Advaita is neither a philosophy nor a theory.+

A Gnani will easily appreciate the high flights of Sage Sankara’s Advaitic wisdom, which is one of the 'most majestic structures and valuable products of the Genius of man in his search for Truth. :~Santthosh Kumaar

 

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  Natesh Mahadevan:~  what exactly is advaitic wisdom...

   

   
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  Rajesh Sachdeva :~  and what exactly it is not..

    
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  Santthosh Kumaar :~  Advaita is neither a philosophy nor a theory.   Advaita is an independent path. Advaita is the nature of the Soul, the Self.  The duality is mere an illusion created out of the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.  There is no duality in the essence.

   

  There is no need to study scripters or philosophy to acquire the knowledge of the Soul, the Self. To realize the truth beyond form, time and space the seeker has to drop all the accumulated egocentric knowledge.   

  
  

  Sage Sankara varied his practical advice and doctrinal teaching according to the people he was amongst. He never advised them to give up their particular religion or beliefs or metaphysics completely; he only told them to give up the worst features of abuse: at the same time he showed just one step forward towards the truth. 

  
  

  Sage Sankara was extremely precise and careful in his choice of words.  Sage  Sankara' gave religious, ritual or dogmatic instruction to the mass, but pure philosophy only to the few who could rise to it. Hence, the interpretation of his writings by commentators is often confusing because they mix up the two viewpoints. Thus, they may assert that ritual is a means of realizing Brahman, which is absurd.  Sage Sankara founded his Advaita Vedanta either on reason independent of Sruti or on Sruti confirmed by reason."  

  
  

  Sage Sankara indicates: ~   The transparent truth of the soul, the innermost self, which is hidden within the illusion, requires (for its extraction) excavation, the removal of ignorance.

  
  

  The illusory form, time and space hides the truth without getting rid of the truth will never reveal.  Thus, deeper self-search is very much necessary in order to grasp and realize the truth, which is beyond the form, time and space.

  
  

  That is why Sage Sankara said:~ Talk as much philosophy as you like, worship as many gods as you please, observe ceremonies and sing devotional hymns, but liberation will never come, even after a hundred aeons, without realizing the Oneness.

   

  People’s observation is based on dualistic (matter or body or ego) perspective, whereas a Gnanis judgment is based on the nondualistic (soul or spirit or consciousness) perspective. There is neither the projection (the world in we all exist), nor the projector exist as a reality, when the soul, the innermost self remains its own awareness.
  
  The Soul remains in its own awareness when wisdom dawns. The purpose of the spiritual pursuit is to realize the whole universe in, which we exist is created out of single stuff. And that single stuff is the soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. The Soul is the Self.
  
  The knowledge of the single stuff is Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana. The single stuff is the soul, which is present in the form of the consciousness
  
  On the standpoint of the Soul, the Self, the three states are mere an illusion. Thus, the three states (witnessed) and the soul (witness) are one in essence. That essence is consciousness. 

   
• Sage Sankara himself had often said that his philosophy was based on Sruti, or revealed scripture.  This may be because Sage Sri, Sankara addressed the ordinary man, who finds security in the idea of causality and thus in the idea of God—and Revelation is indispensable to prove the latter.  He believed that those of superior intelligence, have no need of this idea of divine causality, and can therefore dispense with Sruti and arrive at the truth of Non-Dualism by pure reason.  
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• Thus the whole universe in, which we exist, created out of consciousness. Thus, there is no second thing exists other than consciousness. Hence, it is nondual. Thus, the knowledge of the single stuff is nondualistic or Advaitic wisdom. Becoming more and more soulcentric leads the seeker towards Advaitic self-awareness.
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  Q:~Natesh Mahadevan:~  what am asking is - how does a person transcend that dualistic observation... how does one enter that knowledge of the single stuff... and is that a kind of knowledge which can be taught... what is that consciousness which creates worlds and yet doesn't want you to perceive it...

  
  
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  Santthosh Kumaar:~  First one has to know ‘what is the mind” What is the substance of the mind? and ‘what is the source of the mind? in order to realize ‘what is what’? 

   

  Realize the fact that, You are not the self.  You and your experience of the world are part of the illusion. The Self is not you.  If the self is not you, then the question of your body, your ego, your memories and your experience of the world and your karma is nothing to do with the Soul, the Self. 

   

  The self is the formless soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.   The Soul, the Self, witnesses you and your experience of the world together.   It is the Soul that has to get rid of the illusion, by realizing, you along with the world and the innermost self are one in essence. That essence is the soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. 

   

  Thus, you and your experience of the world are made of a single stuff, which is the soul, the innermost self.  Thus, it is necessary to realize the Self is not within our body (you) but it is hidden within the world in which we exists as its formless substance and the witness.  
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• Thus, our bodies and our experience of the world are made of the same stuff. Realizing this truth will lead one to Advaitic Self-awareness in the midst of duality. 
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• The ego is the physical mind, whereas the mind is present in the form of the universe. The universe appears as waking or dream (duality), and disappears as deep sleep (nonduality).  A perfect understanding of ‘what is what’ is necessary to realize that form, time, and space are merely an illusion created out of single stuff.
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