The essence of Mundaka Upanishad : ~ “Do not be satisfied with rituals, yoga, etc. which are good in their own way, but inquire.+

The essence of Mundaka Upanishad: ~ “Do not be satisfied with rituals, yoga, etc. which are good in their own way, but inquire. Into what? Brahman and Atman are things you can never see. So do not inquire into them. Inquire into the world around you, which you can see. Science tells you it is passing away every second. Everything is dying repeatedly. Where is it going? Thus, you follow up your inquiry into what you can lay hands on. How can you inquire into Atma which you cannot see? So first we deal with the known and seen, this inquiry leads up to the unknown in the end.

Mundaka Upanishad condemns rituals.  The Para or Higher knowledge is the knowledge of the Supreme Being while the Apara or Lower Knowledge is that of following sacrificial rites and ceremonies. (1/2/ 1 – 6)

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.

Mundaka Upanishads:~ So-called spiritual pundits and learned are called children because a child takes whatever it thinks as truth. The question never occurs to children “Is what I have seen or thought really the truth?" (P.334 line 9)

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There is no need to surrender to the ego because you are the ego. Without the ego, the world in which you exist ceases to exist.  The ego is the basis of the world in which you exist. The ego, you, and the world appear together and disappear together.

Surrender is a religious fable.  How can the ego surrender to itself? How can the ego surrender to the religious God, which is not God in actuality?  All such claims are possible only in the domain of form, time,  and space. In reality, no second thing exists other than the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.  When there is no second thing, then surrender to what.

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

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

Sage  Sankara says you must first know what is before you. If you cannot know that, what else can you know or understand? If you give up the external world in your inquiry, you cannot get the whole truth.

Ashtavakra Gita: ~ The universe arises from the Soul, the innermost Self like bubbles from the sea. Thus, know the Self to be One and in this way enter into the state of dissolution."

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

No one can teach anybody. The truth is hidden within the world in which you exist.  A Gnani can only show the way that much is the work of a Gnani. A Gnani only guides the seekers to apply their own reason and realize the truth, which is beyond form, time, and space. When the seeker learns to view and judge and reason the three states on the base of the Soul, the truth will start unfolding on its own. First, the seeker may find it difficult to use Soulcentric reason, but gradually it will become easy.

Whatever appears on its own it perishes on its own.  You are not the cause of the appearance and disappearance.

The one which witnesses the appearance and disappearance is not you because the world in which you exist is within the appearance. 

The one which is aware of the appearance and disappearance is the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.    

Perfect understanding and assimilation of ‘what is what’ leads to Advaitic Self-awareness.  :~Santthosh Kumaar

The mythical Gods are myth not God in truth. All the mythical Gods are non-~Vedic Gods.+

Every seeker of truth must know the religious Gods are not God in truth. Bible says “God is a Spirit, and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth. Rig Veda says may ye never accept another God in place of the Atman (Spirit) nor worship other than the Atman.
What is the use of arguing with religious believers?  They think what they know as the ultimate truth.

Religions place God as diverse ideas and beliefs.  Every religious believer has a different idea of God. Every man has a different idea of the real.  There is a need to accept verify the facts about the religious Gods before accepting anything as God.  There is in religion the element of imagination and sentiments. The ordinary man is happy because religion gives him satisfaction, and pleases his taste.

Every sect and creed concocts a God to suit its own purposes. Belief in such concocted Gods is a great hindrance in pursuit of truth.  The man himself’ suggests that there must be a God. It is an auto-suggestion. Belief in religion weakens as the man pays more attention to the facts of his practical life within the practical world.

An honest e seeker of truth says that he has not seen God. He does not know God's capacities, what God can do, and what God cannot do. Therefore any statement he might make about God would only be a lie. The seeker of truth does not wish to tell a lie. Therefore, he does not accept  God nor deny Him; he simply refuses to make any statement about God because he wants to discover what is supposed to be God.  Without verification, he does not want to accept anything as truth.  

Remember: ~

Whatever is real in the world in which we exist is God. All that is real in the world in which we exist is the Soul, the Self.

Thus, by realizing the Self, which is the Soul, we discover the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness itself is God which is hidden by the ‘I’, which is the dualistic illusion. 

The diverse rituals and ceremonies are based on the mythical Gods keep the Soul in the cage of ignorance.

