Lord Krishna confesses that the oldest wisdom of India (Advaitic wisdom) has been lost: people misinterpret and falsify it today as they did then.+

All sect-based beliefs are dualistic and unphilosophical nothing to do with the ultimate truth or Brahman.  In spirituality,  the ultimate truth is God in truth.

Lord Krishna confesses that the oldest wisdom of India ( Advaitic wisdom) has been lost: people misinterpret and falsify it today as they did then. It is not yoga but the philosophic truth. But nobody knows it. The teachers of philosophy and leaders of mysticism or religion do not want to inquire into truth and have no time for it. (Gita –Chap- IV-v.2)

In Gita Chap.IV where Lord Krishna says: ~ "This yoga has been lost for ages" the word yoga refers to Gnana yoga, not other yogas: the force of the word this is to point this out.

Lord Krishna describes some of the other yogas but devotes this chapter separately to Gnana Yoga. So one sees even in those ancient days people did not care for Advaita; they wanted religion; hence, Gnana got lost. That is why Lord Krishna calls it "the supreme secret."Lord  Krishna points out that yoga must-see "Brahman in action."

Gita Chap.IV: "He who achieves perfection in Yoga finds the Self in time." This means that after his yoga is finished, he begins the inquiry into ultimate truth, and in due course, this inquiry produces the realization of the universal spirit as the result.

Lord Krishna says Ch~ V:~ “Those who know the Self in truth. The last two words (tattvataha) are usually ignored by pundits, but they make all the difference between the ordinary concept of God and the truth about God.

Sage Sankara: ~VC- 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 (verses-6)

The theosophist’s idea of the universe appearing and dissolving, days and nights of Brahma, entering into pralaya, etc. is intended for mediocre intellects, who cannot rise to the truth. 

It is a convenient fable representing the philosophic truth that the whole universe dissolves in your mind in deep sleep, thus entering pralaya, and rises again the next morning, i.e. it is all imagination, idea. The Brahman -God has nothing to do with it.

Although Sage Sankara puts the mystic goal highest in his mystical books, he is careful to say that this goal leads to Brahman, not that it is realization. :~Santthosh Kumaar 

Even in those ancient days people did not care for Advaita (Advaitic wisdom); they wanted religion.+

There are hundreds of commentaries from different authors on the Bhagavad Gita. Each one goes on spinning yarns imagining as he likes what the meaning may be.

Bhagavad Gita has been interpreted in a thousand ways, according to the author’s capacity to understand,  the test of all these is the Reason. Only a few understood Bhagavad Gita.

Bhagavad Gita is a hodgepodge containing everything; hence it suits the populace because there is something in it for every type of mindset. It is difficult to find any tradition whose voice is not found in the Gita. It is difficult to find anyone who does not take solace from the Bhagavad Gita. But for such people, the Advaitic path will prove very difficult. 

Once you are Soulcentric you will know what Bhagavad Gita and other scriptures really meant, you will see that there is only one possible interpretation, irrespective of your opinion or imagination.

Bhagavad Gita does not contain higher wisdom. Bhagavad Gita is intended for those who are incapable of thinking rationally.

People love Bhagavad Gita because it is very easy to extract one's own meaning from it. Reading Bhagavad Gita a religious believer extracts something of which he can make a belief because Bhagavad Gita speaks on bhakti, devotion. The karma yogi extracts his belief because Krishna has spoken on karma yoga, the Yoga of action. The believer in knowledge finds what he wants because Bhagavad Gita has spoken on knowledge as well. Somewhere Krishna calls bhakti the ultimate, somewhere else he calls knowledge the ultimate, again elsewhere he calls karma yoga the ultimate.

Lord Krishna taught the Karma and Bhakti yogis their own paths only to lead them up to the Gnana yoga path, which is the highest and the real object of his teaching.

