If he remains inactive like yogi in a cave can never realize the ultimate truth or Brahman or God in truth.+

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. 

Only through Soulcentric reasoning, one will be able to cross the domain of form, time, and space.

Ashtavakra Gita: ~ It is not the absence of Buddhi (reason) that can grasp Advaita but the man who possesses the highest intellect. Brains are necessary. Such a man, by merely hearing the truth mentioned will know it. (Page~ 224).

The one who possesses the highest intellect can grasp the Advaitic truth, by merely hearing the truth mentioned will know it.

Bhagavad Gita: ~ Reason as a means to reality. (Chap.18 verse 37)

In chap. 10 of in Bhagavad Gita, Krishna says ~ I cannot save you, but I can give you Buddhi (reason). (chap. 10)

In chap. 10 of in Bhagavad Gita, Krishna says: ~ "I have given you the most secret teaching, now reflect over it all" Krishna plainly says reflect, think. (Verse 63 of Chap. 18)

Mundaka Upanishad says: ~  Both states are harmful and take you away from the path of inquiry into truth. (Page 234)

The reasoning is interpretable in two ways. The egocentric interpretation is to apply it only to the practical purpose (waking experience). The Soulcentric interpretation is to apply it to the three states. The latter leads to a final settlement of the problems because it takes all data into consideration.

If he remains inactive like a yogi in a cave can never realize the ultimate truth of Brahman.

The true meaning of "kill doubt" is not to refrain from inquiry as Pundits, yogis and religionists say, but to tackle every doubt and to go on until you answer or solve it satisfactorily and thus the doubt disappears.

Lord Krishna tells Arjuna to fight is misrepresented by half-Vedantins as an order to kill other human beings, because they are mere Ideas, Illusory, whereas whole Vedanta says these ideas too are Brahman, and the Self and hence no killing really occurs. Only when you see all individuals, especially the Self as imagined ideas, can you rise to see them later as Brahman? Thus, there are two stages. You must first see the ‘I’ as illusory before you see others as illusory. ~ CH.2 v.16

Bhagavad Gita gives dualistic worship of "God” only for the lower minds; it also teaches Advaita 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.

Devotional prayer (Bhakti) is valued only for the ignorant who believe the world in which they are born is real. But for the seeker on his journey to the ultimate realization of the truth beyond the form, time, and space, the devotional path becomes an obstacle.

People worship God in various ways, not knowing the Truth. At different levels, at different epochs, in different lands, people have different conceptions of God. They have quarreled because they did not know the truth about God.

The conflict of opinions among mystics and religionists proves that all are imagining God as they like, not knowing God.

Rig Veda: ~ The Atman (Soul or Spirit) 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 and Y.V 32-1 clearly mention that God is “One”.

Rig Veda declares God is ‘ONE’ and God is Atman, then why believe and worship in place of real God.

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

When Upanishad itself declares: ~   Sarvam khalvidam brahma ~ all this (universe) is verily Brahman. By following back all of the relative appearances in the world, we eventually return to that from which it is all manifest – the non-dual reality (Chandogya Upanishad). 

Sage Sankara’s Supreme Brahman (God) is impersonal, Nirguna (without Gunas or attributes), Nirakara (formless), Nirvisesha (without special characteristics), immutable, eternal, and Akarta (non-agent). It is above all needs and desires. It is always the Witnessing Subject. It can never become an object as it is beyond the reach of the senses. Brahman is non-dual, one without a second. It has no other beside it. It is destitute of difference, either external or internal. Brahman cannot be described because the description implies a distinction. Brahman cannot be distinguished from any other than It. In Brahman, there is not a distinction between substance and attribute. Sat-Chit-Ananda constitutes the very essence or Svarupa of Brahman and not just Its attributes. The Nirguna Brahman of Sage Sankara is impersonal.

Sage Sankara: ~"That which permeates all, which nothing transcends and which, like the universal space around us, fills everything completely from within and without, that Supreme non-dual Brahman  (God in truth)."

Thus, truth realization is Self-realization. Self-realization is God-realization.  God-realization itself is real worship.  :~Santthosh Kumaar 

Sage Sankara says:~ All the effects of ignorance, root, and branch, are burnt down by the fire of knowledge.+

Sage Sankara said:~ VC-63- Without causing the objective universe to vanish and without knowing the truth of the Self, how is one to achieve Liberation.  

The universe in which we exist will not remain as reality until ignorance is present. When Advaitic wisdom dawns the unreal nature of the universe is exposed. The universe is a mere illusion created out of consciousness. 

In Self-awareness, there is conscious awareness of unity in diversity because there is no second thing that exists other than consciousness.

The Soul is indeed the supreme Self but due to its association with ignorance, it finds itself under the bondage of the illusory form, time, and space which is the sole cause of experiencing birth,  life,  death, and the world as a reality.

Sage 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.

Sage Sankara says ~ VC-162-  There is no liberation for a person of mere book knowledge, howsoever well-read in the philosophy of Vedanta, so long as one does not give up the false identification with the body, sense organs, etc., which are unreal.

The false identification of the Self with the non-Self is considered to be the root cause of the universe. When through deeper Self-search this false identification is removed, it is called liberation.

The Soul, the Self is of the nature of objectless awareness. This truth is Self-existent and cannot be denied, to deny one‘s Self is to actually prove its existence! The realization of this truth is hidden by the illusory form, time, and space is the goal of the seeker of truth.

There is no difference between Self-knowledge and Self-realization, for to know the true Self is to realize the true Self is not the waking entity (ego) but the formless Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.

Since the ultimate goal of the seeker is to attain liberation from experiencing the duality as reality. Self-Knowledge leads to liberating the Soul, the Self from experiencing the illusory form, time, and space as reality.

Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana has been explored since time immemorial attests to its perennial interest and universal value.

Long before Socrates’ injunction: - “Know “Thy Self”, Indian sages have been exploring for long the question of the truth of the man and his experience of the universe. Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana is fundamental since all other knowledge is dependent upon this knowledge. One needs to know “what is truth” to realize “what is untruth”.

Without first knowing the true Self, one can never understand truly where he stands in the cosmic scheme of things. Ignorance of the Self is seen as the root cause of experiencing birth, life, death, and the world as a reality.

Due to the ignorance of our true Self and consequent lack of correct valuation of things, one is stuck with the illusory reality of the universe because they take it as real.

Without knowing the true Self —the truth of one’s existence—one can never overcome ignorance. :~Santthosh Kumaar 

When the world in which you exist created out of consciousness then consciousness alone is real.+

When the world in which you exist is created out of the ‘Self’ which is not you but the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness then whatever you have seen, known, believed, and experienced is bound to be consciousness. 

Like an ornament made from gold is Gold, that which is born out of consciousness is consciousness. Like gold is a 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

When the matter is an illusion created out of the Spirit then the Spirit alone is real.

When the object is created out of the subject then the subject alone is real.

When the world in which you exist is created out of the consciousness then consciousness alone is real.

Reality and unreality are created out of a single stuff because of the unreality (the world in which we exist) is experienced as a reality we are unaware of the reality hidden by the unreality.   

There is no second thing exists other than the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. The dualistic illusion, which is present in the form of the ‘I’, hides the truth.

Stick to reality by mentally dropping the unreality.  

The matter and the Spirit are one in essence. Thus, the matter is Spirit. When the matter is created out of the Spirit then the matter has no value because there is a second thing that exists, other than the Spirit.  

Science cuts itself from the witness (Soul or Spirit) and remains aloof from the witnessed (universe or matter). The scientist not only stands aside, outside the field of the witness. It is because the scientist is unaware of the witness, which is apart from the witnessed, and he and his invention are part of the witnessed. Therefore, science cannot cross the threshold of physical existence (universe or waking).  Thus,  its invention is limited to physicality.

Science is based on objects; its invention is based on an object as the subject. Thus, modern science can get the truth of the objectified subject. Elimination of object mentally and realizing the subject then judging the worldview on the base of the pure subject leads to the discovery of ultimate truth.

The feelings and impressions and notions are based on the physical Self (ego or the waking entity). The scientific inventions are based on the physical Self. 

A deeper self-search reveals the fact that the waking entity (ego) is a false Self within the false experience (waking).

Science has begun to admit that the world of the Spirit and the world of matter are not two antipodes...  A leading British astronomer, Sir James Jeans, confessed that the scientific conception of the universe in the past was mistaken and that the borderline between the objective world, as it is manifested in nature, and the subjective one, as it expresses itself through the mind, hardly exists.  In [a 1934 address at Cornell University], he said: “ Nature we study does not consist so much of something we perceive as of our perceptions, it is not the object ... but the relation itself.  There is, in fact, no clear-cut division between the subject and object.”  Twenty years earlier, such a statement would have been sheer heresy.  Likewise, a search for the Ultimate Reality that we usually call, "God," a search along both intellectual and unorthodox lines; need not be regarded as either heresy or sacrilege.

The sun, the moon, the stars, planets shine because of the Soul or the Spirit.  The Soul shines and all things else shine as a result. Everything in the universe reflects but that light of the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. Merely to know the truth is not enough to escape from the tangle of illusion.

The mind is in the form of the universe. From the standpoint of the Soul, the innermost Self the universe is merely an illusion.  The illusion arises from ignorance. Enlightenment comes with detachment from the illusion by realizing the experience of the form, time and space are one in essence.

The final conclusion of any scientist has to be: ~

Everything is Spirit (Soul or the consciousness), which Sage scientist  Sankara declared 1200 years back –everything is Atman(Soul)  because Atman present is in the form of consciousness or Spirit. 

The science wholly accepts the material world as it presents itself. Non-dualistic or Advaitic wisdom makes one realize that things are not what they seem.

The Soul, which is present in the form of the consciousness (Spirit), is the root element of the universe. From consciousness, the universe comes into existence. In consciousness, the universe resides. And into consciousness, the universe is dissolved.   Consciousness is the parent of all that there is. Consciousness is the ultimate truth or Brahman.  Brahman is God in truth.

The consciousness is the only reality, and the universe is an illusory manifestation. 

People are not aware of the fact that there is no God can exist, apart from the Soul, the innermost Self.  If there is no Soul, then there is no physical body, world, and belief in personal God. 

People think that there must be a creator of this universe. If one thinks ‘I’ Self, then there is a creator, but if one thinks of the Soul as the Self, then there is nothing that exists other than the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.

If one objectifies and sees a universe, then he is bound to see many things besides the Self 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 He would be Self-less, that is, outside existence, that is, non-existent. :~Santthosh Kumaar 

The Soul, the Self reveals ‘what is real’ and ‘what is unreal” when the seeker is receptive and ready.+

A Gnani sees only unity in diversity, just like a goldsmith is estimating the gold in various items of jewelry sees only gold. Thus, the Goldsmith everything is gold in jewelry. Same way Gnani knows the universe is nothing but an illusion created out of consciousness.

When one identifies the Self with the form, then only the form, time, and space are present. But when one transcends form, time, and space the duality never remains as a reality.

All our doubts and questions arise because the Soul, the innermost Self is in ignorance of its own Self. When the Soul remains in its own awareness there, then there is unity in diversity (oneness).

Sages of truth restrained themselves parting the Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana to the mass and only a selected few. It was hidden from the people who were not qualified and receptive to it. Self- it was given knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana was not written down but was imparted orally to the chosen few. 

Thus, religion was given to the mass, and knowledge of the spirit is given only selected a few. Thus, we find traces of the knowledge of the spirit in the religious books in the form of parables. 

The Soul, the 'Self' reveals ‘what is real’ and ‘what is unreal” when the seeker is receptive and ready.  Do not believe in a thing because you have read about it in a book. Do not believe in a thing because a wise man has said it was true. 

Do not believe in words because they are hallowed by dualistic knowledge Find out the truth for yourself. Use Soulcentric reason, which leads to the realization of the truth, which is beyond the form, time, and space

Advaitic wisdom can never be gained by argument and provocation. Discard all the accumulated dualistic knowledge by realizing the world in which you exist, exists because of ignorance. Get rid of the ignorance by realizing the world in which you exist is created out of single clay and that single clay is the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. Realizing the ‘Self’’ is not you but the Soul is Self-realization. The Soul is the cause of the universe and it itself is uncaused.

Katha Upanishad says ~ Fools dwelling in darkness, but thinking themselves wise and erudite, go round and round, by various tortuous paths, like the blind led by the blind. (Ch~ II-5 P-14)

Those who indulge in a perverted argument on their own standpoint and opinion are not seeking the truth, which is beyond form, time, and space.  They just want to exhibit their accumulated knowledge accumulated from here and there.  They think what they know is the ultimate truth.

They think whatever they propagate is the ultimate truth. The question never occurs to them, “Is what I know is really the truth

The seeker must have the patience to open the blogs and posts and read. It will not only help you to clear all your cobweb of doubts and confusion. Without reading the blogs trying to argue on your own yardstick, is not of any use. Whatever you have read, whatever you have heard and accumulated becomes a hindrance in realizing the truth, which is beyond the form, time, and space.

All accumulated knowledge is mental Garbage is no use in the quest for truth. The seeker has to discard all the accumulated knowledge and start afresh.

Perfect understanding of ‘what is what’ through deeper thinking and reasoning helps to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

Reading and reflecting on my blogs and postings gradually,   the seekers will start assimilating and realizing ‘what is the truth’ and what the untruth is. Repeated reading my blogs and postings make the seeker, Soulcentric, and the inner dialogue will start and clear all the doubts and confusion.

When there are no doubts and confusion, then they have realized the truth that form, time, and space are one in essence. And that essence is consciousness. There is no use in wasting time in questioning and arguing at the same time and effort has to be used to make the seeker more independent and without external spoon-feeding, he can reach the inner core, which is the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.

In the Atmic path discussion of the unimportant subject matter is a great hindrance. The path of truth is the path of verification. Nothing has to be accepted as truth without verification. Agreeing to disagree causes unnecessary friction.

The truth is very simple, but it is very difficult to grasp because of ignorance. You have to only realize the world in which you exist is created out of single clay. And that single clay is the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.

Thus, you and your body and the world in which you exist are nothing but consciousness because they are merely an illusion created out of consciousness. A perfect understanding of ‘what is what’ is needed. A Gnani can point at the sky, but the seeing of the star is the seeker's own work.

It is necessary to reflect on the same truth again and again till it becomes a reality. One needs to constantly reflect on the subject until he gets a firm conviction of what is what. Words are needed until one gets a firm conviction of ‘what is what’. People need reading and hearing the words think reason and reflect deeply and reach the ultimate end. :~Santthosh Kumaar  

Realize this truth of the single clay and rest in the consciousness.+

The world in which you exist is the dualistic illusion created out of single clay. That single clay is the consciousness. Knowledge of the single clay is Self –knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

Humanity has to awaken to the reality of its true existence by realizing the world in which humanity exists is merely an illusion created out of the consciousness through Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana frees the Soul, the innermost Self from the cage of the dualistic illusion.

Sage Sankara says ~ VC-162 - There is no liberation for a person of mere book knowledge, howsoever well-read in the philosophy of Vedanta, so long as one does not give up the false identification with the body, sense organs, etc., which are unreal.

People dwelling in ignorance, but thinking themselves wise and erudite, go round and round by various blind beliefs and tortuous paths and practices, like the blind led by the blind.

Swami Vivekananda said:~ "The Vedas teach that the Soul is divine, only held in the bondage of matter; perfection will be reached when this bond will burst, and the word they use for it is, therefore, Mukthi - freedom, freedom from the bonds of imperfection, freedom from death and misery."

The truth is very simple, but it is very difficult to grasp because of ignorance. You have to only realize the world in which you exist is created out of single clay. And that single clay is the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.

Thus, you and your body and the world in which you exist are nothing but consciousness because they are merely an illusion created out of consciousness. A perfect understanding of ‘what is what’ is needed. 

A Gnani can point at the sky, but the seeing of the star is the seeker's own work.

It is necessary to reflect on the same truth again and again till it becomes a reality. One needs to constantly reflect on the subject until he gets a firm conviction of what is what. Words are needed until one gets a firm conviction of ‘what is what’. People need reading and hearing the words of wisdom to think reason and reflect deeply and reach the ultimate end.

“It takes time for the seeker to gain the perfect understanding of ‘what is truth’ and ‘’what is untruth’. It takes time for the Soul, the  Self to wake up from the sleep of ignorance, and it takes time for one realizes the truth, which is beyond form, time, and space.

Your present existence itself is a reality within the dualistic illusion. All your doubts and confusion belongs to the illusory domain of form, time, and space.  Reality exists without the illusion.  It is foolish to say that you can repeat the same existence again and again when you are not the cause of the world in which you exist. 

Your present existence of the world in which you exist is dependent on the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.  Thus, the world in which you exist is nothing but consciousness.  Realize this truth of the single clay and rest in consciousness.

When the ‘Self’ is not you then what is the use of thinking of the past lives and future birth or incarnation.  The present world in which you exist is merely an illusory reality created out of single stuff.  That single stuff is the Soul, the Self.  The Soul is present in the form of consciousness.  Thus, the Self is the cause of the illusory world in which you exist.

From the standpoint of the Soul, the innermost Self, there is no birth; there is no death because the Soul is the ever formless, timeless, and spaceless existence.

In the  Atmic path, the seeker has to base his judgment on the Soul, which is the real Self’ not on the ego (you) which is the false self within the dualistic illusion (the world in which you exist).

Whatever belongs to reality is always a reality. And whatever belongs to an illusion is always an illusion.

Like an ornament made from gold is Gold, that which is born out of consciousness is the 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.

When all is one and all is the consciousness there is no place for the dualistic questions.  All the doubts and confusion are based on the dualistic perspective. There is no contradiction of any sort on the non-dualistic perspective because there is no scope for two. :~Santthosh Kumaar  

The Human goal is to realize Atman as God. Atman is present in the form of the consciousness as Self.+

The Vedic God is said, in the Vedas and Upanishads manifestations of Brahman (consciousness). For this reason, "ekam sat" (all is one), and all is Brahman (consciousness).

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

Do not accept any other God other than the Soul. The Soul is God in truth,  Nothing is real but the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. Nothing matters but realize  God in truth. God in truth is everywhere and in everything. Let these words be inscribed in your subconscious.

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

Brahman is merely a word to indicate the ultimate truth or God in truth.  The ultimate truth itself is God in truth. 

Rig Veda: ~ The Atman (Soul or Spirit) 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) 

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 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. 

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

There is a clear-cut idea of God in the Vedas, Upanishad,  and Bhagavad Gita. And also, there is a clear-cut idea of what not to worship as God in place of real God. 

That is why 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.

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. 

The Human goal is to realize Atmanas God. Atman is present in the form of consciousness as Self.  If Atman or the consciousness is nothing but Brahman and by realizing Atman (consciousness) as Brahman or ultimate truth is truth- realization or Self-Realization, then there is no need to follow the religion, study scriptures or glorify Gods or Gurus and follow the path of doubts and confusion by losing oneself in the labyrinths of philosophy, when there is an easier path. 

By mentally tracing the source of the mind from where it rises and subsides one becomes aware of the fallacy of the mind, which rises as waking or dream and subsides as deep sleep.  The mind arises from consciousness and subsides as consciousness.

Brihadaranyaka Upanishad: ~ The Self is indeed Brahman, but through ignorance, people identify it with intellect, mind, senses, passions, and the elements of earth, water, air, space, and fire. This is why the Self is said to consist of this and that and appears to be everything. 

Yajurveda says if one worships God:~ 

Translation 1.

They enter darkness, those who worship natural things (for example air, water, sun, moon, animals, fire, stone, etc.).

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

Translation 2.

"Deep into the shade of blinding gloom fall asambhuti's worshippers. They sink to darkness deeper yet who on sambhuti are intent. ("Yajurveda Samhita by Ralph T. H. Giffith pg 538)

Translation 3.

"They are enveloped in darkness, in other words, are steeped in ignorance and sunk in the greatest depths of misery who worship the uncreated, eternal Prakriti -- the material cause of the world -- in place of the All-pervading God, But those who worship visible things born of the Prakriti, 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.)

So, Yajur Veda indicates that:-

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

Those who worship visible things born of the Prakriti, 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.)

The Vedas do not talk about idol worship. In fact, till about 2000 years ago followers of Vedism never worshiped idols. Idol worship was started by the followers of Buddhism and Jains.  There is logic to idol worship. Vedas speak of one God that is the supreme Self i.e. Atman or Soul but Hinduism indulges in worshiping 60 million Gods.

That is why Swami Vivekananda:~

The masses in India cry to sixty million Gods and still die like dogs. Where are these Gods?

 Knowing this, stand up and fight! Not one step back that is the idea. ... Fight it out, whatever comes. Let the stars move from the sphere! Let the whole world stand against us! Death means only a change of garment. What of it? Thus fight! You gain nothing by becoming cowards. ... Taking a step backward, you do not avoid any misfortune. You have cried to all the Gods in the world. Has misery ceased? The masses in India cry to sixty million Gods and still die like dogs. Where are these Gods? ... The Gods come to help you when you have succeeded. So what is the use? Die game. ... This bending the knee to superstitions, this selling yourself to your own mind does not befit you, my Soul. You are infinite, deathless, birthless. Because you are the infinite spirit, it does not befit you to be a slave. ... Arise! Awake! Stand up and fight! Die if you must. There is none to help you. You are the entire world. Who can help you? - Swami Vivekananda  (Delivered In San Francisco, on May 28, 1900) -The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda/Volume 1/Lectures And Discourses/The Gita II

The Hindus believed in polytheism, believing all of their Gods to be separate individuals, which were introduced much later by the founders of Hinduism which contains diverse beliefs caste, and creed. 

When the religion of the Veda knows no idols then why so many Gods and Goddesses with different forms and names are being propagated as Vedic Gods. Why these conceptual Gods are introduced when the Vedic concept of God is free from form and attributes.:~Santthosh Kumaar 

Realize the fact that ‘I’ is the cause of ignorance. Therefore, getting rid of the ‘I’ is getting rid of the ignorance.+

Chandogya Upanishad:~ One who meditates upon and realizes the 'Self' discovers that everything in the cosmos-- energy and space, fire and water, name and form, birth and death, mind and will, word and deed, mantrams and meditation--all come from the Self. 

To know this simple truth is very difficult because people are intoxicated in the prison of dualistic illusion. This intoxicating stuff is ‘I’. ‘I’ intoxicate 5000 times more than LSD or any other intoxicating stuff.  

To realize ‘what is Gnana (Advaitic wisdom) one must realize ‘what is Ajnana (ignorance). Without realizing what is Agana, it is impossible to realize ‘what is Gnana.

A deeper self-search reveals the fact that the ‘I’ itself is Agnana (ignorance). 

If the ‘I’ is ignorance then the mind also is ignorance. 

If the mind is ignorance then the universe also is a state of ignorance. 

If the universe is ignorance then waking also is the state of ignorance.  

If the waking is ignorance then the individual experience of birth, life, death, and the world also is the state of ignorance. 

If the individual experience of birth, life, death, and the world is a state of ignorance then the duality also is a state of ignorance. 

Realize the fact that ‘I’ is the cause of ignorance. Therefore, getting rid of the ‘I’ is getting rid of ignorance. 

Without realizing what is this ‘I’ it is impossible to get rid of ignorance without getting rid of the ignorance Advaitic wisdom will not Dwan.  

Remember:~

What is Advaitic Gnana? Advaitic Gnana is Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana. 

Advaitic Gnana is knowledgeable of the single stuff. The stuff is consciousness. The consciousness is only one. One becomes many and many become One. That is the Soul (Self) becomes the mind (universe) and the mind becomes the Soul.   

The universe is present in the form of matter and the Soul is present in the form of the Spirit. The Spirit becomes the matter and matter becomes the Spirit. The matter and the Spirit are one in essence. The matter is unreal and impermanent.  

The Spirit (consciousness) is real and permanent. There is no second thing other than the Spirit. The Spirit is the ultimate truth or Brahman or God in truth.  

The Spirit (Soul or consciousness) is the Self. Therefore, The Soul, the Self is Brahman or God in truth. 

Sage Sankara says:~ Atman is Brahman. The Atman alone is real is not religious truth. Sage Sankara declared this Advaitic truth, which is the ultimate truth to the whole world, many centuries back is the rational truth, scientific truth, and ultimate truth. 

Thus, the Soul ( Atman ) which is present in the form of the consciousness is real and eternal, the world in which we exist is merely an illusion.:~Santthosh Kumaar