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Intellectual answers to various questions remain in the domain of form, time, and space.  The answers may satisfy one intellectually within the scope of from, time, and space.   The truth is beyond form, time, and space. Beyond the scope of the form, time, and space mean beyond the ‘I’.

All the ‘I-centric Gurus and their teachings become a great hindrance in the path of wisdom. 

That is why Bhagavan Buddha said: ~ “Believe nothing because a wise man said it, Believe nothing because it is generally held. Believe nothing because it is written. Believe nothing because it is said to be divine. Believe nothing because someone else said it. But believe only what you yourself judge to be true

The Advaitic wisdom consists in knowing the truth, that everything (mind or physical existence) is the consciousness.  The freedom (ultimate truth) is always there yet one does not know it.  But to those whose reason is turned away from physicality and who have attained the serenity of the Soul or consciousness, the  Self, is quite near to realizing the ultimate truth or Brahman. 

The path of wisdom is the Soulcentric path.  Thus, egocentric intellectualism is nothing to do with the truth which is beyond form, time, and space.  All accumulated dross leads to hallucination.

Katha Upanishad says:~ Fools dwelling in darkness, but thinking themselves wise and erudite, go round and round, by various tortuous paths, like the blind led by the blind. (Ch II-5 P-14)

People are trying to purify the mind, but you fail to realize the mind itself is impure because it is merely an illusion. First, you realize ’what is the mind?  You and your experience of the world together are the mind. 

When the mind disappears, then the ‘Soul, the innermost Self’ shines.  When you realize the’ mind’ and the Soul are one in essence, then the mind then there is no difference between the mind and the Soul.   The Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness is the cause of you and the world, but it itself is uncaused. 

Avadhuta Gita:-“The Atman cannot be purified through the practice of the six limbs of the yoga, or through the annihilation of the mind, or through the instruction of a teacher. The Atman is the Reality Itself and It is Purity Itself."

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

Sage Goudapada says that: - The merciful Veda teaches Karma and Upasana to people of lower and middling intellect, while Jnana is taught to those of higher intellect.

If you are seeking truth then you have to drop all that which obstructs your realization of truth.

Ish Upanishad: ~

MANTRA 10

Vidya and Avidya both are hindrances to Self-knowledge, but Vidya is even worse than Avidya. The word Vidya is used here in a special sense; here it means worshipping Gods and Goddesses. By worshipping Gods and Goddesses you will go after death to the world of Gods and Goddesses. But will that help you? The time you spent there is wasted because if you were not there you could have spent that time moving forward towards Self-knowledge, which is your goal. In the world of Gods and Goddesses, you cannot do that, and thus you go deeper and deeper into darkness.

Avidya is Karma and therefore a hindrance. You perform Avidya - i.e., you perform Agnihotra and other sacrifices. This is a roundabout way of purifying the mind, and it is also groping in the dark. But it may not have as heavy a toll on your time and energy as the other.

Ishopanishad: ~ “They are steeped in ignorance and sunk into the greatest depth of misery who worships the matter, instead of the All-Pervading God and those who worship things born of matter like trees, animals, man, idols, etc. are sunk deep in misery."

Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana cannot be attained by the study of the scriptures and intellectual understanding or by bookish knowledge.  Therefore, there is no use in studying the scriptures and other books in order to acquire non-dual wisdom.  

That is why Buddha rejected the scriptures, and even Sage Sankara indicated that the ultimate truth lies beyond religion, the belief in God and the scriptures.  : ~ Santthosh Kumaar