If the inquiry does not include the universe, then it is incomplete.+

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

The seeker of truth inquires into the nature of the universe by deeper self-search, and then reflecting on it is the direct means to Self-realization.

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.

If the inquiry does not include the universe, then it is incomplete.

A person who is not able to grasp the Advaitic truth should constantly read and reflect again and again on my postings and blogs to understand, assimilate, and realize the ‘Self’ hidden by the Maya or illusion (I).

Direct realization of the ultimate truth of Brahman will not come by hearing the sermons of the gurus or scholars or intellectual discussion.

The seeker must constantly reflect mentally on the nature of the self, which is in the form of consciousness.

Faith in a belief system obstructs the rise of direct knowledge.

Accumulated knowledge is what obstructs the rise of Self-knowledge.

Deeper self-search should be continued until realization. If one does not get realization, he will get it as his understanding matures, and when all obstacles have been eliminated by Soulcentric reasoning.

If even over a long period, realization does not arise, it is due to various impediments. Realization will dawn when the impediments are removed.

The forms of form, time, and space create the veil of ignorance. The ignorance will vanish when the wisdom dawns. Thus, the division within the consciousness also no longer remains as a reality.

In self-awareness, the illusory reality loses its luster of the reality.

In self-awareness, one knows their body, ego, and their experience of the world as merely an illusion created out of consciousness. Thus, the consciousness alone is a reality, and the form, time, and space are merely an illusion.

Perfect understanding of ‘what is what’ leads to Advaitic Self-awareness.

The seeker must have an intense urge to know and realize the ultimate truth. The ultimate truth is beyond all the teachings, theories, and teachers.

The seeker must have a perfect understanding and move ahead in his mental (inner) journey slowly and steadily, towards that ultimate reality or Brahman, or God in truth: ~Santthosh Kumaar

Advaitic wisdom is not meant for common people who are unable to grasp Advaitic wisdom. +

Q: ~ A.M:~ What will happen to those ignorant people who are unable to get the wisdom shared by you or do not try to get to know from any other source, still worshiping Rama, Krishna, Jesus, or Allah as everything, and know nothing about consciousness?

Santthosh Kumaar: ~ “Suppose if you had asked the same question in a dream, the dream (the dream world with all the people in it) becomes unreal when the waking takes place. Similarly, the waking the waking (the waking world with all the people in it) becomes unreal when wisdom dawns.

The Advaitic wisdom dawns when you realize the Self is not you, but the Self is the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.

All Gods, such as Rama, Krishna, Jesus, or Allah, exist only when the universe is present. Without consciousness, the universe ceases to exist. The universe is merely an illusion created out of consciousness. All the contents of the universe are also illusions created out of consciousness.

All the religious prescriptions are meant for the ignorant populace who are incapable of grasping the Advaitic truth. Religious prescription is not meant for the seekers of truth.

Advaitic wisdom is not meant for common people who are unable to grasp Advaitic wisdom.

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

Remember~

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

Do not accept any other truth other than consciousness. Consciousness is the ultimate truth. Nothing is real but consciousness. Nothing matters but to realize the ultimate truth.

Consciousness is everywhere and in everything. Let these words be inscribed in your subconscious.

From the standpoint of the invisible Soul, the Self, the world in which you exist is merely an illusion. Thus, all the happenings within the illusion are bound to be an illusion.

Until ignorance is there, the world in which you exist prevails as a reality.

When ignorance vanishes through Advaitic wisdom, then the world in which you exist, which you think it as reality, becomes an illusion.

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. : : ~ Santthosh Kumaar 

Avadhuta, the one who has cast off all concerns and obligations, is the typical Sage of wisdom.+

Avadhuta, the one who has cast off all concerns and obligations, is the typical Sage of wisdom. He does that in a highly unconventional manner. He has no use for social etiquette; he has risen above worldly concerns. He is not bound by sanyasi dharma either. He roams the earth freely like a child, like an intoxicated or like one possessed. He is the embodiment of detachment and spiritual wisdom.

Avadhutas are not concerned with religion or Yoga. Avadhuta, the one who has cast off all concerns and obligations, is the typical Sage of wisdom. He does that in a highly unconventional manner. He has no use for social etiquette; he has risen above worldly concerns. He is not bound by sanyasi dharma either. He roams the earth freely like a child, like an intoxicated or like one possessed. He is the embodiment of detachment and spiritual wisdom.

Avadhuta Gita describes him as ~

Having renounced all, he moves about naked. He perceives the Absolute, the All, within himself.

The Avadhuta never knows any mantra in Vedic meter or any Tantra. Ashtavakra Gita describes him in a similar manner:

The sage sees no difference between happiness and misery, Man and woman, Adversity and success. Everything is seen to be the same.

The sage is not conflicted by states of stillness and thought. His mind is empty. His home is the Absolute.

Knowing for certain that all is Self, the sage has no trace of thoughts Such as “I am this” or “I am not that.”

The sage who finds stillness is neither distracted nor focused. He knows neither pleasure nor pain. Ignorance dispelled, He is free of knowing. . .: ~ Santthosh Kumaar

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

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

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

Yajurveda – chapter- 32:~ God is the Supreme Spirit, has no ‘Pratima’ (idol) or material shape. God cannot be seen directly by anyone. God pervades all beings and all directions.

Thus, Idolatry does not find any support from the Vedas.

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

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 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 Soul, the Spirit is God. The Soul has no father, no mother, because it is ever nondual.

The invisible Soul has no birth and no death because it is unborn and eternal.

The one which is born, lives, and dies within the world is not the invisible Soul, the Self.

The world in which one is born, lives, and dies is the dualistic illusion or Maya.

Remember:~

All these father and sons belongs to religion, not Spirituality or Adyathma.

All these experiences as a father, son, Guru, and pupil, the world in which they all exist was one and the same consciousness appearing differently. All these distinctions disappear when one realizes the Self is not ‘I’ but the invisible Soul.

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

Perfect understanding and realization of ‘what is what’ leads to Self-awareness.

By holding on to theories, one remains in the realm of duality. One has to mentally go on dropping what is not the truth through deeper Self-search.

Finally, when one becomes aware that his ego, his body, and the world are one in essence, then there is Self-awareness in the midst of duality.

In Atmic reality, there is neither father nor son by only the Spirit, the God, which is present in the form of consciousness.

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 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 the dualistic illusion because the dualistic illusion is created out of God, which is present in the form of the Spirit or consciousness.

If the father (God in truth) is Spirit, the Son is bound to be the Spirit.

If God is Spirit, then how does man know God created the world? There is no proof. If the 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.: : ~ Santthosh Kumaar

The experience of birth and death is a reality within the illusory universe or 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.

You appeared along with the universe, and you will disappear along with the universe. No use to know who you are? - Instead, inquire into the nature of the universe.

Self-realization arises only when you realize the Self is not you, but the Self is the invisible Soul hidden by the illusory universe.

The experience of birth and death is a reality within the illusory universe or Maya. The illusory universe is created out of consciousness.

You are born along with the universe, and you are going to die along with the universe.

Sage Sankara says: ~ V.63 ~ "Without knowing and examining the external world, one can’t know 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.

To say the universe is an illusion without first examining it and inquiring into its nature thoroughly is to delude oneself.

This world is common to every one of us; therefore, you must begin his inquiry with it. It is only after he has inquired into the nature of the objective world, he realizes the universe, which through ignorance appears as of diverse forms, is nothing else but the soul, which is present in the form of consciousness, is absolutely free from all the limitations of human thought.

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 seeker should not shut his eyes to the nature of the universe because the universe is an illusion created out of consciousness.

The universe will not remain as reality when wisdom dawns. The universe is merely an illusion created out of consciousness, and there is conscious awareness of the unity in diversity because there is no second thing exists other than the consciousness.

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.

66. Therefore, the wise should, as in the case of disease and the like, personally strive by all the means in their power to be free from the bondage of repeated births and deaths.

Thus, one has to know what is real by realizing our body and our experience of the world as an illusion created out of the Soul or consciousness.

The invisible Soul is the Self. The nature of the invisible Soul, the Self, is emptiness. And it is identified by different masters with different names, such as God or Brahman or consciousness or the Self, or the ultimate truth. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar

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 as 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 ignorant are always egocentric. He thinks what he knows is the ultimate truth. He always indulges in the pursuit of an argument. Ignorant is sentimentalized to his belief system. An ignorant person just wants to prove that he is correct and others are wrong because the ignorant person presumes he already knows and wants to see whether others know or not.

The ignorant person provokes others to snub them. Ignorant accumulates knowledge and tries to show his intellectual wealth. Such an intellectual’s sharing of knowledge is merely garbage. It is of no use in the pursuit of truth. Because they are ego-centric based on ignorance thus they will not yield any truth. :~Santthosh Kumaar

The universe is nothing but an illusion created out of the invisible Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.+

The universe is nothing but an illusion created out of the invisible Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.

The form, time, and space are nothing but an illusion.

Thus, whatever the universe contains is nothing but an illusion.

The individual experience of birth, life, and death within the universe is nothing but an illusion.

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

Sage Sankara: ~ “VC~ All this universe, which through ignorance appears as of diverse forms, is nothing else but Brahma,n which is absolutely free from all the limitations of human thought.

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.

Sage Sankara: ~. 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.

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."

The sun, the moon, the stars, and planets shine because of the Soul or Spirit. The Soul shines, and all things else shine as a result.

Everything in the universe reflects but that light of the Soul which is present in the form of consciousness. Merely to know the truth is not enough to escape from the tangle of illusion.

The mind is present in the form of the universe. From the standpoint of the invisible Soul, the Self, the universe is merely an illusion. The illusion arises from ignorance.

Enlightenment comes with detachment from the illusion by realizing that the experiences of form, time, and space are one in essence: ~ Santthosh Kumaar