Bhagavad Gita itself says God is all-pervading consciousness then why to accept anything as God in place of God in truth.+

Bhagavad Gita itself says God is all-pervading consciousness, then why to accept anything as God in place of God in truth.

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

Only the path of wisdom leads the seeker of truth on his journey to the ultimate realization of the true nature of the Universal Essence, which is the Soul. The Soul is present in the form of consciousness.

Bhagavad Gita: 7: 19:~ "Such a man who has attained true knowledge, the knowledge of Self, the knowledge of Atman, worships ‘Self’ as~ Atman (God) alone exists~ everything is Atman, there exists nothing except Atman. Such a man is extremely rare."

Everything is consciousness, and consciousness is everything. Consciousness encompasses everything.

Bhagavad Gita says: ~ 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 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.

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.

The path of wisdom is not for the religious populace. It is difficult for religious people to accept the truth because they have already accepted something else as truth because of their samskara or conditioning. It is difficult for them to accept anything other than their inherited conditioning.

Even Sage Sankara appears personally and tells them that what they have accepted as truth is not truth; they will never be able to accept anything other than their accepted truth.

The religious people must follow their chosen path, which makes them happy and gives them satisfaction. Without the instance urge to acquire Self-knowledge it is impossible to tread the path of wisdom.

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 realization of the ultimate truth or Brahman, or God in truth.

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

Swami Vivekananda: ~ “Advaita encompasses everything. Since Advaita requires heavy-duty intellectualism, it had to be progressively simplified. (From 'The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda)

Humanity has to awaken to the reality of its true existence by realizing the world in which humanity exists is merely an illusion created out of consciousness through Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana, or Atma Gnana.

Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana frees the Soul, the Self, from the cage of the dualistic illusion.

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.

People dwelling in ignorance, but thinking themselves wise and erudite, go round and round by various blind beliefs and tortuous paths and practices, like the blind led by the blind.

Swami Vivekananda said:~ "The Vedas teach that the Soul is divine, only held in the bondage of matter; perfection will be reached when this bond will burst, and the word they use for it is, therefore, Mukthi - freedom, freedom from the bonds of imperfection, freedom from death and misery."

The truth is very simple, but it is very difficult to grasp because of ignorance. You have to realize the world in which you exist is created out of a single clay. And that single clay is the invisible Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.

Thus, you and your body and the world in which you exist are nothing but consciousness because they are merely an illusion created out of consciousness. A perfect understanding of ‘what is what’ is needed.

A Gnani can point at the sky, but the seeing of the star is the seeker's work.

It is necessary to reflect on the same truth again and again till it becomes a reality. One needs to constantly reflect on the subject until one gets a firm conviction of what is what. Words of wisdom are needed until one gets a firm conviction of ‘what is what’.

People need to read and hear the words of wisdom to think, reason and reflect deeply and reach the ultimate end.

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.

The invisible Soul, the Self, is the only Ancient One. Realize the Self is not you, but the Self is the invisible Soul. God is not a belief that you worship because the invisible Soul itself is God in truth.

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

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 God in truth.

Thus, it refers to a formless and attributeless God, which is the Atman (Soul), the innermost ‘Self’ within the false experience. Thus, it indicates all the Gods with form and attributes are mere imaginations based on the false ‘Self’. Thus, Atman, the Self, is God in truth.

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

The liberation cannot be the result of good works, for Sruti itself declares that there is no hope for immortality through wealth. (Verses -7)

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

Lord Krishna confesses that the oldest wisdom of India (Advaitic wisdom ) has been lost: people misinterpret and falsify it today as they did then. It is not yoga but the philosophic truth. But nobody knows it. The teachers of philosophy and leaders of mysticism or religion do not want to inquire into truth and have no time for it. (Gita –Chap- IV-v.2)

In the Gita Chapter. IV where Lord Krishna says: ~ "This yoga has been lost for ages." The word yoga refers to Gnana yoga, not other yogas: the force of the word is to point this out.

Lord Krishna describes some of the other yogas, but devotes this chapter separately to Gnana Yoga. So one sees even in those ancient days people did not care for Advaita; they wanted religion; hence, Gnana got lost. That is why Krishna calls it "the supreme secret." Krishna points out that the yoga must-see is "Brahman in action."

Gita Chap.IV: "He who achieves perfection in Yoga finds the Self in time." This means that after his yoga is finished, he begins the inquiry into the ultimate truth, and in due course, this inquiry produces the realization of the universal Spirit as the result.

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.

There is no need for any practice to realize the ultimate truth or Brahman or God. Perfect understanding assimilation of ‘what is what’ is very much necessary to realize the ultimate truth or Brahman or God in truth.

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

The invisible Soul or Brahman or God cannot be realized through performing ceremonies and rituals; the seeker must understand that whatever Sage Sankara says, the seekers have to follow it faithfully, honestly, with humility to overcome ignorance, which is blocking their Self-realization.

Do not make your understanding just mechanical; it will then bind you, rather than free you. Let all be done with all your heart in it; then you will know that all is an illusion and God is the only Reality. And, unless you have that realization and continual awareness ~ that continual Existence continually infinite ~ all else is beliefs that are untrue or make no sense. : :~ Santthosh Kumaar

Sage Sankara's Advaitic wisdom has not been taken seriously by many in India because most of the followers of Sage Sankara are religious orthodox.+

The main hurdle in his way of thinking is the fact that Sage Sankara did not claim to be an original thinker at all, and his philosophy took the form of commentaries on the generality of the scriptures, particularly the Upanishads and the Gita.

Sage Sankara was an independent thinker. His Advaitic wisdom has not been taken seriously by many in India because most of the followers of Sage Sankara are religious orthodox.

It is that philosophy in India was for centuries more an exposition of the ancient classics than the independent thought of individual thinkers, as in ancient Greece or modern Europe and America.

Sage Sankara and Sage Goudpada are independent thinkers; other schools of Indian philosophy are mere theologies.

Advaitic wisdom is the only tool to unfold the mystery of the ‘I'. The dualistic philosophy cannot escape the charge of dogmatism.

Intelligence and thought are not applicable to Advaitism; intelligence and thought are based on false self (ego) within the false experience (waking).

The whole Advaitic philosophy is an attempt to transcend the limitations of intelligence and thought.

The two points of view, A Gnani is not cut off from the experience of practical life within the practical world because Advaitic truth is neither realism nor idealism; it is beyond both these.

Sage Sankara said: - Talk as much philosophy as you like, worship as many Gods as you please, observe ceremonies, and sing devotional hymns, but the liberation will never come, even after a hundred aeons, without realizing the Oneness.

The Advaitic wisdom does not begin with the ultimate truth. The ultimate truth has to be proved, not assumed. Hence, so-called philosophers who take Brahman for granted are not philosophers at all.

Lots of Advaitin scholars will teach that all is yourself, but none of them can show that this is so, none has analyzed it scientifically, and none can prove it. Rational proof is required so that one arrives at knowing the ultimate truth or Brahman, i.e., Gnana.

Theirs is mere dogma, parrotism, repetition of what they read in scripture. Authoritarianism merely assumes as true what another says, but what has yet to be proved.

Sage Sankara endeavored towards establishing the Vedic religion, overthrowing Buddhism. But even he was not able to avoid the influence of Buddhism. The influence of the revolutionary atmosphere of Buddhism has reappeared in the Advaita of Sage Sankara. His inability to revive Vedic religion that flourished before the Buddhist revolution in its pure form is discernible.

Sage Sankara gave out what was of most use to the greatest number of people. Therefore, in the commentaries on the Upanishads, such as the famous Manduka Upanishad, he gave the highest non-dual message of the identity of Atman and Brahman, revitalizing the philosophy and practice of Advaita, while in the commentaries on the Brahmasūtra he gave lesser teaching, positing both higher and lower Maya and higher and lower Brahman (Ishvara) to explain creation for those of lesser intellects until they were ready for the highest truth.

Only through Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana, negation of duality is possible. The invisible Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness, is the ultimate truth, or Brahman or God in truth.

Consciousness is the cause of the origin, maintenance, and withdrawal of the universe is Advaita (i.e. non-dual), which means that consciousness transcends all conceptions, positive and negative. Nothing positive can ever be imagined or said about it. Consciousness is the existence absolute, awareness absolute.

The existence absolute means that consciousness is not unreal or non-existent. And it is not unconsciousness. Nothing positive can be stated about consciousness.

The nature of the invisible Soul, the Self, is the non-dualistic silence. Non-dualistic silence is like a deep sleep state. The silence indicates that the nature of the invisible Soul, the Self, is inexplicable, indescribable, and unimaginable. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar

Orthodox people argue that Sage Sankara had a Guru. Sage Sankara himself was Guru. Yes, for orthodox people he was Jagadguru but for the seeker of truth he was a Brahma Gnani.+

Adyatma has nothing to do with religious sects or creeds and religious beliefs. Adyatma is pure spirituality. Knowledge of Atma is Adyatma. Advaita is Adyatma.

Adyatma is the knowledge of the truth hidden by the illusory form, time, and space. Bifurcate religion, yoga, and theoretical philosophy, and base the truth on the Athma, it is Adyathma.

Adyatma is based on the ultimate truth, which is based on the Atman or Spirit, which is the Self.

Sage Sankara's Advaitic wisdom is pure spirituality or Adyathma. Never mix religion with Spirituality or Adyathma.

The Advaitic wisdom is not suited for the unsettled mind, which sticks to religion, yoga, and all non-Vedic worship and activities. There is no use in convincing such a mindset. Everyone is free to move on their chosen path.

Sage Sankara was a JagadGuru or a Brahma Gnani.

Sage Sankara’s wisdom is nothing to do orthodox belief system. Sage Sankara is the final authority on the Advaitic truth. The Advaitic truth is rational truth and scientific truth without dogma.

Sage Sankara’s wisdom has nothing to do with the orthodox belief system. Some philosophers in the past dissented from this interpretation of Vedanta philosophy, holding that the incarnated Souls were separate from the Divine Essence and only finally merged with it after the cycles of birth.

All these theoretical philosophies are based on the imagination based on the false ‘Self’ (ego or you) within the false experience (waking).

Orthodox people argue that Sage Sankara had a Guru. Sage Sankara himself was a Guru.

Yes, for orthodox people, he was JagadGuru, but for the seeker of truth, he was a Brahma Gnani.

The traditionally religious people are so entangled in orthodox religiosity; it is very difficult for them to free themselves from narrow-minded prejudices and dogmas and superstitions. These educated orthodox people are more ignorant than the illiterate. They strongly stuck to their inherited orthodox baggage meant for the ignorant populace.

Even though their sage has said that orthodoxy is meant for the ignorant populace, they ignore it and are like the blind led by another blind, following the inherited blind belief.

Even Swami Vivekananda was Ramakrishna Paramahansa's disciple. Swami Vivekananda himself said: ~ “You have to grow from the inside out. None can teach you, none can make you spiritual. There is no other teacher but the Soul.”

There are two kinds of audiences - the ordinary ones who desire the transitory heaven and other pleasures obtained as a result of ritual sacrifices, and the most advanced seeker who seeks to know the ultimate truth or Brahman or God in truth.

The Guru and Guru paramparas are meant for the first audience, to help lead their followers along the way. However, there is no need to follow any parampara and follow any Guru, those who wish to realize the truth which is beyond form, time, and space.

The seeker should not mix religion with spirituality because religion is based on the ego, and spirituality is based on the Soul, the Self, which is present in the form of consciousness.

Religion is concerned with its paramparas, not truth, whereas spirituality is concerned only with the truth, which is beyond form, time, and space. Religion is not spirituality.

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

Thus, the above passage proves that all those who wear the sanyasin robes are wearing them for the sake of bread and belong to the religion; they have nothing to do with the Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana, or Atma Gnana.

There is no need to criticize and condemn the Gurus, yogis, and swamis because they are needed for the welfare of the ignorant masses in the dualistic world.

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

Sage Sankara indicates in Viveka Chudamani (2) that the Knower of the Atman (A Gnani) "bears no outward mark of a holy man" (Stanza 539).

When Sage Sankara says, the Knower of the Atman (A Gnani) "bears no outward mark of a holy man.

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

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

The seekers of truth need not identify Sage Sankara as a holy man or JagadGuru, but as a Brahma Gnani.

Ashtavakra Samhita: ~ "The man of knowledge (Gnani), though living like an ordinary man, is contrary to him, and only those like him understand his state.

The Guru Parampara is for the religious people. There is no need for a Guru who wants to tread the path of wisdom.

The Guru is useless so long as the ultimate truth is unknown, and the Guru is equally useless when the ultimate truth or Brahman has already been known.

A Guru is needed in the religious and the yogic path. There is no need for a Guru to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar

First, know what this unknown truth you are seeking.+

First, know what this unknown truth you are seeking. The seeker is seeking the truth of his true existence, which is hidden by the illusory form, time, and space.

Advaitic Truth means certainty. The dualistic truth is not a certainty because the dualistic truth is based on the ego and is limited to form, time, and space, whereas the non-dualistic truth is based on the invisible Soul, which is a formless, timeless, and spaceless existence.

If there is any uncertainty, it is not the truth. It does not deal with imagination.

People do not have a scientific attitude because they take things as presented to them.

They have rather an emotional and sentimental attitude. The correct attitude is to verify all the facts, to see a problem with them, something to investigate and inquire into them.

Truth must be verifiable; unless it is verifiable, it is of no value. Those who lack the capacity to doubt are not fit for the pursuit of truth.

Analogical, inductive, and deductive reasoning are good only within the domain of form, time, and space; none is absolutely and universally infallible because they are based on the ego or the physical self.

The religious truth is based on blind belief. But in pursuit of truth, doubt is the main ingredient.

Most people have the desire to know the truth but the capacity to understand and grasp the truth, which is beyond the form, time and space is limited.

The result is that people resolve the conflict by jumping to the first and simplest and easiest conclusion as the correct one, and smugly but unjustifiably thinking “I know”: Thus, they commit the fallacy of primitivity.

Gurus or pundits or yogis' statements shouldn’t be accepted blindly as the ultimate truth because they are based on a dualistic perspective is not proof. The truth based on the dualistic belongs to the dualistic illusion; therefore, not the truth.

All the claims have to be verified before accepting them as the truth. Because all the religious and yogic and mystic truth is based on form, time, and space.

From the ultimate standpoint form, time and space are an illusion. Thus, whatever is based on form, time, and space is a dualistic illusion. Whatever is based on the dualistic illusion is bound to be an untruth.

The invisible Soul, the Spirit, is the highest truth. The invisible Soul is the cause of the universe, and it, itself, is uncaused. :~Santthosh Kumaar 

The objective world-the world of names and forms has no independent existence.+

If you want to know what this world is in which you exist in actuality then you must realize its illusory nature.

The objective world is the world of names and forms, which has no independent existence. The invisible Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness alone, has real existence. The world is only phenomenal.

Sage Sankara: ~ “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.

The world is subjected to creation and dissolution only from the standpoint of the ego.

The invisible Soul, the Self, cannot be subjected to creation and dissolution because the invisible Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness, is the formless, timeless, and spaceless existence. The invisible and unborn Soul is ever nondual.

Let you be clear on one thing. The world in which you exist is mere a dualistic illusion created out of the invisible Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. but in the reality the world in which you exist neither exists in the past nor exists now, nor going to exist in the future.

Whatever existed in the past, and whatever exists now, and whatever is going to exist in the future is merely an illusion created out of consciousness.:

Only when you realize the illusory nature of the world in which you exist then only it possible to realize your individual experience of birth, life, death, and the world is nothing but an illusion.

Without realizing the Self is not the ‘I’ but the invisible  Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness, Self-realization is an impossibility.

People say I AM THAT ~ I am God, I am Brahman. But when Brahman is, how can "I" remain? Only Brahman remains, not I, 

It is erroneous to use the word ‘I’ for the Self, because ‘I’ represents the form, time, and space, whereas the invisible Soul, the Self, is a formless, timeless, and spaceless existence.

If you change your ‘I know' attitude and indulge in deeper self-search, you will be able to discover the truth, which is hidden by the world in which you exist.

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)

Those who indulge in a perverted argument on their own standpoint and opinion are not seeking the truth, which is beyond form, time, and space. They just want to exhibit their accumulated knowledge,  accumulated from here and there. They think what they know is the ultimate truth.

They think whatever they propagate is the ultimate truth. The question never occurs to them, “Is what I know really the truth.

You have stuck up some Gurus and their teaching, you are like the stagnant water of the dirty pond. 

Till you are stuck on the idea that you get instant enlightenment from some enlightenment, then you are hallucinating.

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 the Soul.”

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.

People dwelling in ignorance, but thinking themselves wise and erudite, go round and round by various blind beliefs and tortuous paths and practices, like the blind led by the blind.

Come out of your prison of emotion. Be independent. Sit, think, reason, and reflect deeply.

You need to read or hear the words of wisdom of Advaita. Remember The Soul is the only reality and the world in which you exist is an illusion.

Reason and reflect upon the words of wisdom of Advaita constantly. Give up all further argumentation and realize the truth. This realization comes from being certain that the invisible  Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness alone, is real, and the world in which you exist is an illusion created out of consciousness. Thus, the invisible  Soul is the ultimate truth, or Brahman or God in truth.

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

Sage Sankara said: " Talk as much philosophy as you like, worship as many Gods as you please, observe ceremonies, and sing devotional hymns, but liberation will never come, even after a hundred aeons, without realizing the Oneness. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar 

The seeker of truth has to unlearn what he has learned from the standpoint of the ego.+

Holding some Guru or some teaching as a yardstick leads to all types of doubts, confusion, and unnecessary arguments. Argument fuels the ego. Argument is possible only when one tries to grasp the Non-dualistic truth from the dualistic perspective.

The seeker of truth has to unlearn what he has learned from the standpoint of the ego. Without mentally burning the accumulated knowledge, accumulated from different sources, it is impossible to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana, or Atma Gnana.

The seeker of truth should not become attached to words as being in perfect conformity with meaning, because Truth is not in the letters. When a man with his fingertips points to something, the fingertips may be mistaken for the thing pointed at; in like manner, the ignorant are unable even to the day of their death to abandon the idea that in the fingertips of words there is the meaning itself. They cannot realize the ultimate reality because of their intent clinging to words that were intended to be no more than a pointing finger.

The words and their discrimination bind one to the duality; meaning stands alone and is a guide to non-dual awareness. Meaning is attained by much learning, and much learning is attained by becoming conversant with meaning and not with words; therefore, seekers of truth have to avoid the sticklers for particular words

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

Sages of truth restrained themselves, parting the Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana to the mass and only a selected few. It was hidden from the people who were not qualified and receptive to it.

Self-knowledge, or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana, was not written down but was imparted orally to the chosen few.

Thus, religion was given to the ignorant populace, while knowledge of the Spirit was reserved for a select few. Thus, we find traces of the knowledge of the Spirit in the religious books in the form of parables.

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)

Remember:~

There is no such thing as ignorance beyond the ‘I’. Beyond the ‘I’ is the invisible Soul, which is the Atmic reality.

The invisible Soul is the fullness of consciousness without the division of form, time, and space. The invisible Soul is a formless, timeless, and spaceless existence.

The ‘I’ itself is ignorance, the cause of the bondage of illusory form, time, and space.

When ignorance is eliminated, the unreal nature of form, time, and space is exposed. Only ignorance is the form; time and space prevail as reality. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar 

The path of wisdom leads to Self-realization.+

The path of wisdom is the inner (mental) journey. Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana, and wisdom are one and the same thing.

Without an intense urge, it is difficult to tread this path. The path of wisdom is only for those who are seriously seeking the truth. The path of wisdom leads to Self-realization.

The path of wisdom is not for religious-minded people. Everyone is free to follow their chosen path, which gives them satisfaction and makes them happy.

The path of wisdom is only for those who are seriously seeking the truth.

The path of wisdom or Atmic path is spirituality or Adyathma. Spirituality or Adyathma has nothing to do with religion.

Whatever is written is for the words of wisdom of the sage of truth.

Do not mix religion and yoga with spirituality. Religion is meant for the ignorant populace.

Adyatma has nothing to do with religious sects or creeds, and religious beliefs.

Adyatma is pure spirituality. Knowledge of Atma is Adyatma. Advaita is Adyatma.

Adyatma is the knowledge of the truth hidden by the illusory form, time, and space. Bifurcate religion, yoga, and theoretical philosophy, and base the truth on the Athma, it is Adyathma.

Adyatma is based on the ultimate truth, which is based on the Atman or Spirit, which is the Self.

Sage Sankara's Advaitic wisdom is pure spirituality or Adyathma.

Remember:~

First: hearing the words of wisdom that the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness, is the only reality, and that everything else is an illusion.

Second: realizing the ‘Self’ is you, but the Self is the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.

Third: giving up all further argumentation and realizing the truth. This realization comes from being certain that Brahman is real and everything else is unreal.

Remember:~

If you are waking, sleeping, eating, and sleeping within the dream, the dream becomes unreal when waking takes place. Similarly, if you are waking, sleeping, eating, and sleeping within the waking state, the waking state becomes unreal when you realize the Self is not you, but the Self is the invisible Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.

From the standpoint of the invisible Soul, the Self, whatever you are doing within the waking state is merely an illusion. The illusion is created out of a single stuff. That single stuff is consciousness.

Thus, there is no second thing that exists other than consciousness. Thus, realizing consciousness as the ultimate truth is truth-realization.

Our experience of birth, life, death, and the world is merely an illusion created out of consciousness. It means we all along with the world in which we exist, are created out of a single stuff, which is consciousness.

Humanity is divided into caste, creed, race, color, and religion because we are unaware of the truth, which is beyond form, time, and space. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar