Sage Sankara says: If you gives up the external world in your inquiry,you cannot get the whole truth.+

There is no second thing other than the Spirit (the Soul or the consciousness) because everything is made of the same stuff.   Whatever splits and multiplies are part of the illusion. From the non-dualistic perspective, the illusion has no value.

The Soul is present in the form of consciousness is the ultimate truth or Brahman or God in truth. The universe is not real.  There is no difference between Brahman and the universe because the universe is merely an illusion created out of consciousness, which is the ultimate truth or Brahman or God in truth.

First one has to know ‘what is the mind” What is the substance of the mind? And ‘what is the source of the mind? , to realize ‘what is what’?  The ego is the physical mind, whereas the mind is present in the form of the universe. 

The universe appears as waking or dream (duality) and disappears as deep sleep(nonduality).  Thus, a perfect understanding of ‘what is what’ is necessary to realize that form, time, and space are merely an illusion created out of single stuff. 

The Atman or the Soul is the Self. The Soul is present in the form of consciousness. The consciousness is the witness that experiences the action, the actor, and the world of separate things. It is like a light that illuminates everything in a theater, revealing the master of ceremonies, the guests, and the dancers with complete impartiality. Even when they all depart, the light shines to reveal their absence.

What is not the consciousness (formless) in waking, dream or deep sleep?  The waking and the dream cease to exist without consciousness.    The soul (witness and the three states (witnessed) are one in essence.  That essence is consciousness.  Thus, The seeker, seeking and his destination all are one in essence.

There is only a need to realize the whole universe in which we exist is created out of the consciousness (Soul), the innermost self.  From the standpoint, the Soul, the Self, the universe is merely an illusion created out of consciousness.  Thus, on the ultimate standpoint, no second thing exists other than consciousness. Thus, consciousness is the ultimate reality or Brahman or God in truth.

The unreal cannot be discarded without realizing ‘what is the real. Playing with words will not lead to Self-awareness. 

Remember:~

John 8:32 :~ You will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”

Jesus said:~  "Know what is in front of your face, and what is hidden from you will be disclosed to you. (The gospel of Thomas- saying 5)

It means one has to know the world which confronts him confronts to realize his body and world are made of the same essence and that essence is Spirit (father).  

Even Sage Sankara says:~ one must first know what is before him. If he cannot know that, what else can he know or understand? If he gives up the external world in his inquiry, he cannot get the whole truth.

VC- 63- Without causing the objective universe to vanish and without knowing the truth of the Self, how is one to achieve Liberation by the mere utterance of the word Brahman? — It would result merely in an effort of speech.

Sage Sankara says:~ VC-65- As a treasure hidden underground requires (for its extraction) competent instruction, excavation, the removal of stones and other such things lying above it and (finally) grasping, but never come out by being (merely) called out by name, so the transparent Truth of the self, which is hidden by Maya and its effects, is to be attained through the instructions of a knower of Brahman, followed by reflection, meditation and so forth, but not through perverted arguments.

Jesus said:~"Those who seek should not stop seeking until they find. When they find, they will be disturbed. When they are disturbed, they will marvel, and will reign over all." (Gospel of Thomas 2)

"The Kingdom of God is inside you and all around you, Not in a mansion of wood and stone.  Split a piece of wood and God is there, Lift a stone and you will find God."(Gospel of Thomas)

1. According to the New Testament:  Jesus said to his disciples: ‘To you, it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of God, but for others, they are in parables so that seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand (Luke, 8:10). While speaking to the multitude in a veiled manner, ‘privately to his own disciples he explained everything (Mark, 4:34), and advised them not to ‘throw your pearls before swine (Matthew, 7:6).

2. According to Clement of Alexandria (150-215 CE): ‘Mark’ preached three different gospels. The New Testament version was intended for ‘beginners’, but there was also a Secret Gospel of Mark for those who were ‘perfected’, i.e. initiated. Clement advised one of his students that the existence of this secret gospel should be denied ‘even under oath’, for ‘the light of the truth should be hidden from those who are mentally blind’. The third gospel was so mystical that it was not written down but was imparted orally to the chosen few. (JM 120-1).

3. The fragments that remain of The Secret Gospel of Mark include an account of Jesus raising a young man from the dead, which may be an early version of the story of Jesus raising Lazarus from the dead in John’s Gospel. In the Secret Gospel, the risen young man is then initiated by Jesus, who ‘taught him the mystery of the Kingdom of God. This indicates that for the Gnostics, being raised from the dead is an allegory for spiritual rebirth through initiation.

When the seeker indulges in deeper self-search than he realizes the fact that, the experience of the form, time and space are one in essence. And that essence is the Spirit or consciousness. 

Thus, form, time, and space are merely an illusion created out of a single, stuff,   which is the Spirit or consciousness.   The Spirit or consciousness is the Self.  The Spirit or consciousness is the ultimate truth or Brahman or God in truth. :~Santthosh Kumaar 

Find how this world is unreal.+

Sage Sankara has already solved the ultimate mystery of the universe by declaring the universe is merely an illusion created out of Atman, which is Brahman or ultimate truth or God in truth 1200years back.

The universe itself is what God is all about. The totality of the universe is what God is all about. You just study the nature of the universe with all the seriousness and sincerity to unfold the mystery of the universe. That is all you have to do.

Until the mystery of the universe is not solved, the Self hidden by the illusory universe will not be realized.

Consciousness is the one single reality or Brahman. The individual self is a reality within the illusory universe or Maya

Without knowing ‘what is this ‘I’?’ in actuality it is impossible to unfold the hidden truth which is beyond form, time, and space.

Till you hold the ‘Self ‘as the ‘I’ you will never be able to get Self-realization. ‘I’ hides the Soul, which is the innermost Self. ‘

The ‘I’ is present only when the mind is present. Without the ‘I’ the mind ceases to exist.

The mind is present when the universe is present. Without the mind, the universe ceases to exist.

The universe is present only when the waking is present. Without the universe, the waking ceases to exist.

So, without the ‘I’ the mind or universe or the waking ceases to exist.

From the standpoint of the Soul is the ‘Self’, the ‘I’ the mind or universe or the waking cease exists as a reality.

The Soul is the ‘Self’ that can remain with or without the ‘I’.

Slowly but surely you must imbibe the truth, which is beyond form, time, and space by realizing that form, time and space are one in essence.

When you enthrone the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness in your subconscious, you will realize the world in which you exist is merely an illusory play of consciousness.

Consciousness is ‘One’, and all divisions of form, time, and space are illusory.

Be established in this Advaitic Truth, which is eternal. :~Santthosh Kumaar

Karma and Upasana, yoga, and orthodoxy have to be bifurcated in order to realize the ultimate truth or Brahman or God in truth.+

Karma and Upasana, yoga, and orthodoxy have to be bifurcated in order to realize the ultimate truth or Brahman or God in truth.

That is why Sage 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.

Then it is no use going a roundabout way, trace the Brahman which is the formless substance and witness of the universe, which is in the form of mind. By tracing the source of the mind or universe one will be able to realize the Brahman.

Thus, Self-knowledge is 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 scriptural knowledge, it becomes impossible to assimilate and realize the non-dual truth. Therefore, there is no need to convince anyone other than our own selves to get a firm conviction.

All the orthodox Advaitins indulge and immersed themselves in ritualistic-oriented lifestyles and follow the path of karma and Upasana which is meant for lower and middling intellect and not for realizing the Advaitic truth.

Many chose these orthodox scholars as their gurus. But these gurus are good to learn the conceptual Advaita meant for those orthodox who believe their conduct-oriented lifestyle leads to Moksha [liberation]. But the theistic Advaita is not the means to acquire Self –knowledge or non-dualistic or Advaitic wisdom. Those who are seeking the truth have to do their own homework in order to acquire Self -knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.  

For those who are incapable of inquiring and not yet ready for Self-Knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana, the worship and glorification of God and gurus are recommended.

Even, Mundaka Upanishad: ~ The rituals and the sacrifices described in the Vedas deal with lower knowledge. The sages ignored these rituals and went in search of higher knowledge. ... Such rituals are unsafe rafts for crossing The sea of samsara, of birth and death. Doomed to shipwreck are those who try to cross The sea of samsara on these poor rafts. Ignorant of their own ignorance, yet wise In their own esteem, these deluded men Proud of their vain learning go round and round Like the blind led by the blind.

So they clearly indicate rituals and theories are not meant for those who are searching for higher knowledge or wisdom. The path of wisdom is the only means.

That is why Sage Goudpada said:~  The merciful Veda teaches karma and Upasana to people of lower and middling intellect, while Gnana is taught to those of higher intellect.

Sage Goudpada suggests that the religious paths and worship of the guru and conceptual god are lower and middling intellect.  But in this modern world,  people are sharp enough to understand and assimilate the ultimate truth or Brahman or God. Thus, for people who want higher truth, then it is high time to discard the lower knowledge and move ahead to realize the ultimate truth, which is Brahman or God in truth.  

That is why Sage Sankara says:~ VC- 65- As a treasure hidden underground requires (for its extraction) competent instruction, excavation, the removal of stones and other such things lying above it, and (finally) grasping, but never comes out by being (merely) called out by name, so the transparent Truth of the self, which is hidden by Maya and its effects, is to be attained through the instructions of a knower of Brahman, followed by reflection, meditation and so forth, but not through perverted arguments.  

66. Therefore, the wise should, as in the case of disease and the like, personally strive by all the means in their power to be free from the bondage of repeated births and deaths.

When one realizes the fact that, the whole universe and its contents, movable and immovable, are known to be the consciousness, and thus the existence of everything else is negated, there is then any room to say that the universe is the universe. The universe and its contents are bound to be consciousness.  Thus, consciousness alone is real and eternal. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar

Upanishads say in effect that: ~ if you believe that you are one and God is another you cannot understand Truth.+

Whenever one talks of God, he refers to his belief. Hence, any idea of God, he forms is entirely based on his belief. The belief is not God.  The Soul, the Self is God in truth.   

God has no reality apart from the Soul, the Self. Hence, religious believers are unable to give proof of their God and are merely hallucinating based on their inherited beliefs.  The truth is hidden within the universe. Thus,  one must realize the whole universe is created out of the Soul, which is present in the form of the spirit. And the spirit is God.

The Upanishads say in effect that: ~ If you believe that you are one and God is another you cannot understand Truth.

No conceptual God can exist, apart from consciousness. People are not aware of the fact that there is no individual God that can exist, apart from the soul, which is in the form of consciousness. Thus, the Soul is the Self. The Soul is present in the form of consciousness.   If there is no consciousness, then there is no physical body, no ego, no universe, no religion, and no conceptual God.

Brihad Upanishad: ~ “If you think there is another entity, whether man or God,  there is no truth."

People think that there must be a creator of this universe. If one thinks physical entity or ego as the Self, then there is a creator, but if one thinks that the Soul as the Self, then there is nothing that exists other than the Soul or consciousness. 

If one objectifies and sees the universe, then he is bound to see many things besides himself and postulate a God, the creator. The body, the idea of the God and world rise and set together from, and into, the soul or consciousness, the innermost self. If God is apart from the ‘Self ‘, then God would be Selfless, that is, outside existence, that is, non-existent.

Remember:~

Bhagavad Gita: ~brahmano hi pratisthaham- Brahman is considered the all-pervading consciousness which is the basis of all the animate and inanimate entities and material. ( 14.27)

Rig Veda: ~ 'Prajnanam Brahma'- Consciousness is the ultimate reality or Brahman or God in truth.

God in truth is the Atman, the Self. Atman is present in the form of consciousness.

Do not accept any other God other than Atman not worship other than Atman.

Let these words be inscribed in your subconscious.

Nothing is real but God. Nothing Matters but love for God in truth. God in truth is everywhere and in everything.

God in truth is hidden by the illusory universe. God in truth alone is and all else is an illusion.

Yajurveda – chapter- 32:~ God is  Supreme Spirit has no ‘Pratima’ (idol) or material shape. He cannot be seen directly by anyone. God pervades all beings and all directions. Thus,   Idolatry does not find any support from the Vedas.

 Bible says: ~ “God is a Spirit, and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth. (John 4:24)”,

Mythreyi Upanishad 2:26 says: ~ All those who desire to have salvation without taking several births, should worship God in spirit and truth.  

In Vedas, the nature of  God has been described as: ~

v  Sakshi (Witness)

v  Chetan (conscious)

v  Nirguna (Without form and properties).

v  Nitya (eternal)

v  Shuddha (pure)

v  Buddha (omniscient)

v  Mukta (unattached).

So, it clearly indicates that God is formless thus there is no scope for a form-based God. The religion and its ideas of gods, and its theories of karma, heaven, hell, papa, Punya, rebirth, and reincarnation are based on the false self (ego), within the false experience (waking). Therefore, they are meant for a lower mindset, they are of no use to those who are seeking higher truth as indicated in the scriptures.   : ~ Santthosh Kumaar

Atma Gnana cannot be attained by the study of the scriptures and intellectual understanding or by bookish knowledge.+

A donkey with a load of holy books is still a donkey. A person who mastered scriptural knowledge is still a scholar, not a Gnani.

Self-Knowledge cannot be attained by the study of the Vedas and intellectual understanding or by bookish knowledge. There is no use in studying the Vedas and other scriptures in order to acquire non-dual wisdom.

That is why Bhagavan Buddha rejected the scriptures, and even Sage Sankara indicated that the ultimate truth lies beyond religion, the concept of god, and the scriptures.

Therefore, there is no use in taking the strain to understand and assimilate the conceptual divisions invented by teachers of philosophy through their excessive analysis. There are more and more doubts and confusion if one tries to understand and assimilate the ultimate truth through the scriptures.

That is Why Sage Sankara says: ~ What is accepted without a proper inquiry will not lead a person to the final goal. On the contrary, such acceptance will result only in evil, something which is detrimental to our spiritual progress.

Sage Goudpada: ~ To establish the truth of Non-duality by sheer reasoning alone. He begins by defining "What is real?" "What is unreal?" etc, because that is the right way to discuss or teach. People must first know what they are talking about. (Manduka Karika)

Remember:~

It has not been possible to preach Advaitic Truth entirely free from the settings of dualistic weakness, it has not been more operative and useful to mankind at large because only a few will be able to grasp and realize it.

'To realize the Advaitic Truth a freer and fuller scope the seeker has to realize the form, time and space are one in essence. And that essence is consciousness. And the Soul, the Self is present in the form of consciousness.   

To realize the Advaitic truth the seeker has to be free from all superstitions and orthodox contaminations. The seeker has to be dedicated to acquiring the Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana alone.

A  Gnani will easily appreciate the high flights of Sage Sankara’s Advaitic wisdom is one of the 'most majestic structures and valuable products of the Genius of man in his search for Truth. 

Remember:~

In India, people think that religion as a stepping stone to higher truth,  but it is not so because religion is based on the false self (waking entity or ego) within the false experience (waking or world).

One must go beyond form, time, and space. The theistic tradition has been kept alive by orthodoxy. The orthodoxy is the path of ignorance because it is based on ignorance.  The orthodoxy is nothing to do with the ultimate truth or Brahman. Thus,  it is not the path of ultimate truth or Brahman. 

People who stuck to orthodoxy never will be able to cross the prison of duality. Without crossing the prison of duality Self-awareness is an impossibility.  Thus, Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana is necessary to realize the ultimate truth or Brahman. 

The scripture mastery, the force of religious merit--none of these lead to the realization of that Ultimate Truth or Brahman. The ultimate truth is revealed in the clear understanding and realization of ‘what is the truth? and ‘what is the untruth?.  

When one realizes the untruth (universe) is created out of single stuff, Self-awareness rises in the midst of duality exposing the unreal nature of form, time, and space.

The ultimate truth has to be realized first,  then only it is possible to know what the scriptures are saying. I do not require any scriptures.

I quote scriptural citations and also citations of the Sages of truth only after verifying reality and proved, to point out that the scriptures teach the same thing. If one quotes them before having demonstrated the truth, then it is scholasticism.

Scriptures are being added from time to time. This process will go on. There is the final authority among them? One contradicts the other: duality reigns supreme.

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 scriptures 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 concept of God, and the scriptures. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar

A Gnani wears no signs it means he does not identify himself as a Guru or a yogi or a teacher or a Swami.+

Sage Sankara clearly indicates in Viveka Chudamani (2) that the Knower of the Atman (A Gnani) "bears no outward mark of a holy man" (Stanza 539).  

A Gnani wears no signs which means he does not identify himself as Guru or teacher or swami.  Thus, it is not necessary to become a sanyasi or a yogi, or a swami to acquire self-knowledge.

Sage Sankara: On Gnani: "The knower of Brahman wears no signs. Gives up the insignia of a monk's life…his signs are not manifest, nor his behavior."( page 482)

When the knower of Brahman (Gnani) wears no signs it means he does not identify himself as Guru or yogi or teacher or Swami. 

Sage Sankara: ~ "Though I wear these robes of a Sanyasin, it is only for the sake of bread." Exploring if an outside observer can, in all cases, determine if a person is Enlightened or not, the venerated Indian Sanyasin, Sage Sankara, in his work The Crest-Jewel of Discrimination (1) or as it is sometimes known, Viveka Chudamani (2), states that the Knower of the Atman (i.e., a Gnani) "bears no outward mark of a holy man." (Stanza 539). 

Continuing, although there are variances found in the actual wording between various translators and translations the gist behind the words remains the same, Sage  Sankara writes:-“Sometimes he appears to be a Fool, sometimes a wise man. Sometimes he seems splendid as a king, sometimes feeble-minded. Sometimes he is calm and silent. Sometimes he draws men to him. Sometimes people honor him greatly, sometimes they insult him. Sometimes they ignore him.

"Unless one realizes the Soul as the Self as it really is” it is impossible to realize the nondualistic or Advaitic truth. 

Remember:~

The Gnani does not belong to the religious or yogic Sanyasa Ashram. He is above all stages. He is "One above all ashrams."  Both Gnani and the ignorant see the multiplicity, but Gnani does not take the differences which he sees as being real. That is the difference between them. The Gnani sees the unity behind the differences.

A true Gnani can never renounce anything. It is impossible. He has only renounced ignorance.  Gnanis are one in billions for they have ignored the opinions of whole peoples in their independent search for truth and questioned all beliefs, all scriptures, and all authorities until they could be proved to be true. Even the arguments that religions have been followed since time immemorial make no difference to them because if people have believed a false thing over millions of years, the length of time does not prove it true.

The Gnanis position is that if enjoyment comes, he accepts it; if it does not, he is silent. Even when he is taking pleasures, however, he is not deluded by them and he regards them as a game he is playing for he knows their unreality: he does not take them seriously, because he is fully aware of the fact that,  he and his experience of the pleasure and pain within the waking experience are as real as a dream. The one which witnesses the three states is not him but the soul.  The Clouds do not affect the sky, although they appear to; so the pleasures and pain do not change the Gnani.

Remember:~

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

A  Gnani does not perform miracles to attract attention to the truth because they know such a miracle performed in the unreal world is bound to be a falsehood.  They know the whole universe in which they exist is created out of single stuff and that single stuff is the soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. 

A Gnani has his realization of the ultimate truth or Brahman even whilst in the midst of the waking experience. No separation of one from the other is necessary for him, nor indeed is it possible.

One who wears the religious robe and symbol is not A Gnani.  One who has embarrassed sanyasa is not a Gnani. A Gnani remains as a householder and will go on with his usual avocation, plus these differences he will guide those with whom he comes in contact.

A Gnani guides all the seekers to the very end of their thinking; otherwise, they stop halfway and wrongly have an “I know” attitude.  This “I know” attitude is most dangerous and will not allow the seeker to reach the ultimate end of understanding.

When a man meets with doubt or confusion on his quest, he then needs guidance.  A Gnani clears all cobwebs of doubts and confusion without posing as a guru. A Gnani helps the seeker to know in which direction to turn.  A  Gnani points out the pitfalls and when a seeker has made an error and he makes him be aware of the error and points it out to him.

There is no such thing as personal salvation. Such an idea of salvation is imagination based on the dualistic perspective. Those who talk of finding Moksha from religious rituals and yogic practices harbor the false notion that the individual ego is real and who are deceiving themselves.

The Gnani will guide the seeker, but it is absolutely necessary for the seeker to do his homework constantly over the guidance and master them by his own use of reason.:~Santthosh Kumaar 

Yogis, religious gurus, swamis, sadhus, priests, mythological story tellers, Fakirs, monks, intellectual are not Gnanis.+

Yogis, religious gurus, swamis, sadhus, priests, mythological storytellers, Fakirs, monks, and intellectuals are not Gnanis. 

Sage Sankara clearly indicates in Viveka Chudamani (2) that the Knower of the Atman (A Gnani) "bears no outward mark of a holy man" (Stanza 539).  

A  Gnani is not a churchgoer or temple visitor. A Gnani never forces others to follow his way.  By visiting ashrams and meeting gurus or yogis’, the wisdom will not dawn. There is no need to discuss the truth with people who are not yet ready to receive Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

A Gnani helps the seekers on their appropriate level. His, however,  makes known that the higher stages exist and that the others are but steps. Hence, he does not discourage them.  

A Gnani always does something which would elevate others who are in search of ultimate truth.

The Gnani works no miracle and does not dismiss the world which confronts him because he knows it as an illusion created out of consciousness.  He is fully aware of the true nature of the world in which he exists. He is not fooled by its reality.

Remember:~

 The only difference between A Gnani and the ordinary man is like the difference between the scientist and the worldly man. The scientist knows that the water he drinks is really hydrogen and oxygen, whereas the worldly man does not know. Yet both drink the water. Similarly, Gnani knows the external world is the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness, whereas worldly man does not know, yet both live and work in the world in the same way. There is no outside difference to be detected between Gnani and the worldly man.  The worldly man is egocentric whereas the Gnani is soul-centric.

A  Gnani does not discourage others who believe in their inherited beliefs. A Gnani does argue or criticize if he is living among religious people.  He does not discuss about Advaita with others who are not seeking the truth.  

Yoga-Vasishta points out that a Gnani may be stealing in the company of rogues, killing in the company of butchers, but always he will be amongst them to elevate them; to lift them up gradually to a higher ethic. But by not separating himself from them, by being like them and among them for a time, he can improve them and make them better.

A Gnani removes "ignorance." In the dream, one may see himself as a king, but the dream becomes unreal when waking takes place. Similarly, the waking becomes unreal when the Advaitic wisdom dawns. 

The Advaitic wisdom dawns when the waking entity (you) realizes it itself is not the Self, but the self is the Soul, which witnesses the coming and going of the three states. In reality, the Soul (witness and the three states (witnessed) are one in essence.

People misunderstand "omniscient." This is a misleading translation from Sanskrit. It really means "Everything is only Brahman, only of the nature of the  Soul, the Self."

When anyone quotes a Gnani what is a rock and that dog he will say rock is consciousness and that dog is consciousness. Hence, it means that he knows everything as consciousness. It does not mean that he is like a soothsayer and knows what will happen in the future or what has happened in the past.

The Gnani will guide the seekers, according to their capacity to understand the Advaitic truth. With the dualist people, he will keep the truth at a distance there: with an audience of the nondualist, he will discuss and help them to reach the ultimate end of understanding. He will be in silent mode and just listen to them because they cannot understand or are not ready and receptive to receive the Advaitic wisdom.

A Gnani is not opposed to any philosophy, but he only says they are inadequate and useless in the pursuit of truth. Although the adherents of all philosophies may consider i.e. imagine a Gnani as their enemy because they think ‘what they know is the ultimate truth.  

Most people are stuck with some Guru or teaching and think that they have been blessed with knowledge from their guru. And such people are stuck up in the pond of ignorance and refuse to come out of it.

Just as one does not taste now whilst awake at the sweet he saw in a dream, so the Gnani does not dispute truth with those who are still beclouded by duality.  The Gnani makes no voluntary effort, but does what has to be done; therefore, he will practice both activity and abstention at different times.:~Santthosh Kumaar