When the world in which you exist created out of consciousness then consciousness alone is real and eternal.+

The Soul is Self only held in the bondage of matter; perfection will be reached when ignorance vanishes through Advaitic wisdom. Advaitic wisdom free the Soul, the Spirit from the bonds of imperfection, freedom from experiencing the dualistic illusion as a reality."

The Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness, is the only reality in which everything exists, to which everything belongs, from which everything has emerged, which is the cause of everything, and which is everything.

Thus, there is a need to realize the Self is not you but the ‘Self is the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. The world in which we exist is nothing but consciousness.

When the matter is an illusion created out of the Spirit then Spirit alone is real.

When the object is created out of the subject then the subject alone is real.

When the world in which you exist created out of consciousness then consciousness alone is real.

Reality and unreality are created out of single stuff because the unreality (the world in which we exist) is experienced as a reality we are unaware of the reality hidden by the unreality.

There is no second thing that exists other than the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. The dualistic illusion, which is present in the form of the ‘I’, hides the truth. Stick to the reality by mentally dropping the unreality

The scientific theories and inventions have made the materialistic life easier and comfortable for a man to live in the practical world, however, science failed to unfold the truth of the true existence. Since their invention is based on the false Self (ego) and false experience (waking)

The Science cuts itself from the witness (Soul or spirit) and remains aloof from the witnessed (universe or matter). The scientist not only stands aside, outside the field of the witness. It is because the scientist is unaware of the witness, which is apart from the witnessed, and he and his invention are part of the witnessed. Therefore, science cannot cross the threshold of physical existence (universe or waking). Thus, its invention is limited to physicality.

Science is based on objects; its invention is based on an object as the subject. Thus, modern science can get the truth of the objectified subject. Elimination of object mentally and realizing the subject, then judging the worldview on the base of the pure subject leads to the discovery of ultimate truth.

The feelings and impressions and notions are based on the physical Self (ego or the waking entity). The scientific inventions are based on the physical Self. Deeper Self-search reveals the fact that the waking entity (ego) is a false self within the false experience (waking).

Most people will not understand what I am driving at because they are seeking something which they can enjoy in this world. The ambition of the true spiritual seeker is to realize the Self, which is hidden by the illusory form, time, and space.

People are looking for an advantage in the practical world, to take care of their practical life~ that is the maximum they expect out of spirituality.

The so-called Gurus and yogis focus their ambition on seeing that their daily life goes on comfortably. Nobody is ready to enquire about the truth of their true existence.

In spiritual pursuit, the Soul is the Goal it is necessary to realize the ‘Self’, not you but the Soul.

The Soul, the innermost ‘Self is present in the form of consciousness. The ‘Self’ is not within you but it pervades in everything and everywhere in the world in which you exist. Thus, the whole universe in which you exist is nothing but an illusion created out of the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.

Thus, limiting the ‘Self’ to you is the cause of ignorance because, the Soul, the Self is a formless, timeless, and spaceless existence.

Without realizing the fact that your body and the world in which you exist is made of the same stuff ‘Self-realization is an impossibility.

Advaita is soulcentric. All the Advaitic teaching of modern gurus of east and west are egocentric. Egocentric teaching is not Advaitic wisdom. Egocentric teaching is accumulated Garbage from different sources.

The seeker has to become soulcentric to understand, assimilate and realize the Advaitic truth, which is beyond the form, time, and space. The seeker has to become soulcentric to understand, assimilate and realize the Advaitic truth, which is beyond the form, time, and space. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar

If one accepts the karma theory as a reality, he will never be able to come out of ignorance.+

 

Karma implies duality. From the ultimate standpoint, the duality is an illusion. People's observation is based on a dualistic (form, time, and space) perspective, whereas a Gnanis judgment is based on the nondualistic (Soul or consciousness) perspective. What is the use of discussing karma, which takes place within the unreal world? Instead, one has to find how this world is unreal (illusion).

In Atmic discussion, the form, time, and space (universe) are merely an illusion. Karma is possible within the scope of the experience of form, time, and space (universe).

That is why Sage Goudpada said:~ The merciful Veda teaches karma and Upasana to people of lower and middling intellect, while Jnana is taught to those of higher intellect.

When the Self is not the form, but Self is formless then whose karma. The one which is born lives and dies is not the Self then the question of karma does not arise. The waking entity (you) is the false Self within the false experience (waking). Thus whatever action and inaction, past, present, and future belong to the waking experience, which is falsehood.

What happens to the dream entity which did good karma in the dream world and died and reincarnated in the next life and suffered but when waking takes place the dream becomes unreal.

The waking becomes unreal when the waking entity (you) realizes the fact that it itSelf (you) are not the Self but the Self is the formless Soul, which witnesses the coming and going of the three states in succession.

Thus neither karma of the waking entity nor the karma of the dream entity has meaning because the Self is neither the waking entity nor the Self is the dream entity but the Self is formless Soul.

You are not the Self because you are the birth entity; you are bound by form, time, and space whereas the Self is unborn eternal then how the karma theory has any meaning when the karma theory based on the false Self (you) and false experience (world).

The karma theory is a religious fable meant for the people who are fully immersed in the practical life and practical world believing the experience of birth, life, death, and the world as reality. If Self is unborn eternal then what values the karma theory will have because it is based on birth, life, death, and rebirth.

The karma theory is a merely religious and yogic fable.

Sage Ramana Maharishi J. Krishnamurti, Nisargadatta Maharaj, all died of cancer-type illnesses. It does not make any difference if they died of cancer or not of cancer or any illness. Even Lord Krishna died of a painful death. The death is a certain cause of death is irrelevant to a Gnani.

When the Self is birthless then it is deathless A Gnani is unconcerned about death because he is fully aware that the illusion is only a passing show. The last words of Sage Ramana on the deathbed: - he says I am not going anywhere. He did not mean that his physical form, which was bound by birth, life, and death but the birthless Self, which is ever formless. Thus the karma theory is nothing to do with the birthless Self. Thus people’s painful death cannot be taken as evidence because Self is ever deathless. After all, it is birthless. After all, it is a formless, timeless, and spaceless existence.

The karmic account is never-ending because one has to be born again and again to reap his good or bad karma carried forward one life to the next. The karma theory is merely a religious and yogic fable.

Sage Sankara says in Aparoksh Anubhuti:- “88. When the whole universe, movable and immovable, is known to be Atman, and thus the existence of everything else is negated, where is then any room to say that the body is Atman?

89. O enlightened one, pass your time always contemplating on Atman while you are experiencing all the results of Prarabdha; for it ill becomes you to feel distressed.

90. The theory one hears of from the scripture, that Prarabdha does not lose its hold upon one even after the origination of the knowledge of Atman, is now being refuted.

91. After the origination of the knowledge of Reality, Prarabdha verily ceases to exist, since the body and the like become non-existent; just as a dream does not exist on waking.

92. That Karma which is done in a previous life is known as Prarabdha (which produces the present life). But such Karma cannot take the place of Prarabdha (for a man of knowledge), as he has no other birth (being free from ego).

93. Just as the body in a dream is superimposed (and therefore illusory), so is also this body. How could there be any birth of the superimposed (body), and in the absence of birth (of the body) where is the room for that (i.e., Prarabdha) at all?

94. The Vedanta texts declare ignorance to be verily the material (cause) of the phenomenal world just as the earth is of a jar. That (ignorance) being destroyed, where can the universe subsist?

95. Just as a person out of confusion perceives only the snake leaving aside the rope, so does an ignorant person see only the phenomenal world without knowing the reality?

96. The real nature of the rope being known, the appearance of the snake no longer persists; so the substratum being known, the phenomenal world disappears completely.

97. The body also being within the phenomenal world (and therefore unreal), how could Prarabdha exist? It is, therefore, for the understanding of the ignorant alone that the Shruti speaks of Prarabdha.

98. “And all the actions of a man perish when he realizes that (Atman) which is both the higher and the lower”. Here the clear use of the plural by the Shruti is to negate Prarabdha as well.

99. If the ignorant still arbitrarily maintain this, they will not only involve themselves in two absurdities but will also run the risk of forgoing the Vedantic conclusion. So one should accept those Shrutis alone from which proceeds true knowledge.

The above proves that karma is reality only based on false Self, where one thinks body and the universe as reality. When one becomes aware of the fact that, the true Self is a formless Soul, then karma becomes part and parcel of illusion.

If one accepts the karma theory as a reality, he will never be able to come out of ignorance. And ignorance makes him believe the cycle of birth, life, and death as a reality. Thus the freedom which one is seeking will remain a distant dream. For the one who accepts the birth life and death as a reality, Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana, or Atma Gnana is impossible. : ~Santthosh Kumaar

Manduka Upanishad shows how one opinion may be used to contradict another, so that both may be thrown away. +

Sage Goudapad:~Duality is for the unwise, nonduality and undifferentiated Reality is for the wise and difficult to grasp.

Manduka Upanishad:~"From their notion": Everybody has his own imagination about facts and starts from that, instead of discarding his personal idea and looking at the fact. Page 333. V. 83

Manduka Upanishad shows how one opinion may be used to contradict another, so that both may be thrown away. Opinions are not for philosophy; they are as Ashtavakra says, merely thoughts; it wants the truth.

Remember:~

Atmic path is not a question and answers session. Atmic path is not the path exchange views and opinion. I have bifurcated what is not needed to realize the truth, which is beyond the form, time, and space. 

Some people expect me to comment on their individual views and opinion and experiences. I do not want to mix others' views opinions and experiences, which is of no use in the Atmic path. I share only what reveals to me from the inner core. 

Self-knowledge will not arise from the exchange of views and opinions and arguments. The accumulated knowledge is not a yardstick, to realize the truth beyond the form, time, and space.

In the path of wisdom discussion of the unimportant subject matter and creates a hindrance. The path of truth is the path of verification. Nothing has to be accepted as truth without verification. Agreeing to disagree causes unnecessary friction.

Sharing knowledge is to help the seeker to remove all the obstacles which block the realization of the 'Self' hidden by the illusory universe or Maya. As with all things, achieving a balance of peaceful communications is established with respect, humility, understanding, and patience. Balancing an achievement is harder.

The seeker has to stop passing unimportant opinions in the Atmic path. 

Atmic path is not the path of discussion, but the path of realization of the truth, which is beyond the form, time, and space. 

There is only one Reality to be known, the same for all seekers, but the ways to it, are hidden by the religion. Self-discovery is the only way, towards non-dual Absolute without any religious doctrines, which will help the seekers to unfold the mystery of the illusion in which we all are searching for the truth of our true existence.

That is why Sage Sankara: ~ VC 56. Neither by Yoga, nor by Sankhya, nor by good work, nor by learning, but by the realization of one's identity with Brahman is Liberation possible, and by no other means. 

58. Loud speech consisting of a shower of words, the skill in expounding the Scriptures, and likewise erudition - these merely bring on a little personal enjoyment to the scholar but are no good for Liberation.

59. The study of the Scriptures is useless so long as the highest Truth is unknown, and it is equally useless when the highest Truth has already been known.

60. The Scriptures consisting of many words are a dense forest that merely causes the mind to ramble. Hence, men of wisdom should earnestly set about knowing the true nature of the Self.

61. For one who has been bitten by the serpent of Ignorance, the only remedy is the knowledge of Brahman. Of what avail are the Vedas and (other) Scriptures, Mantras (sacred formulae), and medicines to such a one?

62. A disease does not leave off if one simply utters the name of the medicine, without taking it; (similarly) without direct realization one cannot be liberated by the mere utterance of the word Brahman.

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.

64. Without killing one’s enemies, and possessing oneself of the splendor of the entire surrounding region, one cannot claim to be an emperor by merely saying, ‘I am an emperor’.

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, followed by reflection, meditation and so forth, but not through perverted arguments.

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.

Then there is no need for the scriptures, religion, and idea of God. One has to be more rational to realize the Advaitic truth, which is the ultimate truth or scientific truth. 

The seeker's aim is to acquire self-knowledge and move towards their destination beyond the form, time, and space. : ~Santthosh Kumaar

 

Those Gurus who speak of ‘Sahasrara’ and 'Sushumna’ are yogis not Gnanis. ‘Sahasrara’ and 'Sushumna’are noting to do with Advaitic Gnana or Advaitic wisdom. +

The Self-inquiry is finding out the ‘Self’ which is hidden by the illusory world, in which we exist. By inquiring ‘Who am I?’, the ignorance will not vanish because the ‘I’ itself is illusory.

People have got the child mentality, the slavish mentality, and accept statements merely because they are uttered by famous Gurus. They lack the scientific method of inquiry.

Those Gurus who speak ‘Sahasrara’ and  'Sushumna’ are yogis, not Gnanis. ‘Sahasrara’ and  'Sushumna’ are noting to do with  Advaitic Gnana or Advaitic wisdom. 

Sage  Sankara says: ~ ‘What is accepted without a proper inquiry will not lead to the final Goal. (Commentary on Vedanta Sutra)

The chief purpose of analyzing the external world is to discover that it is part of the ultimate reality and thus to enable us to carry on with activity from the highest possible viewpoint; where people fail to make this analysis, as with so many religious-minded seekers, they fail to do anything worthwhile in the material world.

Sage Sankara says: ~ “The exercise in discrimination between real and unreal and renunciation of the false is real meditation, then why you are indulging in other types of meditation.

To effect this discrimination, we need intelligence much sharper than the average, whereas too much religion and not a little mysticism drug this intelligence. The highest state is to be the “All”--not to shut your eyes to the world and to go off into the deep sleep of trance.

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

Nothing is to be given up. If you omit anything, if you ignore any knowledge, then you are not a Gnani.  All must be known; if you give up the world, what and how can you understand of it?

Weak minds cannot take a comprehensive view and so decry what they cannot understand.

The seeker need not get an aversion to the existence, as do the ascetics and yogis; on the contrary, the seeker should go on living in the world, acting, working, etc. that he should accept the practical life but realize the practical life within the world is merely an illusion because the world in which he exists is merely an illusion.

There is no need to give up anything, but to know the world is merely an illusion created out of the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.

The mental renunciation of the ignorance is higher than the renunciation of the earthly desired.

 Remember:~

Dattatreya's Song of the Avadhut 1.36-42: ~ Non-duality is taught by some; some others teach duality. They don't understand that the all-pervading Reality is beyond both duality and non-duality.

Sage Ramana Maharshi: ~ "The location of the Heart is of the chest and not on the left. The light of the consciousness flows from the heart through the Sushumna channel to ‘Sahasrarara’.(KNOW YOUR SELF page 31)~

From ‘Sahasrarara’ consciousness spreads all over the body, then the experience of the world arises. Viewing themselves as different from that consciousness human beings get caught up in the cycle of birth and death.  

The ‘Sahasrarara’ of one who abides in the Self is pure light only. Any thoughts which approach it cannot survive.

Even when objects are perceived, because of their nearness, it does not destroy yoga as the mind sees no differences

The state in which awareness is firm,  even when objects are sensed, is called the natural state.  In Nivikalpa Samadhi, there is no objective perception.

The entire universe is in the body and the whole body is in the Heart. Hence, the universe is contained within the Heart.

Sage   Ramana Maharishi: ~ He placed his right hand on his right breast and continued, "Here lies the Heart, the dynamic, spiritual Heart. It is called Hridaya and is located on the right side of the chest and is clearly visible to the inner eye of an adept on the spiritual path. Through meditation, you can learn to find the Self in the cave of this Heart." ~ Mercedes de Acosta, Here Lies the Heart


Santthosh Kumaar: ~ When the Self is not the body,  but the Self is the formless Soul,  then the question of  ‘Sahasrara’ and  'Sushumna’ does not arise,  because ‘Sahasrara’ and  ‘Sushumna' are within the body. 

The spiritual heart is the Soul, the Self, not the physical heart. The world in which you exist is within the Soul, the spiritual heart. 

Mistaking the spiritual heart within the body is a great error. Even some Advaitic guru says that the Self is within the spiritual heart. And the spiritual heart is on the left side.  Such a declaration is merely an imagination, based on the false self. When the Self is bodiless, then the question of the heart being left side or right side does not arise.  

Brihadaranyaka Upanishad:~  The Self is indeed Brahman, but through ignorance, people identify it with intellect, mind, senses, passions, and the elements of earth, water, air, space, and fire. This is why the Self is said to consist of this and that and appears to be everything. 