The mythical Gods are myth not God in truth. All the mythical Gods are non-Vedic Gods. Believing worshipping non-Vedic Gods causes suffering. Vedic God is spiritual.

Spirituality is a new religion. Advaita is pure spirituality. Advaita is truth beyond form, time, and space. Advaita is the Spirit.  The Spirit is the universal God and God of the whole of humanity.

Do not believe in God as a separate entity. Realize God is the cause of the existence of the universe in which we exist. God should not be worshipped but realized right in this very life, not in the next life or next world.  

In Yajurveda – chapter- 32:~ “It has been said that God Supreme or 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 1-164-46 and Y.V 32-1 clearly mention that God is “One”. And never accept another God in place of the Atman nor worship other than the Atman

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

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

Attachment to the belief in mythical Gods and rituals is an attachment to ignorance. Attachment to ignorance is an attachment to the myth as truth. All mythical Gods and its rituals are not of the Vedic origin.  

Bhagavad Gita Chapter:~ All those whose intelligence has been stolen by material desires, they worship many Gods. (7- Verse -20)

All the beliefs based on Gods of all belief systems have no universality in their belief of God. Thus,  diverse beliefs create divisions between one religion and another. Therefore, the rituals and ceremonies keep the populace permanently in the prison of ignorance.

Yajur Veda indicates that: ~

They sink deeper into darkness those who worship sambhuti. (Sambhuti means created things, for example, table, chair, idol, etc (Yajurveda 40:9)

Those who worship visible things born of the prakrti, such as the earth, trees, bodies (human and the like) in place of God are enveloped in still greater darkness, in other words, they are extremely foolish, fall into an awful hell of pain and sorrow, and suffer terribly for a long time." (Yajur Veda 40:9.)

Then why worship and glorify the mythical Gods in place of God when Veda bars such activities and it also warns people who indulge in such activities are enveloped in still greater darkness, in other words, they are extremely foolish, fall into an awful hell of pain and sorrow, and suffer terribly for a long time.

God exists prior to the form, time and space.  The form, time, and space cease to exist as a reality when wisdom dawns. Thus, the mythical Gods have no place in the domain of the Advaitic reality. Advaita is the nature of the Soul, which is the real God.  Thus, Self-realization is the only way to God-realization.

Brihadaranyaka Upanishad declares: "He who worships the deities as entities entirely separate from God does not know the truth. For the Gods, he is like a pasu (beast)". (1. 4. 10)

Therefore everyone must know what God is supposed to be in truth according to their own scriptures.

The 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).

When Bhagavad Gita says, God is considered the all-pervading consciousness which is the basis of all the animate and inanimate entities and material then nothing has to be accepted as God other than consciousness. 

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

The dualistic worship of "God” is only for the ignorant populace. The God in truth is only Atman, the innermost ‘Self’.   In reality, there is no duality, no differentiation. Only Atman exists.

God is not a part but God is whole. God pervades in everything and everywhere in the universe because the universe is nothing but an illusion created out of  God.  Seeing God as a part is ignorance.

Even Bible says: ~ “God is a Spirit, and they that worship God must worship God in Spirit and in Truth. ~ (John 4:24)

The Spirit is the root element of the universe. The Spirit is present in the form of the Soul, the innermost Self. The Soul is present in the form of consciousness. From the Spirit, the universe comes into existence. In the Spirit, the universe resides. And into the Spirit, the universe is dissolved. The Spirit is the parent of all that is there is. 

The truth-seeker is, therefore, keener about realizing the truth rather than blindly believing what has propagated their belief system as truth.  

God is based on the truth, not on the belief.  The inner longing to realize the truth of our true existence annihilates all desires, keeping only one desire and longing – that of union with the ultimate truth or Brahman or God. :~Santthosh Kumaar 

God in truth is not tasty and it is a bitter pill to swallow. Religion made God tasty with its mythical toppings.+

God in truth is not tasty and it is a bitter pill to swallow. Religion made God tasty with its mythical toppings. Every region has created its own myth and propagated its own GOD to the ignorant populace. Religion is the cause of the separation of humanity.  Today humanity is facing wars, violence, terrorism, in the name of religious God and religion.  

Democracy and religion will not go hand in hand.  Democracy has its own code of conduct and religion has its own. So there is always conflict.  Religion is outdated to suit modern society.

