The worship or glorifying gurus will not free one from ignorance.+

Atman is Brahman or God in truth. Atman is present in the form of consciousness. Atman is the cause of the universe and it is uncaused.   

Second Mundaka - Chapter 2 (11) - That immortal Brahman alone is before, that Brahman is behind, that Brahman is to the right and left. Brahman alone pervades everything above and below; this universe is that Supreme Brahman alone.

The 'I' is not Atman. Atman is the witness of the 'I', which appears and disappears as the universe.  

"I-ness" is physical awareness. Physical awareness is man and world together. I-ness is the cause of ignorance. The whole universe is built on the “I’.   

All activities take place within the universe. The universe is false from the standpoint of the Soul, the Self.  Thus, all the activities going on within the universe is false because the universe itself is false. If the cause is false, then the effect must be automatically false as well.

The seeker of truth wants only non-dualistic or Advaitic truth.  non-dualistic or Advaitic truth is the ultimate truth or Brahman. Those who are incapable of reason on the base of the Soul must follow Religion. 

Religion is based on blind belief, not based on the truth. Religion always shows a contradiction because every religion has its own ideas of God, heaven, hell and superstition, and dogmas.

The seeker should  not be carried away from the confusion of issues judge some Guru, Godmen or yogi   is such a noble person  with  good  character, therefore  what he says must be true." The person may be sincere, enthusiastic, high charactered, but withal a shallow thinker. 

Most people are still in a primitive stage of mentality. They talk of a Soul leaving the body at the death when a civilized man knows that nobody has ever seen this Soul. Experience shows that God has been unable to do anything for anyone either as individuals or for the world. 

In the olden days, men were primitive in their thought so that a man having little knowledge was considered a genius. 

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Nowadays our knowledge is so advanced that the genius of those days would be an ordinary man of today. Therefore, if one finds the truth, free his -self from the tyranny of environment and tradition, not by condemning them, but by examining and testing them by deeper inquiry, analysis and reasoning to find out whether they be true or not. Accept nothing on the authority of a godman or genius of the past or present,  but only if it proves true after the examination. 

The people with the same mindset are always willing to examine the facts and judge them calmly whereas the religious scholars and intellectuals will be immune to all facts and hold hard to their delusions. Such people do not want the truth,  but only what pleases them. This is because the ego in them is so strong.  Their attitude is “What pleases them is the truth, what they dislike is false. 

The worship or glorifying Gurus will not free one from ignorance. The rewards are none of them, the reward achieved in their lives are of consequence and not the result of worshiping and glorifying the gurus. 

Vedas bars human worship:-

Translation 3.

"They are enveloped in darkness, in other words, are steeped in ignorance and sunk in the greatest depths of misery who worship the uncreated, eternal prakrti -- the material cause of the world -- in place of the All-pervading God, But those who worship visible things born of the prakrti, such as the earth, trees, bodies (human and the like) in place of God are enveloped in still greater darkness, in other words, they are extremely foolish, fall into an awful hell of pain and sorrow, and suffer terribly for a long time."- (Yajur Veda 40:9.)

Then why worship and glorify the GURUS and YOGIS (human form)   in place of God when Veda bars such activities and it also warns people who indulge in such activities are enveloped in still greater darkness, in other words, they are extremely foolish, fall into an awful hell of pain and sorrow, and suffer terribly for a long time.

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People always need some sort of hope when their minds are not yet enlightened. "Self is closer to a man than his own veins." "With the Self- Knowledge, one will begin to know the ultimate truth, to finally realize the fact that, the self is not physical and becomes conscious that the true self is the Spirit."

Most people lack the patience and perseverance in investigating and collecting all the data before judging: hence they assume gurus are godmen are great because other people say so, or that he is wise because he says so, or that what he teaches is true because it attracts them. Such an attitude and easy assumptions become an obstacle to unfolding the truth and it requires some trouble to put into effect. 

Religious believers say the scriptures are incapable of making a mistake, but in pursuit of truth scriptures are considered as the only book of words.  It is impossible to see if the scripture-writers thoughts are founded in fact or not. All concepts of the heavens/paradise are imagined and physically-based (‘I’).  Where obedience to authority leads to the loss of one's thinking power, it is being overdone and harmful. Thinking must be combined with obedience.

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All three states experience has to be resolutely weighed, and accurately, observed in the pursuit of truth, one must inquire:

What are these three states which appear and disappear?

What is ‘I’?

Hence, the inquiry, analysis, and reasoning on the true base is a necessary foundation. The Yogi looks only at the physical self and ignores to include the world away,  which is the part of the materials needed to find the truth. 

Without knowing the nature of the three states, it is impossible to know the truth. What is the use of trying to find its inner self before it understands the three states?

People may quote the scriptures, make sacrifices to the gods, perform actions and pay homage to the deities,   but there is no liberation from experiencing duality as reality without recognizing the oneness with the soul, which is the true Self. 

The scripture declares that there is no hope of immortality through wealth, so liberation cannot be brought about by physical actions or karma.  Therefore the action is not the means to self-realization.

 
The proper analysis leads to the realization of the reality of the three states, and this is the end of the pain of the fear of ignorance caused by delusion. The realization of the truth is possible only from soulcentric reasoning, not on bathing in Holy River or donations or by glorifying the god or gurus or by yogic breathing exercises. Achievement of the goal depends primarily on the seriousness of the seeker.:~Santthosh Kumaar