The Self is not ‘I’ but the Self is the Soul. The Soul is present in the form of consciousness. Consciousness is the substance and witness of the ‘I’. When one realizes the Soul is the Self then  Soul is freed from experiencing the dualistic illusion or Maya as reality.:~Santthosh Kumaar

The one who seeks liberation does not desire a place in imaginary heaven; he is in search of ultimate Reality itself.+

Uttara Mimamsa, also called Vedanta, does not consider the Upanishads and Brahmanas as arthavada subservient to vidhis. Instead, they are seen to be sources of Brahman knowledge, addressed solely to those who seek moksha or freedom.

The rituals enjoined in the Vedas are applicable to the realm of dharma, but the one who seeks liberation does not desire a place in imaginary heaven; he is in search of ultimate Reality itself.

The Upanishads are viewed as those portions of the Sruti that address philosophical questions about Reality, here called Brahman. This tradition of exegesis follows the brahma sutras of Badarayana. Within Vedanta, there is a considerable difference of opinion on whether the Upanishads enjoin anything at all.

According to Advaita Vedanta, the Veda addresses itself to two kinds of audiences - the ordinary ones who desire the transitory heaven and other pleasures obtained as a result of ritual sacrifices and the more advanced seeker who seeks to know Brahman. Thus, the purva mimam. sa, with its emphasis on the karma kanda of the Vedas, is meant for the first audience, to help lead its followers along the way. However, the Vedanta, with its emphasis on the jnana kanda, is meant for those who wish to go beyond such transient pleasures.

An essential identity between Atman and Brahman is upheld in Advaita Vedanta. The personality of Sage Sri, Sankara and the force of Advaita teaching is so strong that most post-Sankarian schools of Vedanta consciously define their doctrines against Advaita thought.

Advaita declares Atman and Brahman and direct realization of truth is possible without the scriptures. Know the Soul to be the true Self. And true Soul the Self is in the form of consciousness and realize the Soul, which is present in the form of the consciousness as ultimate truth or Brahman.

Self-Knowledge is the aim of every human being. Since everyone thinks the physical body is the Self their aim is misdirected and they focus their attention on materiality which makes one feel the duality (waking) as reality.

Therefore, there is no need to study scriptures, or indulge in God and guru glorification or performing religious rituals. Since they are not the means to acquire non-dual wisdom. It is only a waste of time and effort to indulge in those things.

The individual Self is not real, is not accepted by many. The nondual wisdom is based not on the individual Self (ego). Until people hold the ‘I’ (ego) as the witness, they will not reach the ultimate understanding.

When Upanishad itself says: ~ sarvam khalvidam brahma ~ all this (universe) is verily Brahman. By following back all of the relative appearances in the world, we eventually return to that from which it is all manifest – the non-dual reality (Chandogya Upanishad).

Then it is no use going a roundabout way, trace the Brahman which is the formless substance and witness of the universe, which is in the form of mind. By tracing the source of the mind or universe, one will be able to realize the Brahman.

The true Self is not perceptible to the senses. It is perceived by Reason. It is not perceptible as a thing with form and attributes. To those whose attention is fixed on the body and the world, it is very difficult to attain Self-knowledge. It is also very difficult for them to see consciousness as the Self.

Attention towards the practical life within the practical world should be lessened by realizing the Self is not the body. The attention has to be focused on the formless substance and the witness of the universe (mind) should be increased. So long as the attention is directed towards the universe, the experience of birth, life, and death will prevail as reality. But when the attention is directed towards the formless witness, the ignorance vanishes, and the sense of duality will disappear. Then there is unity in diversity.

What is the state of the ego or physical Self when it has realized that the Self is not the body? Such Souls have attained their pristine condition. “Self” is not visible to the physical eyes. “Self” is not to be found in the world as a thing, an entity or an object. Self is above these, has neither beginning nor ending.

A visible object has a beginning and an ending. Since Atman, which is in the form of consciousness is invisible to the physical eye; Atman or consciousness is without beginning and ending. Atman is always constant. Just as space is homogeneous everywhere, so is the Atman the same everywhere.

