The nature of the Soul, the Self is like deep sleep (Advaita). In deep sleep, there is no trace of duality.+

You, your experience of the world, your religion, your religious Gods you’re your religious heaven and hell, your paradise, your physical gurus, your sins, your good deeds, your karmas your holy rivers, your sacred mountains are within the dualistic illusion. The dualistic illusion is present in the form of the ‘I’.

Only when the ‘I’ appears the dualistic illusion appears. And when ‘I’ disappears the dualistic illusion disappears. The ‘I’ hides the ‘Self’. The ‘I’ hides the ‘Self’ means the dualistic illusion hides the ‘Self, the Soul, which is present in the form of the consciousness.

When Sage Sankara says clearly, the universe is not real. He says that Brahman and Atman are one. The ultimate and the Absolute Truth is the Self, which is one though appearing as many in different individuals and things. The individual and things have no reality. Only the Self is Real; the rest, mental and physical are but passing appearances. So, it indicates the universe is unreal because the universe is merely an illusion created out of the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. Only the Soul is real, and the ultimate reality because there is no second thing other than the Soul, the Self.

The Soul is not limited to an individual. The individuals are many, but the Soul is one. The individual exists within the universe. The Soul is the cause of the universe and it itself is uncaused. The Soul is not within the human body. 

The universe is created out of single stuff. That single stuff is the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. Thus, whatever universe contains is bound to be the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.

In the dream world, the dream people appeared together and disappeared together and disappears together. Similarly, the waking world and waking people appeared together and disappears together. 

Thus, the dream is created out of single stuff and that stuff is the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. In the same way, the waking experience also created out single stuff. And that single stuff is consciousness. 

The Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness is the cause of the three states and it itself is uncaused. The many soul theories are religious and yogic fables based on the false self(ego) and false experience (waking).

Knowledge of the single stuff is Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Athma Gnana.

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.

Deeper Self-search reveals the fact that you are not the Self, the world in which you exist is the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness, but the consciousness is specifically not an entity or identity or a thing within the world in which you exist. But it is the cause of the world in which you exist and it itself is uncaused.

The Soul is hidden within the world in which you exist. The nature of the Soul is a formless, timeless, and spaceless existence.

Thus, it is necessary to realize the world in which you exist is created out of single stuff, which is consciousness. Consciousness is the ultimate truth or Brahman or God in truth. Thus, God alone is real; the world in which you exist is merely an illusion created out of consciousness.

Scholars, interpretations of sacred texts, the force of religious merit--none of these lead to the realization of that ultimate truth or Brahman or God in truth. Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Athma Gnana is the knowledge of the immortal Soul, the one and only ‘Self’ of all that exists as an illusion.

All this talk of immortality will crumble into nothingness because he has not known the knowledge of the Soul, which is immortal.

The nature of the Soul, the Self is like deep sleep (Advaita). In deep sleep, there is no trace of duality.

The waking or dream is the world of objects. And the waking and a dream is an object to the Soul, which is the formless subject. Without the knowledge of the formless subject, the object will remain a reality. 

By becoming aware of the formless subject, the reality of the object ceases to exist as a reality.

The knowledge of the object (body) as the subject is the cause of ignorance. Thus, it is necessary to examine the nature of the object in order to realize the fact that the object is not the subject.

The subject is not the form, but it is formless. The knower of the object is the subject, which is the Soul or the consciousness. So, the object has no existence without the subject. Therefore, it is erroneous to view and judge, the truth on the base of the object as subject.

Conscious ignorance of all objects (three states) means really the positive knowledge of the Soul, the Self, which pervades everywhere and everything in the object. Consequently, the ignorance of the ordinary man in deep sleep is really the knowledge of his own Self, which is happiness and Consciousness.

One can say about his deep sleep experience only when the waking takes place that is in the states of ignorance.

The ignorance of the mind (universe) in deep sleep is nothing but the knowledge of the Self, which is nondual peace. Thus the experience in deep sleep, if properly understood, is only one; and that is the Soul, which is in the form of consciousness. There is only one there, and hence the ignorance of the many is no experience at all.

A Gnani knows what he is talking about is not an explanation, what he is talking about is the realization of the truth, which is hidden by the illusory form, time, and space.

A Gnani shares his joy by sharing his wisdom; he is singing the song about the unsung truth. Remember whenever a Gnani speaks about God it is not a belief; he knows it, it is his realization. He is talking out of his realization; hence he can be of immense help to the whole of humanity.

