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

Unless one realizes the Soul as the Self as it really is” it is impossible to realize the non-dualistic or Advaitic truth.

Until one thinks of the body as body and the world as the world, it is impossible to grasp nondualistic or Advaitic truth, because his views and judgments are based on the physical Self (ego or the waking entity or you) within the physical existence (waking).  

Individuality is a reality within the waking experience, but the waking experience itself is a falsehood. Thus, holding the view as an individual within the false experience is erroneous from the ultimate point of view. The waking is a parallel dream, and the dream is a parallel waking experience.

Perfect understanding removes all sorts of obstacles in the pursuit of truth. Only through constant repetition of words of wisdom in my posts will make one think differently, but it also creates more doubts and confusion in his subconscious and his inner urge to know the truth even more intense. And it also helps to overcome some of our conditioning, which we have inherited from parental grooming and circumstances. 

Remember:~

When the Self is not the body (‘ego or waking entity’) then whatever one sees, knows, believes, experiences, and feels on the base of the body (‘ego or waking entity’) as Self is bound to be an illusion.  Thus, karma performed in illusion is bound to be an illusion. The birth, life, and death are happening within the illusion, therefore it is bound to be an illusion. 

Thus, rebirth and reincarnation theories based on the false self within the false experience are bound to be an illusion on the base of the true Self. Only the witness of the illusion is real (Brahman).  Therefore, everything has to be viewed and judged, on the base of the Formless Witness (Soul or the consciousness) in order to overcome the illusion/duality.

A seeker of truth has to know somewhere he is going wrong, and it is for the seeker to go on his own and remove the obstacle.  The greatest hindrance is mixing religion, God, scriptures, and yogic theories. Moreover, attachment to scriptures, personal God, and religious code of conduct keep one permanently in the grip of duality.

 The seeker has to have the courage to accept the truth and reject the untruth because most people will not be able to subscribe to the path of truth because they are sentimentally and emotionally involved with their inherited belief system and even if one does he has to overcome all his doubts, confusion and despair.  These are problems for the seekers who are from a  religious background because of their conditioning and they are made to accept their blind belief as truth and their interest or insight is not deep.  

Thus,  all my blogs are useful  in analyzing  these problems because they highlight what is not the truth according to their own religious scriptures  and make  them accept the truth and reject all the false conditioning and move ahead in pursuit of the truth

It becomes difficult for the orthodox people,  to accept anything else as truth other than their accepted belief, which they hold as truth. Although all religious followers are participants alike in the spiritual endeavor of the world, overzealous followers of each religion are not prepared to accord equal status to other faiths and assert the superiority of their own. Thus, the universal brotherhood is a total impossibility because it is difficult to accept anything other than their inherited belief system.    

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Most the pundits are egoic and they try to snub others who question them.  They think they are unquestionable authority.  They quote the citation from the scriptures as proof without verifying the validity.  All punditry is a great obstacle in realizing the Advaitic truth expounded by the Sage  Sankara, and Sage Goudpada.

One finds lots of differences between Advaita preaching and practice. There is a need to bifurcate religion, the concept of God, and scriptures from Adavaitic wisdom to assimilate the essence of Advaita.   

Sage Sankara says in Brahma Sutras: that Brahman is the cause of the world, whereas in Mandukya he denies it. This is because he says that at the lower stage of understanding, the former teaching must be given, for people will get frightened as they cannot understand how the world can be without a cause, but to those in a higher stage, the truth of non-causality can be revealed. 

Sage Sankara himself has warned us not to use ambiguous words and to practice semantic analysis in his book "Definition of one's own Self. (" Page 199, v.24 of "Sankara's Selected Works)

Sage Sankara founded his Advaita Vedanta either on reason independent of Sruti or on Sruti confirmed by reason." 

Sage Sankara's commentary on the Manduka Upanishad, II, 1:  This (the unreality of duality) is borne out by the Srutis ... But it is possible also to show the unreality of the object world even from pure reasoning, and this second chapter is undertaken for that purpose.

Sage Sankara himself had often said that his philosophy was based on Sruti, or revealed scripture.  This may be, because, Sage Sankara addressed the ordinary man, who finds security in the idea of causality and thus in the idea of God—and Revelation is indispensable to prove the latter.  He believed that those of superior intelligence, have no need for this idea of divine causality, and can, therefore, dispense with Sruti and arrive at the truth of Non-Dualism by pure reason. 

Sage Sankara in debates with Buddhists and others who did not recognize the authority of the Vedas, had been obliged to prove the truth of Advaita by means of reason alone.  Mandukya Upanishad, a scripture that appealed to reason to the exclusion of Revelation. ~ Santthosh Kumaar

The universal truth alone is God all else is a merely an illusion.+

Many believe spirituality and religion are considered interconnected, but it is not so. Religion is based on the false self (ego or body or you) and it is limited to the false experience (universe), while spirituality transcends race, religion, gender, language and nationality, and the universe.  

Spirituality is based on the Soul of the Self. On the standpoint of the Soul, the Self the universe in which we exist is merely an illusion. 

Belief makes the Soul permanently remain in ignorance.  Ignorance makes the Soul experience the duality as reality. Belief implies duality. The duality is not reality.  

Thus, the path of bhakti,  the path of karma and the path of yoga is based on blind belief, therefore, they are the path of ignorance. 

The seeker has to discard all the egocentric paths to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.   

Remember:~

The blind belief-based God is not God in truth. Holding blind belief as God is holding an illusion as reality because the belief is possible only within the realm of duality. Duality is merely an illusion from the ultimate standpoint.  

Without the belief of God, the belief system holds no water.  Belief is not God. Belief needs believers.  The believer needs to be born in this world. If the believer is born than he is part of the illusion.   

Without the believer, there is no belief.  The believer and his world and his blind belief-based God are part of the illusion because the Self is birth-less because the Self is formless and ever nondual. 

The one, which is born, lives, and dies, is not the Self.    The Self is a formless substance and witness of the illusory universe, which is the Soul or consciousness. Consciousness is the ultimate truth or Brahman or God in truth.  

The religious orthodox want wage against modernity: secularism, science, reproductive rights, and the Enlightenment generally. 

The orthodox people argue that any and all problems with the world can be attributed to the groups and ideas which they most dislike. 

One of the worst aspects of this attitude is how some religions latch on to any tragedy to promote their theocratic vision. Every religion argues that only their religion and their God can cure whatever ails this world.

History speaks that man has made it challenging and difficult to understand why he has experienced and witnessed such an array of human behavior. 

With constant introspection and the continued judgments of right and wrong, good and bad, just and unjust it has been a constant challenge to find and understand the truth behind his physical existence. 

This subject is super sensitive, yet if one is to continue on his pursuit of truth,  then there is a need for perfect understanding and assimilation.

There is an all need to stop these wars and violence, which is going on in the name of religion and God, by knowing and understanding and realizing the universal truth, which is holding the whole universe in which humanity exists.   The universal truth alone is God all else is a mere mirage.

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. (Gita 14.27)

            

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

Remember:~

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. Imagined Gods is not God of reality.  

Gnani does not say God is not there, God is, but not as one imagines God. God is above all imaginations. God exists as truth. Hence in the path of wisdom do not use the word, God. It will be misunderstood.  Thus Brahman, which means the ultimate truth, is the right word.

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 consciousness, which is in the form of consciousness. 

The Soul, the Self, which 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 personal Gods.

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 of the Soul as the Self, then there is nothing that exists other than consciousness.

If one objectifies and sees a universe, then he is bound to see many things beside himself and postulate a God, the creator. Body, God and world rise and set together from, and into, the Soul, the  Self. 

If God is apart from the  Soul, the Self, then God would be Selfless, that is, outside existence, that is, non-existent.

Rig Veda: ~ The Atman is the cause; Atman is the support of all that exists in this universe. May ye never turn away from the Atman the Self. May ye never accept another God in place of the Atman nor worship other than the Atman?" (10:48, 5)

Rig Veda 1/164/46: ~ “They call God Indra, Mitra, Varuna, Agni or the heavenly Sunbird Garutmat. The seers call in many ways that which is One; they speak of Agni, Yama, Matarishvan.

Rig Veda 8/58/2: Only One is the Fire, enkindled in numerous ways; only One is the Sun, pervading this whole universe; only One is the Dawn, illuminating all things. In very truth, the One has become the whole world.