Lord Krishna confesses that the oldest wisdom of India (Advaitic wisdom) has been lost: people misinterpret and falsify it today as they did then. It is not yoga but the philosophic truth. But nobody knows it. The teachers of philosophy and leaders of mysticism or religion do not want to inquire into truth and have no time for it. (Gita ~ Chap ~IV~ v.2)

Why is the word Yoga used in so many different senses in the Gita? Because there are grades and the highest demands concentrated brains, not sitting mindless and imagining, you are seeing God.

In Gita Chap.IV where Lord Krishna says: ~ “This yoga has been lost for ages" the word yoga refers to Gnana yoga, not other yogas: the force of the word this is to point this out.

Lord Krishna describes some of the other yogas but devotes this chapter separately to Gnana Yoga. So one sees even in those ancient days people did not care for Advaita; they wanted religion; hence Gnana got lost. That is why Krishna calls it "the supreme secret." Krishna points out that the yoga must-see is "Brahman in action."

Gita Chap.IV:~ “He who achieves perfection in Yoga finds the Self in time." This means that after his yoga is finished, he begins the inquiry into ultimate truth, and in due course, this inquiry produces the realization of the universal spirit as the result.

Understanding what is God is not so easy. Religious people can only imagine God based on their beliefs.

That is why Lord Krishna says Ch ~V: ~ “Those who know the Self in truth.". The last two words (tattvataha) are usually ignored by pundits, but they make all the difference between the ordinary concept of God and the truth about God.

No duality, no differentiation. Only Atman exists.

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

It proves that the all-pervading Atman, which is present in the form of consciousness, is God.   Thus worshipping the form-based Gods is meant for the ignorant populace who are incapable of realizing the truth, which is beyond the form, time, and space. 

Lord Krishna Says Ch ~V: ~ “Those who know me in truth.".

Bhagavad Gita: 4: 22:~ ".....who has gone beyond the conflicting dualities like good (happiness) and bad (sorrow)....."

Bhagavad Gita: 4: 42:~ ".....cut all such conflicting dualities (doubts) by the sword (weapon) of knowledge. ....."

Bhagavad Gita: 5: 18:~ “The learned men (who have come out of delusions (Māyā), got rid of Avidya) see no differentiation have equal vision for a revered Brahmin, a cow, an elephant, a dog and a cāndāla (outcaste, rogue, mleccha, demonic person, etc)"

Bhagavad Gita: 5: 19:~ "Those who have achieved the true knowledge i.e. the 'Self-Knowledge' or the 'knowledge of Atman' and see no difference, are free from conflicting dualities have merged in Brahman"

Bhagavad Gita: 5: 20:~ "One who does not get excited out of happiness on getting good and does not get depressed on getting bad is situated in Brahman i.e. is merged in Brahman"

Bhagavad Gita: 6: 9:~  "The one who has equal vision for a Selfless do-gooder, a friend, a foe, an unbiased, a well-wisher, a depressed and jealous man, relatives, a righteous and a sinner is the best (as he sees no duality and differentiation but sees everything as Ātman)"

Bhagavad Gita: 6: 32:~ “.....as one seeks and treats oneself with equal vision, the same way one who has an equal vision for good and evil, for everybody is the best of all"

Bhagavad Gita: 6: 8:~ "For whom soil, a pebble, and gold are alike, he is merged in Brahman"

Bhagavad Gita Gita: 7: 27:~ ".....people are getting entangled in the primordial ignorance (Avidya) of the conflicting dualities like good and evil, happiness and sorrow caused due to attachments, desires, and hatred....."

Bhagavad Gita: 6: 28:~ “.....who have cut-off conflicting dualities (like good and evil) is determinedly in my service. ...."

Bhagavad Gita: 7: 19:~ "Such a man who has attained true knowledge, the knowledge of Self, the knowledge of Atman, in the last birth in the series of many births worships Me as~ Atman alone exists~ everything is Atman, there exists nothing except Atman. Such a man is extremely rare"

The earliest part of Bhagavad Gita deals with religion because it is for mentally immature persons, but in the latter part, you get philosophy as that is intended for the intellectually evolved. You can’t make all men genius, and therefore religion is provided for them.

Lord Sri Krishna himself says that 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.

In the statement in Bhagavad Gita which says that the path of the Unmanifest is harder than others, this path means Gnana Yoga.

The Upanishads and Gita do not give detailed explanations because the knowledge of those days was not as advanced as it as nowadays. However, there are odd words here and there which give hints.

Bhagavad Gita gives dualistic worship of "God” only for the lower minds; it also indicates the Advaitic wisdom for the more evolved.

Likewise, thinkers and poets of the Age of Devotion (Bhakti) of the 16th century believed in a God with attributes who became very tangible when incarnating as Avatar and was attainable simply through love and devotion rather than scholastic and intellectual meditation.

For the religious people,  the Bhagavad Gita became the main vehicle of inspiration with its qualified and deistic Monism, rather than the scholastic and esoteric path shown by Sage Sankara’s Advaitic path.  :~Santthosh Kumaar 

Lord Krishna says ~ “Those who know the Self in truth."~ means ~ Know the ‘Self’ is not you but the Self is the Soul, which is without the form, time, and space.+

The Sages of truth are not religious Gurus or Saints or yogis.  The religion and its mythological Gods and mythological Gods are nothing to with the ultimate truth or Brahman or God in truth.

All sect-based beliefs are dualistic and unphilosophical nothing to do with the ultimate truth or Brahman.  In spirituality, the ultimate truth is God.

Lord Krishna confesses that the oldest wisdom of India (Advaitic wisdom) has been lost: people misinterpret and falsify it today as they did then. It is not yoga but the philosophic truth. But nobody knows it. The teachers of philosophy and leaders of mysticism or religion do not want to inquire into truth and have no time for it. (Gita ~ Chap ~IV~ v.2)

In Gita Chap.IV where Lord Krishna says: ~ “This yoga has been lost for ages" the word yoga refers to Gnana yoga, not other yogas: the force of the word this is to point this out.

Lord Krishna describes some of the other yogas but devotes this chapter separately to Gnana Yoga. So one sees even in those ancient days people did not care for Advaita; they wanted religion; hence Gnana got lost. That is why Krishna calls it "the supreme secret." Krishna points out that the yoga must-see is "Brahman in action."

Gita Chap.IV:~ “He who achieves perfection in Yoga finds the Self in time." This means that after his yoga is finished, he begins the inquiry into ultimate truth, and in due course, this inquiry produces the realization of the universal spirit as the result.

Understanding what is God is not so easy. Religious people can only imagine God based on their beliefs.

That is why Lord Krishna says Ch ~V: ~ “Those who know the Self in truth.". The last two words (tattvataha) are usually ignored by pundits, but they make all the difference between the ordinary concept of God and the truth about God.

No duality, no differentiation. Only Atman exists.

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

It proves that the all-pervading Atman, which is present in the form of consciousness, is God.   Thus worshipping the form-based Gods is meant for the ignorant populace who are incapable of realizing the truth, which is beyond the form, time, and space. 

Lord Krishna says Ch ~V: ~ “Those who know the Self in truth."

~ Know the Self in truth means ~  Know the ‘Self’ is not you but the Self is the Soul, which is without the form, time, and space.

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 Bhagavad Gita is meant for the first audience, to help lead its followers along the way. The Advaitic wisdom is meant for those who wish to go beyond form, time, and space.:~Santthosh Kumaar 

Indian Sages of truth, who believed in the realization of the immortal Soul as the Self, frees the Soul from the illusory prison of experience of the birth, life, death and the world.+

The Indian Sages of truth, who believed in the realization of the immortal Soul as the Self, frees the Soul from the illusory prison of experience of the birth, life, death, and the world.  

When the Soul wakes up from its sleep of ignorance and consciously remains in its own awareness in the midst of the dualistic illusion is Moksha.

There is no other goal other than Self-realization is the supreme goal within the dualistic illusion.

The Soul appears as the world in which we exist, the world in which we exist is nothing but an illusion created out of the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.

The Soul is God. The Soul alone is the ultimate truth or Brahman.  The Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness, is without the second.

The truth is ever truth and the untruth is always untruth, the untruth hides the truth.

The Soul is what gives the sentient to the illusory world in which we exist.  The Soul pervades everywhere and in everything in the world in which we exist.  The Soul is the fullness of the consciousness unlimited by form, time, and space.  it is self-luminous, existence, and aware. None can deny it because it is the basis of the very world in which we exist. Denying the existence of the Soul is denying the world in which the denier exists.  

The world exists because of the Soul.  The Soul is the innermost Self.  The Self is not you but the Soul, which is the cause of the world in which you exist.  The Soul is not within your body because the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness pervades everywhere and in everything in the world in which you exist.

Drop the idea is that the Soul is within your body.  Mentally detach the Soul from the world in which you exist by realizing the world in which you exist is merely an illusion created out of the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. Therefore, the world in which you exist is merely an illusion created out of consciousness. If the world in which you exist is merely an illusion then there is no second thing that exists other than consciousness. Thus, everything is consciousness.

Sage Sankara:~  VC 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 (verses-6)

The influence of Sage Sankara’s wisdom is nothing to do with orthodox belief systems.

Some philosophers in the past dissented from this interpretation of Vedanta philosophy, holding that the incarnated Souls were separate from the Divine Essence and only finally merged with it after the cycles of birth.  All these theoretical philosophies are based on the image based on the false self (ego or you) within the false experience (waking).

Scientific knowledge is limited to form, time and space. Self-knowledge is beyond form, time, and space.  The birth, life, death, and the world are within the domain of form, time, and space. The Soul, the innermost Self, is a formless, timeless, and spaceless existence.

Consciousness is ever-present. Without consciousness, the world, in which you exist ceases to exist.   Consciousness is Self-evident. It is not established by extraneous proofs. It is not possible to deny consciousness because it is the very essence of the one who denies it. Consciousness is the basis of all kinds of knowledge, presuppositions, and proofs. Consciousness is everything. Thus, consciousness is the ultimate truth or Brahman. :~Santthosh Kumaar 

Perfect understanding removes all sorts of an obstacle in the pursuit of truth.+

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

The seeker has many doubts or confusion on his quest because he is egocentric. The seeker then needs a mental yardstick to know ‘what is the truth’ to know ‘what is untruth’. With that mental yardstick, the seeker will know in which direction to turn and overcome all the pitfalls. If the seeker is Soul centric then he will know all the pitfalls and errors and ever aware of ‘what is the truth’ and ‘what is falsehood’. 

The body is not the ‘Self’. The ‘I’ is superimposed upon the Soul, the Self, which is present in the form of consciousness.

Realize the ‘Self is not ‘I’ but the Soul, which witnesses the coming and going, of the ‘I’.   

Self-inquiry is for making one realize the ‘Self’ is not the ‘I’ but the ‘Self’ is the ‘I-LESS Soul’, which is present in the form of consciousness.

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

Individuality is a reality with 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 an obstacle in the pursuit of truth.  Only through constant repetition of words 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. 

Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana leads to Advaitic awareness. In self-awareness, the Soul, the 'Self ' remains in its own awareness in the midst of the dualistic illusion. In Self –awareness there is unity in diversity or Oneness. :~Santthosh Kumaar 

Use the word ‘Self’ for the Self, which is the Soul and remember the ‘Self is not ‘I’ but the witness of the ‘I’.+

When ‘Self is not ‘I’ but ‘Self is ‘I-LESS than it is erroneous to use the word ‘I’ for the ‘Self. The ‘I’ is not limited to form but ‘I’   is form, time and space together. 

The ‘I’ is not within the body because the ‘I’ is the world in which you exist.  When ‘I’ appears then only the world in which you exist appears. When ‘I’ disappears the world in which you exist disappears.  

Without the ‘I’ the world in which you exist ceases to exist.  Thus, it is necessary to realize what ‘I’ supposed to be in actuality.

Many gurus glorified the ‘I’ by using the word ‘I’   to the Self.   They preached the’ I’ is within the body.  And they propagated the ‘I’ without the body is the Self. 

The seeker has to understand the fact that ‘I’ is not the Self, but the Soul, the witness of the ‘I’ is the Self, which is eternal. 

Use the word ‘Self’ for the Self, which is the Soul and remember the ‘Self is not ‘I’ but the witness of the ‘I’.

Perfect understanding of what is this ‘I’ helps you to reach the perfection of the Self-knowledge.  

People say I AM THAT ~ I am God, I am Brahman. But when Brahman is, how can "I" remain? Only Brahman remains, not I,  it is erroneous to use the word ‘I’ for the  'Self' because ‘I’-represents the form, time and space whereas the Soul, the Self is formless, timeless and spaceless existence. 

Bhagavad Gita: ~ “The permanent is always there, only the transient ‘I’ comes and goes. (2.18) 

The ‘I’ disappears as deep sleep, so what is the use of being attached to it? It is impermanent and illusory because ‘I’ is physical awareness. Physical awareness is not Self-awareness. ‘I-less awareness is Self-awareness. 

It is erroneous to identify the Soul the Self as 'I' or 'I AM' because the Soul the innermost Self is not 'I' or I AM’. The Soul the Self, is that witness of the 'I'. 

To understand the false nature of the ‘I’, the Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana is necessary.

Remember:~ 

The Self is not ‘I’, but the Self is the Soul which is the witness of the ‘I’.  Holding the ‘I as the 'Self' leads to hallucination based on the imagination.  

The ‘I’ hides the Soul. Therefore, the seeker has to realize ‘what is this ‘I’ supposed to be in actuality. 

If the Self is not ‘I’ but the Self is the Soul then from the standpoint of the Soul, the Self: ~

Where is the ‘I’?

Where is the ego?

Where is the body?

Where is the mind?

Where is the world in which you exist?

Where are the form, time, and space?

Where is the waking experience?

Where is the duality?

Where is void?

They are or have become one with the Soul which is present in the form of consciousness. The consciousness is the ultimate truth or Brahman.

The ‘I’ is present only when the mind is present. The mind is present only when the world is present. The world is present only when there is the waking experience.

Deeper self-search reveals the fact that the waking experience is not considered different from the world. The world is not considered different from the mind. The mind is not considered different from the’ I’. This truth has to be assimilated.

The ‘I’ is merely an illusion created out of the Soul, which is present in the form of the consciousness. ‘I’ is not the subject. The ‘I’ is an object to the Soul, which is the formless, timeless and spaceless subject.

If the ‘I’ is an illusion then the world in which you exist is bound to be an illusion.

If the ‘I’ is an illusion then three states, are bound to be an illusion.

If the ‘I’ is an illusion then the form, time, and space are bound to be an illusion.

If the I’ is an illusion then the individual experience of the birth, life, death is bound to be an illusion.

If the ‘I’ is an illusion then the words and thoughts are bound to be an illusion.

If the ‘I’ is an illusion then the duality is bound to be an illusion.

The seeker has to make sure what is this ‘I’ supposed to be? The seeker has to make sure the unreal nature of the ‘I’ which comes and goes in order to realize the truth, which is beyond the form, time, and space

The ‘I’ hides the Soul, the Self, which is present in the form of consciousness. 

People think the ‘I’ without the body is the Self. The seeker has to understand the fact that ‘I’ is not the Self, but the witness of the ‘I’ is the true Self, which is eternal.

That is why Ashtavakra Gita 16:10:~ If you desire liberation, but you still say "I," If you feel the ‘Self’ is the ‘I’, You are not a wise man or a seeker. You are simply a man who suffers.

People are stuck with the reality of the ‘I’, which they take it as real because some Gurus have propagated the Self is the ‘I’. is no need to convince such mindset. The seeker of truth accepts only the truth nothing but the truth. mere an illusion.:~Santthosh Kumaar 

The circumstances whether they are good or bad they come on their own and they disappear on their own.+

Everyone has a story of success and failure. Everyone is most interested in sharing their stories of success and failure with others.   People think that their success story can be applied to others who are less fortunate in their life to get success. Thus, they try to impose their idea of success on others by propagating their success story.  But they are failures in recognizing the truth, because they are unaware of the fact that, their success story is based on the false self within the false experience.    

Not everyone becomes Bill Gates if they adopt his life skills. Everyone’s life circumstances are different. The circumstances whether they are good or bad come on their own and they disappear on their own.  Positive thinking only helps one to move ahead in time thinking and hallucinating the bright future, but the results may be favorable or unfavorable. Circumstances arise not because of their individual conduct or action.

The recent earthquake and tsunami in Japan affected many successful people. Many successful people lost their dear ones and wealth. All these circumstances of life come and go on their own. When the circumstances are favorable life goes on smoothly. But in unfavorable circumstances, life becomes very hard and miserable. And there are also mixed circumstances which make us happy and also miserable. 

Remember:~

If a successful person becomes a failure in his dream and a failure person becomes a successful person in his dream, their dream becomes unreal when the waking takes place. In the same way, the waking also becomes unreal when one becomes aware of the fact that, the Self is neither the waking entity nor the dream entity.  

Whatever one sees, knows, believes, and experiences within the waking or dream experience is a falsehood.  Therefore, Self-Realization is necessary to realize “what is the truth?” and “what is untruth?”.

Favorable circumstances do not arise because of one’s positivity. And because of positive thinking, the circumstances will not change. Painful experiences of the past and fear of the future make one think negatively. Thinking positively helps to keep away the future fear in the present nothing more. 

Thus, one has to understand and realize the fact that, these positive and negative circumstances do not depend on his doership because they arise on their own and they disappear on their own.

In life,  everything happens on its own. No one can plan it. We did not plan our birth, it just happened. In the same way, our life is a package of unknown circumstances everything is happening on its own, whether they are good or bad.  In the past, some sages introduced the concept of God to cast the burden of worldly suffering so that everyone can divert their attention to the imaginary entity by indulging in prayers, worship, and orthodoxy,  and crossing the ocean of this worldly suffering. Thus, the mass followed it and passed it from one generation to the next. So everyone inherited blind beliefs and they imposed on their children and indulge in priestcraft without verifying the validity of their own inherited belief system.  

The truth is hidden by orthodoxy in the name of protecting their God and their religion is meant for those who are incapable of thinking deeply about their own existence and also it helps the people to adopt certain disciplines, morals, and ethics in the society with its code of conduct. Love was a religious tool it helps society to a certain extent.  

Love and hate co-exist. People talk of love because they are deprived of it. It is impossible to love everyone. It is easy to say but difficult to practice in worldly life because everyone loves their own ego. Thus, this egoic love is temporary because the ego is a false self within the false experience.     

Remember:~

People have the notion that the more and more they gratify their senses for attaining worldly pleasures, the happier they will be is not true at all, because they think the physical Self is the real Self, therefore they are unaware of the fact that the Self is not physical,  but  Self is formless consciousness. Consciousness can stay with or without waking or dream.   

Thus, it is time to realize their pleasure and suffering are limited to the waking experience, which is a falsehood.

It is the illusory sense-pleasure that is responsible for the forgetfulness of the Self, which is in the form of consciousness, which results in one’s sorrows and sufferings.

Suffering is the reminder to search for the remedy to overcome the suffering caused by the ignorance of the true Self. Pleasure is the cause of ignorance, but if the real Self is realized, then,  the illusion will not prevail as a reality. :~Santthosh Kumaar