The seeker has to include the world, which confronts him in his inquiry then only what is hidden from him will be disclosed to him.+

The seeker has to include the world, which confronts him in his inquiry then only what is hidden from him will be disclosed to him.

Sage Sankara says you must first know what is before you. If you cannot know that, what else can you know or understand? If you give up the external world in your inquiry, you cannot get the whole truth.

5. Jesus said:~  "Know what is in front of your face, and what is hidden from you will be disclosed to you.

For there is nothing hidden that will not be revealed. [And there is nothing buried that will not be raised.]" (Jesus spoke and didymos Judas Thomas recorded)

Sage Sankara: ~ “VC~ All this universe which through ignorance appears as of diverse forms, is nothing else but Brahman which is absolutely free from all the limitations of human thought.

If you realize the world is created out of single stuff and that stuff is the consciousness then there is nothing was hidden that will not be revealed. The consciousness alone is real and all the attributes are an illusion.

All the attributes are present only in the domain of form, time, and space whereas the truth is the formless, timeless, and spaceless existence.

All attributes based on philosophy or knowledge are based on the dualistic perspective. Whatever is based on the dualistic perspective is egocentric knowledge. 

All egocentric knowledge is based on falsehood. The ego (you) is the false self within the false experience.

Katha Upanishad:~"Caught in the grip of ignorance, Self-proclaimed experts consider themselves learned authorities. They wander about this world befooled, like the blind leading the blind. (1.2.5)

Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana is Soulcentric knowledge. Whatever is based on the Soul is the ultimate truth or Brahman or God in truth.

All that is real in the world in which we exist is the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. The Soul is the Self. 

By realizing the ‘Self’ is not you but the Soul, we find that the  God in truth is hidden by the world in which we exist.

All the attributes (quality) are merely an illusion to the Soul, the Self. The Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness, is attributeless (quality-less) because it is ever formless, timeless, and spaceless existence.

Nondual Awareness is the nature of the Soul, the Self. When the Soul, the Self remains in its own Awareness then it is unattached and unshaken. It is lucid, silent, peaceful, alert, and unafraid, without desire and fear because it is free from the dualistic illusion or Maya. 

Reflect on the nature of the Soul by realizing the world, in which you exist is created out of the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. 

When you get a firm conviction that the whole universe is created out of single stuff and that single stuff is consciousness then that very conviction leads to Self-awareness in the midst of diversity. Then there is unity in diversity in your realization. :~Santthosh Kumaar