Sage Sankara Just as the fire is the direct cause for cooking, so without Self -Knowledge no emancipation can be had.+

Sage Sankara Just as the fire is the direct cause for cooking, so without Self -Knowledge no emancipation can be had.

Compared with all other forms of discipline Knowledge of the Self is the one direct means for liberation.

When the force of desire for the Truth blossoms, selfish desires wither away, just like darkness vanishes before the radiance of the light of dawn.

One should become aware of oneself, indivisible, and perfect; free from identification with all things transient, such as one’s body, functions, mind, and the sense of being the doer, for all these are the product of ignorance.

The Soul appears to be finite because of ignorance. When ignorance is destroyed the Self which does not admit of any multiplicity truly reveals itself by itself: like the Sun when the clouds pass away..

Remember:~

Controlling senses are religious and yogic body-based theory has nothing to do with the path of the wisdom, which is based on the Soul.

Ashtavakra Gita: ~ The fool tries to control the mind with the mind - what folly! The wise one delights in the Self alone. There is no mind to master.

Yogis say they control the mind. They think the mind is an organ within the body. Thus, yoga is limited to form, time, and space, whereas the truth, is beyond form, time, and space. 

It is high time for them to realize the mind is not within the body, but their body and the world are within the mind.

Without knowing what is mind it is impossible to realize the truth, which is beyond form, time, and space.

The gross universe is merged into the mental universe in the sense that when it is analyzed, it is found to exist inseparably in and as the mind alone. All "spiritual" planes are really mental: those who regard them as different or higher are deceiving themselves.

The ‘I’ is present only when the mind is present. The mind is present in the form of the universe. The universe appears as the waking or the dream (duality) and disappears as deep sleep (nonduality). The one that becomes dual and nondual is consciousness. 

Thus, all three states are nothing but consciousness. Consciousness alone is real and all the three states are merely an illusion. When the conviction about consciousness becomes firm, then it leads to Advaitic awareness in the midst of the duality.

Thus, it is necessary to have a perfect understanding of ‘what is ‘what’ to realize the truth, which is beyond form, time, and space.: ~ Santthosh Kumaar