Advaitic wisdom is not found in scriptures or books. There are only hidden parables here and there.+

Ashtavakra:~ There is no wisdom whatsoever in the scriptures- just a collection of words.

I only highlighted scriptural insights that point to the ultimate reality. what is not helpful in the pursuit of truth has to be discarded. 

 

The seeker should not bother about finding the meaning of what is written in the scriptures.

Do not indulge in arguing from your own standpoint, holding your accumulated knowledge as a yardstick that is pointless. 

Instead, read, reason, and reflect on the subject, which is the Advaitic wisdom of Sage Sankara, to get rid of ignorance. 

Philosophy has to deal with the ultimate truth, not mere words, not this Guru's or that Guru's interpretation. 

The key to it is for a  Gnani to be "ever the same." This means he sees and knows only one thing, the Soul, the Self, which is present in the form of Consciousness 

All the interpretation of different scriptural scholars is an arena of conflicting interpretations.

All the scriptural interpretations by the Gurus are based on the dualistic perspective and orthodox point of view 

All the gurus of the east and west interpret Advaita from a dualistic standpoint or orthodox point of view, and they are still dealing with words, not truth.  It proves that they have not understood the Advaitic wisdom of Sage Sankara. 

Advaitic wisdom is not found in scriptures or books. There are only hidden parables here and there. There is no clear-cut wisdom whatsoever in this. Mere words ~ just a collection of words.

Wisdom is hidden within the world in which we exist. The truth is not found in the world because the world is merely an illusion created out of consciousness. The Truth is beyond form, time, and space.

Mundaka Upanishad:~ The study of the Vedas, linguistics, Rituals, astronomy, and all the arts can be called lower knowledge. The higher is that which leads to Self-realization. The eye cannot see it; the mind cannot grasp it. The deathless 'Self' has neither caste nor race, neither eyes nor ears nor hands nor feet. Sages say this Self is infinite in the great and in the small, everlasting and changeless, the source of life.

All these selected quotes from the scriptures are helpful to think deeply, nothing more.

In pursuit of truth, the ultimate truth has to be proved, not assumed. Pundits who take scriptures for granted are not Gnanis.

Pundits teach that all is yourself, but none of them can show that this is so, none has analyzed it scientifically, and none can prove it. Rational proof is needed so that one arrives at knowing truth, i.e., wisdom; punditry is dogma, parrotism, and repetition of what they read in scripture. Scriptures are not yardsticks, and the scriptural truth is not proof. 

Pundits take scripters as an authority. Authoritarianism merely assumes as true what another says, but what has yet to be proved.

Pundits have to test the truth in this world, not in the next world. There is no proof other than blind belief based on the scriptures; belief is not the truth. So, doctrines are not the means to realize the truth. There is no need to follow them to acquire self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana.

Doubts and confusion arise when the seeker finds the scriptures and yoga are inadequate or useless to quench his spiritual thirst. Disappointments in religion, yoga, or even science imply error or ignorance. Seeker reaches a stage whether he is right?" Where is the certainty that he is proceeding on right lines?" 

Thus, doubts arise, and the inquiring spirit comes and impels us to search elsewhere for truth where it will not be possible even to have doubt. The test is, therefore, in the experience. Only in non-duality, where there are no two to argue about views or to have a difference of opinion, can such doubtlessness be possible. Belief depends upon an unstable base, whereas certainty depends on the proof.

The seeker of truth has to get rid of his doubts through deeper self-search on his own, to realize the fact that the 'Self' is not the form but the ' Self' is formless. Thus, his analysis and reasoning have to be based on the formless (Soul), not on the form(ego). 

Simply going on believing and accepting whatever is said by the punditry will not lead one towards the path of wisdom. All the doubt has to be gotten rid of "by the sword of Self-Knowledge." According to the scriptures, yoga is not necessary if one follows the inner (formless) path. Religion and yoga are not the means to the path of wisdom. :~Santthosh Kumaar