

All the teachings limit the ‘I’ to an individual and glorify the ‘I’ without knowing what this ‘I’ is supposed to be in actuality. All ‘I’ based teachings are inadequate and useless for the serious seeker of truth.

If you are seeking truth, nothing but the truth must be discarded without mercy, such teaching to progress in your spiritual quest.

The seeker must know that the ‘I’ is not limited to individuality. The seeker has to see the ‘I’ as the universe, to overcome ignorance. When the Advaitic wisdom dawns, then ignorance vanishes.

When ignorance vanishes and the dualistic illusion (world) you used to think it as reality becomes unreal :~Santthosh Kumaar

When the nondual real nature of the ‘I’ is exposed through Advaitic wisdom, then it is called Moksha.+

Religious orthodox think that through their good karma and performing rituals, they get moksha.

There are two kinds of audiences - the ordinary ones who desire the transitory heaven and other pleasures obtained as a result of ritual sacrifices, and the most advanced seeker who seeks to know the truth beyond form, time, and space. 

The religious orthodoxy is meant for the first audience, to help lead its followers along the way. The Atmic path, with emphasis on Advaitic wisdom, is meant for those who wish to go beyond such transient pleasures.

Although Sage Sankara puts the mystic goal highest in his mystical books, he is careful to say that this goal leads to Brahman, not that it is realization.

That is why Sage Sankara: ~ VC- Let erudite scholars quote all the scripture, let Gods be invoked through sacrifices, let elaborate rituals be performed, let personal Gods be propitiated---yet, without the realization of one‘s identity with the Self, there shall be no liberation for the individual, not even in the lifetimes of a hundred Brahmas put together (verses-6)

In the Advaita perspective, moksha is synonymous with the invisible Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness (Brahman)

Sruti says "brahmavit brahmaiva Bhavati" ~ He who knows Brahman (Soul) becomes Brahman (Soul) Itself.

The real Moksha is freedom from the ‘I’. The ‘I’ is the cause of ignorance. Ignorance is the cause of experiencing the dualistic illusion as reality.

The dualistic illusion is present in the form of the ‘I’.

The ‘I’ is present in the form of the mind.

The mind is present in the form of form, time, and space.

The form, time, and space are present in the form of the universe.

The universe appears as the waking or dream.

The individual experiences of birth, life, death, and the world are happening within the waking experience.

But remember:~

The ‘I’ disappears in deep sleep.

There is no mind without the ‘I’

There is no form, time, and  space without the ‘I’

There is no universe without the ‘I’.

There is waking without the ‘I’

There is only the invisible and unborn   Soul, the witness of the ‘I’.

When the nondual real nature of the ‘I’ is exposed through Advaitic wisdom, then it is called Moksha. : ~Santthosh Kumaar 

Religious Gurus are not Gnanis; they propagate only religion. Religion is not Spirituality or Adyathma.+

Religious Gurus are not Gnanis; they propagate only religion. Religion is not Spirituality or Adyathma.

Religious Gurus do not propagate wisdom; they are meant to guide the ignorant populace in practical life within the practical world.

Many Religious gurus are serving humanity by giving free education and maintaining love and harmony in society, but they have nothing to do with the Atmic path.

The Guru has nothing to do with Advaitic wisdom. A Gnani never identifies himself as a guru.

There are so many in the guise of Gurus and Godmen with criminal records who indulge in cheating, rape, and murder.

The Gurus and Godmen who promise instant enlightenment or Self-realization are not Gnanis. Mixing religion with the Atmic path is like mixing oil in the water.

Seekers from the west mistake whoever calls them gurus are Gnanis; thus, their mission of seeking the truth is misguided by such Gurus.

Those mystics who talk of experiencing the supreme reality do not know that the word experience implies something else, a second to be experienced, i.e., duality, i.e., non-reality, and those who talk of "direct knowledge" of reality again do not perceive that knowledge implies a second thing to be known; i.e., duality exists. i.e., no reality here!

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.

By 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.

