The invisble Soul becomes the universe in waking (Duality) and the universe becomes the invisible Soul in deep sleep (Nonduality).+

The invisble Soul becomes the universe in waking (Duality) and the universe becomes the invisible Soul in deep sleep (Nonduality).

Chandogya Upanishads: ~ “This universe comes forth from Brahman and will return to Brahman. Verily, all is Brahman. A person is what his deep desire is. It is our deepest desire in this life that shapes the life to come. So let us direct our deepest desires to realize the Self.

Ashtavakra Gita: ~ “The universe rises from the Soul, the Self, like bubbles from the sea. Thus, know the Self to be One and in this way enter into the state of dissolution."

Sage Sankara said: ~A.A~ 88. When the whole universe, movable and immovable, is known to be Atman (consciousness), and thus the existence of everything else is negated, where is then any room to say that the body is Atman?

The invisible Soul, the Self, is not the mind, but the invisible Soul is the cause of the mind. The mind is present in the form of not the universe in which we exist. The universe appears as waking or dream (duality) and disappears as deep sleep (nonduality).

The Self is the invisible Soul. The invisible Soul is present in the form of consciousness. Consciousness pervades everything and everywhere in all three states. Thus, the diversity is created out of a single thing. That stuff is consciousness.

Consciousness is the ultimate truth or Brahman because there is no second thing that exists other than consciousness.

From the standpoint of the Soul, the form, time, and space are one, in essence.

In Spirituality, God means the ultimate truth or Brahman. Self–realization is truth-realization. Truth- realization is God realization.

Sage Sankara: ~VC~ If the universe be true, let it then be perceived in the state of deep sleep also. As it is not at all perceived, it must be unreal and false like dreams.

That is why Sage Sankara's declaration: ~ “Brahman is the truth, the world is the unreal, everything is Truly Brahman and nothing else has any value.

In ignorance, there is duality. In wisdom, there is only nonduality. The invisible Soul, the Self, is one without the second. The Soul is present in the form of consciousness (Spirit). It is the same consciousness (Soul) that manifests as the whole universe.

Consciousness itself is the ultimate truth or Brahman.

Consciousness is the ultimate cause of the universe, and it itself is uncaused. The seeker of truth must convince himself of this truth by Soulcentric reasoning. :: ~ Santthosh Kumaar

If there is a doer, then it is not meditation. As long as there is doing, there is ignorance.+

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).

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 another type of meditation.*

For meditation, one need not sit and chant God's name or concentrate on some object. Anything you do will not be meditation. If there is a doer, then it is not meditation. As long as there is doing, there is ignorance.

Chandogya Upanishad: ~ One who meditates upon and realizes the Self discovers that everything in the cosmos-- energy and space, fire and water, name and form, birth and death, mind and will, word and deed, mantrams and meditation--all come from the Self.

Ashtavakra says: "This is your bondage, that you practice Samadhi or meditation.”

As long as the doer is present, the ego is present. If the ego is present, the whole world is present. If the world is present, the duality is present.

If the duality is present, then there is an illusion. If the illusion is present, then only the birth, life, death, and the world are experienced as reality.

By realizing the world in which you exist is created out of a single stuff. That single stuff is the invisible Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. Knowledge of the single stuff is Self-knowledge. Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana leads to Self-awareness.

In Atmic-awareness, the invisible Soul, the Self, remains in its own awareness in the midst of the form, time, and space. Self-awareness is real meditation. Mediation is the nondual nature of the invisible Soul, the Self. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar

Katha Upanishad says: ~ This Atman is attained by him alone whom It chooses. +

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)

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 not-Self.

Sage 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.

Without knowing ‘what is this mind?’, people talk of destroying the mind.

People are stuck thinking the mind is within their body, and they theorize and write books speculating and creating their own theories.

Deeper self-search reveals that the ‘I’ is present in the form of the mind. And the mind is in the form of the universe. And the universe appears as the waking or the dream (duality) and disappears as deep sleep (nonduality).

Self-realization is necessary to realize that the mind, which is present in the form of the universe, is merely an illusion. The mind cannot be destroyed because it is merely an illusion.

When Advaitic wisdom dawns, the unreal nature of the mind is exposed, the same way the unreal nature of the dream is exposed when waking takes place.

I am highlighting all the obstacles in the inner journey and how to overcome these obstacles. All accumulated knowledge is of no use in the Atmic path.

It is for every seeker, who is in the Atmic path, to realize himself “What is the truth, “and “What is untruth?” to assimilate the Self–Knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana. My postings are only signposts.

The seeker needs to reflect constantly on the subject till the cobwebs of his doubts and confusion get cleared.

It takes time for the seeker to gain the perfect understanding of ‘what is the 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

Sage Goudpada: ~ To establish the truth of Non-duality by sheer reasoning alone. The seeker has to begin by defining "What is real?" "What is unreal?" because that is the right way to understand and assimilate.+

Sage Goudpada: ~ To establish the truth of Non-duality by sheer reasoning alone. The seeker has to begin by defining "What is real?" "What is unreal?" because that is the right way to understand and assimilate. People must first know what they are talking about. (Manduka Karika)

Different gurus and teachers are pointing out the understanding of the Advaitic truth from different standpoints.

All such understanding of Advaita is on the dualistic perspective accumulated from here and there.

Advaita is not a theory or a philosophy. Advaita is the nature of the Soul, the Self. There is no need for any theory or philosophy, or scriptures to acquire Self-knowledge. Only a perfect understanding of ‘what is what’ is needed.

The citations from scriptures are not proof. The ultimate truth has to be proved without the scriptures. The Advatic truth is the ultimate truth.

The ultimate truth is the universal truth, and it does not belong to any religion. Religion causes diversity in unity, whereas the ultimate truth or Brahman brings unity in diversity.

It is not that one should pore over the ancient scriptures. There is no need to study first, then realize. One has to realize first, then only he will know ‘what is truth’ and ‘what is untruth’.

One has to make their discoveries through the process of rational thinking.

That is why Sage Sankara says:~ VC)-65-As a treasure hidden underground requires (for its extraction) competent instruction, excavation, the removal of stones and other such things lying above it and (finally) grasping, but never comes out by being (merely) called out by name, so the transparent truth of the Self, which is hidden by Maya and its effects, is to be attained through the instructions of a knower of Brahman.

Remember:~

Guru, Swami, Yogi, Sadhu, and Avatara belong to religious paths. The religious path is a path meant for the ignorant who blindly accept their experience the birth, life, death, and the world as reality because the universe is the product of ignorance.

One need not be a monk, a sanyasi, or a swami to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

Religious orthodoxy, scriptural mastery, is not a qualification to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

Monkhood and the sanyasa are great obstacles in the pursuit of truth.

When wisdom dawns, then the unreal nature of the universe is exposed.

Whatever experiences take place within the universe are bound to be a falsehood. Therefore, the Guru, Swami, Yogi, Sadhu, and Avatar have nothing to do with the ultimate truth or Brahman because they are based on the false Self (ego or waking entity) and false experience (waking).

The Path of Wisdom is only for those who are seriously in search of the ultimate truth or Brahman. Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana is the mother of all knowledge; thus, it is not accumulated knowledge. ~ Santthosh Kumaar

The Soul the Self is not Christian, Jewish, Islamic, Hindu, Buddhist because it is the ever formless, timeless and the spaceless existence,+

The invisible and unborn Soul, the Self, is a formless, timeless, and spaceless existence.

The invisible Soul, the Self, is present in the form of consciousness. Consciousness pervades everything and everywhere in the universe because the universe is nothing but consciousness.

The invisible ‘Self is not within this body; the Self is the invisible and unborn Soul. The universe hides the invisible Soul. The invisible Soul itself is God in truth. Nothing exists without the invisible Soul because everything is created out of the invisible Soul, which is God in truth.

You don’t recognize the ‘Self’ because you are blindfolded by the dualistic illusion. The invisible Soul, the Self, is hidden by the universe, which is a dualistic illusion or Maya.

In essence, the invisible Soul, the Self, is free from the experience of form, time, and space.

Within the illusion, the invisible Soul, the Self, is bound by form, time, and space.

One of the subjects for the seeker is to doubt the reality of the world in which they exist. By imposing this doubt on himself, he will arrive at the truth, which is beyond form, time, and space.

The religion declares one must believe that there is no other God but God, propagated by the particular belief system.

The seeker has to deny the existence of such a God based on the belief because the first one must realize what God really is.

By meditating and observing silence and contemplating, breathing, and simply remaining as you are, the ignorance will not vanish. Without getting rid of ignorance, Self-realization is impossible.

The seeker has to think about everything that really matters to the invisible Soul, the Self. Everything has to be viewed and judged from the point of view of the invisible Soul, the Self.

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

The invisible Soul, the Self, is not Christian, Jewish, Islamic, Hindu, or Buddhist because it is the ever-formless, timeless, and spaceless existence.

Remember:~

To realize the invisible Soul, the ‘Self' hidden by the dualistic illusion, you have to realize that the dualistic illusion is made of a single clay. That single clay is the invisible Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. Knowledge of the single clay is Self-knowledge o or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

Mentally reduce the world in which you exist into waking experience and waking experience into mind and mind into consciousness by perfect understanding of ‘what is what’.

When you realize ’what is what,’ you will realize everything is nothing but consciousness. There is no second thing that exists other than the invisible Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.

When there is unity in diversity in our understanding, then there is stillness in the midst of diversity.

The invisible Soul, the Self, is existence itself. The invisible Soul, the Self, is existence without the illusory division of form, time, and space.

The invisible Soul, the Self, is the fullness of consciousness. The invisible Soul, the Self, is Advaita one without the Second.

The invisible Soul, the Self, is the ultimate truth or Brahman or God in truth. The invisible Soul, the Self, is God the Advaita. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar

Religion is outdated to suit modern society.+

Religion is meant for the ignorant populace to give samskara (conditioning) to be, to behave, to live in a certain way with love and harmony within the society.