The Vedas confirms God is Atman (Spirit), the Self.

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

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

Do not accept any other truth other than consciousness. Consciousness is the ultimate truth. Nothing is real but consciousness. Realize consciousness as the ultimate truth or Brahman or God in truth. Consciousness is everywhere and in everything. Let these words be inscribed in your subconscious.

In Vedas, God has been described as:~  

v  Sakshi (Witness)

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v  Chetan (conscious)

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v  Nirguna (Without form and properties)

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v  Nitya (eternal)

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v  Shuddha (pure)

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v  Buddha (omniscient)

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v  Mukta (unattached).

So, it clearly indicates that God is formless thus there is no scope for form-based God. The religion and its conceptual Gods, and its theories of karma, heaven, hell, papa, punya,  rebirth, and reincarnation are based on the false self, within the false experience. Therefore, they are meant for lower mindset, they are of no use for those who are seeking higher truth as indicated in the scriptures.  

There are many schools of thought in Hinduism claim that they are based on the Vedas. These schools of thought are add-ons. Therefore, these add-ons have to be bifurcated from original Vedic Religion, to get the pure Vedic essence.  : ~ Santthosh Kumaar

Centuries have passed since Sage Sankara appeared, yet it is very hard to find his Advaitic wisdom understood anywhere in the world today.+

Everyone likes religion because it belongs to the world of sentiments and emotions. Religion changes as it appeals to different emotions. One will find at one pole the nude Sadhu is admired; at the other, the gorgeous life-styled Godman is revered. Belief in religious prohibitions arises out of fear of God's punishment.

The people themselves suggest that there must be a God. It is an auto-suggestion.  To say that one knows God exists always implies he must also exist always. It would be correct to say at this point, he does not know about the existence of God because God’s existence depends on an individualized belief. The individualized belief is ignorance because the universe itself is a product of ignorance. 

People magnify every minor coincidence or every petty fact where yogis or Good men were concerned, and they see the miraculous or the esoteric significance therein.

Religion is “believers Truth”; Spiritual truth is "universal truth .” This means a believer takes his feeling and sentiments as truth,  whereas A Gnani takes his reasoned judgment, which will be the same under test everywhere in the universe.

A Gnani says he has not seen God and he does not know his capacities, what God can do, and what God cannot do. Therefore, he thinks any statement he might make about God would only be a lie. A Gnani does not wish to tell a lie. Therefore, he does not accept the religious belief of  God because he is very firm in his conviction the religious God does not exist in reality.  

Each sect concocts a God to suit its own purposes. Belief in such concocted Gods is a great hindrance in the pursuit of truth.  The man himself suggests that there must be a God. It is an auto-suggestion. Prayers and sacrifices belong to a premature stage of development. When no answers come to prayers to their belief in God, then doubt arises about the existence of such God. Belief in religion weakens as the man pays more attention to the facts of his practical life within the practical world.

Remember:~

People who argue that truth is only in their religion are vain logicians based on mere ideas, and imaginations.  Religions that say- "If one follows the religion they will go to heaven, while others “go to hell," are stories invented on the base of the false self within the false experience.

Religious truth is individual truth, not the ultimate truth because it always shows a contradiction. A contradiction arises because a different person's interpretation may disagree with others.

Religions place God as the unknown reality”.  Every religious believer has a different idea of God. Every man has a different idea of real. Hence the need for definition before the study.

Dualists’ sages have written big volumes about the soul. Yet they are quite ignorant of the fact that the ‘I’ about which they write itself comes and goes and has no permanent existence, is only an idea after all. 

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Bhagavan Buddha found religion in such a worthless state, with so many vile animal sacrifices, that he attacked religion.  Sage Sankara did not seek to destroy religion like Bhagavan Buddha, but he advocated reforming it for the better. He did this because he saw that the masses had to have some form of religion as they were not ripe intellectually for truth. 

Sage Sankara's sex experience in Benares and occupying the body of another man and then having sexual intercourse with his wife, is a story created by pundits hiding the real fact. Sage Sankara had a scientific spirit and when told by Saraswathi the woman that he was talking freely about sex, being a Sanyasi, he wanted to know the truth by having actual intercourse himself and thus learning by experiment and observation. Thus, this has to be viewed by the seeker from a rational standpoint, because sex is part of the illusion from the ultimate standpoint.   Sage Sankara stressed the great importance of freeing our use of words from all ambiguity. 

Buddhists and Jains did not believe in the Vedic positions and did not accept the scriptures. Hence, Sage Sankara had to meet their objections also.  Biographical anecdotes about his persecution of Jains and Buddhists or of his challenges to self-immolation for the loser of a debate are all foolish tales fabricated after his lifetime either by his own followers who took him to be a religious propagator but not as a  philosopher or by the dualistic cult. 

The religious pundits of the Adavitic sect relate boastfully pseudo-historical stories of how Sage Sankara's school put down, persecuted end exterminated the Buddhists, as though this was something to be proud of. However, these stories are either exaggerations or false stories fabricated by pundits or priests' craft. The religious pundits are mere followers of the religion, never having understood the depth of Advitic philosophy. Sage Sankara gave religion and scholasticism and yoga no less than philosophy, to the world. 

His commentary on Manduka is pure philosophy, but many of his other books are presented from a religious standpoint to help those who cannot rise up to the philosophy.  North India is the home of mysticism and deification and South India of keen rational truth.

Sage Sankara gave religious, rituals, and dogmatic instruction to the mass, but pure philosophy only to the few who could rise to it. Hence, the interpretation of his writings by commentators is often confusing because they mix up the two viewpoints. Thus, they may assert that ritual is a means of realizing Brahman, which is absurd. 

Centuries have passed since  Sage Sankara appeared, yet it is very hard to find his Advaitic wisdom understood anywhere in the world today. It is because so few could rise to his level. Hence, the dualistic cults and devotional sects that came into existence and prospered.:~Santthosh Kumaar  

There is no need buy books of Sage Sankara in order to acquire Self-knowledge, only perfect understanding of what is what is needed.+

Sage Sankara:~ 63-  "Without knowing and examining the external world, one can’t know the Truth, as the idea that the external world exists, won't go. It can go only by an inquiry into the nature of the external world. 

There is no need to study Advaita Vedanta or Buddhism to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.  All accumulated knowledge is of no use to realize the Advaitic truth beyond the form, time, and space.

There is no need to study Advaita Vedanta to realize the Advaitic truth beyond form, time, and space. Advaita is not a theory or a philosophy. Advaita is the nature of the Soul, the Self.  There is no need for any theory or philosophy or scriptures to acquire Self-knowledge. Only a  perfect understanding of ‘what is what’ is needed.

There is no need to buy books of Sage Sankara in order to acquire Self-knowledge, only a perfect understanding of 'what is what' is needed. Nothing else is a need other than realizing the fact that the form, time, and space are one in essence and that essence is the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness in order to get the  Advaitic  Self-awareness.

Self-knowledge 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 Bhagavan Buddha rejected the scriptures, and even Sage Sankara indicated that the ultimate truth lies beyond religion,  the concept of god, and scriptures.

There is only one Reality to be known, the same for all seekers, but the ways to it, are hidden by the religion.  Self-discovery is the only way, toward the non-dualistic absolute without any religious doctrines, which will help the seekers to unfold the mystery of the illusion in which we all are searching for the truth of our true existence.

Sage Sankara said:~Neither by the practice of yoga nor philosophy, nor by good works, nor by learning, does liberation come, but only through the realization that Atman and Brahman are one in no other way. (1- VivekaChudamani v 56, pg 25

The citations from scriptures are not proofs.  The ultimate truth has to be proved without the scriptures.  The ultimate truth is the universal truth and it does not belong to any religion.  Religion causes diversity in unity, whereas, the ultimate truth brings unity in diversity. 

That is why Sage Sankara says: ~ VC 59. The study of the Scriptures is useless so long as the highest Truth is unknown, and it is equally useless when the highest Truth has already been known.

60. The Scriptures, consisting of many words are a dense forest that merely causes the mind to ramble. Hence, men of wisdom should earnestly set about knowing the true nature of the Self.

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?

It is not that one should pore over the ancient scriptures.  There is no need to study first, and then realize. One has to realize first, then only he will know ‘what is the truth’ and ‘what is untruth’. One has to make his discoveries through the process of rational thinking. 

That is why Sage Sankara says:~  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.

It is not that one should pore over the ancient scriptures.  There is no need to study first, and then realize. One has to realize first, then only he will know ‘what is the truth’ and ‘what is untruth’. One has to make his discoveries through the process of rational thinking.

He who has not rectified his reasoning base from the ‘I’(form) base to the Soul (formless) base and one who does not have the intense urge to know the non-dualistic or Advaitic truth,  and who is not tranquil and subdued and whose mind is not receptive, cannot acquire Self- Knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

When we realize that form, time, and space are one in essence, then it leads to Advaitic  Self-awareness.  In Self-awareness even though there is diversity,  there is unity in diversity, because everything is created of the same stuff. That stuff is consciousness. There is no second thing that exists other than consciousness.  : ~ Santthosh Kumaar

No mantras help to get rid of ignorance.+

To know what God is, we must know what the 'Self' is. In deeper Self-search, we become aware of the fact that our body, ego, and our experience of the universe are created out of single stuff, which is the soul or the consciousness.

Due to ignorance,  we identify the soul with the body and we become egocentric.  When we become aware of the fact that, the Self is not the form,  but the Self is formless,  then we become soul-centric and realize the fact that all the three states are merely an illusion created out of consciousness.  

Thus, consciousness is the ultimate truth. The consciousness is our innermost Self.  The ultimate truth is God or Brahman or God in truth. 

                                                                             
Thus, the seekers move ahead and reach the nondual destination through this mental (inner) journey.

No mantras help to get rid of ignorance. All the mantras and rituals are meant for the ignorant populace, which strongly believes, that the world in which he exists as a reality.  For one who wants to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana, the mantas will not help to realize the truth, which is beyond form, time, and space.

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?

VC-  v6~ Let erudite scholars quote all the scripture, let Gods be invoked through sacrifices, let elaborate rituals be performed, let personal gods be propitiated---yet, without the realization of one‘s identity with the Self, there shall be no liberation for the individual, not  even in the lifetimes of a hundred Brahmas put together

Sage Sankara goes on to say: ~A sickness of not cured by saying the word “medicine.” You must take the medicine. Liberation does not come by merely saying the word “Brahman.” Brahman must be experienced. Until you allow this apparent universe to dissolve from your consciousness until you have realized Brahman, how can you find liberation just by saying the word Brahman? The result is merely noise. Until a man has destroyed his enemies and taken possession of the splendor and wealth of the kingdom, he cannot become a king by simply saying “I am a king.”

A buried treasure is not uncovered by merely uttering the words: “Come forth.” You must follow the right directions, dig, remove the stones and earth from above it, and then make it your own. In the same way, the pure truth of the Atman, which is buried under Maya and the effects of Maya, can be reached by meditation, contemplation, and other spiritual disciplines but never by subtle arguments. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar

Jesus said:~"Those who seek should not stop seeking until they find.+

All Biblical insights lead to nondual Self-awareness. Self-Awareness is Christ consciousness.  The ultimate truth or Braham in the biblical sense is the Spirit, which is God in truth.  The truth was not written down but was imparted orally to the chosen few.

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.

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When the seeker indulges in deeper self-search then he realizes the fact that the experience of the form, time, and space are one in essence. And that essence is Spirit or consciousness. Thus, form, time, and space are merely an illusion created out of a single, stuff,   which is Spirit or consciousness.   The Spirit or consciousness is the innermost self.  The Spirit or consciousness is the ultimate truth or Brahman or God in truth. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar 

The karma theory is mere religious and yogic fable.+

Sage Sankara said:~ Talk as much philosophy as you like, worship as many gods as you please, observe ceremonies, and sing devotional hymns, but liberation will never come, even after a hundred aeons, without realizing the Oneness.

According to Advaita Vedanta, the Veda addresses itself to 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 Brahman. Thus, the Purva mimam. sa, with its emphasis on the karma kanda of the Vedas, is meant for the first audience, to help lead its followers along the way. However, the Vedanta, with its emphasis on the Jnana kanda, is meant for those who wish to go beyond such transient pleasures. 

Sage Sankara says in the commentary on Vedanta Sutra that 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 detrimental to our spiritual progress.

Seekers of truth should not believe blindly in traditional Orthodox Advaita without verifying all the facts from every angle. The orthodoxy has nothing to with spirituality, which is based on the soul or spirit.  One has to reflect through reasoning over and over again without getting tired of the process.

The doer, the doing (karma)  and the world belong the duality.  From the standpoint of the soul, the innermost self, duality is not a reality.  From the standpoint of the soul, the innermost self, the doer, the doing, and the world are one in essence. That essence is the soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.  Thus, there is no second thing that exists other than consciousness.  The consciousness alone is real and eternal, and all else is merely an illusion. 

The karma theory is merely a religious and yogic fable.

Sage Ramana, Maharishi J. Krishnamurti, and Nisargadatta, all died of cancer-type illness. It does not make any difference if they died of cancer or not of cancer or any illness. Even Lord Krishna died a painful death.  Death is a certain cause of death that is irrelevant to a Gnani. When the Self is birthless then it is deathless A Gnani is unconcerned about death because he is fully aware that the illusion is only a passing show. The last words of Sage Ramana on the death bed: - says I am not going anywhere. He did not mean his physical form, which was bound by birth, life, and death but the birthless Self, which is ever formless.  Thus the karma theory is nothing to do with the birthless Self. Thus, people’s painful death cannot be taken as evidence because the Self is ever deathless because it was birthless because it is formless.

The karmic account is never-ending because one has to be born again and again to reap his good or bad karma carried forward from one life to the next.   The karma theory is a mere religious and yogic fable.

Sage Sankara says in Aparokshanubhuti:-  88. When the whole universe, movable and immovable, is known to be Atman, and thus the existence of everything else is negated, where is then any room to say that the body is Atman?

   89. O enlightened one, pass your time always contemplating Atman while you are experiencing all the results of Prarabdha; for it ill becomes you to feel distressed.

   90. The theory one hears from the scripture, that Prarabdha does not lose its hold upon one even after the origination of the knowledge of Atman, is now being refuted.

   91. After the origination of the knowledge of Reality, Prarabdha verily ceases to exist, since the body and the like become non-existent; just as a dream does not exist on waking.

   92. That Karma which is done in a previous life is known as Prarabdha (which produces the present life). But such Karma cannot take the place of Prarabdha (for a man of knowledge), as he has no other birth (being free from ego).

   93. Just as the body in a dream is superimposed (and therefore illusory), so is also this body. How could there be any birth of the superimposed (body), and in the absence of birth (of the body) where is the room for that (i.e., Prarabdha) at all?

   94. The Vedanta texts declare ignorance to be verily the material (cause) of the phenomenal world just as the earth is a jar. That (ignorance) being destroyed, where can the universe subsist?

   95. Just as a person out of confusion perceives only the snake leaving aside the rope, so does an ignorant person see only the phenomenal world without knowing the reality?

   96. The real nature of the rope being known, the appearance of the snake no longer persists; so the substratum being known, the phenomenal world disappears completely.

   97. The body also being within the phenomenal world (and therefore unreal), how could Prarabdha exist? It is, therefore, for the understanding of the ignorant alone that the Shruti speaks of Prarabdha.

   98. “And all the actions of a man perish when he realizes that (Atman) which is both the higher and the lower”. Here the clear use of the plural by the Shruti is to negate Prarabdha as well.

   99. If the ignorant still arbitrarily maintain this, they will not only involve themselves in two absurdities but will also run the risk of forgoing the Vedantic conclusion. So one should accept those Shrutis alone from which proceeds true knowledge.

The above proves that karma is a reality only on the base of a false self, where one thinks of the body and the universe as reality. 

When one becomes aware of the fact that, the true Self is the formless soul, then karma becomes part and parcel of illusion.   

My point is that, if one accepts the karma theory as reality, he will never be able to come out of ignorance. And ignorance makes him believe the cycle of birth, life, and death as a reality.  Thus the freedom which one is seeking will remain a distant dream. For the one who accepts the birth of life and death as a reality, Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana is impossible.:~Santthosh Kumaar