Real knowledge is Self-knowledge. The knowledge of the invisible and unborn Soul is hidden by the dualistic illusion.+

Real knowledge is Self-knowledge. The knowledge of the invisible and unborn Soul is hidden by the dualistic illusion.

Every householder, irrespective of any caste or religion, is qualified to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

The caste ~ does not qualify you to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

The religion ~ does not qualify you to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

Yoga ~ does not qualify you to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

Tantra~ does not qualify you to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

Mantra~ does not qualify you to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

Singing devotional songs ~ does not qualify you to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

Belief and worship of mythical Gods ~ does not qualify you to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

Belief in superstition or dogmas ~ does not qualify you to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

Rituals ~ do not qualify you to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

Customs or tradition ~ does qualify you to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

Wearing Religious robes or symbols ~ does not qualify you to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

Meditations~ do not qualify you to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

Hearing of sermons ~ does not qualify you to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

By bathing in the holy river~ does not qualify you to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

Visiting Ashrams and retreats ~ does not qualify you to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

Walking on the mountain in search of truth ~ does not qualify you to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

Worship of personal Gods and Goddesses ~does not qualify you to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

Having a Guru ~ does not qualify you to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

Following any tradition or parampara ~ does not qualify you to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

Serving the Guru ~ does not qualify you to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

Studying the scriptures and philosophy ~ does not qualify you to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

Learning Sanskrit ~ does not qualify you to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

Initiation of any sort~ does not qualify you to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

Spending money in order to realize the truth ~ does not qualify you to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

Taking vows to start the journey. ~ does not qualify you to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

The grace of physical Guru ~ does not qualify you to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

Drop all that is not needed for Self-realization.

Remember:~

The idea of the creation and creator within the dream becomes unreal when waking takes place. Similarly, the idea of creation and the creator's waking world becomes unreal when Advaitic wisdom dawns.

The Advaitic wisdom dawns when the waking entity realizes that the matter is created out of the Spirit.

Without the Spirit (consciousness), there is no matter. The Spirit alone is real, and all else is merely an illusion created out of the spirit or consciousness.

Sage Sankara: ~ “VC~ All this universe which through ignorance appears as of diverse forms, is nothing else but Brahman which is absolutely free from all the limitations of human thought

You search for the ‘Self’, you will find only the Soul. You search for truth and you will find only the Soul. You search for God, and you will find only the invisible Soul.

Thus, the invisible Soul is the Goal. The invisible Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness, is the ultimate truth or Brahman or God in truth.

What exists with or without the world in which you exist is the invisible Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.

When the invisible Soul remains in its own awareness in the midst of the world in which you exist, it is in its swa swaroopa or Atmic -awareness.

The unreal is created out of the real. The Soul is the fullness of consciousness without any division.

A Gnani is fully aware that the division of form, time, and space are merely an illusion created out of consciousness. Thus, consciousness is one without the second.  : ~ Santthosh Kumaar