A Gnani always sees the world in which he exists as the Soul without any division of form, time, and space. And a Gnani watches his own actions as if they were another's. he is never puffed up by the praise or disturbed by blame.

As for Gnani, his individuality is dead. It is merged in the Soul like waves in the ocean. A Gnani lives in freedom have gone beyond the dualities of life. 

A Gnani is not competing with anyone, he is alike in success and failure and content with whatever comes to him. He is e free, without Selfish attachments; his attention is fixed in the awareness of the Soul. 

A Gnani performs all practical duties of the practical world like others and he helps other seekers to get rid of the ignorance of their true existence.

The Seeker must first realize: What is the Self?

If something is true, is real, is constant, is a foundation of a nature that is unchanging, this can be called the Self.

The Soul, the Self is the fullness of consciousness without the illusory division of form, time, and space. The Soul is formless, timeless and spaceless, and eternal existence.

People have not penetrated the meaning of the ‘Self’. The meaning is that the ultimate truth is the Self, which is eternal is existence.

You are impermanent because the ‘Self’ is not you but the ‘Self is the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.

People have not penetrated the meaning of the ‘Self’. The meaning is that the ultimate truth is the Self, which is eternal is existence.

You should not hold anything of the dualistic illusion (universe), which is impermanence. The world in which you exist makes you feel as though they are real but ultimately they are merely an illusion created out of the Soul, which is permanent.

You must cultivate to see the permanence (Soul) hidden by the impermanence (universe) as it is.

If you do this, you will be like one who sees a gem in the muddied water among the stones and rocks and waits for the water to settle before he skilfully plucks it out.

It is the same with cultivating the idea of the Soul, the 'Self' hidden by the dualistic illusion (universe). : ~Santthosh Kumaar

Those who hold ‘You’ or ‘I’ as the witness are still in the elementary stages of spirituality.+

You are not the witness because you are not the Self. Remember: The Self is not you but the Soul, which witnesses the world in which you exist(waking) as a whole. Those who hold ‘you’ or ‘I’ as the witness are still in the elementary stages of spirituality.

Inborn conditioning is the cause of ignorance. Ignorance is the cause of experiencing the dualistic illusion as a reality.

The inborn conditioning is present in the form of the ‘I’. The ‘I’ is present in the form of the mind. The mind is present in the form of the universe. The universe appears as waking or dream (duality) and disappears as deep sleep (nonduality).

Thus, it is necessary to get rid of the inborn conditioning to get rid of ignorance. Only through Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Athma Gnana is possible to get rid of the ignorance

Until this inborn conditioning is present one is in the grip of dualistic illusion and he experiences the birth, life, death, and the world as reality. This inborn conditioning makes one experience the dualistic illusion (world) as a reality.

It is impossible to get rid of any conditioning without getting rid of the inborn samskara or conditioning. ‘I’ or ‘I AM’ is the inborn samskara or conditioning.

The ‘I’ or ‘I AM’ is the mother of all conditioning. Because of this inborn conditioning, one thinks he is an individual separate from the world and the world that existed prior to him and he is born in it afterward.

The Self is not you, but the Self is the one which witnesses you and the world together. Therefore, it is erroneous to say ‘I AM THIS’ or ‘I AM THAT’ because the ‘I’ itself is an illusion. Thus, it is necessary to know ‘What is ‘I’? - in order to realize the truth beyond form, time, and space.

Until this inborn conditioning is present one is in the grip of dualistic illusion and he experiences the birth, life, death, and the world as reality. This inborn conditioning makes one experience the illusory duality as reality.

There is no second thing other than the spirit (Soul or consciousness) because everything is made of the same stuff. Whatever splits and multiplies are part of the illusion.

From the non-dualistic perspective, the illusion has no value. Whatever prevails without the illusion is the ultimate truth or Brahman or God.

The Soul which is present in the form of consciousness is the ultimate truth or Brahman. The universe is not real. 

There is no difference between Brahman and the universe because the universe is a mere illusion created out of consciousness, which is the ultimate truth or Brahman or God. : ~Santthosh Kumaar

Lord Krishna himself says The adepts give prasad, blessing, initiations, mantras, etc. only to confer temporary peace of mind, to help you to get rid of worries, but not to confer Gnana.+

Lord Krishna himself says that he can do nothing to make a man intelligent straight away. The adepts give Prasad, blessing, initiations, mantras, etc. only to confer temporary peace of mind, to help you to get rid of worries, but not to confer Gnana. The capacity to receive it must first be inborn in man by evolutionary degree.

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.

Sage Sri, Sankara says: ~ ‘Of what avail are the Vedas and (other) Scriptures, Mantras (sacred formulae) and medicines to such a one?

For one who wants to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana, the mantas will not help to realize the truth, which is beyond form, time, and space.

For one who has been bitten by the serpent of ignorance, the only remedy is the knowledge of Brahman. Of what avail are the Vedas and (other) Scriptures, Mantras (sacred formulae), and medicines to such a one?

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.

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

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

The world in which you and the guru exist is the product of ignorance. If there is no ignorance, then the world in which you and your guru exist cease to exist as a reality. 

When reality appears this ignorance which one thinks as reality becomes unreal.

The ultimate truth has to be realized first without any philosophy, then only it is possible to know what the scriptures are saying. 

Reality is simply the loss of ignorance.

Until the ignorance is there the body, ego and the world exist as a reality. When ignorance vanishes then the Soul, the 'Self' remains in its own awareness. In Self - awareness there is unity in diversity, thus there is only oneness. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar

Meditation is not the means to Advaitic Self-awareness. By realizing the form, time and space are one, in essence, leads to Self-awareness.+

Meditation is not the means to Advaitic Self-awareness. Realizing the form, time and space are one, in essence, leads to Self-awareness.    

The meditator, meditation, and the world are created out of single stuff. That single stuff is the Soul, which is present in the form of the consciousness (spirit).  The knowledge of the single stuff is Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana. 

The witness of the three states is not the waking entity (you), but the formless Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. 

From the standpoint of the Soul the  Self, the three states are merely an illusion. Whatever happens within the waking experience is a reality, within the waking experience, but the waking experience itself is an illusion. 

The illusion appears as the waking or the dream (duality)  and disappears as deep sleep (nonduality). The Soul, the Self, witnesses the coming and going of the three states. The Soul, the innermost Self, which witnesses the states, is unaffected and apart.

To realize this truth takes quite a lot of mental effort. A perfect understanding leads the seeker to Self-awareness. The one who is able to grasp this truth is a Gnani. 

Remember:~ 

Meditation is not focusing the attention on the ‘I but shifting the attention from the 'I' to the Soul, the Self, which is hidden by the 'I'.

The ‘I’ is not limited to the ego because the ‘I’ is the whole universe. The ‘I’ is ignorance. Meditation is the total negation of ignorance, which is present in the form of the ‘I’.

Only in ignorance, there is conflict. There is no conflict in the nature of the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.

The Soul is ever free is totally free from conflict. All the conflicts belong to the dualistic illusion.

Ignorance is the cause of the form, time, and space without ignorance then there is no division of form, time, and space in the consciousness. The nature of the ‘Self’ is the fullness of consciousness.

Remember:~

Meher Baba: ~ ‘Meditation has often been misunderstood as a mechanical process of forcing the mind upon some idea or object.

Meditation is not Advaitic wisdom. Meditation is not a means to find the truth hidden by form, time, and space. Without realizing the ‘Self-is not you but the Self is the Soul all the effort used in the meditation leads to hallucinate thoughtlessness. The thoughtlessness is not wisdom. by ending the thoughts you may get peace, not Advaitic wisdom.

Ashtavakra says: ~ “This is your bondage, that you practice Samadhi or meditation.”

Meditation is a progressive step and there is no need to condemn them. Religion and yoga are not the ends, for they can never directly lead to Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana. All other teachings and practices other than self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana are for beginners only. There are stages in comprehending the truth.

Meditation always means the critical analysis of the Self to get rid of ignorance. The ignorance will not vanish by reaming without the thoughts or focusing attention on some object.

Sage Sankara says ~ “The exercise in discrimination between real and unreal and renunciation of the false is real meditation, then why you are indulging in other types of meditation.

Until a man is ripe to receive Self-knowledge, it is fatal to ask him to give up meditation.

The novice seekers must understand that yoga is all right in its places and that it is good at the beginning of the pursuit of truth, but when yoga is made ends in itself and not means to acquire the Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

Yoga and meditation are not useless, they are useful to bring the restless ego under control. Yoga and meditation are not final. By indulging in yoga and meditation, it will lead not lead to the ultimate end of understanding. Yoga cannot remove ignorance. It is only a step. It removes obstructions.

