Sage Sankara: ~ "Though I wear these robes of a Sanyasin, it is only for the sake of bread."+

Sage Sankara: ~ "Though I wear these robes of a Sanyasin, it is only for the sake of bread." (Select Works of Sage  Sankara" also his commentary on Brihad)

Thus, the above passage proves that all those who are wearing the sannyasin robes are wearing it for the sake of the bread they belong to the religion; they have nothing to do with the Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana. There is no need to criticize and condemn the Gurus, yogis, and swamis because they are needed for the welfare of ignorant masses in the dualistic world.

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).

~ Then why are you sticking to a Guru who is not a Gnani?

That is why Swami Vivekananda said: ~ “You have to grow from the inside out. None can teach you, and none can make you spiritual. There is no other teacher but your own Soul.”

Yogis and Gurus are not Gods.

This idea of worshiping a Guru as God is not a Vedic idea but was adopted from Jainism and Buddhism.

Vedas bar human worship: ~

Yajur Veda:~ "They are enveloped in darkness, in other words, are steeped in ignorance and sunk in the greatest depths of misery who worship the uncreated, eternal prakrti -- the material cause of the world -- in place of the All-pervading God, But those who worship visible things born of the prakrti, such as the earth, trees, bodies (human and the like) in place of God are enveloped in still greater darkness, in other words, they are extremely foolish, fall into an awful hell of pain and sorrow, and suffer terribly for a long time.":~ (Yajur Veda 40:9.)

Then why worship and glorify the Gurus and Yogis (human form) in place of God when Veda bars such activities and it also warns people who indulge in such activities are enveloped in still greater darkness, in other words, they are extremely foolish, fall into an awful hell of pain and sorrow, and suffer terribly for a long time.

No one has ever seen God by practicing religion or yoga or indulging in glorifying the religious God and Goddesses because God exists prior to form, time, and space. The form, time, and space cease to exist as a reality when wisdom dawns. 

Thus, the Gods and Gurus have no place in the domain of the Advaitic reality. Advaita is the nature of the Soul, which is real God. Thus, Self-realization is the only way to God-realization.

By worshipping the religious Gods and Gurus, one will not get Self-realization or God-realization.

The Soul, the inner Guru, reveals ‘what is real’ and ‘what is unreal” when the seeker is receptive and ready. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar 

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

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

The Soul is the Self. The Soul is present in the form of consciousness. The consciousness is the ultimate truth or Brahman or God in truth.

Realize that to be Brahman, which is Existence, Knowledge, and Bliss Absolute, which is non-dual and infinite, eternal and One, and which fills all that exists.

After the realization of Advaitic truth, the attainment of which leaves nothing more to be attained, the pure blessedness, and the Knowledge after which nothing needs to be known. When seen, there is nothing more to be seen. 

The experience of birth, life, death, and the world is made of single stuff. That single stuff is the consciousness. Self-knowledge makes you realize the experience of birth, life, death, and the world is merely an illusion.

Consciousness pervades everything and everywhere in all three states. Consciousness illumines the whole universe, including the Sun, Moon, and the whole galaxy.

Consciousness pervades the entire universe outwardly and shines of itself, as the fire that permeates a red-hot iron ball both inwardly and outwardly shines of itself. There exists nothing that is not consciousness.

People perform all their actions in and through consciousness, but they are ignorant of the Soul, the  Self, not being the consciousness is a mere illusion. From illusion springs separation wherein the experience of birth, life, death, and the world have root.

Ashtavakra Gita:~ The universe rises from the Soul, the innermost Self like bubbles from the sea. Thus, know the Soul, the innermost Self to be One and in this way enter into the state of dissolution."

For the Gnani who realize everything as the consciousness, what is there to meditate or not to meditate, what to speak or not to speak, what to do or not to do? Those who give up the highest and purest Brahmic consciousness live in vain and, though human, are like beasts. Having turned the visible into the invisible, one should realize everything to be the consciousness itself.

A Gnani always dwells in Advaitic awareness. The ever-existent Soul or consciousness shining within the three states can be realized only through Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana. The Self indeed is this Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness, not the phenomenal universe, which is present in the form of the mind.

