A Gnani sees the nondual reality hidden by ignorance as it is in the midst of diversity (the universe).+

A Gnani sees the nondual reality hidden by ignorance as it is in the midst of diversity (the universe).

Sage Sankara himself said: ~ A Gnani bears no outward mark of a holy man."

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

So he wore a Guru's robe only for the sake of the ignorant. So he was identified as Guru with parampara by religious people. For the truth seekers, Sage Sankara is a Brahma Gnani.

Thus, it proves that the religious gurus and yogis are not Gnanis because they identified themselves as holy people.

It proves that Sage Sankara meant, taking sanyasa and wearing the religious robes to earn bread. Sanyasa is not a qualification to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

Exploring if an outside observer can, in all cases, determine if a person is Enlightened or not, the venerated Sage Sankara, in his work The Crest-Jewel of Discrimination (1) or as it is sometimes known, Viveka Chudamani (2), states that the Knower of the Atman (i.e., a Gnani) "bears no outward mark of a holy man" (Stanza 539).

Sage Sankara writes (on a Gnani): - “Sometimes he appears to be a Fool, sometimes a wise man. Sometimes he seems splendid as a king, sometimes feeble-minded. Sometimes he is calm and silent. Sometimes he draws men to him. Sometimes people honor him greatly, sometimes they insult him. Sometimes they ignore him.

Sage Sankara:~ "The ignorant see the body of a knower of Brahman(Gnani) and identify him with it. Actually, the Soul, the Self, is free from the body and every other kind of bondage. To the Self, the body is merely a shadow."

Manduka Upanishads: ~ It is difficult to find out who is a Gnani because he bears no external mark. Neither nudity nor the yellow robe has anything to do with him.

A Gnani cannot have the idea of renouncing the world or giving up something of the practical world, because that would connote the idea of duality. Duality is merely an illusion from the ultimate standpoint. Knowing no second thing at all, there remains nothing to be given up.

Self-knowledge is the truest knowledge, not the absence of duality. Self-knowledge cannot destroy the world, but it eliminates ignorance and exposes the unreal nature of the mind or universe.

A Gnani is the one who has realized that the universe in which he exists is nothing but consciousness. Self-awareness is unique. It cannot be experienced because it is prior to any experience. It is possible only by the realization of the knowledge of the Infinite."

A Gnani sees only unity in diversity, just like a goldsmith estimating the gold in various items of jewelry sees only gold.

When one identifies the Self with the form, then only the form, time, and space are present. But when one transcends form, time, and space, the duality never remains as reality. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar: ~ Santthosh Kumaar

Bhagavad Gita - Cut all such conflicting dualities by the sword of knowledge.+

Whatever takes form as the duality is false. Only the nondual consciousness endures. When you understand the truth, beyond form, time, and space, the duality will never be a reality again. For the consciousness is infinite, within and without, like a mirror, and the image in a mirror. Consciousness is everywhere, filling all things and flowing through the dualistic illusion forever.

Consciousness is like a lamp that lights up a theater and reveals both a dancer and a stage.

Ignorance is the cause of experiencing the world as a reality. The world in which we exist is a dualistic illusion. The ‘Self' is hidden within the dualistic illusion, and it is without the dualistic illusion.

The mystic must become a constant slave to some line of "thought," or rather imagination, and then he will really see visions confirming his imagination.

The mystic who sees God in vision has seen Him during the waking state. The waking experience itself is an illusion. Thus, whatever is seen within the illusion is bound to be an illusion. Thus, the mystic must realize his existence is a reality within the illusion.

Whatever belief of God one is familiar with through their inherited conditioning or samskara that he will see in their visions. When the man is the false Self within the false experience, then whatever he believes is bound to be a falsehood.

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).

When the 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.

Bhagavad Gita 2:46:~ "A man of true knowledge who has attained enlightenment has the same use for all the scriptures as one has for a small reservoir of water in a place flooded on all sides."

