Before choosing anyone as Guru people must check their criminal involvement, which is available on the net search.+

All the Guru, Godmen, cult leaders, teachers mislead the people promising them a better life and better relationship, and successful future.    Spirituality is nothing to do with you and your life and your relationship and your successful future.   

90% of the Guru, Godmen, cult leaders, teachers are involved in rape, murder, drugs, and land grabbing.  Before choosing anyone as Guru people must check their criminal involvement, which is available on the net search.  

Most of the gurus and Godmen commercialized spirituality. What they are preaching is not spirituality but in the name of spirituality, they are looting and cheating people.   

A Self-declared Guru is more concerned with himself than with his disciples and plays with their sentiments and emotions.  Sticking to such Gurus the seeker will not get the Self –realization.  

Gurus and yogis are meant for those who are emotionally involved with their religion and religious Gods. 

The one who identifies himself as a swami, a Guru or yogi,  is not a Gnani. A Gnani never identifies himself as swami, Guru, pundit, or yogi. Swami, Guru, pundit, or yogi belongs to the religious or the yogic path not to the path of wisdom.   

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A Gnani cannot have the idea of renouncing the world or giving up something of the practical world, because that would connote the idea of duality.  Duality is merely an illusion from the ultimate standpoint. Knowing no second thing at all there remains nothing to be given up.

A Gnani will never force anyone to accept the path of wisdom. He will constantly bring the seeker back to the fact of his inherent perfection and encourage him to seek the truth, which is beyond form, time, and space. A Gnani knows you need nothing, not even him, and is never tired of reminding you.  A Gnani continuously shares Self-knowledge or Bramha Gnana or Atma Gnana with like-minded fellow seekers. 

Religious or yogic Gurus propagate that, once a seeker identifies a Guru, he must totally surrender to the Guru, and then from there onwards, the spiritual journey is fully the Guru's responsibility, not his... Hence the importance of choosing the right Guru is necessary, but in the pursuit of truth, the Guru is not necessary, because the truth is not theoretical.  Truth must be ascertained by the seeker on his own through Soulcentric reasoning.

The one who identifies himself as a swami, a Guru or yogi, is not a Gnani. A Gnani never identifies himself as swami, Guru, pundit, or yogi. Swami, Guru, pundit, or yogi belongs to the religious or the yogic path not to the path of wisdom.  

The Guru is useless so long as the ultimate truth is unknown, and Guru is equally useless when the ultimate truth or Brahman has already been known.

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A Gnani is not opposed to God, he is not an atheist, but he wants God free from the imagination, as God is in truth, as he exists apart from human imaginations.  

Self - Realization is common to the whole of humanity. Gurus use their power of authority on the followers whereas Gnanis share the wisdom with the seekers. Gnani shows the way to the treasure hidden by ignorance.   

A  Gnani shares Advaitic wisdom so long as he lives in this illusory world. A Gnani lives in the world but he has realized the world in which he exists is merely an illusion. 

A Gnani belongs to no religion because he has accepted God, the Advaita, the truth hidden by the religion.  Religion is built on the foundation of ignorance. A Gnani has realized the ‘Self’ hidden by ignorance.

A Gnani has realized the fact that the universe hides the Soul, the Self, which is the universal truth and the ultimate truth, or Brahman or God in truth.  Brahman is God in truth.   The Soul, God is Advaita. The Advaita is nothing but God in truth.

A Gnani sees only unity in diversity, just like a goldsmith estimating the gold in various items of jewelry sees only gold. When one identifies the Self with the form then only the form, time and space are present. But when one transcends form, time, and space the duality never remains as reality. 

A Gnani is not a Godman or Guru or mystic. A Gnani never identifies himself as a holy person.

Yoga Vasistha: The greatest Gnani: “His state is indescribable yet he will move in the world like anybody else," ..." Though acting after every feeling such as love, hate, fear and the like, he who stands unaffected within is said to be real jivanmukta." Sankara's commentary.

Yoga Vasistha says of the Gnani: "He is a great worker." It also so says, that he keeps his body healthy, does not starve it. 

Sage Sankara himself said: ~ A Gnani "bears no outward mark of a holy man.

Sage Sankara: ~ "Though I wear these robes of a Sanyasin, it is only for the sake of bread."

So he wore a Guru's robe only for the sake of the ignorant. So, he was identified as Guru with parampara by religious people. For the truth seekers, Sage Sankara is a Brahma Gnani.

Thus, it proves that the religious gurus and yogis are not Gnanis because they identified themselves as holy people. 

One, who has realized ultimate truth or Brahman, is freed from experiencing the dualistic illusion (universe) as a reality. He is a Gnani. A Gnani is liberated from ignorance, which is the cause of the dualistic illusion. Thus, a Gnani is freed from experiencing form, time, and space as a reality while still living in the practical world.  He continues to live in the practical world in Self-awareness.

A householder who becomes a Gnani will go on with his usual with his profession. He will try to guide those with whom he comes in contact with whatever society he is in, he tries to uplift them spiritually.

The Gnani will follow whatever occupation he wishes according to circumstances. There are no prohibitions for him. He may be a peasant or a billionaire.

A Gnani works for the upliftment of humanity from ignorance. A  Gnani is the one who enjoys the worldly life, but simultaneously suffers the suffering of the world. Outwardly, he looks like an ordinary man; but inwardly, he cannot be understood.  Gnani has to share the Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana for the betterment of humanity.

For the wise who realizes everything as the consciousness, what is there to meditate or not to meditate, what to speak or not to speak, what to do or not to do?

Whatever happens in the past and present is happening within the dualistic illusion. Whatever you must do or not do in the future is also will be happening within the dualistic illusion.

A Gnani is not concerned with what happened in the past, what is happening in the present, and what will happen in the future because he lives in the world but he is not of this world. 

When the Self is not you but the Soul then what is the use of thinking what to do after realization because it is just happening within the dualistic illusion.

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A  Gnani who has realized the world in which he exists as the consciousness. What is there to meditate or not to meditate, what to speak or not to speak, what to do or not to do? 

Those who give up the highest and purest Brahmic consciousness live in vain and though human, are like beasts. Having turned the visible into the invisible, one should realize everything to be consciousness itself.

A  Gnani always dwells in nondual awareness in the midst of duality. The ever-existent Soul or consciousness shining within the three states can be realized only through Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.  

The Self indeed is this Soul which is present in the form of consciousness, not the phenomenal universe which is present in the form of the mind.

A  Gnani who has realized everything as consciousness. A  Gnani always dwells in nondual awareness in the midst of duality.

The one who he realizes Brahman becomes a Gnani.  A Gnani would be there to show the way to Liberation. A Gnani does not identify himself as Guru or swami or yogi or sadhu.

A Gnani imparts Knowledge to others. A Yogi lies in Samadhi like a wooden log so he does not know yogic Samadhi is not wisdom.  Gnani is fully aware of the about all things, either permanent or perishable and he has realized both permanent and perishable to be consciousness.  Thus, the consciousness alone is real and eternal all else is merely an illusion.

The one who he realizes Brahman becomes a Gnani.  A Gnani would be there to show the way to freedom from experiencing the duality as reality. A Gnani does not identify himself as Guru or swami or yogi or sadhu.  

Ashtavakra Samhita: ~ "The man of knowledge (Gnani), though living like an ordinary man, is contrary to him and only those like him understand his state.

No one can teach anybody. The truth is hidden by the illusory world in which you exist.  A Gnani can only show the way that much is the work of a Gnani. 

A Gnani only guides the seekers to apply their own reason and realize the truth, which is beyond form, time, and space. When the seeker learns to view and judge and reason the three states on the base of the Soul, the truth will start unfolding on its own.     

First, the seeker may find it difficult to use soulcentric reason but gradually it will become easy.  :~Santthosh Kumaar 

The seeker must know the difference between the Self and 'I AM'.+

The seeker must know the difference between the Self and 'I AM'.  If the seeker is unable to realize the difference between the Self and 'I AM' he will never be able to realize the Self hidden by the 'I'. 

The 'I'  is physical awareness. physical awareness is present in the form of the 'I'. The world 'I AM' used for the physical self (you or ego). the physical self is not the real Self.  

The real self is the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. The Soul is formless, timeless, and spaceless existence whereas the 'I AM awareness is limited to form, time, and space.  

The Self is not the ‘I’.  The ‘I’ is present in the form of the mind. The origin of the mind is the Soul. The mind is present in the form of the universe. The Soul is present in the form of consciousness.  The root of the universe is consciousness. 

By saying ‘I Am God’ keeps one is in duality. The duality is not reality. Duality is the product of ignorance. The body, ego, and the world are of ignorance. When the wisdom dawns then the ignorance disappears. 

When ignorance disappears, then the duality will never be a reality even though there is duality, it is merely an illusion created out of single stuff. That single stuff is the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.  

The Soul is the Self. The Soul, the Self is the ultimate truth or Brahman or  God.  It is not “I AM GOD, but it’s correct to say ‘the SELF IS GOD because the self is not the ‘I’ or ’I AM”.  

People say Aham Brahmasmi~ I am God, I am Brahman. But when Brahman is, how can "I" remain? Only Brahman remains, not the ‘I’.  

Without knowing what is Self, holding ‘I’ or ‘I AM’ as Self is erroneous. People say ‘I’ or ‘I AM’ as the Self because they have read it or someone has told them or they think it is the ultimate truth without verification through deeper self-search. 

Accepting truth without verification is mere assumption or speculation. Such assumptions and speculation block one from realizing the nondualistic Advaitic truth. Holding ‘I’ or ‘I AM ‘as the real Self,   fuels egocentricity.   

The ‘I’ awareness is absent when the mind is absent. The mind is absent then the universe or waking or dream is absent. Thus ‘I’ awareness is merely an illusion. The Self-awareness is ‘I- LESS AWARENESS.

Self is not ‘I’. The ‘I’ is present in the form of the mind. By limiting the mind (’I’) to the waking entity (you) is the main hurdle in pursuit of truth.  Therefore, it is necessary for the seeker of truth to investigate ‘what is mind?’   in order to realize the mind ('I')  is not limited to ego or waking entity but ‘I’ is mind. The mind is present in the form of the universe. And the universe appears as waking or dream.  

When the Self is neither the waking entity (ego) nor 'I' then 'WHO AM 'I'?- inquiry will not yield the full truth because it yields only fallacy of the form, not time and space.:~Santthosh Kumaar 

You, your experience of birth, life, death, and the world are nothing to do with the ultimate truth or Brahman or God.+

Religious paths and yogic paths are nothing to do with ultimate truth or Brahman. The scriptures are nothing to do with ultimate truth or Brahman. Gurus, swamis, and yogis are nothing to do with the ultimate truth or Brahman or God.  

You, your experience of birth, life, death, and the world are nothing to do with the ultimate truth or Brahman or God.  When the ‘Self’ is not you but the ‘Self is the Soul, which is present in the form of the consciousness then what is the use of discussing about the birth, life, death, and the world because the one which is born, lives and dies is not the ‘Self.   The Soul is birthless and deathless because it is the ever formless, timeless, and spaceless existence.

You are the birth entity. Your existence is limited to form, time, and space. Your religion, your religious Gods your beliefs, your religious rituals and prayers, your race, your nationalities are nothing to do with the Soul, the ‘Self’  because the Soul, which is present in the form of the consciousness itself is the ultimate truth or Brahman or God on truth.

It is not you have to establish in consciousness but by realizing you, and your experience of the world is nothing but an illusion created out of the consciousness the Self-awareness raise in the midst of the dualistic illusion.  

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Personal  Gods are nothing to do with ultimate truth or Brahman. Karma or Action is nothing to do with the ultimate truth of Brahman. Creation and creator is nothing to do with ultimate truth or Brahman, because the Soul which is present in the form of consciousness, is formless, timeless, and spaceless existence.

There are two kinds of audiences - the ordinary ones who desire the transitory heaven and other pleasures obtained as a result of ritual sacrifices, and the more advanced seeker who seeks to know the truth beyond the form, time, and space. The Religious orthodoxy is meant for the first audience, to help lead its followers along the way. The Atmic path, with emphasis on the Advaitic wisdom, is meant for those who wish to go beyond form, time, and space.

Religious orthodox think that through their good karma and performing rituals they get moksha. Religious moksha is based on birth entity whereas spiritual moksha is based on the birthless Soul, the ‘Self’. 

What religious people are speaking of the religious propagated moksha.  Spiritual moksha is different from religious propagated moksha.

Mundaka Upanishad: ~ “These performers of karma do not know the Truth owing to their attachment, they fall from heaven, misery-stricken when the fruit of their work is exhausted.

Arguing with religious believers is fruitless. Belief in tradition and the  scripture as if they were true or factual quite clearly is a delusion, but the payoff for holding such delusions is, for those who hold them, extremely compelling ~ the avoidance of the "wrath of God," the hope of heaven or salvation, or the imagined "end of suffering."

Religious orthodox think that through their good karma and performing rituals they get moksha. Religious moksha is based on birth entity whereas spiritual moksha is based on the birthless Soul, the ‘Self’. 

First Mundaka - Chapter 2 (9) - Children, immersed in ignorance in various ways, flatter themselves, saying: We have accomplished life's purpose. Because these performers of karma do not know the Truth owing to their attachment, they fall from heaven, misery-stricken, when the fruit of their work is exhausted.

First Mundaka - Chapter 2 (10) - Ignorant fools, regarding sacrifices and humanitarian works as the highest, do not know any higher good. Having enjoyed their reward on the heights of heaven, gained by good works, they enter again this world or a lower one.

That is why Sage Sankara gave religious, rituals, and dogmatic instruction to the populace, but Advaitic wisdom only to the few who could rise to it.

If you mix Advaitic orthodoxy with Advaitic wisdom create confusion,   because they mix up the two viewpoints. Thus, they may assert that ritual is a means of realizing Brahman, which is absurd.

Sage Goudapada says:~The merciful Veda teaches karma and Upaasana to people of lower and middling intellect, while Jnana is taught to those of higher intellect.

That is why Sage Sankara:~ VC- 61. For one who has been bitten by the serpent of Ignorance, the only remedy is the knowledge of Brahman. Of what avail are the Vedas and (other) Scriptures, Mantras (sacred formulae), and medicines to such a one?

Everyone’s individual experiences are not the same.  Some are so much immersed in materiality, religion, duty-bound towards their family and society, and they will not be attracted to the path of wisdom or understand and assimilate the Advaitic truth because they accepted the world (dualistic illusion) as a reality whereas the Sage Sankara says the world is merely an illusion.

Many are good at acrobatics with words, but their knowledge is limited to the domain of form, time, and space.  When the inner work is in progress then the realization will happen as the conviction about the Soul, the innermost Self, becomes firm.: ~ Santthosh Kumaar