Sage  Goudpada:~ The non-dual Atman is realized when the individual Self (Jiva) is awakened from its ignorance. Atman is unborn, dreamless, sleepless, and motionless, and is beyond duality. It is cognition at its purest. It is Brahman- Ayam Atma Brahma, this Atma is that Brahma; Thus, epitomizing the core of Upanishad teachings. ~ Santthosh Kumaar

Self-realization itself is God-realization.+

Self-realization itself is God-realization: ~

In the Vedas, God has been described as: ~

v Sakshi (Witness)

v Chetan (conscious)

v Nirguna (Without form and properties).

v Nitya (eternal)

v Shuddha (pure)

v Buddha (omniscient)

v Mukta (unattached).

The nature of the Atman (Soul) is: ~

v Witness

v Conscious

v Without form and properties

v Eternal

v Pure

v Omniscient

v Unattached

Yajurveda – chapter- 32:~  Godis  Supreme Spirit has no ‘Pratima’ (idol) or material shape. God cannot be seen directly by anyone. God pervades all beings and all directions. 

Thus, Idolatry does not find any support from the Vedas.

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

In Advaita Vedanta, Brahman is without attributes and strictly impersonal. It can be best described as infinite Being, infinite Consciousness.

Rig Veda: ~ The Atman is the cause; the 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)

Bhagavad Gita: ~ Brahmano hi pratisthaham- Brahman (God in truth) is considered the all-pervading consciousness, which is the basis of all the animate and inanimate entities and material (Gita 14.27)

The Upanishads say in effect that ~ if you believe that the Soul is one and God (Brahman) is another, you cannot understand Truth.

Brihad Upanishad: ~ “If you think there is another entity, whether man or God, there is no truth."

Lord Krishna Says Ch~ V:~ “Those who know the Self in truth.". The last two words (tattvataha) are usually ignored by pundits, but they make all the difference between the ordinary concept of God and the truth about God.

Rig-Veda 1-164-46   32-1 clearly mentions that God is “One”.

Thus, all the scriptures refer to a formless and attributeless God, which is the Atman (Soul), the innermost Self. It indicates clearly that all the Gods with form and attributes are mere imagination based on the false Self. Thus, Atman or Soul, the Self, is God. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar 

Sage Sankara has already declared what is the ultimate truth and what is the untruth. Sage Sankara declaration is final.+

Why are you struggling to realize the truth? Sage Sankara has already declared what is the ultimate truth and what is the untruth.

Sage Sankara's declaration is final. There is no need to follow anyone or any teaching.

Sage Sankara says: ~ Atman is Brahman. The Atman alone is real is not religious truth.

Sage Sankara declared this Advaitic truth, which is the ultimate truth to the whole world, many centuries back. Advaitic truth, which is the rational truth, scientific truth, and ultimate truth.

The Atman, which is present in the form of consciousness, is real and eternal; the world in which we exist is merely an illusion or Maya.

Remember:~

There is no need to search for the truth; the truth is already been declared by Sage Sankara.

Realize the world in which you exist is merely an illusion created out of the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. to realize this simple truth: why you are struggling.

The seeker who is seriously seeking truth must discard all ‘I-centric’ or ‘You-centric’ Gurus and their teachings because ‘I-centric’ or ‘You-centric’ Gurus and their teachings are the Advaita based on the dualistic perspective.

Orthodox Advaita is dualistic because it is based on the birth entity, which will not help the seeker to cross the threshold of the dualistic illusion because the Self is not the birth entity. The Self is the unborn Soul.

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

That is why Sage Sankara says:~ VC:~65. As a treasure hidden underground requires (for its extraction) competent instruction, excavation, the removal of stones and other such things lying above it and (finally) grasping, but never comes out by being (merely) called out by name, so the transparent Truth of the Self, which is hidden by Maya and its effects, is to be attained through the instructions of a knower of Brahman.