Ashtavakra Gita 3:9-10: ~ But he who is truly wise Always sees the absolute Self. Celebrated, he is not delighted. Spurned, he is not angry. Pure of heart, He watches his own actions As if they were another's. How can praise or blame disturb him?

Bhagavad Gita 4:22-23: ~ ‘They live in freedom who have gone beyond the dualities of life. Competing with no one, they are alike in success and failure and content with whatever comes to them. They are free, without Selfish attachments; their minds are fixed in knowledge. They perform all work in the spirit of service, and their karma is dissolved.

An intense desire for truth -realization is itself the way to it. The Lord is the Soul, the Self in Advaita. Therefore, one need not accept anything other than the Self, which is consciousness. Thus, the consciousness alone is the ultimate truth or Brahman that is free from falsehood. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar

All these belief based theoretical practices are not Advaitic wisdom.+

It is a traditional belief that, if one meditates; he assumes no position in relationship with thoughts. One transcends his thought process, so when one transcends the thoughts, he transcends the mind, one transcends time. But all these belief-based theoretical practices are not

Advaitic wisdom. Only through Advaitic wisdom, one can realize the ultimate truth which is beyond the illusory form, time the space.

Those who lack the intelligence to discriminate between the formless witness (subject) and three states (object) will not be able to grasp ‘what is real’ and ‘what is unreal’. Both subject and object are consciousness, not subject alone.

The truth can never change. The nature of truth is, it can never be changed under any circumstances. It may be misrepresented. It must apply to the whole of existence, to the whole of the universe. As deeper analysis points out, it is in the object (three states) alone that one has all changes.

The subject (formless witness) remains unchanged. The subject (formless witness), as such remains immortal. It can die for it never changes. The body and world are an object and goes, but the subject or knower of the body and the universe can never go.

The seeker has to take this principle as his guiding thread and non-dual truth becomes easy to grasp. The formless witness can never be subject to the changes of the object; it is unchanged. The mistake usually made is that the subject becomes the object, or that the object is the subject. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar

Your inherited beliefs have made you a non-thinker, therefore, you are not bothered to think beyond your inherited religion.+

Religious believers constantly quarreling with one another claiming that their religion is superior to other religions. They haven't the intelligence to understand that in reality there is nothing exist other than the universal God, which is present in the form of the spirit. The Spirit is the Self.

The ultimate truth is One and universal. All people are seeking the same Truth..... Everyone is going toward the ultimate goal. They will all realize the ultimate truth or Brahman or God if they have sincerity and longing to realize it.

People who are incapable of inquiring and reason are tending to follow some philosophy without verification. Therefore, the more ignorant they are the easier it to get them into a religious fold.

Religion is so strong and popular because it makes no demand on the intelligent: It simply requires belief in the guru and his teachings.

Religion is regarded as sacred and real by the common people, by the wise as false, and by the political class as useful.

It never strikes for a believer to doubt whether his inherited belief system is true. They never use their reason because they start and conclude that their belief system alone is true because they never question.

Remember:~

You have the inborn conviction that you are an individual separate from the world in which you exist and the world in which you exist, existed prior to your birth, and you are born in it afterward.

Until this conviction is there, it is impossible for you to realize the truth, which is beyond the form, time, and space.

Thus, you have to realize the ‘Self’ is not you because you are the birth entity whereas the Soul, the Self is birthless and deathless because it is a formless, timeless, and spaceless existence.

You are carrying loads of accumulated knowledge collected from a different source. The seeker must realize that whatever knowledge he has accumulated within the domain of the form, time, and space is based on a dualistic perspective is invalid because the truth is beyond the form, time, and space.

You have to realize the truth about your own existence is part of the dualistic illusion.

Your inherited beliefs have made you a non-thinker, therefore, you are not bothered to think beyond your inherited belief system

Orthodox people say: ~ “I am the son of a Brahmana belonging to such and such a lineage; I was a householder, and am now a wandering sanyasi trying to get freedom from the cycle of birth and death.

But how can get freedom from the cycle of birth and death as the world, in which birth and death take place is merely an illusion.