For meditation, one need not sit and chant God's name or concentrate on some object. Anything you do will not be meditation. If there is a doer then it is not meditation. As long as there is doing, there is ignorance. As long as the doer is present, the ego is present. If the ego is present the whole world is present. If the world is present the duality is present. If the duality is present then there is an illusion. If the illusion is present the birth, life, death, and the world are experienced as reality.

Atmic path is nothing to do with religion and the yogic path. Atmic path is the path of wisdom. All your accumulated knowledge is nothing to with Atmic path. Atmic path is not a path of discussion or exchange of views and opinion but the direct realization of the 'Self' hidden by the dualistic illusion.

The seeker must have the patience to open the blogs and posting 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 your egocentric accumulated cocktail knowledge is not Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana. Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana Soulcentric knowledge is not available in the spiritual supermarket.

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.

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.~Santthosh Kumaar

Brahman is the ultimate reality or God.in truth+

Brahman is the Ultimate Reality or God. All reality has its source in Brahman. All reality has its grounding sustenance in Brahman. It is in Brahman that all reality has its ultimate repose. Vedas specifically, consciously and exclusively aim toward this reality termed Brahman.

In the 'Taittiriya Upanishad' II.1:~ Brahman is described in the following manner: "Satyam Jnanam Anantam Brahma", "Brahman is of the nature of truth, knowledge, and infinity." Infinite positive qualities and states have their existence secured solely by virtue of Brahman's very reality. Brahman is a necessary reality, eternal (i.e., beyond the purview of temporality), fully independent, non-contingent, and the source and ground of all things. Brahman is immanently present in the realm of materiality, interpenetrating the whole of reality as the sustaining essence that gives it structure, meaning, and existential being, yet Brahman is simultaneously the transcendent origin of all things (thus, panentheistic).

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

Sage Sankara’s Supreme Brahman 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 besides it. It is destitute of difference, either external or internal. Brahman cannot be described, because description implies a distinction. Brahman cannot be distinguished from any other than It. In Brahman, there is not 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.

The Soul, the ‘Self itself is  Brahman or Infinite God in truth.

The Soul is the Self. God is the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. God is the fullness of consciousness without the illusory division of form, time, and space. Therefore, there is nothing apart from it.

God in truth is self-evident. God in truth is not established by extraneous proof. It is not possible to deny God in truth because God is the very essence of the one who denies it. God in truth is the basis of all kinds of knowledge, presuppositions, and proofs. God in truth is hidden by the illusory universe in which you exist, God in truth is without the universe in which you exist.

God is the Supreme Being the One eternal homogeneous essence, indivisible consciousness, and intelligence, which is beyond form, time, and space. To which the Sages describe in a variety of ways through diverse words.

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

Only the path of wisdom leads the seeker of truth on his journey to the ultimate realization of the true nature of the Universal Essence, which is the Soul. The Soul is present in the form of consciousness.

Bhagavad Gita: 7: 19:~ "Such a man who has attained true knowledge, the knowledge of Self, the knowledge of Atman, worships ‘Self’ as~ Atman (God) alone exists~ everything is Atman, there exists nothing except Atman. Such a man is extremely rare."

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. : ~Santthosh Kumaar

It is impossible the seeker to discard the ‘I’ because they are stuck up with the idea that ‘I’ itself is the 'Self’.+

Only your intense urge to know the truth will take you to the ultimate end, but your accumulated knowledge will block you from realizing the truth, which is beyond form, time, and space.

It is impossible for the seeker to discard the ‘I’ because they are stuck up with the idea that ‘I’ itself is the “Self’. In the past, some famous Gurus and their teachings glorified the ‘I’ people take it as a final and accepted it as the ultimate truth. Such acceptance without verifying the fact about the ‘I’, their journey is incomplete. Blind acceptance and reverence to the guru will not help the seeker to get rid of the ignorance.

Firstly, doubt about this ‘I’, how it came into existence. There are no other means to the final goal is the realization of the source of the ‘I’. There is a need to understand, assimilate, and realize the nature of this ‘I’, which appears and disappears.

It is erroneous to use the word ‘I’ for the 'Self’, because ‘I’ represents the form, time, and space whereas the Soul, the innermost 'Self’ is formless, timeless, and spaceless existence.

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

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

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

Those who are stuck with the ‘I’ based teaching never be able to cross the domain of the form, time, and space.

All the Gurus of the east and west glorified the ‘I’. Thus, it becomes very difficult to discard the ‘I’. Those who have accepted the ‘I’ based teaching refuse to accept anything other than their accepted truth. Till you hold the 'Self’’ as the ‘I’, your knowledge remains skin deep.

The world in which you exist came into existence because of the ‘I’. The world, in which you exist ceases to exist without the ‘I’.

Sage Sri 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 Maya”.

The ‘I’ is what the seeker begins his investigation. A perfect understanding of ‘what is what’ will help the seeker to reach the Soul, which is the “Self’.

Sage Sri, Sankara: ~ "VC~ if the universe is true, let it then be perceived in the state of deep sleep also. As it is not at all perceived, it must be unreal and false like dreams.

This universe is nothing but the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. From the Soul, the universe appears and when the universe disappears from consciousness,   consciousness still remains without any division of the form, time, and space.

Ashtavakra Gita: ~ “The universe raises from the Soul, the 'Self’ like bubbles from the sea. Thus, know the ‘Self’ to be “One” and in this way enter into the state of dissolution."

To enable the seeker to steer clear of any possible doubt, the seeker should take the Atmic path. The ‘I’ is the clue and study the nature of the ‘I’ and discover its source.

The ‘Self' is not within you but the 'Self’ is hidden in the world in which you exist. The one which is born lives and dies is not the 'Self’ because the ‘Self’ is the Soul, which is the ever formless, timeless, and spaceless existence.

The Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness, is nothing to do with you the world in which you exist. From the standpoint of the Soul, the 'Self’, the world in which you exist is merely an illusion.

The 'Self’ is not within you because the 'Self' is not the body. If the Self is not you, then why do you think the 'Self' is within you. Deeper Self-search reveals the fact that you and the world are within the Soul the innermost “Self’. a perfect understanding and assimilation lead 'Self’-realization. 

Till you think he is an individual separate from this world you will remain in the realm of dualistic illusion. The dualistic illusion is the product of ignorance. When the Advaitic wisdom dawns, then the ignorance vanishes. When the ignorance vanishes, then the duality never remains as a reality.

First, the seeker has to know ‘what is the subject’ and ‘what is the object’. Deeper Self-search reveals the fact that”: the world in which we exist is an object to the formless subject. The formless subject is the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.

Deeper verification reveals the fact that the object and the subject are one in essence. That essence is consciousness. Thus, the object is only an illusion created out of the formless subject. The subject alone is real exists eternal.: ~ Santthosh Kumaar

A Gnani will never force anyone to accept the path of wisdom.+

A Gnani will never force anyone to accept the path of wisdom. He will constantly bring the seeker back to the fact of his inherent perfection and encourage him to seek the truth, which is beyond form, time, and space. 

A Gnani knows you need nothing, not even him, and is never tired of reminding you.  A Gnani continuously shares Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana with like-minded fellow seekers.

Self-declared Gurus are more concerned with themselves than with their disciples and play with their sentiments and emotions.  

By sticking to such Gurus the seeker will not get Self –realization.  Gurus and yogis are meant for those who are emotionally involved with their religion and religious Gods.

A Gnani never claims himself as a Gnani, he guides the seekers, not posing himself as a Guru, and he does not force his wisdom on others. 

Sage  Sankara: ~ "Though I wear these robes of a Sanyasin, it is only for the sake of bread."

Sage Sankara in Viveka Chudamani (2), states that the Knower of the Atman (i.e., a Gnani) "bears no outward mark of a holy man" (Stanza 539).

Sage Sankara: ~ “Sometimes he (A Gnani) appears to be a Fool, sometimes a wise man. Sometimes he seems splendid as a king, sometimes feeble-minded. Sometimes he is calm and silent. Sometimes he draws men to him. Sometimes people honor him greatly, sometimes they insult him. Sometimes they ignore him.

Manduka Upanishads: - It is very difficult to find out who is a Gnani because he bears no external mark. Neither nudity nor the yellow robe has anything to do with him.

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

~ Jesus meant Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana (pearls) should not be given to the ignorant populace (pigs).

A Gnani cannot have the idea of renouncing the world or giving up something of the practical world, because that would connote the idea of duality.  Duality is merely an illusion from the ultimate standpoint. Knowing no second thing at all there remains nothing to be given up.

Self- Knowledge is only is true knowledge not the absence of duality.  Self -Knowledge cannot destroy the world but it eliminates ignorance and exposes the unreal nature of the mind or universe. :~ Santthosh Kumaar