Religion and yoga and all theories are nothing to do with Advaita.+

There are so many Godmen and Gurus with all their accumulated knowledge who will not get the realization of the Soul, which is the real Self.

Many are good at acrobatics with words, but their knowledge is limited to the physical Self. 

The inner work is in progress in every serious seeker of truth and the realization will happen as his conviction of the Soul, the  'Self' becomes firm.  

Everyone’s individual experiences are not the same.   Some are so much immersed in materiality, religion, and duty-bound towards their family and society, and they do not have an inner urge because they have accepted their present experience of birth, life, death, and the world as a reality. Because of this deep-rooted conviction,     they are not attracted to the path of the Advaitic wisdom. Some are interested intellectually knowing the truth.

Many are interested in arguing on the base of accumulated knowledge, but they do not understand the fact that neither arguing nor provoking wisdom will not dawn. The Path of wisdom does not need any support from any scriptures, philosophy, and words of the great people of the past because the path of wisdom is the path of verification, not the path of argument.  The seeker has to get all his doubts and confusion cleared by discussing.  The seeker should not hold his accumulated knowledge as a yardstick. The ultimate truth or Brahman cannot be compared with any other knowledge because it is not based on form, time, and space.  

The ignorance has to be eradicated to realize the Advaitic truth, which is beyond form, time, and space.   Eradication of ignorance is possible only through Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.   There is no other road to freedom other than  Advaitic Gnana.  There is no other entrance other than Advaitic  Gnana.  The ignorance will vanish only when the Advaitic wisdom dawns.

That is why Sankara, indicated in Bhaja Govindam says:~ (Jnana Viheena Sarva Mathena Bajathi na Muktim janma Shatena) - one without knowledge does not obtain liberation even in a hundred births, no matter which religious faith he follows.

There it is no use going a roundabout way, trace the Brahman which is the formless substance and the witness of the  ‘I’. The ‘I’ is present in the form of the mind. The mind is present in the form of the universe appears as the waking or dream (duality) and disappears as deep sleep(nonduality).

By tracing the source of the mind, you will be able to realize the source of the mind is the Soul. The Soul is the innermost ‘Self’. The Soul is present in the form of consciousness. The substance and the witness and the source of the mind are one, in essence.  That essence is consciousness. Thus, the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness is the ultimate truth or  Brahman.

Self-knowledge is or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana meant only for those who have an intense urge, and courage to accept the truth with humility and reject the untruth. Since people start comparing with their accumulated knowledge from different sources,  it becomes impossible to assimilate and realize the  Advaitic truth.

Religion and yoga and all theories are nothing to do with Advaita.  Religion and yoga and all theories are egocentric knowledge based on form, time, and space, whereas the Advaita is based on the Soul which is formless timeless, and spaceless. Mixing religion and yoga with Advaita is like mixing oil and water.  

There is no need to convince anyone other than our own selves to get a firm conviction about the  Advaitic truth, which is beyond form, time, and space.:~Santthosh Kumaar