Guru-disciple concept is meant for the religious and yogic path. In the Atmic path, the Guru and disciple concept has no value.

A person who realized the ultimate truth or Brahman will throw off his religious robe and all religious identity and live like a commoner. He never identifies himself as Gnani, nor does he identify himself as superior to others. He only shares his knowledge with fellow seekers.

A Gnani never identifies himself as a Guru or a Yogi, or as some Guru's disciple. The one who accepts himself as a Guru or someone’s disciple is not a Gnani.

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 the 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.

All the chosen ones will get freedom from experiencing the illusion (duality) as a reality. All the seekers of truth are chosen ones.

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

All the chosen ones will get freedom from experiencing the illusion (duality) as a reality. All the seekers of truth are chosen ones.

Sage Sankara: ~ "Though I wear these robes of a Sanyasin, it is only for the sake of bread." (Select Works of Sage Sankara, also his commentary on the Brihad)

Thus, the above passage proves that all those who wear the sanyasin robes are wearing them for the sake of bread and belong to the religion; they have nothing to do with the Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana. There is no need to criticize and condemn the Gurus, yogis, and swamis because they are needed for the welfare of the ignorant masses in the dualistic world.

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 are you sticking to a Guru who is not a Gnani?

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.”

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: ~

"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 the 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.

No one has ever seen God by practicing religion or yoga or indulging in glorifying the religious God and Goddesses because God exists prior to form, time, and space. The form, time, and space cease to exist as a reality when Religious Gurus are not Gnanis; they propagate only religion. Religion is not Spirituality or Adyathma: ~Santtosh Kumaar

The seeker has to make a distinction between from non-dualistic perspective and the dualistic perspective.+

The seeker has to make a distinction between from non-dualistic perspective and the dualistic perspective.

From the non-dualistic perspective, the world in which he exists is an illusion. From the dualistic perspective, the world in which he exists is a reality.

If the seeker wants to realize the truth, then he has to discard all the religious beliefs and yogic practices and scriptural studies.

Nothing is needed in pursuit of truth other than an intense urge and receptivity to realize the truth, which is beyond form, time, and space.

That is why Sage Sankara: ~ VC Let erudite scholars quote all the Scripture, let Gods be invoked through sacrifices, let elaborate rituals be performed, let personal Gods be propitiated---yet, without the realization of one‘s identity with the Self, there shall be no liberation for the individual, not even in the lifetimes of a hundred Brahmas put together (verses-6)

Sage Sankara said:~ -Neither by the practice of yoga nor philosophy, nor by good works nor by learning, does liberation come, but only through the realization that Atman and Brahman are one in no other way. (1) Vivekachoodamani v 56, pg~25

Sage Sankara’s wisdom has nothing to do with religion and yoga.

There are two kinds of audiences - the ordinary ones who desire the transitory heaven and other pleasures obtained as a result of ritual sacrifices, and the most advanced seeker who seeks to know the truth beyond form, time, and space.

Religion and yoga are meant for the first audience, to help lead their followers along the way. Sage Sankara’s Advaita, with its emphasis on Advaitic wisdom, is meant for those who wish to go beyond such transient pleasures.

First, you have to realize that the Self is not you, but the Self is the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. It is the invisible Soul that is in ignorance.

It is the invisible Soul that is experiencing the dualistic illusion (the world, in which you exist) as a reality. When the invisible Soul wakes up in its own awareness, ignorance vanishes, and then the illusory reality (the world, in which you exist) never again remains as a reality.

There is nothing to realize other than realizing the universe in which you exist is nothing but consciousness. Consciousness alone is real and eternal; the universe is merely an illusion. Consciousness is the ultimate truth, or Brahman or God in truth.: ~Santthosh Kumaar

First of all, you must give the meaning of Brahman!+

Yogi may see a hill in his Yogic Samadhi, but how does he know that hill is Brahman?

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

First of all, you must give the meaning of Brahman!

BRAHMAN -The English use of the word real as applied to the material world, whereas Indian Sages of truth use it as applied to unseen Brahman. Hence, many errors have arisen in translations from Sanskrit.

BRAHMAN- The word Brahman or Sat has no proper equivalent in English. The nearest is the ultimate reality or the ultimate truth. The West, however, applies reality to individual objects or to the multiplicity of them all, whereas the Sages of Advaita apply it to the non-duality. Brahman is called "That" because it is something not known yet by the seeker.

The Brahman means the ultimate truth or ultimate reality. The ultimate reality is God.

A madman can say, “This rock is an elephant.” So until he defines an elephant, we cannot say what he means.

It is no use seeing the personal God everywhere. You must see the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness everywhere, and then you will be able to treat the world in which you exist as consciousness.

First, you must know what God is supposed to be.

There is a clear-cut idea in the scriptures, what is supposed to be God. And what not to worship in place of God, then why worship the belief in the religious idea of God, which is not God?

That is why Lord Krishna says Ch ~V: ~ “Those who know the Self in truth.". The last two words (tattvataha) are usually ignored by pundits, but they make all the difference between the ordinary concept of God and the truth about God.

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

Rig Veda: ~ The Atman 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 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.

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

People who worship a religious God based on blind belief are hallucinating that they become one with such a God.

The Brihadaranyaka Upanishad declares: "He who worships the deities as entities entirely separate from him does not know the truth. For the Gods, he is like a pasu (beast)". (1. 4. 10)

Bhagavad Gita:~ All those whose intelligence has been stolen by material desires, they worship many Gods. (7- Verse -20)

The Vedas themselves declare: May ye never accept another God in place of the Atman nor worship other than the Atman? Thus, to know the real God, Self-realization is necessary. Self-realization is God-realization. Self-realization is real worship.

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

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. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar 

Sage Sankara had tremendous intellectual power, throwing the scorching light of reason upon everything.+

Sage Vasistha: ~ “We contemplate that reality in which everything exists, to which everything belongs, and from which everything has emerged, which is the cause of everything that is and which is everything.

Sage Vasistha: ~ “This world appearance is confusion, even as the blueness of the sky is an optical illusion. I think it is better not to let the mind dwell on it, but to ignore it.

Isa Upanishads indicate that:~ The time one spends in ritualistic practices is wasted; one can spend the same time moving forward towards Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana, which is the main goal.

An effort is necessary up to the state of realization. Even then, the Self should spontaneously become evident. Otherwise, happiness will not be complete. Up to that state of spontaneity, there must be an effort in some form or another.

The ever-present 'Self' needs no effort to be realized. Realization is already there. Ignorance alone is to be removed. Sages say the words from a Gnani remove it.

Remember:~

Sage Sankara had tremendous intellectual power, throwing the scorching light of reason upon everything.

Sage Sankara says: ~ A buried treasure is not uncovered by merely uttering the words: “Come forth.” You must follow the right directions, dig, remove the stones and earth from above it, and then make it your own. In the same way, the pure truth of the Atman is buried under Maya and the effects of Maya.

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.

Sage Sankara: ~ VC~.63: "Without knowing and examining the universe, one can’t know the Truth, as the idea that the external world exists won't go. It can go only by an inquiry into the nature of the external world.

Sage Sankara says: ~ “What is accepted without a proper inquiry will not lead a person to the final goal. On the contrary, such acceptance will result only in evil, in something detrimental to our spiritual progress.

Sage Sankara says: - VC-47 All the effects of ignorance, root, and branch, are burnt down by the fire of knowledge, which arises from discrimination between these two—the Self and the non-Self.

Until you think you are an individual separate from the world and the world that existed prior to you, and you are born in it afterward, ignorance will prevail as a reality. Till ignorance is there, the universe prevails as reality.

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 other types of meditation.

Perfect understanding and realization of ‘what is what’ leads to Self-awareness. By holding onto theories, one remains in the realm of duality.

You have to mentally go on dropping what is not the truth through deeper self-search.

Finally, when you become aware that your ego, your body, and the world are one in essence, then there is Self-awareness in the midst of duality.: ~Santthosh Kumaar