Until and unless the whole of humanity is made aware what God is in truth is the truth of our true existence not what we believe and worship.

God in truth is not religious. God is universal and belongs to the whole of humanity.  All Gods of the beliefs are mere imaginary.  

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

The Spirit is the root element of the universe. The Spirit is present in the form of the Soul, the innermost Self. The Soul is present in the form of consciousness. From the Spirit, the universe comes into existence. In the Spirit, the universe resides. And into the Spirit, the universe is dissolved. The Spirit is the parent of all that is there is. 

 Yajurveda – chapter- 32:~    God is  Supreme Spirit.

Vedas and Upanishad confirm the Soul, the Self, is present in the form of the Spirit or consciousness.

Even 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)

Even Brihadaranyaka Upanishad: ~ Brahman (God) is in the form of the Athma, and it is indeed Athma itself.

Even Bhagavad Gita says: ~ 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).

When Bhagavad Gita says, God is considered the all-pervading consciousness which is the basis of all the animate and inanimate entities and material then nothing has to be accepted as God other than the consciousness. 

 Brihadaranyaka Upanishad declares: "He who worships the deities as entities entirely separate from him does not know the truth. For the gods, he is like a pasu (beast)". (1. 4. 10)

Those who indulge in the perverted argument from their own standpoint and opinion about God are not seeking the truth, which is beyond form, time, and space.

It is high time humanity has become fanatics of the truth to bring the universal brotherhood.  The truth is the only thing that can cure all propagated by the belief system.

Jesus said: - Do not throw your pearls before pigs, lest they trample them underfoot and turn to attack you. (Matthew -7:6)

~ Jesus meant Knowledge of the Spirit, the God, or Self-knowledge. 

3. Jesus said:~ "If your leaders say to you, 'Look, the (Father's) kingdom is in the sky,' then the birds of the sky will precede you. If they say to you, 'It is in the sea,' then the fish will precede you. Rather, the (Father's) kingdom is within you and it is outside you. (Jesus spoke and Didymos Judas Thomas recorded) 

5. Jesus said:~  "Know what is in front of your face, and what is hidden from you will be disclosed to you.

For there is nothing hidden that will not be revealed. [And there is nothing buried that will not be raised.]" (Jesus spoke and didymos Judas Thomas recorded) 

Sage Sri, Sankara says: - VC-47-All the effects of ignorance, root, and branch, are burnt down by the fire of knowledge, which arises from discrimination between these two—the Self and the not-Self.

India is the ancient land, where wisdom made its home India whose soil has been trodden by the feet of the greatest sages of truth like Bhagavan  Buddha, Sage  Sankara, and Sage Goudpada.

India is the fountainhead of Advaitic wisdom. Advaitic wisdom is brighter, greater which unfolds the mystery of the universe contains the whole of humanity.

Today humanity needs universal brotherhood and peace for the whole of humanity to live with love and harmony not to indulge in the bloodbath.  

The goal of every human being is to realize God in truth.   The truth is inherent in every seeker of truth.  The truth does not come from outside, it is hidden within the world by which we exist. Thus, humanity has to wake up and seek the truth.

Tattireya Upanishad: ~ “The Self in man and in the sun is one. Those who understand this see through the world and go beyond the various sheaths of being to realize the unity of life. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar

Mundaka Upanishad:- The Para or Higher knowledge is the knowledge of the Supreme Being while the Apara or Lower Knowledge.+

Mundaka Upanishad condemns rituals.  The Para or Higher knowledge is the knowledge of the Supreme Being while the Apara or Lower Knowledge is that of following sacrificial rites and ceremonies. (1/2/ 1 – 6)

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Physical & mental discipline such as Karma, Mantra Yoga, and Yajna, Puja Japa Blind devotion to deity or Guru is not the tool for liberation or freedom from experiencing the dualistic illusion as a reality. It is the dualistic cult including Advaitic orthodoxy propagates these disciplines. Such disciplines and codes of conduct have no value if one is seeking ultimate truth or Brahman to get Nondualistic Self-awareness. 

Mysticism, scriptural knowledge, penance based Scholasticism are great hindrances to Self –realization. Inherited blind belief with corresponding actions based on scriptures, worship, ritual faith that imply certain mental and physical discipline, or scripture supporting belief, faith, creed, ritual, theological knowledge personal or opinion leads to hallucinated knowledge.  All these become a great hindrance in grasping the understanding, assimilating, and realizing the Advaitic or non-dual truth.    