The rituals mentioned in the karmakanda of the Vedas are sought to be negated in the jnanakanda, which is also part of the same scripture. While the karmakanda enjoins upon you the worship of various deities and lays down rules for the same, the jnanakanda, constituted by the Upanishads, ridicules the worshipper of deities as a dim-witted person no better than a beast.

This seems strange, the latter part of the Vedas contradicting the former part. The first part deals with karma, while the second or concluding part is all about jnana. Owing to this difference, people have gone so far as to divide our scripture into two sections: the Vedas (that is, the first part) to mean the karmakanda and the Upanishads (Vedanta) to mean the jnanakanda.

God is the Soul, the innermost Self. The Soul is present in the form of consciousness. God is not within you, but you and your experience of the world are within God. Self-realization is God realization because the Soul, the Self itself, is God. When you and your experience of the world disappear, then God alone prevails as a formless, timeless, and spaceless existence.

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 dualistic worship of "God” is only for the ignorant populace. The God in truth is only Atman, the innermost “Self’. In reality, there is no duality, no differentiation. Only Atman exists.

It is for every seeker who is seeking truth must first know what God is supposed to be in actuality according to the Vedas and Upanishads, and reject all non-Vedic Gods, to realize the Atman is the real God.

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

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

Thus, it refers to a formless and attributeless God, which is the Atman (Soul), the Self within the false experience.

Thus, it indicates clearly that all the Gods with form and attributes are mere imagination based on the false ‘Self’. Thus, Atman or the Soul, the Self, is God in truth.

The Brihadaranyaka Upanishad says:~ "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)

A great majority of Hindus are not in contact with their religious history; therefore, they believe their inherited blind beliefs to be as ultimate truth.

The Vedas confirm God is Atman (Spirit), the Self.

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)

Rig-Veda 1-164-46 and Y.V 32-1 clearly mention that God is “One”.

Rig Veda declares God is ‘ONE’ and God is Atman, then why believe and worship in place of the real God?

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.

No dualities, no differentiation. Only Atman exists. Let us see in the words of Krishna:~

Bhagavad Gita: 4: 22:~ ".....who has gone beyond the conflicting dualities like the good (happiness) and bad (sorrow)....."

Bhagavad Gita: 4: 42:~ ".....cut all such conflicting dualities (doubts) by the sword (weapon) of knowledge. ....."

Bhagavad Gita: 5: 18:~ “The learned men (who have come out of delusions (Māyā), got rid of Avidya) see no differentiation have equal vision for a revered Brahmin, a cow, an elephant, a dog, and a cāndāla (outcaste, rogue, mleccha, demonic person, etc)"

Bhagavad Gita: 5: 19:~ "Those who have achieved the true knowledge, i.e., the 'Self-Knowledge' or the 'knowledge of Atman' and see no difference, are free from conflicting dualities and have merged in Brahman"

Bhagavad Gita: 5: 20:~ "One who does not get excited out of happiness on getting good and does not get depressed on getting bad is situated in Brahman, i.e., is merged in Brahman"

Bhagavad Gita: 6: 9:~ "The one who has equal vision for a Selfless do-gooder, a friend, a foe, an unbiased, a well-wisher, a depressed and jealous man, relatives, a righteous and a sinner is the best (as he sees no duality and differentiation but sees everything as Ātman)"

Bhagavad Gita: 6: 32:~ “.....As one seeks and treats oneself with equal vision, the same way one who has equal vision for good and evil, for everybody is the best of all"

Bhagavad Gita: 6: 8:~ "For whom soil, a pebble, and gold are alike, he is merged in Brahman"

Bhagavad Gita: 7: 27:~ ".....People are getting entangled in the primordial ignorance (Avidya) of the conflicting dualities like good and evil, happiness and sorrow caused due to attachments, desires, and hatred....."

