Sage Sankara‘s declaration:~ "The world is a myth and Brahman alone is real" is the universal truth and ultimate truth.+

Everyone’s inner work leads toward a new understanding and realization.   When doubts crop up and when one does not get reasonable reasoning for his doubts from the other source, then only he indulges in his own personal research and tries to investigate, and then only he becomes aware of the truth. As he goes deeper and deeper into the subject the truth will start to reveal.

At every stage of life, wherever one turns or goes, ignorance meets him. One always worries about what is going to happen in the future to him, or to the world? What will happen to the money if he deposits it, will it be safe? What is happening inside his body? What is the ultimate condition of this world? He will not get answers. Because futures have yet to come, he is thinking of the past and future fears in the present. 

The present is always built on the past and survives on the hopes of the future.   But when one becomes aware of the fact that time is merely an illusion and one which is aware of the time is timeless existence, which is consciousness.  To overcome the sense of time one has to realize the one which is aware of the form and space also is consciousness.  Thus, consciousness alone is real, and form, time, and space are unreal because they are one in essence.

The pursuit of truth means an inquiry into the nature of the universe. How it came to be? What is it? What is it for?  The pursuit of truth is not making various theories about the Absolute, nor ornamental words, nor imagining things. It is directed towards life and has the highest value in weighing life properly.

From a practical outlook, people regard the pursuit of truth as a waste of time. They will say "the world is a reality. Everybody knows it is the world. Why waste time inquiring into it?" This attitude belongs also to the primitive mindset as well as a childish mentality. Therefore,  reasoning belongs to advanced humanity.

Science is true so far as the world of science is concerned and yoga is true so far as one is in yogic Samadhi: the yogi's experiences are not lies,  but truly described; all these are however only relative truths, true only from the physical point of view, they come and go, they contradict each other; whereas nondual wisdom, which is higher than all these, which is uncontradictable and does not conflict with anything else.

The question never enters the mind of the people; why are there so many contradictory religions, opinions, theories, authorities, scriptures, and men?  Nondualistic wisdom is not theoretical wisdom. Philosophic speculation is not the non-dualistic truth.

The pursuit of truth does not belong to any religion, because,  it inquires into the value of religion,  just as it inquires into the value of the whole physical existence.  Because the pursuit of truth is so troublesome, people don't want to be bothered with it but remain content with mysticism or religion, where the need for thinking is absent.  Nondual wisdom comes only by transcending them all for it depends on un-contradiction.

The inquiry will always look thoroughly into all sides of a question, whether it is concerning material or a spiritual matter, and decide upon it.-

Fear and suffering have been often a cause of bringing people to the pursuit of truth.  Because of contradictory arguments and conflicting conclusions—people mistook Religions for spirituality.  Many people think that the ultimate truth cannot be got, but they are mistaken.  Religion will give one the goal of the Advaitic truth, i.e. the knowledge of everything. Religion may make one happy, and give satisfaction, but that is another matter, but one cannot get rid of his ignorance through religion. Therefore, one must make his mind clear as to what object or goal he wants in life because he cannot travel in opposite directions. 

Therefore, It is necessary for the seeker of truth to inquire on his own and realize  nondual truth without any scriptures in this very lifetime and make sure of Sage  Sankara‘s declaration:~ "The world is a myth and Brahman alone is real"   is a great declaration. 

The Advaitic truth or universal truth 1400 years back and his declaration,  is the rational truth, scientific truth, and ultimate truth. No one can patent it as their own invention. By quoting one authority from one scripture, and the other authority from another scripture, and trying to prove and realize the truth is like trying to drain the ocean drop by drop.

 All scriptural knowledge is conceptual divisions invented by philosophers by their excessive analysis. Where do all these concepts end? Why should confusion be created and then explained away? Fortunate is the man who does not lose himself in the labyrinths of philosophy but goes straight to the source from which they all arise.

The direct path to the truth is the source from which the universe arises. Thus, the source is the Ataman, the Self. 

Ataman itself is Brahman or God in truth.  Thus, it is necessary to view the worldview on the base of the Atman, the real Self. 

A deeper inquiry, analysis, and reasoning on the base of Atman, one can acquire the Self –knowledge in lesser time and effort.  The unity in diversity is possible only through Self-knowledge not by mastering scriptural knowledge.

Orthodox and pundits have an “I know” attitude, therefore, they think others know nothing.  They pretend to be listening, but they think others are primitive people who could not possibly have anything to share with them.” This type of outlook is a great obstacle in the pursuit of truth. The orthodoxy is the greatest hindrance in realizing the nondual truth. 

Remember:~

Mentally reduce yourself; your body and the world in which you exist into consciousness by realizing you, your body, and the world in which you exist is merely an illusion created out of consciousness.

Mentally reduce the form, time, and space into consciousness by realizing the form, time and space are merely an illusion created out of the consciousness.

Mentally reduce the three states into consciousness by realizing the three states are nothing but an illusion created out of the consciousness.

Mentally reduce the universe into consciousness by realizing the universe is nothing but an illusion created out of consciousness.

Mentally reduce the experience of the birth, life, death, and world into consciousness by realizing the experience of the birth, life, death, and world is merely an illusion created out of the consciousness.

When you mentally reduce everything into consciousness then there is no second thing that exists other than consciousness.

The consciousness is second to none that is Advaita. Where there is unity in diversity that is Advaita. :~Santthosh Kumaar