A Gnani does not do or say anything to make himself appear superior to others, or to pretend to know more than others.+

For Gnani the world is an illusion. Viewed from the absolute, there’s neither birth nor life nor death, neither the appearance nor the disappearance, neither the production nor the destruction, neither the bondage nor liberation. None seeks for freedom nor is there any who is liberated - this is the highest truth. 

A Gnani knows that there's neither unity nor plurality - the world is neither one nor many. Just as a piece of rope is mistaken for a snake, the Atman is mistaken for this diverse world. Duality is an appearance and the non-dual Atman is the real truth. 

A Gnani knows the world to be an illusion because he is fully aware there is no difference between the Soul and the universe because the universe is merely an illusion created out of the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.

Gnani does not want to think of the ego, therefore he does not do or say anything to make himself appear superior to others, or to pretend to know more than others.  If a person spends his time in Samadhi, he is not a Gnani, but he is only a yogi. 

Illusion’s "concealing power" merely means that when one looks at an ice block he thinks only of the ice block. But a Gnani will think of the substance of the ice block too. That is a wise man who has the knowledge of the substance plus of the ice block.

Similarly, a Gnani has the knowledge of the universe and its formless substance also. The consciousness is concealed because of ignorance. As a man, one is not aware of the fact that his body, ego, and his experience of the world are merely an illusion created out of consciousness.

When one becomes aware of the fact that the universe is an illusion then there is nobody no ego and no world then there is only the formless Soul or consciousness, which is the innermost Self.

Having turned the visible into the invisible, one should realize everything to be consciousness itself. A Gnani always dwells in nondual awareness in the midst of dualistic illusion (world).

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A Gnani has realized he is not he but consciousness; his body is not the body but the consciousness, and the world in which he exists is not the world but consciousness. Everything is known, seen, believed, and experienced by him is nothing but consciousness then what else remains, is not consciousness. There is nothing else to realize other than to realize that consciousness alone is, everything else is merely an illusion created out of consciousness.

A Gnani is as alert and awake to what is happening to him externally as all other people: he is not a yogi in Samadhi. A yogi does not know the ultimate truth or Brahman because he believes his Samadhi as Brahman. The Gnani has realized the world in which he exists is merely an illusion created out of consciousness.  And consciousness is the ultimate truth or Brahman. 

Gnani mixes with the company of people from all walks of life, behaving as they did, not claiming to be different from them.  He occasionally is dropping some words of wisdom and gives some suggestions which created curiosity to know the reality beyond form, time, and space. Thus, he will instill hope into the seeker's hearts that is really possible to acquire self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

A  Gnani will neither talk too volubly like shallow persons nor observe complete silence like some yogis and gurus. He will talk as much as is necessary but no more. Thus, he follows the inner (mental)   path. 

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When a mother sees a child running away toward the road it is her duty to warn the child against getting crushed in the traffic, because the child is ignorant. Similarly, a Gnani, knowing the truth about the dangers of this world, and the sufferings which it can bring warns and guides, and teaches the ignorant humankind. Otherwise, they fall into great suffering through ignorance of the truth.

A Gnani does not run after attractive things; but neither does he reject them when they come his way. He lets the idea be prominent in his mind that all conditions are consciousness, whether possessed or not possessed, and thus, he feels sameness.  

A Gnani chooses no religion,   dress, thing, speech, actions, vocation, or posture to show off that he is a Gnani, that he is different from others. That would indicate distinctness or separateness.  A Gnani is fully aware of the fact that the experience of form, time, and space are one in essence.

This realization in its fullness brings absolute harmony between thought and action and makes the Gnani.   A Gnani desires to share Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana to humanity before he disappears from this illusory world and thus keeping it alive in the illusory world.  He alone can be a true Gnani who is Soulcentric.

A Gnani sees the sameness in all; this means he sees them all without exception as ideas.  Peace will be disturbed only if one recognizes a second. Hence mystic's peace is temporary; the only enduring peace belongs to the Gnani for it is non-dual.

A Gnani who knows reality interprets everything according to its light. It is not enough to by writing books in order to bring people into the realization of nonduality or Advaita, perfect understanding, assimilation, and realization are also necessary.

A  Gnani has the world, acts and lives normally in it, but does not regard it as a separate thing. The Gnani is always aware of the Soul, the Self, and though he sees a thousand things, he will not forget it.

A Gnani will not show off nor boast; he is a commoner, and he never acts as an extraordinary one. Gnani does not want to think of the ego, therefore he does not do or say anything to make himself appear superior to others, or to pretend to know more than others.

The ordinary person thinks "this is a world "; "that is Me” etc. whereas the Gnani thinks "this is Brahman (consciousness); everything is Brahman." etc.

A  Gnani practices action or inaction as he wishes, but he will be concerned with the welfare of humanity in either case.

A Gnani does not try to eliminate thoughts, but he accepts or knows them as the  Soul which is present in the form of consciousness.  He knows that the mind (universe) and Soul (self) are one in essence. And that essence is consciousness. 

The Gnani uses sense objects because he sees they are as consciousness. He is fully aware of the fact that practical life within the practical world is merely an idea created out of consciousness.  He is fully aware of the fact that it would be foolish to observe celibacy within the illusory world in which he exists.  

Manduka Upanishads: ~    It is very difficult to find out who is a Gnani because he bears no external mark. Neither nudity nor the religious robe has anything to do with him.

A Gnani cannot have the idea of giving up, renouncing the world or some object or person in the world, because that would connote the idea of duality. Knowing no second thing at all there remains nothing to be given up.

A Gnani, on attaining realization, will not give up his vocation in life but will continue it as before. If he was a billniore, he continues so, if a peasant, he will remain one. He still does his duty, but he is fully aware of the fact that his practical life within the practical world is merely an illusion.

It is not correct to say that, a Gnani sees only good everywhere and never evil. He is fully aware of the evil things, he knows when he is being taken for a ride, but he remains unperturbed though acting as required.  He recognizes what is bad and what is a good practical point of view and what is real and what is an illusion from the ultimate standpoint.

Lord Krishna himself says that he can do nothing to make a man intelligent straight away. The adepts give Prasad, blessing, initiations, mantras, etc. only to confer temporary peace of mind, to help you to get rid of worries, but not to confer Gnana. The capacity to receive it must first be inborn in man by evolutionary degree. :~Santthosh Kumaar