No one can know the untruth, without knowing, what is truth.+

The ultimate truth has to be ascertained without the scriptures, by realizing the Self is neither the waking entity (you) nor the dream entity but the Self is the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. 

In the realm of truth the form, time, and space are created out of single stuff. That single stuff is consciousness. 

Realizing the single stuff as the ultimate truth is self-realization or truth realization. To realize this truth there is no need for the scriptures. This I am highlighting again and again on my blogs.  

Sage Sankara said:~Neither by the practice of yoga nor philosophy, nor by good works, nor by learning, does liberation come, but only through the realization that Atman and Brahman are one in no other way. (1) VivekaChudamani v 56, pg 25

The citations from scriptures are not proofs.  The ultimate truth has to be proved without the scriptures.  The ultimate truth is the universal truth and it does not belong to any religion.  Religion causes diversity in unity, whereas, the ultimate truth brings unity in diversity. 

I quote Scriptural citation and also the citation of the sages of truth only after verification of reality and proved the truth, to point out that the scriptures teach the same thing. If one quotes them before having demonstrated truth, then it is scholasticism.

Scriptures are being added from time to time. This process will go on. There is the final authority among them? One contradicts the other: duality reigns supreme. 

That is why Sage Sankara himself says: ~ VC 59. The study of the Scriptures is useless so long as the highest Truth is unknown, and it is equally useless when the highest Truth has already been known.

60. The Scriptures, consisting of many words are a dense forest that merely causes the mind to ramble. Hence, men of wisdom should earnestly set about knowing the true nature of the Self.

61. For one who has been bitten by the serpent of Ignorance, the only remedy is the knowledge of Brahman. Of what avail are the Vedas and (other) Scriptures, Mantras (sacred formulae), and medicines to such a one?

It is not that one should pore over the ancient scriptures.  There is no need to study first, and then realize. One has to realize first, then only he will know ‘what is truth’ and ‘what is untruth’. One has to make his discoveries through the process of rational thinking.

That is why Sage  Sankara says:~ VC-65- As a treasure hidden underground requires (for its extraction) competent instruction, excavation, the removal of stones and other such things lying above it and (finally) grasping, but never comes out by being (merely) called out by name, so the transparent Truth of the self, which is hidden by Maya and its effects, is to be attained through the instructions of a knower of Brahman, followed by reflection, meditation and so forth, but not through perverted arguments.

One has to drop all his accumulated knowledge, which he is using as a yardstick, and lands himself in pursuit of an argument without reaching anywhere.  One has to think deeply analyze and verify everything, and accept only the uncontradictable truth.  Nothing has to be accepted as truth because some great thinker says it or some guru or teacher says it without verification.  

Those who lack the intelligence to discriminate between formless witness (subject) and three states (object) will not be able to grasp what is real and what is unreal. Both subject and object are consciousness, not subject alone.

The truth can never change. The nature of truth is, that it can never be changed under any circumstances. It may be misrepresented. It must apply to the whole of existence, to the whole of the universe. It is in the object (three states)alone that one has all changes, as deeper analysis points out.

 The subject (formless witness) remains unchanged. The subject (formless witness), as such remains immortal. It can never die for it changes. The body and the world are an object and go, but the subject or the knower of the body and the universe can never go. 

The seeker has to take this principle as his guiding thread and non-dual truth becomes easy to grasp. The formless witness can never be subject to the changes of the object; it is unchanged. The mistake usually made is that the subject becomes the object, or that the object is the subject. 

Remember:~

An ignorant observation is based on the 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 stone, nor the animal, nor does the world exist as a reality, when the Soul, the  'Self' remains in its own awareness.

When the Self is not the form (ego or waking entity or you) then the reason based on the form (waking entity or you) will not yield truth. Thus, one has to learn to reason on the formless Soul, the Self to reach the ultimate end of understanding. 

Where is the duality in the nonduality?  From the standpoint of the Soul, the   Self, the manifestation is merely an illusion.  The illusion has no value in the realm of the ultimate truth or Brahman.  And the manifestation also is consciousness, because it is created out of consciousness. 

Persons who accumulated bookish and scriptural knowledge and who declare themselves as gurus and enlightened are bound by some religion and tradition. 

Religion and Tradition are based on ego (you or the waking entity), which is the false self within the false experience (waking),    whereas the ultimate truth or Brahman is based on the soul, the Self. Since yogis and religionists are egocentric, they will not be able to accept anything other than their accepted truth. 

 He who knows the truth knows, what is the untruth. No one can know the untruth, without knowing, what is the truth.  

People who are still in the realm of duality, thinking the Self is internal, how can they judge ‘what is truth?’ and ‘what is not the truth’, without realizing the fact that, the Self is neither the waking entity nor the Self is the dream entity but Self is the formless substance, witness and also the source of the three states. 

The formless substance witness and the source are one in essence. And that essence is the formless soul or consciousness, the Self. From the standpoint of the Soul, the  Self, the three states are merely illusions. 

It is the use of practicing meditation or Samadhi as the body, which is the false self (you) within the false experience(waking). Therefore, every path and practice has to be verified before accepting it as truth. All egocentric paths will not lead to Advatic awareness. The path of wisdom alone leads to self-awareness. 

The truth does not require any tag, the serious seekers who are tired of all the theories, paths, and practices and find them inadequate and useless, will turn towards the perennial springs of spiritual truth, to quench their spiritual thirst. Those who are advanced in the spiritual pursuit will find the entire spiritual tags and branded paths and practices are inadequate and useless, in the pursuit of truth. 

A deeper self-search reveals the fact that the Atman, body, and world are one, in essence, therefore no second thing exists other than Atman, which is in the form of consciousness.  Thus realizing all the three states as consciousness leads to Self-awareness. 

Remember:

If you keep on reading my posts and blogs old as well as new, all your doubts and confusion will vanish.

It takes time for the seeker to gain the perfect understanding of ‘what is truth’ and ‘’what is untruth’. It takes time for the Soul, the Self to wake up from the sleep of ignorance, and it takes time for one realizes the truth, which is beyond form, time, and space.

The body, the ego, and the world together are the mind. If the mind is there then only the body, the ego, and the world are present. The body, the ego, and the world appear together and disappear together. That is the mind that is present in the form of the ‘I’ appears and disappears. 

The one which witnesses the coming and going, of the ‘I’ (mind), is the Soul, the  Self. From the standpoint of the Soul, the  Self the mind (the universe in which we exist) is non-existent as a reality.

The mind cannot be purified because the mind itself is an illusion. Till one thinks the mind is within the body, he will not be able to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana, because the body and the world are within the mind. And the mind is within the Soul.

Ignorance is the cause of the duality. The duality is the cause of the illusion (Maya). The illusion is the cause of experiencing birth, life, death, and the world as a reality.

Self-knowledge leads to Self-awareness. The quest for truth is not the quest for acquiring the dualistic truth within the world. The seeker must have an intense urge to realize the truth which is beyond the form, time, and space.

The dualistic knowledge hides the truth beyond form, time, and space. The practical life within the practical world is nothing to do with the ultimate truth or Brahman.

The dualistic knowledge within the dualistic illusion is not Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

Remember:~

This vast cosmos with all its contents (atom, molecule, sun, moon, planet, and star) all are created out of single stuff. That single stuff is the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. Knowledge of the single stuff is Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

The Soul is the Self. The Soul is present in the form of consciousness. Awareness is the nature of the Soul or consciousness. Consciousness is existence itself.

Consciousness is ever-present. Without consciousness, the world, in which you exist ceases to exist. Consciousness is Self-evident. It is not established by extraneous proofs. It is not possible to deny consciousness because it is the very essence of the one who denies it. Consciousness is the basis of all kinds of knowledge, presuppositions, and proofs. Consciousness is everything. Thus, consciousness is the ultimate truth or Brahman or God in truth. : ~Santthosh Kumaar