To realize the Self is not you, but the ‘Self’ is the Soul, there is no need to for a Guru, there is no need to study scriptures, there is no need to go to the mountain, there is no need for a guru's blessing or grace. There is no need to waste your fortune and the precious time of your life. There is no need to follow anyone.

If you have an intense urge and are ready to drop all your accumulated ‘I-centric’ or You-centric’ Gurus and their teachings and start afresh, then you are fit and ready to take this mental journey.

Ashtavakra Gita 16:10:~ If you desire liberation, but you still say "I," If you feel the ‘Self’ is the ‘I'. You are not a wise man or a seeker. You are simply a man who suffers.

So-called spiritual paths are useless unless they cause us to seek the truth of our true existence. All controversies about creation, the nature of the universe, evolution, the purpose of God, etc., are useless in the Atmic path.

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

Throw the mental garbage and start NOW.

Swami Vivekananda:- This bending the knee to superstitions, this selling yourself to your own mind does not befit you, the Soul. The Self is infinite, deathless, and birthless. Because the Self is infinite Spirit, it does not befit you to be a slave.... Arise! Awake!

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) Vivekach oodamani v 56, pg 25

You have to conquer the truth on your own, independently. That is what Sage Sankara wants you to do. : : ~ Santthosh Kumaar

Everything is consciousness because everything is created out of Consciousness, which is God in truth.+

Do not strive to become God. The world in which you exist is merely an illusion created out of the Soul, which is real God. God is not the part because God is the fullness of the consciousness without the illusory division of form, time, and space.

Everything is God because everything is created out of the Soul, which is God in truth. The Soul is present in the form of consciousness.

Rig Veda:~ Prajnanam Brahma: - Consciousness is the ultimate reality or Brahman or God in truth.

Religion accepts the concept of God in many forms. Sages of truth declare the Atman is Brahman. That is the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness and is the ultimate truth or Brahman or God in truth. And the ultimate truth itself is worthy of Godhood.

Kena Upanishad (6) Chapter I:~ That which cannot be apprehended by the mind, but by which, they say, the mind is apprehended- That alone know as Brahman and not that which people here worship.

Kena Upanishad (7) Chapter I:~ That which cannot be perceived by the eye, but by which the eye is perceived- That alone know as Brahman and not that which people here worship.

Kena Upanishad (8) Chapter I:~ That which cannot he heard by the ear, but by which the hearing is perceived- That alone know as Brahman and not that which people here worship.

Kena Upanishad (9)- Chapter I:~ That which cannot be smelt by the breath, but by which the breath smells an object- That alone know as Brahman, and not that which people here worship.

Swami Vivekananda: ~ The masses in India cry to sixty million Gods and still die like dogs. Where are these Gods?

Knowing this, stand up and fight! Not one step back, that is the idea... Fight it out, whatever comes. Let the stars move from the sphere! Let the whole world stand against us! Death means only a change of garment. What of it? Thus, fight! You gain nothing by becoming cowards. ... Taking a step backward, you do not avoid any misfortune. You have cried to all the Gods in the world. Has misery ceased? The masses in India cry to sixty million Gods and still die like dogs. Where are these Gods? ... The Gods come to help you when you have succeeded. So what is the use? Die game... This bending the knee to superstitions, this selling yourself to your own mind does not befit you, my Soul. You are infinite, deathless, and birthless. Because you are the infinite spirit, it does not befit you to be a slave... Arise! Awake! Stand up and fight! Die if you must. There is none to help you. You are the entire world. Who can help you? ~ Swami Vivekananda (Delivered In San Francisco, on May 28, 1900) -The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda/Volume 1/Lectures And Discourses/The Gita II

Brihadaranyaka Upanishad: ~ The Self is indeed Brahman (God), but through ignorance, people identify it with intellect, mind, senses, passions, and the elements of earth, water, air, space, and fire. This is why the Self is said to consist of this and that and appears to be everything.

Yajurveda says: - If one worships what is not God are steeped in ignorance and sunk in the greatest depths of misery. Therefore, it is for the seeker to make sure what God is supposed to be in actuality. : ~

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

Thus, Idolatry does not find any support from the Vedas.

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

Rig Veda: ~ The Atman is the cause; the 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)

Rig Veda declares God is ‘ONE’ and God is Atman, then why believe and worship in place of real God.

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

Maitreyi Upanishad 2:26 says: ~ All those who desire to have salvation without taking several births, should worship God in spirit and truth.

Sage Sankara’s Supreme Brahman (God in truth) is impersonal, Nirguna (without Gunas or attributes), Nirakara (formless), Nirvisesha (without special characteristics), immutable, eternal, and Akarta (non-agent). It is above all needs and desires. It is always the Witnessing Subject. It can never become an object as it is beyond the reach of the senses. Brahman is non-dual, one without a second. It has no other beside it. It is destitute of difference, either external or internal. Brahman cannot be described, because description implies distinction. Brahman cannot be distinguished from any other than It. In Brahman, there is no distinction between substance and attribute. Sat-Chit-Ananda constitutes the very essence or Svarupa of Brahman and not just its attributes. The Nirguna Brahman of Sage Sankara is impersonal.

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

Even the Bhagavad Gita says: ~ Brahmano hi pratisthaham ~ Brahman (God in truth) is considered the all-pervading consciousness, which is the basis of all the animate and inanimate entities and material. (14.27).

When Bhagavad Gita says God is considered the all-pervading consciousness, which is the basis of all the animate and inanimate entities and material, then nothing has to be accepted as God other than consciousness.

Religious Gods are based on blind belief. Religious God cannot be considered as a center because the Soul, the ‘Self’ is the center of all that exists. Without the Soul, the world in which you exist ceases to exist, which means the religious God is dependent on the Soul for his existence.

Yajurveda says: - If one worships what is not God

Translation 1.

They enter darkness, those who worship natural things (for example, air, water, sun, moon, animals, fire, stone, etc.).

They sink deeper in darkness those who worship sambhuti. (Sambhuti means created things, for example, table, chair, idol, etc.) ~ (Yajurveda 40:9)

Translation 2.

"Deep into the shade of blinding gloom fall asambhuti's worshipers. They sink to darkness deeper yet who on sambhuti are intent.~("Yajurveda Samhita by Ralph T. H. Giffith pg 538)

Translation 3.

"They are enveloped in darkness, in other words, are steeped in ignorance and sunk in the greatest depths of misery who worship the uncreated, eternal prakrti -- the material cause of the world -- in place of the All-pervading God, But those who worship visible things born of the prakrti, such as the earth, trees, bodies (human and the like) in place of God are enveloped in still greater darkness, in other words, they are extremely foolish, fall into an awful hell of pain and sorrow, and suffer terribly for a long time."~(Yajur Veda 40:9.)

So, Yajur Veda indicates that: ~

They sink deeper in darkness those who worship sambhuti. (Sambhuti means created things, for example, table, chair, idol, etc ~(Yajurved 40:9)

Those who worship visible things born of the prakrti, such as the earth, trees, bodies (human and the like) in place of God are enveloped in still greater darkness, in other words, they are extremely foolish, fall into an awful hell of pain and sorrow, and suffer terribly for a long time."~ (Yajur Veda 40:9.)

The Hindus believed in polytheism, believing all of their Gods to be separate individuals, which were introduced much later by the founders of Hinduism, which contains diverse beliefs castes, and creeds.

When the religion of the Veda knows no idols, then why are so many Gods and Goddesses with different forms and names being propagated as Vedic Gods?

Why are these conceptual Gods introduced when the Vedic concept of God is free from form and attributes?

Brihadaranyaka Upanishad declares: "He who worships the deities as entities entirely separate from him does not know the truth. For the Gods he is like a pasu (beast)”. (1.4.10)

That is why Sage Sankara:~VC~.61. For one who has been bitten by the serpent of Ignorance, the only remedy is the knowledge of Brahman. Of what avail are the Vedas and (other) Scriptures, Mantras (sacred formulae), and medicines to such a one? Sickness is not cured by saying the word “medicine.” You must take the medicine. Ignorance will not vanish and does not come by merely saying the word “God nor by worshiping God of belief. First, one must know what God is supposed to be. God must be realized. One must know God in truth. Perfect understanding and assimilation of ‘what is what’ leads to truth realization, and truth realization itself is Self-realization. Self-realization itself is God-realization. God realization itself is real worship

Dualist gurus have introduced the concept of God with attributes, and attributeless Gods are non-Vedic because Yajur Veda says: ~ those who worship visible things, born of the prakrti, such as the earth, trees, bodies (human and the like), in place of God are enveloped in still greater darkness. Therefore, all these add-ons prove that the form and attribute-based concepts were introduced by some sages of the past with a new belief system and code of conduct in the name of the Vedas.

It clearly indicates that: -If the human goal is to acquire the Self-Knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana, then why does one have to indulge in rituals and glorify the conceptual Gods and Goddesses to go into deeper darkness?

Instead, spend that time moving forward towards Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana, which is one’s prime goal. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar

God in truth is hidden by the illusory universe in which we exist (I).+

You are the truth seeker. You must accept only the ultimate truth, nothing but the ultimate truth. The ultimate truth itself is Brahman or God in truth.

The Atman is the ultimate truth or Brahman or God in truth.

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

The Soul is the Self. The Soul is present in the form of consciousness. Consciousness is the ultimate truth or Brahman or God in truth.

Realize that to be Brahman, which is Existence, Knowledge, and Bliss Absolute, which is non-dual and infinite, eternal, and One, and which fills all that exists.

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After the realization of Advaitic truth, the attainment of which leaves nothing more to be attained, the pure blessedness, and the Knowledge after which nothing needs to be known. When seen, there is nothing more to be seen.

The experience of birth, life, death, and the world is made of single stuff. That single stuff is consciousness. Self-knowledge makes you realize the experience of birth, life, death, and the world is merely an illusion.

Consciousness pervades everything and everywhere in all three states. Consciousness illumines the whole universe, including the Sun, Moon, and the whole galaxy.

Consciousness pervades the entire universe outwardly and shines of itself, as the fire that permeates a red-hot iron ball both inwardly and outwardly shines of itself. There exists nothing that is not consciousness.

Remember:~

People perform all their actions in and through consciousness, but they are ignorant of the Soul, the Self, not being aware the universe in which they exist is merely an illusion. From illusion springs separation wherein the experience of birth, life, death, and the world have root.

Ashtavakra Gita: ~ The universe rises from the Soul, the Self like bubbles from the sea. Thus, know the Soul, the innermost Self to be One and in this way enter into the state of dissolution."

For the Gnani who realize everything as the consciousness, what is there to meditate or not to meditate, what to speak or not to speak, what to do or not to do?

Those who give up the highest and purest Brahmic consciousness live in vain and, though human, are like beasts. Having turned visible into the invisible, one should realize everything to be the consciousness itself.

A Gnani always dwells in Advaitic awareness. The ever-existent Soul or consciousness shining within the three states can be realized only through Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

The Self indeed is this Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness, not the phenomenal universe, which is present in the form of the mind.

Remember this:~

God in truth, is hidden by the world in which we exist (I).

From the dualistic perspective, the past, present, and future are a reality

From the non-dualistic perspective, there is no past, no present, and no future.

From the dualistic perspective, form, time, and space are a reality.

From the non-dualistic perspective, there is no form, there is no time, and there is no future.

From the dualistic perspective, the universe is a reality.

From the non-dualistic perspective, the universe is an illusion.

From the dualistic perspective, the three states are a reality.

From the non-dualistic perspective, the three states are an illusion.

From the dualistic perspective, the ‘I’ is a reality.

From the non-dualistic perspective, the ‘I’ is an illusion.

The seeker has to make sure what is this ‘I’ supposed to be? The seeker has to make sure the unreal nature of the ‘I’ that comes and goes to realize the truth, which is hidden by the illusory form, time, and space.

Without God in truth, the ‘I’ ceases to exist. The ‘I’ is ignorance. The ‘I’ is an illusion. There is nothing that exists prior to consciousness.

The ‘I’ ceases to exist without consciousness. The Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness, is the ultimate truth or Brahman.

That is why Bhagavad Gita: ~ “The permanent (consciousness) is always there, only the transient ‘I’ comes and goes. (2.18)

The ‘I’ hides the truth of the Soul, the Self, which is ever nondual.

Bhagavad Gita: ~ “You must first see the ‘I’ as illusory before you see others as illusory. ~ CH.2 v.16

The seeker of truth has to discover the reality hidden by the ‘I’. God is hidden by the ‘I’. The reality is without the ‘I’.

The ‘I’ hides the Soul, is present in the form of consciousness. Consciousness is the ultimate truth or Brahman or God in truth.

Remember, the ‘I’ is not within you. The world in which you exist is the ‘I’. It is erroneous to think the ‘I’ is within you.

God in truth is hidden by the illusory universe in which we exist (I), and it is without the world in which we exist (I). : ~ Santthosh Kumaar

The ‘I’ implies duality. The ‘I’ is present in the form of the mind.+

The Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness, is the cause of the world in which you exist, and it, itself, is uncaused.

The ‘I’ implies duality. The ‘I’ is present in the form of the mind. The mind is present in the form of the universe.

The universe appears as the waking or dream (duality) and diapers as deep sleep nonduality.

The one that becomes the duality and the one that becomes nonduality is the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. The ‘I’ is merely an illusion created out of consciousness.

The one that is aware of the coming and going of the ‘I’ is the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.

When the Soul wakes up from its sleep of ignorance in the midst of the dualistic illusion, it is called Self–awareness.

It is foolish to limit consciousness only to the physical body because consciousness pervades everything and everywhere in all the world in which you exist.

Brihadaranyaka Upanishad- The “Self’ is indeed Brahman (consciousness), but through ignorance, people identify it with intellect, mind, senses, passions, and the elements of earth, water, air, space, and fire. This is why the “Self’ is said to consist of this and that and appears to be everything.

If the Self is not ‘I’ but the Self is the Soul, then on the standpoint of the Soul, the Self: ~

Where is the ‘I’?

Where is the ego?

Where is the body?

Where is the mind?

Where is the world in which you exist?

Where are the form, time, and space?

Where is the waking experience?

Where is the duality?

Where is void?

They are or have become one with the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. Consciousness is the ultimate truth or Brahman or God in truth.

The ‘I’ is present only when the mind is present. The mind is present only when the world is present. The world is present only when there is a waking experience.

Deeper self-search reveals that the waking experience is not considered different from the world.

The world is not considered different from the mind. The mind is not considered different from the 'I’. This truth has to be assimilated.

The ‘I’ is merely an illusion created out of the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. ‘I’ is not the subject. The ‘I’ is an object to the Soul, which is the formless, timeless, and spaceless subject.

If the ‘I’ is an illusion, then the world in which you exist is bound to be an illusion.

If the ‘I’ is an illusion, then the three states are bound to be an illusion.

If the ‘I’ is an illusion, then the form, time, and space are bound to be an illusion.

If the 'I’ is an illusion, then the individual experience of birth, life, and death is bound to be an illusion.

If the ‘I’ is an illusion, then the words and thoughts are bound to be an illusion.

If the ‘I’ is an illusion, then the duality is bound to be an illusion.

The seeker has to make sure what is this ‘I’ supposed to be? The seeker has to make sure of the unreal nature of the ‘I’ that comes and goes.

That is why Bhagavad Gita: ~ The permanent is always there, only the transient ‘I’ comes and goes. (2.18)

The ‘I’ hides the invisible unborn Soul, the Self, which is the cause of the 'I'.

People think the ‘I’ without the body is the Self. The seeker has to understand that ‘I’ is not the Self, but the witness of the ‘I’ is the true Self, which is eternal.

That is why Ashtavakra Gita 16:10 says:~ If you desire liberation, but you still say 'I' if you feel the ‘Self’ is the ‘I’, you are not a wise man or a seeker. You are simply a man who suffers. :~Santthosh Kumaar