It is impossible to realize the truth without realizing the fact that, you are not the ‘Self’. You are born and you are going to die in this illusory world whereas the ‘Soul’, the innermost Self is birthless and deathless because it is the ever formless, timeless, and spaceless existence.

Without realizing the world in which they exist is the product of ignorance and because of ignorance, the world in which you exist is experienced as a reality. Without getting rid of the ignorance the experience of birth, life, death, and the world will prevail as a reality.

Thus, Self- knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana is necessary to get rid of the ignorance. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar

Consciousness is non-dual, one without a second. It has no second thing besides it.+

“Neti, Neti" — not this, not this, not that.” This does not mean that consciousness, which is ultimate truth or Brahman is a negative concept, or a metaphysical abstraction, or a nonentity, or a void. The Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness, is the ultimate truth or Brahman.

Consciousness is second to none. Consciousness is not another. Consciousness is all-full, infinite, changeless, Self-existent, Self-delight, Self-knowledge, and Awareness. Consciousness is the essence. Consciousness is the formless knower of all that is known. Consciousness is the formless Seer and the Seen. Consciousness is transcendent and formless Witness.

Consciousness is impersonal and without attributes, formless, without special characteristics, immutable, eternal, and non-agent. Consciousness 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 from, time and space.

Consciousness is non-dual, one without a second. It has no second thing besides it. Consciousness is destitute of difference, either external or internal. Consciousness cannot be described because description implies a distinction. Consciousness cannot be distinguished from any other than it. In consciousness, there is not a distinction between substance and attribute. Awareness is the very essence of consciousness, is the ultimate truth or Brahman.

The attributeless consciousness is impersonal and pure. Consciousness becomes a personal or attributed consciousness only through its association with illusion, which appears in the form of mind or the universe or waking or dream.

Attributed consciousness and attributeless consciousness are not two different consciousnesses. Attributeless consciousness is not the contrast, antithesis, or opposite of attributed consciousness. The same attributeless consciousness appears as attributed consciousness. The mind and the Soul are one in essence. The essence is consciousness. Thus, consciousness is second to none.

The attributed consciousness appears in the form of the mind. The mind is in the form of the universe. And the universe appears as waking or dream. Thus, the Mind, the universe, the waking or dream are one and the same thing.

Remember:~

Consciousness means existence. The universe exists because of consciousness. Without consciousness, the universe ceases to exist.

The Soul is the Self. The Soul is present in the form of consciousness. The Soul is the witness-consciousness that experiences the action, the actor, and the world of separate things. It is like a light that illuminates everything in a theatre, revealing the master of ceremonies, the guests, and the dancers with complete impartiality. Even when they all depart, the light shines to reveal their absence.

The Soul is the Self. The Soul is all-pervading. The Soul is present in the form of consciousness is not within any particular body it pervades the whole universe.

The consciousness pervades the form, time, and space. Without consciousness, the form, time, and space cease to exist.

Only in ignorance, there is duality. In reality, there is no duality.

‘I’ is a false nature. Holding the ‘I’ as the Self is holding on to the ignorance. The ignorance will not buzz till you hold on to the ‘I’ because ‘I’ itself is ignorance.

You must know what God supposed to be in actuality. God is the cause of this universe and God is uncaused.

The Soul is not limited to an individual. The individuals are many but the Soul is one. The individual exists within the universe. The Soul is the cause of the universe and it itself is uncaused. The Soul is not within the human body. The universe is created out of single stuff. That single stuff is the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. Thus, whatever universe contains is bound o be the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.

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

Similarly, the waking world and waking people appeared together and disappear together. Thus the dream is created out of single stuff and that stuff is the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.

In the same way, the waking experience also created out single stuff. And that single stuff is the consciousness. The Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness is the cause of the three states and it itself is uncaused. The many soul theories are religious and yogic fable based on the false self(ego) and false experience (waking).

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

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

The Soul is the ultimate truth or Brahman or God. God neither comes nor goes, but God exists always. The form, time, and space, which appear as disappears are mere an illusion. Thus, all the form-based Gods are merely an illusion. God is the cause of the form, time, and space, and God is causeless.

Why worship God based on the illusory form, time, and space, Self-realization is God-realization and God-realization is the real worship. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar