The Soul, the Self, is God in truth. The Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness, is Infinite. Consciousness is all-pervading. The world in which we exist is nothing but consciousness.
Sage Sankara’s wisdom is not teaching or philosophy but Advaita is the universal wisdom. Advaitic wisdom is neither a teaching nor a theory but it is mere guidance to those who are seriously seeking the ultimate truth or Brahman.
Sage Sankara says: ~ VC-47 All the effects of ignorance, root, and branch, are burnt down by the fire of knowledge, which arises from discrimination between these two—the Self and the not-self.
It really depends on his inborn natural capacity to understand and assimilate it.
Sage Sankara’s wisdom is a Self-examiner, to test oneself to discover how near to Gnana he has approached what progress has already been made on the path, and what still remains to be done. It sets up the criterion for Self-judgement. There are millions in search of truth but one in a million will be able to grasp it.
Without Sage Sankara, there is no Advaita (nonduality). Since it was mixed up with orthodoxy there is a lot of confusion. I am highlighting all the obstacles, which is blocking one from realizing the ultimate truth or Brahman.
There are so many non-dualistic masters of the East and also from the West who expound Advaitic or non-dualistic knowledge but none of them are helpful to reach the ultimate end.
The seeker has to know and realize the Self is the Soul and identify it as a true identity to find liberation from the bondage of the illusion of birth, life, death, and the world(duality). The goal of our life is to find and realize our identity with our Soul, which is our Self.
If you are serious and sincerely seeking truth then that very serious, sincerity will help you to realize what is truth and what is the untruth. Self-discovery leads to self-awareness.
Upanishads: - Fools dwelling in darkness, but thinking they wise and erudite, go around and round, by various tortuous paths, like the blind led by the blind. (Upanishads Nikilanada - Ch II-5 P-14)
The Scriptures mastery, the force of religious merit--none of these leads to the realization of that Ultimate Truth or Brahman.
The ultimate truth is revealed in the clear understanding and realization of ‘what is truth and ‘what is untruth'.
When one realizes the untruth (universe) is created out of a single stuff, the ‘Self’-awareness rises in the midst of duality exposing the unreal nature of the form, time, and space.
People think by studying Vedanta thoroughly, they are under the delusion and conclude that they have become Gnanis.
Becoming adept in Advaita Vedanta does not mean that one has become Gnani. One gains thereby a mere intellectual understanding of the truth. The truth is e beyond the intellect.
Sage Sankara said: -Neither by the practice of yoga nor philosophy, nor by good works nor by learning, does liberation come, but only through the realization that Atman and Brahman are one in no other way.(1) VivekaChudamani v 56, pg 25
Fortunate seekers are the ones who do not lose themselves in the labyrinths of philosophy. conceptual divisions invented by the Advaitic Gurus of the East and the West by their excessive analysis. there is no end to concepts, they create more confusion.
The serious seeker is the one who does not lose himself in the labyrinths of philosophy but searches for the 'Self' independently and realizes it.
Among thousands of people, scarcely one strives for perfection; and of those who strive and succeed, scarcely one knows the ‘Self’ in truth. The truth is beyond form, time, and space.
Come ye slow, or come ye fast; it is but the Soul that reveals itself at last.:~Santthosh Kumaar
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