Scriptural mastery including ancient Sastras, Tarka, and Samkhya disciplines to support Karmas & belief Bhakti Argument & interpretation with help of logic, grammar, etc. to support beliefs, revelations, prayers, etc. In addition, dogmas, theological or other based on authorities.

That is why 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) Vivekachoodamani v 56, pg~25

Sage Sankara says:~ The scriptures dealing with rituals, rewards are therefore addressed to an ignorant person.  

SageSankara:~ (11) As regards the rituals, Sage Sankara says, the person who performs rituals and aspires for rewards will view himself in terms of the caste into which he is born, his age, the stage of his life, his standing in society, etc. In addition, he is required to perform rituals all through his life. However, the 'Self' has none of those attributes or tags. Hence, the person who superimposes all those attributes on the changeless, eternal Self and identifies Self with the body is confusing one for the other; and is, therefore, an ignorant person. The scriptures dealing with rituals, rewards, etc. are therefore addressed to an ignorant person. -Adhyasa Bhashya 

Sage Sankara:~ (11.1) This ignorance (mistaking the body for Self) brings in its wake a desire for the well-being of the body, aversion for its disease or discomfort, fear of its destruction, and thus a host of miseries(anartha). This anartha is caused by projecting karthvya(“doer” sense) and bhokthavya (object) on the Atman. Sankara calls this adhyasa. The scriptures dealing with rituals, rewards, etc. are, therefore, he says, addressed to an ignorant person. -Adhyasa Bhashya 

Sage Sankara:~ (11.2) In short, a person who engages in rituals with the notion “I am an agent, doer, thinker”, according to Sage Sankara, is ignorant, as his behavior implies a distinct, separate doer/agent/knower; and an object that is to be done/achieved/known. That duality is avidya, an error that can be removed by Vidya.-Adhyasa Bhashya 

Sage Sankara: ~ (12) Sage Sankara affirming his belief in one eternal unchanging reality (Brahman) and the illusion of plurality, drives home the point that Upanishads deal not with rituals but with the knowledge of the Absolute (Brahma Vidya) and the Upanishads give us an insight into the essential nature of the Self which is identical with the Absolute, the Brahman.-Adhyasa Bhashya 

Sage Sankara: ~ Atman, the Self is verily Brahman (God), being equanimous, quiescent, and by nature absolute Existence, Knowledge, and Bliss. Atman is not the body that is non-existence itself. This is called true Knowledge by the wise. 

Everyone’s inner work is on.  The Soul is the innermost Self. The Soul the inner Guru guides us all till we get the stillness of its Advaitic true nature. It is the Soul that is in ignorance it is the Soul that has to wake from the sleep of ignorance. : ~Santthosh Kumaar

The seeker has to include the world, which confronts him in his inquiry then only what is hidden from him will be disclosed to him.+

The seeker has to include the world, which confronts him in his inquiry then only what is hidden from him will be disclosed to him.

Sage Sankara says you must first know what is before you. If you cannot know that, what else can you know or understand? If you give up the external world in your inquiry, you cannot get the whole truth.

5. Jesus said:~  "Know what is in front of your face, and what is hidden from you will be disclosed to you.

For there is nothing hidden that will not be revealed. [And there is nothing buried that will not be raised.]" (Jesus spoke and didymos Judas Thomas recorded)

Sage Sankara: ~ “VC~ All this universe which through ignorance appears as of diverse forms, is nothing else but Brahman which is absolutely free from all the limitations of human thought.

If you realize the world is created out of single stuff and that stuff is the consciousness then there is nothing was hidden that will not be revealed. The consciousness alone is real and all the attributes are an illusion.

All the attributes are present only in the domain of form, time, and space whereas the truth is the formless, timeless, and spaceless existence.

All attributes based on philosophy or knowledge are based on the dualistic perspective. Whatever is based on the dualistic perspective is egocentric knowledge. 

All egocentric knowledge is based on falsehood. The ego (you) is the false self within the false experience.

Katha Upanishad:~"Caught in the grip of ignorance, Self-proclaimed experts consider themselves learned authorities. They wander about this world befooled, like the blind leading the blind. (1.2.5)

Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana is Soulcentric knowledge. Whatever is based on the Soul is the ultimate truth or Brahman or God in truth.

All that is real in the world in which we exist is the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. The Soul is the Self. 

By realizing the ‘Self’ is not you but the Soul, we find that the  God in truth is hidden by the world in which we exist.

All the attributes (quality) are merely an illusion to the Soul, the Self. The Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness, is attributeless (quality-less) because it is ever formless, timeless, and spaceless existence.

Nondual Awareness is the nature of the Soul, the Self. When the Soul, the Self remains in its own Awareness then it is unattached and unshaken. It is lucid, silent, peaceful, alert, and unafraid, without desire and fear because it is free from the dualistic illusion or Maya. 

Reflect on the nature of the Soul by realizing the world, in which you exist is created out of the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. 

When you get a firm conviction that the whole universe is created out of single stuff and that single stuff is consciousness then that very conviction leads to Self-awareness in the midst of diversity. Then there is unity in diversity in your realization. :~Santthosh Kumaar 

Realize right here and right now ~ The ‘Self is not you but the ‘Self is the Soul, which is birthless and deathless.+

Sage Sankara says the transparent Truth of the Self, which is hidden by the illusion, is to be attained through the instructions of a knower of Brahman, (Gnani)

Realize right here and right now ~ The ‘Self is not you, but the ‘Self is the Soul, which is birthless and deathless because it is ever formless, timeless, and spaceless existence.  

If the ‘Self', not you but the ‘Self is the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness then the world in which you exist is merely an illusion created out of consciousness.

Whatever is real in the world in which we exist is consciousness. All that is real in the world in which we exist is the Soul, the Self.

Thus, by realizing the Self, which is the Soul, we discover the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness itself is God which is hidden by the ‘I’, which is the dualistic illusion.

 Bhagavad Gita says: ~ 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).

When Bhagavad Gita says, God is considered the all-pervading consciousness which is the basis of all the animate and inanimate entities and material then nothing has to be accepted other than consciousness as the ultimate truth or Brahman or God in truth.

Rig Veda: ~ The Atman (consciousness) 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)

The world in which you exist is a dualistic illusion created out of the ‘Self’ which is not you but the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.   

Whatever you have seen, known, believed and experienced as a person in this world the dualistic illusion.   Thus, your existence is bound to an illusion created out of consciousness, which is real and eternal.

Like an ornament made from gold is Gold, that which is born out of consciousness is consciousness. Like gold is the permanent thing, in ornaments made of gold, similarly, the mind, which is in the form of the universe is born out of consciousness, is consciousness in its essence.

Sage Sankara:~VC~ " This universe which through ignorance appears as of diverse forms, is nothing else but Brahman which is absolutely free from all the limitations of human thought.

The world in which you exist is nothing but an illusion created out of the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. The experience of the birth, life, and death that takes place within the illusory world in which you exist is bound to be an illusion.

You and your worries and the world in which you exist are nothing to do with the ‘Soul, the  Self’.  All your restlessness, misery unhappiness is because of the ignorance.  The world in which you exist is the product of ignorance. Till ignorance is present you and your experience of the world prevail as a reality.  In reality, the world in which you exist is merely an illusion.   

Till ignorance is there, the experience of birth, life, death, and the world is experienced as a reality. If the experience of birth, life, death, and the world is experienced as a reality the pleasure and suffering of life are bound to be a reality.

To realize the experience of birth, life, death, and the world is an illusion,  one has to realize the truth beyond the form, time, and space.  Till ignorance is there, the experience of birth, life, death, and the world will prevail as a reality.  Thus, Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana is necessary to get rid of ignorance.

Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana free the Soul from experiencing the illusory birth, life, death, and the world as a reality.

It is not you who has to get Mukthi. It is the Soul, the 'Self' has to get Mukthi from you and your experience of the world.   You and your world are the product of ignorance. It is the Soul, which is in ignorance of its own true nature. It is the Soul, which seeks to be free from the illusory prison of the dualistic illusion. 

There are no steps to Self-realisation only an intense urge to realize the truth leads to the ultimate end. 

Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana is irreversible.  Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana rotate into a Soulcentric dimension, the Soul remains in its own awareness without any division of form, time, and space in the midst of the dualistic illusion of the form, time, and space. 

On Self-realisation the Soul, the 'Self' sees everything as it is...  The dualistic illusion of form, time and space is left behind. :~Santthosh Kumaar