'I’ is the disease caused by the virus called ignorance. Only through the Advaitic wisdom of Sage Sankara, this ignorance will be wiped out.+

'I’ is the disease caused by the virus called ignorance. Only through the Advaitic wisdom of Sage Sankara, this ignorance will be wiped out.

Sage Sankara goes on to say: ~A sickness of not cured by saying the word “medicine.” You must take the medicine. Liberation does not come by merely saying the word “Brahman.” Brahman must be realized.  Until you allow this apparent universe to dissolve from your consciousness until you have realized Brahman, how can you find liberation just by saying the word Brahman? The result is merely noise.

Until a man has destroyed his enemies and taken possession of the splendor and wealth of the kingdom, he cannot become a king by simply saying “I am a king.”

A buried treasure is not uncovered by merely uttering the words: “Come forth.” You must follow the right directions, dig, remove the stones and earth from above it, and then make it, your own. In the same way, the pure truth of the Atman, which is buried under Maya and the effects of Maya, can be reached by Self-knowledge but never by perverted arguments. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar