Manduka Upanishad has no assumptions whatsoever. It is an honest and bold inquiry into truth. It rises above scripture.
Ashtavakra:~ There is no wisdom whatsoever in the scriptures- just a collection of words.
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 the sculptures. Mere words ~ are just a collection of words.
Advaitic Truth is hidden by the universe in which we exist. The truth is not found in the universe because the universe is merely an illusion created out of consciousness.
Consciousness is the ultimate truth hidden by the illusory universe.
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 mere dogma, parrotism, and repetition of what they read in scripture.
Scripters 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 Confusions arise when the seeker finds the scripters and yoga are inadequate or useless to quench his spiritual thirst.
Disappointments in religion or 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 the right lines.
Thus, the doubts arise and the inquiring spirit comes and impels to search elsewhere for truth where it will not be possible even to have doubt.
The test is therefore inexperience. Only in non-duality, where there are no two to argue about views or to have differences of opinion can such doubtlessness be possible. Belief depends upon unstable bases 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 that the 'Self' is not the form because the invisible Soul, the Self is ever nondual.
Thus, his analysis and reasoning have to be based on the formless (Soul), not on the form (ego).
Simply go 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 got 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.
By reading my posts & blogs often propels the reader into the thinking process.
By reading repetition of the words on this subject the inner whirling in the subconscious takes place which replaces the old thoughts based on the ego by accepting the Soulcentric truth.
Perfect understanding removes all sorts of obstacles in pursuit of truth. Only through constant repetition of words in my posts will make one think differently but it also creates more doubts and confusion in his subconscious and his inner urge to know the truth even more intense. And it also helps to overcome some of our conditioning, which we have inherited from parental grooming and circumstances.
Repetition of reading the words of wisdom assists a seeker to help to focus his attention from the form (world) to the formless (Soul or consciousness), which is very much necessary in the pursuit of truth. Repetition is an effective tool and has an effect on the subconscious mind, which is not receptive to receiving new truths because it is conditioned to receive only logical conclusions based on ego.
It takes time for the seeker to gain the perfect understanding of what is the truth’ and ‘’what is untruth’.
It takes time for the invisible Soul, the Self to wake up from the sleep of ignorance, and it takes time for one to realize the truth, which is beyond the form, time, and space.
The nature of the invisible Soul, the Spirit is like a state of sleep. But sleep is the unconsciousness of the objects whereas Self-awareness is conscious awareness of the invisible Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness in the midst of the object.
The reason, in respect of Ultimate Reality, is like the impossible conception of a sleeping man trying to know what he is about, without waking up. As sleep is to waking, so is ordinary life to the state of realization.
The seeker should be aware of everything untrue: stick to the truth and he shall succeed, maybe slowly, but surely. :: ~ Santthosh Kumaar
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