Bhagavad Gita: 6: 28:~ “.....Who have cut off conflicting dualities (like good and evil) is determinedly in my service. ...."

Bhagavad Gita: 7: 19:~ "Such a man who has attained true knowledge, the knowledge of Self, the knowledge of Atman, in the last birth in the series of many births worships Me as~ Atman alone exists~ everything is Atman, there exists nothing except Atman. Such a man is extremely rare: ~Santthosh Kumaar

The invisible Soul is the cause of the illusory universe in which we exist, and it itself is uncaused.+

The invisible and unborn Soul is the Self. The Soul is present in the form of consciousness.

The invisible Soul is the cause of the illusory universe in which we exist, and it itself is uncaused.

Many souls theory is a religious theory based on the false self (ego) within the false world. When the world in which we exist is created out of a single clay and that single clay is the invisible Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness, the question of many souls does not arise. There is one and only Soul, which is the cause of the universe.

You are not the Self because you are mortal. You are mortal because you are bound by the experience of birth, life, death, and the world.

The Self is the invisible and unborn Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness, and is immortal because it is an ever-formless, timeless, and spaceless existence.

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

The universe in which you exist is the product of ignorance. When ignorance vanishes, the universe in which you exist is merely an illusion created out of the consciousness.

Without the illusion, the invisible Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness alone, will prevail as the ultimate reality or Brahman or God in truth. Thus, the invisible Soul is the ultimate truth or Brahman.

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

The Many Souls theory is based on the false self and false experience(world). When the whole universe is created out of a single stuff, which is the Soul, then whatever the universe contains is also consciousness. Thus, the Soul is one, and in ignorance, the diversity (world) appears as a reality.

Sage Sankara asks his opponents ~ "How do you know there are separate individual Souls? Have you seen the Soul of a Man? You can only say that you have seen different bodies. To say more is to misuse language. Therefore, I call you liars unless you give proof, which is impossible.

Rig Veda: ~ The Atman is the cause; Atman is the support of all that exists in this universe.

So, it proves the invisible Soul is not an individual, but it is the support of all that exists in this universe.

The invisible Soul is not limited to an individual. The individuals are many, but the invisible Soul is one. The individual exists within the illusory universe. The invisible Soul is the cause of the illusory universe, and it itself is uncaused.

The invisible Soul is not within the human body. The universe is created out of a single stuff. That single stuff is the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.

Thus, whatever universe contains is bound to be the invisible Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.

In the dream world, the dream people appeared together and disappeared together. Similarly, the waking world and waking people appeared together and disappear together.

Thus, the dream is created out of a single piece of stuff, and that stuff is the invisible Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. In the same way, the waking experience is also created out of a single stuff. And that single stuff is the consciousness.

The invisible Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness, is the cause of the three states, and it itself is uncaused. The many soul theories are religious and yogic fables based on the false self (ego) and false experience (waking).

Knowledge of the single stuff is Self-knowledge of Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

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

Deeper self-search reveals the fact that you are not the Self, the world in which you exist is the invisible Soul, which is present in the form of the consciousness, but the consciousness is specifically not an entity or identity or a thing within the world in which you exist. But it is the cause of the world in which you exist, and it itself is uncaused.

The invisible Soul is hidden by the illusory universe in which you exist. The nature of the invisible Soul is a formless, timeless, and spaceless existence.

Thus, it is necessary to realize that the world in which you exist is created out of a single stuff, which is consciousness. Consciousness is the ultimate truth, or Brahman or God in truth.

Thus, God in truth alone is real; the world in which you exist 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 beyond form, time, and space.: ~Santthosh Kumaar

To realize the ultimate truth or Brahman, no scriptures are needed. +

I quote scriptures because the scriptures are also saying the same thing that I am saying. We have to bifurcate spiritual quotes from religious books.

To realize the ultimate truth or Brahman, no scriptures are needed. I am highlighting only the rational views of the sages of truth, bifurcating spiritual insights from the religious books

People think that by studying the Vedas, one will be able to get Self-realization, but it is not so.

Vedic studies lead one nowhere. What is the use of studying scriptures when the Upanishads themselves declare:-

Katha Upanishad:~ This Atman cannot be attained by the study of the Vedas, or by intelligence, or by much hearing of sacred books. It is attained by him alone whom it chooses. To such a one, Atman reveals its own form. (Katha Upanishad Ch-II -23-P-20)

Mundaka Upanishad: ~ This Atman cannot be attained through the study of the Vedas, nor through intelligence, nor through much learning. He who chooses Atman—by him alone is Atman attained. It is the Atman that reveals to the seeker its true nature. (3 page-70 - Mundaka Upanishad- Upanishads by Nikilanada)

When the Upanishad says: the human goal is to acquire Self-Knowledge, and they indicate the personal gods, scriptures, worship, and rituals are not the means to Self–Knowledge, then why should anyone indulge in it?

The Upanishads declare:~

Mundaka Upanishad 1:2:8:~ “Remaining in the fold of ignorance and thinking 'we are extremely wise and learned,' the fools with boastful nature ramble about like the blind led by the blind alone.”

Mundaka Upanishad 3:2:3:- “The weak and timid cannot realize the Self. Self-realization is not possible through intellect or hearing spiritual discourse. One who welcomes God in every activity, through a thoroughly controlled and disciplined life, to him also the Soul is revealed

Katha Upanishad 1:2:23:~ The Soul cannot be realized through hearing the scholarly explanation of the discourses, not even by the intellect.

Katha Upanishad 1:3:6:~ “Through the knowledge of the Soul, God, one is pure and clean constantly.” Neither by reading the book nor by taking a bath at a holy place has one become pure. Inner purity is possible when one remains in constant touch with the Soul. Constant Soul Consciousness is the real purity.

Kena Upanishad 2:4:~ When it is known through every state of cognition, it is rightly known, for (by such knowledge) one attains life eternal. Through one's own self, one gains power, and through wisdom, one gains immortality.

Kena Upanishad 2:5:~ If here one knows it, then there is the truth, and if here one knows it not, there is a great loss. Hence, seeing the Real in all beings, wise men become immortal on departing from this world.

The scriptures are being added to from time to time. This process will go on. There is no final authority among them? One contradicts the other: duality reigns supreme.

The Upanishads are self-contradictory. Every pundit even gives conflicting interpretations of them. The final authority, therefore, is using one’s own reason. One should apply their reason to them.

The scriptures are for the ignorant masses, who wholly accept the material world as it presents itself. Gnana is for those who have begun to realize that things are not what they seem. :~Santthosh Kumaar

Advaita is nothing but the nondual nature of God in truth.+

Advaitic wisdom of Sage Sankara is pure Spirituality or Adyathma, do not make it a philosophic sect. Sage Sankara’s path of wisdom is the independent search for truth.

Sage Sankara’s Advaitic wisdom deals with the practical bearing of philosophy to remove the initial prejudice that it is remote from life.

Some scriptures have presented fragments of truth imbedded in the covering of stories, histories, and picturesque touches of mysticism.

The seeker should not mix religion, mysticism, and yoga with the path of wisdom. All the Gurus of the East and West touch on mysticism to make it more attractive to feed the crowd.

Remember:~ 

Advaita is nothing but the nondual nature of God in truth.

God in the Vedas is not the God based on the form and attributes people believe in and worship.

God in the Bible is not the God people believe in and worship.

The Bible says: ~  God is a Spirit, and they that worship God must worship God in spirit and in truth. (John 4:24) 

Yajurveda – chapter- 32:~   God is Supreme Spirit.

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

If God is Spirit, then how does man know God created the world? There is no proof. If man had seen God creating the world, he could admit it, but how could he have seen God before he came into existence? (i.e., were created).

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. 

The Spirit is present in the form of consciousness. Everything is consciousness. 

All the moments are within the dualistic illusion. Whatever happens within the dualistic illusion is bound to be an illusion created out of consciousness. Thus, consciousness alone is real and all else is merely an illusion.

“Spirit is my father, and I and my father are one.”

If the Spirit is the Father, the Son is bound to be the Spirit. The Spirit, the beloved alone, is real and all else is merely an illusion. 

There is no God in truth in the dualistic illusion because the dualistic illusion is created out of God in truth, which is present in the form of the Spirit or consciousness.  Thus, God in truth alone is real.

Spirit is prior to the universe. The universe implies duality. The universe hides God. When the universe disappears, the invisible  God in truth appears.  Find the Self,  and rest in God in truth, which is the Spirit. 

Search for God in truth. God in truth is not within your body, but it is hidden by the illusory world in which you exist. 

God in truth is not in any mosque, temple, or church. The religious Gods are not God in truth. 

The dualistic worship of "God” only for the ignorant populace and Advaitic wisdom, unfolds the mystery of the real God.:~Santthosh Kumaar 

God in truth is hidden by the illusory universe. God in truth alone is real and eternal and all else is an illusion.+

Chandogya Upanishad: ~ “Whoever sees the Self in all does not see death, disease, or diversity.

Come ye slow, or come ye fast; it is but the Soul, the Advaita that reveals itself at last.

Advaita is not a theory.

Advaita is the nature of the truth.

Advaita is the nondual nature of the invisible Soul, the Self.

Advaita is the invisible Soul itself.

Advaita is the nondual nature of God in truth because the Rigveda says the Soul itself is God.

Rig Veda: ~ 'Prajnanam Brahma'- Consciousness is the ultimate reality or Brahman or God in truth.

Do not accept any other God other than the invisible Soul. The invisible Soul is God in truth. Nothing is real but the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. Nothing matters but realizing God in truth. God in truth is everywhere and in everything. Let these words be inscribed in your subconscious.

God in truth, is hidden by the illusory universe. God in truth alone is real and eternal, and all else is an illusion.

Brahman is merely a word to indicate the ultimate truth or God in truth. The ultimate truth itself is God in truth.

Advaita is nothing but God in truth.

Thus, it is time to realize the world in which we exist is created out of the invisible Soul, which is the Self. The invisible Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness, is the cause of the world in which we exist, and it itself is uncaused. The invisible Soul alone is real and eternal. The invisible eternal Soul itself is God in truth.

There is no other God other than the invisible Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.

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

Consciousness is the cause of the world in which you exist. And the consciousness itself is uncaused.

Thus, the truth-realization itself is God-realization because the ultimate truth is Brahman or God. Self-realization is God-realization, and God-realization is real worship.

Nothing has to be accepted as God other than the invisible Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. Atman is Brahman, meaning the invisible and unborn Soul alone is God. Atman is the Advaitic God. ~ Santthosh Kumaar

Gurus who propagate Samadhi through sexual intercourse are not Gnanis. +

Gurus who propagate Samadhi through sexual intercourse are not Gnanis.

Sexual intercourse has nothing to do with the invisible Soul, which is an ever-formless, timeless, and spaceless existence. Those who indulge in sexual activities to get enlightenment will permanently remain in the prison of the dualistic illusion. They are unfit to acquire Self-knowledge.

Brih Upanishad: page 32. :~ "Yoga does not yield truth or liberation."

One who is in Samadhi will not know that this universe is the consciousness; therefore, yoga is not the means to Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

In Samadhi, the yogi knows nothing, sees no universe; so if there is nothing but blankness. The blankness is not the Advaitic wisdom.

The yogi does not know the nature of the universe. If the universe is not seen in the Samadhi, then there is no need to use the words Atman and Brahman. The yogi is unaware of the truth, which is beyond form, time, and space.

By shutting his eyes in Samadhi, the yogi does not know the universe that confronts him. Hence, the universe can't be known as the Soul or the consciousness through yoga.

One is in a non-dual condition in deep sleep or Samadhi, one without a second, true, but he did not know it at the time. He says only in the waking experience afterward. Hence, there must be an inquiry so that you find non-duality whilst you are awake, so that you can see nonduality at the time, not afterward. Hence, too a need to inquire into the nature of the universe and know it as the Soul or the consciousness whilst one is awake, and not during sleep or Samadhi.

Advaitic truth is the ultimate truth. Yogis, mystics, and religious teachers do not accept the path of wisdom because it pries into the truth, the source, and the validity of the knowledge they claim. Therefore, it is the most difficult part of the study of the Advaita.

Gnani does not want to think of the ego; therefore, he does not do or say anything to make himself appear superior to others or to pretend to know more than others. If a person spends his time in Samadhi, he is not a Gnani, but he is only a yogi.

The Gnani is as alert and awake to what is happening to him externally as all other people: he is not a yogi in Samadhi. A yogi does not know the ultimate truth or Brahman because he believes his Samadhi as Brahman.

The Gnani has realized the world in which he exists is merely an illusion created out of consciousness. And consciousness is the ultimate truth or Brahman.

A Gnani imparts Knowledge to others. A Yogi lies in Samadhi like a wooden log, so he does not know that yogic Samadhi is not wisdom. Gnani is fully aware of all things, either permanent or perishable, and he has realized both permanent and perishable to be consciousness. Thus, consciousness alone is real and eternal; all else is merely an illusion.

That is why Sage Sankara said:~ VC-63- Without causing the objective universe to vanish and without knowing the truth of the Self, how is one to achieve Liberation?

The universe in which we exist will not remain as reality when wisdom dawns. The universe is a mere mirage created out of consciousness, and there is conscious awareness of unity in diversity because there is no second thing exists other than consciousness.

A yogi cannot attain realization because he thinks his body is the body and the world is the world and fails to see them as consciousness and thinks his experience of Samadhi is because of his individual effort. The individual experience is limited to waking experience is merely an illusion.

Thus, even his Samadhi is also limited to the waking experience, which is merely an illusion. He thinks the thoughtlessness is Samadhi, but thoughts are of the individuality. Thoughts disappear even in deep sleep. Therefore, deep sleep is not wisdom.

If one thinks thoughtlessness is Samadhi and Samadhi is Brahman, then anyone can get knowledge of Brahman by taking sleeping pills or hemp.

Tattireya Upanishad: ~ “There are two different samadhis, philosophic and Sahaja Samadhi, which is the highest, in which one is in full wakefulness, and then he inquires what is meant by this world, the world is seen in this Sahaja Samadhi. Whereas Yogic or Nirvikalpa Samadhi is just like swoon or deep sleep, where one is unaware of anything, not even the world. (Page 640,641 and verse 132,133)

Each person sees in his own Samadhi whatever is uppermost in his mind. How does he/she or anyone know that what he/she or anyone sees is the truth? Similarly, each has intuitions agreeable to what is uppermost in his mind.

In Sutra Bashya and Manduka Upanishads:~ Samadhi and sleep are identical.

The Brihad Upanishad does not advocate Samadhi.

Sage Sankara in the commentary to "Brahma Sutras:~ " "The highest beatitude is not to be attained by Yoga." (Sacred Books of the East Series page 298 Vol.1.) And he also says Samadhi is the same as sleep (p.312) ---which indicates that yoga is not the means to Self-realization. And yogic Samadhi is not nondualistic or Advaitic Self-awareness.

Someone posing as a Gnani is not a Gnani. If someone poses himself as a direct disciple of some guru cannot be a Gnani. Those who pose themselves as Gnanis are not Gnanis. A Gnani never poses himself as a Guru, a swami, a sadhu or a yogi, or some Guru’s disciple.  :~Santthosh Kumaar