Inquiry means reflective thought, in the path of wisdom. Even if your studies have brought no realization, do not give it up.+

Inquiry means reflective thought, in the path of wisdom. Even if your studies have brought no realization, do not give it up. 

The seeker should keep on inquiring; everything that he does should remind you of the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.

The seeker must not predict that he will not be able to get Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana. A man who is trying to memorize a passage may succeed suddenly after failure because the subconscious is at work.

Seeds must take the time to mature into trees then they will yield fruit. Hence persevere despite disappointments. The obstacles to realization are inherent in defective mental capacity, in the attachment to worldly objects, in the strength of egoism. All obstacles must be overcome to gain realization, not only one or two.

Without longing for Truth-realization, Self-realization is an impossibility.  

Gnani rightly distinguishes between permanent and impermanent, acquires Self-knowledge; and feels a deep yearning to be free from ignorance. The seeker has to ponder over what he has read in my posts and blogs.

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

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).

By inquiring Who is that you. Noting is gained. The inquirer himself is the ego. Without the ego, you do not exist. The Self is not you because you are the ego.

The Self is not you but the Self is the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. The seeker has to drop all his egocentric accumulated knowledge and only then he is fit to grasp Self-knowledge.

Remember:~

The search for truth means the search for the Self. The search for the 'Self' means the search for God.

Nothing has to be accepted as God other than the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. Atman is Brahman means the Soul alone is God. Atman is Advaitic God. God is Advaita.

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

Sage Sankara proved the existence of Athma, which is Brahman or God by declaring Atman, is Brahman.

Brahman is God. From the standpoint of Athma, the world is merely an illusion.

When Upanishads and Vedas declare that, “God is in the form of the Athma, and God is indeed Athma itself” then why accept another God in place of the Athma or worship other than the Athma.

Yajur Veda – Chapter- 32: - God is Supreme Spirit has no ‘Pratima’ (idol) or material shape. He cannot be seen directly by anyone. He pervades all beings and all directions. 

 Idolatry does not find any support from the Vedas.

Prohibition of idol worship in Yajurveda: ~ 

Yajurveda: ~ There is no image of God in truth. God in truth is unborn eternal.  (Chapter 32, Verse 3) 

Yajurveda: ~ God in truth is nondual and pure" (Chapter 40, Verse 8) 

Yajurveda: ~ "They are entering darkness, those who worship the natural things (like air, water, fire, etc.), they are sinking more in darkness who worship created things." (Chapter 40, Verse 9) 

Rig Veda: ~ The Atman (Soul or Spirit) is the cause; Atman is the support of all that exists in this universe. May ye never turn away from the Atman, the  ‘Self’? May ye never accept another God in place of the Atman nor worship other than the Atman?" (10:48, 5)

It is for every seeker who is seeking truth must first know what God is supposed to be in actuality according to Vedas and Upanishads and reject all non-Vedic Gods to realize the Atman is real God.

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

Thus it refers to the formless and attributeless God, which is the Atman (Soul), the ‘Self’ within the false experience. Thus, it indicates clearly all the Gods with form and attributes are mere imagination based on the false ‘Self’. Thus, Atman or Soul, the innermost ‘Self’ is God. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar