People cultivated the habit of judging everything within the framework of their accumulated knowledge and Guru's teaching.+

People cultivated the habit of judging everything within the framework of their accumulated knowledge and Guru's teaching. Most people are stuck with their accumulated knowledge and their Gurus teaching. They do not accept anything other than their accepted truth.

Most people are so egoic, stubborn and they think their Guru is the final authority and what they know is the ultimate truth. Such people are unfit to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

Upanishads:~ Fools dwelling in darkness, but thinking they wise and erudite, go round and round, by various tortuous paths, like the blind led by the blind. ( Upanishads Nikilanada - Ch II-5 P-14)

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.

Bhagavan Buddha: ~ Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders.

That is why Bhagavan Buddha rejected the scriptures, and even Sage Sankara indicated that the ultimate truth lies beyond religion, the concept of God, and the scriptures.

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.

Yoga Vasistha says: ~ Self-knowledge or knowledge of truth is not had by resorting to a Guru (preceptor) nor by the study of scripture, nor by good works: it is attained only through inquiry inspired by the company of wise (Gnani). One’s inner light alone is the means, naught else. When this inner light is kept alive, it is not affected by the darkness of inertia.

The Guru is useless so long as the ultimate truth is unknown, and 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 Athma Gnana. The inner Guru to unfold the mystery of the ‘I’.

Bhagavan Buddha:~ There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth: not going all the way... and not starting.

The world in which you exist is the dualistic illusion created out single stuff. To realize this knowledge of single stuff, there is no need for a Guru, there is no need to study scriptures, there is no need to go to the mountain, there is no need for gurus blessing or grace to get self-realization. If you have an intense urge and are ready to drop all your accumulated knowledge and start afresh then you are fit and ready to take this mental journey.

Remember:~

Accumulated knowledge and the teaching of different Gurus from different sources become an obstacle in realizing the ultimate truth or Brahman. Nothing has to be accepted without deeper verification.

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 your own Soul.”

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 your Soul.”

Swami Vivekananda aptly described Sage Sankara’s Advaita as the fairest flower of philosophy that any country of any age has produced.

Swami Vivekananda:~ "Teach yourself, teach everyone his real nature, call upon the sleeping Soul and see how it awakes. Power will come, glory will come, goodness will come, purity will come, and everything excellent will come when this sleeping Soul is roused to Self-conscious activity.

Swami Vivekananda:~ You have gratitude for books and teachers without bondage to them and worship your Guru as God, but do not obey him blindly; love him all you will, but think for yourself. No blind belief can save you, work out your own salvation. Have only one idea of God - that He is an eternal help.

Swami Vivekananda:~ Oneness is the Secret of Everything.

Remember:~

You will not find the Self without realizing what this ‘I’ is supposed to be in actuality. Just by saying the Self is prior to the ‘I’, the ignorance will not vanish.

Without getting rid of the ignorance you will never be able to unfold the mystery hidden by the ‘I’.

Your accumulated knowledge and the teaching of different Gurus from different sources are useless so long as the ultimate truth is unknown, and they are 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.

It is for every seeker, who is on the Atmic path to realizing 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's needs reflect constantly on the subject until the cobwebs of his doubts and confusion get cleared.

It takes time for the seeker to gain the perfect understanding of ‘what is 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 realizes the truth, which is beyond form, time, and space. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar