In Atmic reality, there is no second thing that exists other than the invisible Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.+

When the Advaitic wisdom dawns, then you are no more deluded to see a jar in earth or silver in the nacre, so does one no more see the duality in the invisible Soul, the Self, which is present in the form of consciousness when the latter is realized (as one’s own Self).

Just as mud is described as a jar, gold as an ornament, and water as ice, so is Consciousness described as the ego. Just as blueness in the sky, water in the mirage is but illusory, so is the universe in Consciousness.

Just as it is copper that appears under the name of a vessel, or it is threads that appear under the name of a cloth, so it is consciousness that appears under the name of the universe. This Consciousness is to be known by negating the forms and names.

Advaitic 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, God in truth, is given only selected few.

We find traces of the knowledge of the Spirit in religious books in the form of parables.

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.

People think the invisible Soul, the Self, is different from awareness, but it is that different words are used for the same thing.

People make their own intellectual theory and get stuck in intellectual prison.

By becoming more and more intellectual, one becomes more and more intoxicated with individuality.

Intellectuality is limited to the domain of form, time, and space. In the realm of the truth, intellectuality is replaced by Advaitic wisdom.

In Atmic reality, there is no second thing that exists other than the invisible Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.

The world in which you exist is nothing but an illusion created out of consciousness. Everything is one, that is, unity in diversity. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar 

In Vedanta, it is the Lord who teaches us in the Gita, and in it, he lashes out against the karma kanda.+

In Vedanta, it is the Lord who teaches us in the Gita, and in it, he lashes out against the karma kanda. It is generally believed that the Buddha and Mahavira were the first to attack the Vedas.

It is not so. Lord Krishna himself spoke against them long before these two religious leaders. At one place in the Gita, he says to Arjuna: "The Vedas are associated with the three qualities of sattva, rajas, and tamas.

You must transcend these three qualities. Full of desire, they (the practitioners of Vedic rituals) long for paradise and keep thinking of pleasures and material prosperity. They are born again and again, and their minds are never fixed in samadhi; these men cling to Vedic rituals.

“In another passage, Krishna declares: "Not by the Vedas is the Self to be realized, nor by sacrifices nor by much study.

Lord Krishna himself says that Self-realization is not possible by either the study of the Vedas or by sacrifices, nor by much study. Then why are you still thinking that by studying the Vedas, you get Self-realization?

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

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.

Knowing the Self in truth means to know God in truth. That is God without form, time, and space. The invisible Soul, the Self, is God in truth. The invisible Soul is present in the form of consciousness.

The Soul is the cause; the Soul is the support of all that exists in this universe. May ye never turn away from the invisible Soul, the Self. Never accept another God in place of the invisible Soul, nor worship other than the invisible Soul.

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).

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.

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

The invisible Soul alone is God. Never accept another God in place of the Soul, which is present in the form of the Spirit.

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

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. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar 

Atman is ‘One’ without parts, whereas the body has many parts, yet people see these two as One! +

Ignorance:~

Just as a piece of rope is imagined to be a snake in the semi-darkness and an oyster to be a piece of silver, so is the Atman (Soul) determined to be the body by an ignorant person. The illusion of Samsara is not an absolute reality.

Atman is ‘One’ without parts, whereas the body has many parts, yet people see these two as One! What else can be called ignorance but this? Knowledge destroys ignorance, as light destroys darkness.

When ignorance is destroyed, then the Self truly reveals, like the Sun when the clouds are removed. The destruction of ignorance is liberation. Darkness cannot remove darkness.

Wisdom being incompatible with ignorance puts it to flight. The ignorant long for results and engage in action with the idea of doer-ship and enjoyment.

The ignorant are deluded and think, 'I act', 'I cause others to act', 'I enjoy' and so on. Maya is the power of the Lord. She is made up of 3 Gunas: Tamas (inertia), Rajas (action), and Sattva (purity).

Maya or illusion can be destroyed by the realization of the pure Brahman, the One without the second. The mind is the cause

Remember:~

Just the way Light destroys the darkness, Advaitic wisdom of Sage Sankara will dispel the clouds covering the path to freedom.

Advaitic wisdom of Sage Sankara will dispel the ignorance will expose the Soul, the Self hidden by the dualistic illusion or Maya.

Advaitic wisdom of Sage Sankara is the path to liberation. Liberation from ignorance. Ignorance is the cause of experiencing the illusory universe as a reality.

The invisible Soul, the Self is hidden by ignorance. Ignorance is the cause of the universe. Without ignorance, the universe ceases to exist. Without the universe, you cease to exist.

Your existence is a reality within the illusory universe. You appeared along with the universe and you disappear along with the universe. 

Whatever prevails without the universe is the invisible Soul, the Self, which is present in the form of consciousness.

Consciousness is the only permanent thing in the universe. The universe, which appears as waking or dream (duality) and disappears as deep sleep (nonduality).

Whatever appears and disappears as the universe is the dualistic illusion or Maya. 

The reality is the invisible Soul, which is hidden by the dualistic illusion or Maya is the ultimate truth or Brahman or God in truth. :~Santthosh Kumaar

The real existence is formless, timeless, and spaceless existence.+

Existence cannot be a cause and effect at the same time, from the point of view of the dualists, but deeper self-search shows the Existent is no two and causality can’t rise at all.

The real existence is formless, timeless, and spaceless. The form, time, and space are merely an illusory existence.

Sage Goudapada quotes from the Upanishads: ~ "There's no plurality here"; "The Soul through its powers appears to be many"; "those who are attached to the creation or production or origination go to utter darkness"; "the unborn is never reborn, for what can produce it?”

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

Thus, whatever you have seen, known, believed, and experienced as a person within the waking experience is bound to be an illusion created out of consciousness.

Thus, the invisible Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness alone, is real and eternal.

Consciousness is ever-present. Without consciousness, the world in which you exist ceases to exist. Consciousness is Self-evident. It is not established by extraneous proofs. It is not possible to deny consciousness, because it is the very essence of the one who denies it.

Consciousness is the basis of all kinds of knowledge, presuppositions, and proofs. Consciousness is everything. Thus, consciousness is the ultimate truth or Brahman.

Remember:~

The cause and effect are possible only in the domain of form, time, and space. Therefore, the cause and effect are part of the dualistic illusion or Maya.

In non-dualistic reality, there is duality.

The dualistic theory says that whatever was in the cause was also in the effect. They say that the gold brick, the gold medal, the gold ornaments-- are in the seed--the gold. Deeper Self-search reveals the fact that, if cause and effect are one, what is the difference between the two?

The nature of the Soul is a silent, featureless one without attributes. The invisible Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness, is not an object but is always the subject.

The truth is beyond form, time, and space. Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana dispels ‘Ignorance’. The Self is the invisible Soul. The invisible Soul is present in the form of consciousness; there, the object has become one with the subject. There is only unity in diversity.

Consciousness is the ultimate truth or Brahman. Consciousness is ‘the one without a second’, the one which alone exists as the ultimate reality.

Sage Sankara’s Supreme Brahman is impersonal, Nirguna (without Gunas or attributes), Nirakara (formless), Nirvisesha (without special characteristics), immutable, eternal, and Akarta (non-agent). It is above all needs and desires. It is always the witnessing Subject. It can never become an object as it is beyond the reach of the senses. Brahman is non-dual, one without a second. It has no other beside it. It is destitute of difference, either external or internal. Brahman cannot be described because the description implies a distinction. Brahman cannot be distinguished from any other than It. In Brahman, there is no distinction between substance and attribute. Sat-Chit-Ananda constitutes the very essence or Svarupa of Brahman, and not just its attributes. The Nirguna Brahman of Sage Sankara is impersonal.

The invisible Soul remains in its own awareness. The illusion (mind) does not merge with the invisible Soul because it is never really separated from it.

The invisible Soul remains the one without a second (Advaita). The Soul’s separation is an illusion, the result of ignorance, which, when dispelled, the hidden reality shines as a formless, timeless, and spaceless existenc:~Santthosh Kumaar

Blinded by the dualistic illusion or Maya, very few grasp the non-dualistic or Advaitic truth.+

All the gurus of the East and West are interpreting Advaita from a dualistic standpoint or orthodox point of view, and they are still dealing with words, not truth. It proves that they have not understood the Advaitic wisdom of Sage Sankara.

Gnani inwardly atoned in perfect understanding of the ultimate truth, Brahman or God in truth.

Criticism can only arise, disagreement can only happen, and contradictory interpretation can only occur when men have failed to grasp what Sage Sankara’s Advaitic wisdom.

It all depends on the seeker's capacity to grasp the Advaitic wisdom of Sage Sankara, which is above words and above "interpretation."

Remember that only for a few of those who have understood Sage Sankara’s Advaitic wisdom, the contradictory interpretations will never arise.

There will be no two among them, only one. The only test of the correctness of any interpretation of Sage Sankara is whether it tends towards non-duality or not, whether its author has grasped non-duality or not.

Remember:~

Blinded by the dualistic illusion or Maya, very few grasp the non-dualistic or Advaitic truth. Only a few escape from the web of illusion; only a few will be able to acquire nondualistic or Advaitic wisdom.

The non-duality has to be grasped in the midst of the waking experience (duality or mind (universe). That is, being aware of the truth and untruth, reality and unreality. And able to establish himself in the truth and able to view and judge, the three states, on the base of the invisible Soul, which is the ultimate truth or Brahman.

It is ignorant people who are stuck with their accumulated ideas based on the false self, and imagine non-duality and say nothing exists other than the source. But a Gnani says everything exists (illusion), but everything is created out of the invisible Soul (Spirit or consciousness).

Everything arises from the invisible Soul and subsides as the invisible Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.

Thus, the whole diversity has no relevance, from the standpoint of the invisible Soul, the Self.

Everything (illusion or matter) is nothingness (Spirit or consciousness), realizing the three states are created out of nothingness (Soul or Spirit or Consciousness).

Nothingness is the nature of the Soul (Spirit or consciousness) because there is no second thing that exists other than the invisible Soul, the Self. Thus, consciousness is the ultimate truth, or Brahman or God in truth. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar 

The one who has realized the 'thoughts and words and the world in which he exists as consciousness, is a Gnani.+

The one who has realized the 'thoughts and words and the world in which he exists as consciousness, is a Gnani.

Gnani is the one who has realized the highest Truth, has entered into the realm of consciousness, by burning away the accumulated egocentric knowledge, which was the cause of ignorance. Hence, he is free from experiencing the illusion as a reality. In the realm of truth, consciousness has no seed of ignorance for illusion.

When the dualistic illusion is superimposed on consciousness has merged with the consciousness on the discrimination of the real and the unreal, it does not appear again as real to those discriminating people, just as before, from the impressions of the past persisting in the intellect. All the doubts and confusion exist when the reason is based on the ego (form). But when one of the reasons is based on the Soul (formless) as Self, all the doubts and confusion vanish.

One cannot know the truth until one knows the stuff from which the mind (universe) is created. The goal of the pursuit of truth is to realize the fact that the true Self is not physical, but it is the invisible Soul (spirit or consciousness).

When one puts aside the imagination and has the thinker~ what does he get with thinking ~he can get only the thoughts. 

Meditation is only an effort; it is imagination, an idea; the invisible Soul, the Self, remaining the same with or without ideas.

As a person perceiving the world, one is unaware of the fact that he and his experience of the world are within the object. He, as a person, is completely unaware of the fact that he is not the subject at all. The subject is formless, and it is apart from the three states. The subject is not an entity or identity within the three states. Therefore, judging the truth on the base of the object as Self is erroneous. Such judgment leads to all sorts of speculation, doubts, and confusion.

When one is absorbed in thinking of anything, he is thinking within the object (mind) that which witnesses all these three states is within but always apart.

Remember:~

You and your experience of the world cease to exist without the illusory form, time, and space. The real existence is formless, timeless, and spaceless. The nature of God in truth is a formless, timeless, and spaceless existence. The real existence is God.

Just like ice is created out of the water, the universe is created out of the Soul, the Spirit, which is present in the form of consciousness.

The ice is not different from the water, the same way the universe is not different from consciousness.  Consciousness is second to none. That is why consciousness is consciousness. Consciousness means existence without form, time, and space.

You and the world in which you exist are merely an illusion created out of consciousness. Without consciousness, you and the world in which you exist cease to exist.

Whatever you have seen, known, believed, and experienced within this illusory world is nothing but an illusion created out of consciousness.

Consciousness is ever-present. Without consciousness, the world in which you exist ceases to exist.  Consciousness is Self-evident. It is not established by extraneous proofs. It is not possible to deny consciousness, because it is the very essence of the one who denies it. 

Consciousness is the basis of all kinds of knowledge, presuppositions, and proofs. Consciousness is everything. Thus, consciousness is the ultimate truth or Brahman.

Whatever you have seen, known, believed, and experienced as a person within the waking experience is bound to be an illusion created out of consciousness. Thus, the invisible  Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness alone, is real and eternal. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar

The ultimate truth has to be realized first, then only it is possible to know what the scriptures are saying. I do not require any scriptures.+

The ultimate truth has to be realized first, then only it is possible to know what the scriptures are saying. I do not require any scriptures.

Self-knowledge cannot be attained by the study of the scriptures and intellectual understanding or by bookish knowledge. Therefore, there is no use in studying the scriptures and other scriptures to acquire the non-dual wisdom. That is why Buddha rejected the scriptures, and even Sage Sankara indicated that the ultimate truth lies beyond religion, the concept of God, and scriptures.

Katha Upanishad says ~ Fools dwelling in darkness, but thinking themselves wise and erudite, go round and round, by various tortuous paths, like the blind led by the blind. (Ch~ II-5 P-14)

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.”

Sage Sri, Sankara says ~ VC-162- There is no liberation for a person of mere book knowledge, howsoever well-read in the philosophy of Vedanta, so long as one does not give up the false identification with the body, sense organs, etc., which are unreal.

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

Remember:~

Jesus said: ~ “Do not throw your pearls before pigs, lest they trample them underfoot and turn to attack you. (Matthew -7:6)

Jesus meant - Knowledge of the Spirit or God or Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana (pearls) should not be given to the ignorant populace (pigs).

Jesus said: ~"Those who seek should not stop seeking until they find. When they find, they will be disturbed. When they are disturbed, they will marvel, and will reign over all." (Gospel of Thomas 2)

Jesus said: ~” Know what is in front of your face and what is hidden from you will be disclosed to you. (The Gospel of Thomas- Saying 5)

Jesus really says? 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 you and in me 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 mind (matter) and invisible Soul (spirit), the Self, are one, in essence, there is no place for duality. Without duality, the universe ceases to exist.

Without the universe, your existence within the universe is merely an illusion. There is no 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. 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 is not physical. God 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) and matter (the world in which we exist) are one. : : ~ Santthosh Kumaar