All these outdated samskara or conditioning are not suited for the modern generation, who are capable of realizing the truth, which is beyond form, time, and space.

Spirituality is most suited for Modern Society to discard religion, which is the cause of terrorism, wars, and violence in the name of religion and Gods.

In religion, there is no freedom to believe other than what it preaches. Religious people consider the mythological stories as truth, and not believing in mythological Gods is considered irreligious.

The mythological God can exist within the domain of duality. From an Advaitic perspective, the duality is merely an illusion. Thus, whatever belongs to illusion is bound to be a falsehood.

People find some of the religious doctrines very illuminating. People who renounce the world and become a monk or sanyasi who leaves it all behind to find the truth of their true existence.

People think the events that happened in the mythological stories really happened the way they are described, and hallucinate about these stories.b

Many wars, violence, and terrorism are still taking place today in the name of some religion or God.

A truth seeker can be a Hindu, Christian, Buddhist, or Jewish, Islamic, or any other religion because the truth is beyond form, time, and space.

Religion is based on form, time and space and birth, life, death, and the world.

The religious truth is individual, whereas the spiritual truth is the universal truth.

Thus, religion has nothing to do with the ultimate truth or Brahman or God, because the real God is a formless, timeless, and spaceless existence.

Remember:~

People of small intelligence follow religion and believe that the world was created by God. But how do they know that He did so? When a pot is created, one can see both the pot and its maker, but not in the case of the world.

Then there is the question which nobody has answered till now, viz. Why did God create all these evils, these sufferings? Even a father would never do that. If He did so, assuming that God did create, then what sort of evil God is He! All religions that begin with "God created the world" are fit only for children. It is a lie; it is inconsistent and fit only for ignorant people.

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

In matters of religion, Gnanis have no quarrel with anyone because religion is different from spirituality or Adyatma.

The craving for religion, the fear that not following its rites and dogmas will bring punishment, the inability to give up the notion of its truth even when your reason demonstrates its fallacies and absurdities are merely forms of mild obsessions, i.e., a thought constantly repeating itself automatically; hence, it is a mental disease.

Unless you give up the ideas of heaven and hell, Advaitic wisdom is impossible. The ultimate truth must be proved here and now, on this very life. If that cannot be done, then it cannot consider any such idea, as the existence of heaven and hell is considered untrue. Religious people hold their inherited beliefs and any images they like in that realm.

In religion, the question of truth does not arise; only the question of what appears to one. Religion is outdated to suit modern society.

Until and unless the whole of humanity is made aware of what God in truth is, the truth of true existence, not what we believe and worship, the wars, violence, and terrorism that are going on in the name of God and religion continue.

Until the falsity of religion and its idea of God is exposed, world peace and universal brotherhood are impossible.

God in truth, is nothing but existence, which is free from ignorance. When the truth of God is revealed through Advaitic wisdom, then that truth will set humanity free from ignorance. :~Santthosh Kumaar

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.+

The Self is not you, but the Self is the invisible Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.

The invisible Soul, the Self, has nothing to do with you and the world in which you exist.

You and the world in which you exist are merely an illusion created out of the invisible Soul, the Self, which is present in the form of consciousness.

All the Gurus and scriptures interpreters in the past propagated that the Self resides within the human heart. This was an error.

You and the world in which you exist have nothing to do with the invisible Soul, the Self, because from the standpoint of the invisible Soul, the Self, you and the world in which you exist are non— existent as reality.

In Atmic reality, the invisible Soul, the Self alone exists, and you and the world in which you exist have no value because the world in which you exist is the dualistic illusion or Maya. The dualistic illusion or Maya is present in the form of the universe.

The invisible Soul, the Self, is not limited to you because the invisible Soul, the Self, which is present in the form of consciousness, pervades the whole universe.

Sage Sankara said: ~A.A~ 88. When the whole universe, movable and immovable, is known to be Atman (consciousness), and thus the existence of everything else is negated, where is then any room to say that the body is Atman?

That is why Sage Sankara Says: ~ VC-63. Without causing the objective universe to vanish and without knowing the truth of the Self, how is one to achieve Liberation by the mere utterance of the word Brahman? — It would result merely in an effort of speech.

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: ~ “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 human thought.

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 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.

Sage Sankara says clearly, the universe is not real. He says that Brahman and Atman are one. The ultimate and the Absolute Truth is the Self, which is one though appearing as many in different individuals. The individual has no reality. Only the invisible Soul, the Self, is Real; the rest, mental and physical, are but passing appearances. Then it indicates the form (waking state) is unreal, and the invisible Soul, the Self, is real. Therefore, only Atman is real because there is no second thing that exists other than Atman, which is in the form of consciousness.

Remember: ~ All is consciousness. The whole universe is consciousness. From consciousness, the universe comes. When the universe disappears, consciousness still remains without form, time, and space.

Until you think you are an individual separate from the world and the world that existed before you, and you are born in it afterward, ignorance will prevail as a reality. Till ignorance is there, the universe prevails as a reality. Until the universe prevails as a reality, the religion thrives. :  : ~ Santthosh Kumaar