Bhagavad Gita says: ~ “Don't unsettle the minds of the ignorant by revealing the esoteric truth.+

Sage Sankara:~ 'like a servant who carries a lamp in front of you to find your way, and you have found it, so becomes the Veda to that person. What is the Veda? -- utterances of those who have known the Truth. Here is one who has known the Truth; why should he or she depend upon the Veda further? Actual realization takes you beyond books. At a certain stage, books become a botheration. The Upanishad itself says that the 'words are only so much of distraction for such minds'

Someone posing as a Gnani, because he is some gurus’  a direct disciple cannot be a Gnani. Those who pose themselves as Gnanis are not Gnanis.  A Gnani never poses himself as a Guru, a swami,  a sadhu or a  yogi, or some guru’s disciple.  

Bhagavad Gita says: ~ “Don't unsettle the minds of ignorant by revealing the esoteric truth."

Meher Baba: ~ "There is no higher or lower goal.  There is only one goal, Self-Realization."

The Soul is the  Self. The Self is God. The Soul remains in its own awareness which we identify as deep sleep in the waking experience. The waking is the state of ignorance.  When ignorance vanishes, then the Soul remains in its own awareness in the midst of duality (waking).

Man cannot see God (spirit) because, man and the world in which he exists, is the product of ignorance. Man cannot see God because God is prior to anything that exists.

When God is present, then a man and his world are absent. When the man and his world are present then God is absent. 

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Gurus and yogis preach and teach egocentric knowledge,  whereas a Gnani shares Gnana, and helps to get rid of the ignorance.

By surrendering to any physical guru or Godmen, is not the means to Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.   The concept of surrendering to the guru is a religious fable. The religious path is not the path of truth or Brahman.  

The Soul, the Self is the true guru. By realizing the fact that, the Self is not physical but the Self is the Spirit. 

By realizing the Self is not physical but the Self is the Spirit he will be able to drop all the physical based accumulated knowledge inherited conditioning in the midst of duality and he will find freedom from experiencing the duality (waking) as reality. 

How can you give all your thoughts and surrender? And surrender to what?  The surrender is the religious and yogic fable.  You are the thinker. The thoughts come to the thinker.  You are the false self within the false experience.

The world in which you exist is the product of ignorance. Until ignorance vanishes the duality will prevail as reality.  From the standpoint of the Soul, the Self, the world in which you exist is merely an illusion. Self-realization is not possible by surrendering to some idea of Guru or God within the illusion.  

Advaitic wisdom does not come gradually, little by little, day by day. It blazes forth all at once in all its fullness when the practice has matured to perfection,

A Gnani can point at the sky, but the seeing of the star is seekers' own work. By searching the source of the thoughts one will not get Advaitic wisdom. You, your thoughts, words and the world are made of single stuff. That single stuff is the Soul, the Self, which is present in the form of consciousness.  Knowledge of that single stuff is Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.  

Not by listening to scholars, nor by the study of books, not by good deeds, nor by any other means can one attain the state of nonduality, which is attainable only through association with Gnanis and the clear quest of the Self.

Jesus said: -~ Do not throw your pearls before pigs, lest they trample them underfoot and turn to attack you. (Matthew -7:6)

Jesus meant Self-knowledge or brahma Gnana (pearls) should not be given to the ignorant populace (pigs).

Many believe spirituality and religion are considered interconnected, but it is not so. Religion is based on the false self-(ego or body or you) and it is limited to the false experience (universe), while spirituality transcends race, religion, gender, language and nationality and universe.  Spirituality is based on the Soul, the  Self. From the standpoint of the Soul, the Self the universe in which we exist is merely an illusion.

Mundaka Upanishad 1.3:~ Complete knowledge includes knowledge of the phenomenal world, the spirit behind it, and the source of both of them.  When the cause of all causes becomes known, then everything knowable becomes known, and nothing remains unknown.”

The Soul the Self is present in the form of consciousness.  Consciousness pervades everything and everywhere in all three states.  The three states are nothing but an illusion created out of consciousness.  Thus, consciousness is all-pervading.

One should understand that the soul is the cause of the form, time and space and it itself is uncaused. The form is consciousness. Time is consciousness and space is also consciousness. Therefore, there is no second thing exists other than consciousness. Thus, consciousness is the ultimate truth or Brahman or God in truth. 

The one who wants to become a  guru and teach and preach will never get self-realization because preaching and teaching are egocentric whereas Gnana is soulcentric.  

I quote Scriptural citation and also the citation of the sages of truth only after verification 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.

Agreeing or disagreeing is not wisdom. the truth, which is hidden behind the form, time, and space has to be ascertained by the seeker himself.   

A  hidden truth is not uncovered by studying and discussing. The seeker must indulge in deeper self-search to remove ignorance. Ignorance is the cause of experiencing the duality as reality.

The Advatic truth is buried under the dualistic illusion.  The ultimate realization can be reached by acquiring self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana but never by perverted arguments based on the dualistic perspective.

All accumulated knowledge is false knowledge accumulated from different sources. Whatever knowledge based on the form, time and space is false knowledge. Such knowledge is a great obstacle in realizing the truth, which is beyond the form, time and space.

The Advatic truth is buried under the dualistic illusion.  The ultimate realization can be reached by acquiring self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana but never by perverted arguments based on the dualistic perspective.

Bhagavad Gita: ~ The permanent is always there, only the transient “I” comes and goes. (2.18)

The word ‘One’ is not understood anywhere except in the Advaitic path. ‘One’ always means two when analyzed. Hence, the Upanishads are careful to show they do not mean this monism, but "One without a Second” is the Advaita. No philosophers of the world have seen this point. Monism is really pseudo-monism that is the duality. 

To understand the false nature of the ‘I’, the self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana is necessary.

 The 'Self' is not ‘I’, but the 'Self' is the soul, which is the witness of the ‘I’.  Holding the ‘I as the 'Self' leads to a hallucination based on the imagination. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar