A Gnani lives in this world as a commoner but he is not of this world.+

Sage Sankara says:~ A Gnani: wears no signs. Gives up the insignia of a monk's life…his signs are not manifest, nor his behavior."  

When the knower of Brahman wears no signs -- it means he does not identify himself as a Guru or a teacher.  

The one who identifies himself as a swami, a Guru or yogi, is not a Gnani. A Gnani never identifies himself as swami, Guru, pundit, or yogi. Swami, Guru, pundit, or yogi belong to the religious or the yogic path not to the path of wisdom.   

The one who says he is enlightened is not a Gnani. The ‘Self’ is not you but the ‘Self’ is the Soul, which is present in the form of the consciousness. How can you remain when the ‘Self’ gets enlightenment? Only the Soul the  ‘Self ‘remains in its own awareness in the midst of the dualistic illusion.

Someone posing as a Gnani is not a Gnani. If someone poses himself as a direct disciple of some guru cannot be a Gnani. Those who pose themselves as Gnanis are not Gnanis.

A Gnani never poses himself as a Guru, a swami, a sadhu or a yogi, or some Guru’s disciple.

Swami Vivekananda said:~ “You have to grow from the inside out. None can teach you, none can make you spiritual. There is no other teacher, but your own Soul.”

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

A scholar is proud that he has accumulated so much knowledge; Gnani is humble that he knows no more. 

Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana is the hidden wisdom of the Sage  Sankara. 

Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana was imparted only to a few. Gurus interpretations of sacred texts, the force of religious merit--none of these lead to the realization of that Ultimate Truth which is revealed in the clear reflection of the heart, engendered from contact with the good."

Sage Sankara:~VC- Let erudite scholars quote all the scripture, let Gods be invoked through sacrifices, let elaborate rituals be performed, let personal Gods be propitiated---yet, without the realization of one‘s identity with the Self, there shall be no liberation for the individual, not even in the lifetimes of a hundred Brahmas put together (verses-6)

Self-knowledge cannot be attained by the study of the scriptures and intellectual understanding or by bookish knowledge. Therefore, there is no use in studying the scriptures and other scriptures to acquire non-dualistic wisdom.

That is why Bhagavan Buddha rejected the scriptures, and even Sage Sankara indicated that the ultimate truth lies beyond religion, the concept of God, and the scriptures.

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

Then there is no need for the scriptures, religion, and the idea of God. One has to be more rational to realize the Advaitic truth, which is the ultimate truth or scientific truth. 

A Gnani lives in this world as a commoner but he is not of this world.

When you realize the words, thoughts, and the world in which you exist are created out of single stuff and that single stuff is consciousness, then you will realize the 'Self' which is hidden in the form, time, and space. When everything is created out of consciousness then there is no second thing that exists, other than consciousness. It takes time to grasp the Advaitic truth. All the obstacles have to be overcome one by one.

Realize with full and a firm conviction that: ~  

You are not you but the consciousness; your body is not the body but the consciousness, the world in which you exist is not the world but the consciousness.  

Everything is known, seen, believed, and experienced by you is nothing but consciousness then what else remains, which is not consciousness. There is nothing else to realize other than to realize consciousness alone is, everything else is merely an illusion created out of consciousness.  

By realizing everything is consciousness is the Advaitic wisdom dawns. Perfect understanding and assimilation of ‘what is what’ lead to Advaitic awareness.  

Without the world, in which you exist God alone exists. When God disappears the world, in which you exist appears. The world, in which you exist disappears God appears. Thus, realize the God to be the Soul, the Self.  

The Soul is the Self. Thus, the Soul which is present in the form of consciousness is the ultimate truth or Brahman or God in truth.  

If you stick to the ultimate truth then the world in which you exist is merely an illusion created out of the consciousness. If you realize this truth then you will live in this world but not of this world. Thus, consciousness alone is real and eternal. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar

Sage Goudpada: ~ To establish the truth of Nonduality by sheer reasoning alone.+

Sage Goudpada: ~ To establish the truth of Nonduality by sheer reasoning alone. He begins by defining "What is real?" "What is unreal?" etc, because that is the right way to discuss or teach. People must first know what they are talking about. (Manduka Karika)

The reasoning is interpretable in two ways. The egocentric interpretation is to apply it only to the 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 one has a belief, it is because somebody else believes it; or the majority believes it--or it is his own experience. Is it religious authority or religious sanction or is it based upon a feeling of certainty? They believe it merely because it works well or is it true. If you ask the question of Truth, it becomes a question of philosophy. Does your belief rest upon Reason? Nearly all people want their own imagination, not the truth.

The inferior knowledge based on religion is not the means to ‘Self’-Knowledge Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana. Scriptural Revelation is, therefore, absolutely necessary for this hypothesis of cosmology, this Saguna or apara (inferior) Brahman, but not for the absolute truth of Nirguna Brahman.

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

Remember:~

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

In chap. 10 of the 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)

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). : ~ Santthosh Kumaar

People who say they have seen in their GOD are hallucinating. Moreover, they are cheating themselves because they have not examined what they have seen is really GOD.+

Yajurveda – chapter- 32:~ God cannot be seen directly by anyone. God pervades all beings and all directions.

People who say they have seen God in there are hallucinating. Moreover, they are cheating themselves because they have not examined what they have seen is really GOD.

God with form, name, and attributes does not find any support from the Vedas.

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 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 constituted the very essence or Svarupa of Brahman, and not just Its attributes. The Nirguna Brahman of Sage Sankara is impersonal.

Even The 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 consciousness.

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

When the world in which they exist itself is a dualistic illusion then whatever they have seen within the dualistic illusion is bound to be an illusion.

God in truth is not an individual because God in truth is ever formless, timeless, and spaceless existence. Thus, the people who claim of seeing and communing with God are insane, they may be perfectly sane in other respects.

People who say they have seen and communed with God, for none, can refute him. Hence, his privileged position in getting away with the hallucinated nonsense.

Remember:~

The seeker of truth should not start with the idea of God.  The seeker does not know whether there is God or not. There is no proof.  The seeker needs proof of God's existence.
There is need not doubt that people saw Shiva, Jesus, etc. That they saw visions may be an undeniable fact. But the question is “Was what they saw the Truth?" They no doubt had such vision but they never stopped to inquire if their visions are true.

After years of effort glorifying the Christ when Christian closes his eyes and Christ comes to him.

After years of effort glorifying the Krishna when a Hindu closes his eyes and Krishna comes to him.

After years of effort glorifying the Buddha when a Buddhist closes his eyes and Buddha comes to him.

After years of effort glorifying the Mahavira when a Jain closes his eyes and Mahavira comes to him.

Christ doesn’t come to a Hindu; Mahavira doesn’t come to a Christian. Buddha doesn’t come to a Jain: only the image projected in the subconscious will come. The image became almost solid. It became so real from constant repetition, from continuous remembering, that it seemed projected deity was standing in from of him. No one was standing there.

Wherever is projected is merely an illusion created out of the consciousness. Any experience is possible only within the domain of form, time, and space. Whatever belongs to the form, time, and space are merely an illusion.  The illusion is created out of single stuff and that single stuff is the consciousness. The knowledge of the single stuff is Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

In reality, consciousness alone exists without the division of the form, time, and space. There is no second here, no other. From the standpoint of the Soul, the form, time and space are merely an illusion. 

 The seeker has to take all the facts, and then proceed to examine and analyze, how far is it true?”

To talk of seeking God is as meaningless as saying "seeking dog". It is only a hollow word. one must know God in truth. 

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

Dualist Gurus say: ~   God cannot exist without attributes. Then they are making God as an object whereas God is the subject. Attributes can only be seen in the objective world. Causality appears in the duality, but when one goes deeper into the matter even there the causality disappears.

Who else but the ‘Self’ could have imagined the objective world? Ramanuja and Madva see God as the imaginer, but where is the proof. Nobody has seen God creating. You have seen no other creator, whether God or angel. The only ‘Self’ is left. Therefore ‘Self’ is the creator because imagining means creating. The Dvaita and Religionists talk nonsense. God has any meaning to you? Yes. It is an idea. What is the idea?  The idea is an imagination. So God has to be proved existence beyond that of an idea.

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

The Vedas talk about Brahman (GOD) which refers to the ultimate truth or ultimate reality. The consciousness is the ultimate truth, therefore, the consciousness is Brahman and Brahman is God in truth.

Vedas do not permit idol worship. All the idols are of the Puranic Gods Priests are referring to the Puranic Brahma as God they are ignorant of the God in Vedas even though they speak of Vedas.

Priests do not who understands the meaning of the Brahman, which is present in the form of consciousness. 

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 the real exists.  : ~ Santthosh Kumaar

Before choosing anyone as Guru people must check their criminal involvement, which is available on the net search.+

All the Guru, Godmen, cult leaders, teachers mislead the people promising them a better life and better relationship, and successful future.    Spirituality is nothing to do with you and your life and your relationship and your successful future.   

90% of the Guru, Godmen, cult leaders, teachers are involved in rape, murder, drugs, and land grabbing.  Before choosing anyone as Guru people must check their criminal involvement, which is available on the net search.  

Most of the gurus and Godmen commercialized spirituality. What they are preaching is not spirituality but in the name of spirituality, they are looting and cheating people.   

A Self-declared Guru is more concerned with himself than with his disciples and plays with their sentiments and emotions.  Sticking to such Gurus the seeker will not get the Self –realization.  

Gurus and yogis are meant for those who are emotionally involved with their religion and religious Gods. 

The one who identifies himself as a swami, a Guru or yogi,  is not a Gnani. A Gnani never identifies himself as swami, Guru, pundit, or yogi. Swami, Guru, pundit, or yogi belongs to the religious or the yogic path not to the path of wisdom.   

Remember:~ 

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.

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 Bramha Gnana or Atma Gnana with like-minded fellow seekers. 

Religious or yogic Gurus propagate that, once a seeker identifies a Guru, he must totally surrender to the Guru, and then from there onwards, the spiritual journey is fully the Guru's responsibility, not his... Hence the importance of choosing the right Guru is necessary, but in the pursuit of truth, the Guru is not necessary, because the truth is not theoretical.  Truth must be ascertained by the seeker on his own through Soulcentric reasoning.

The one who identifies himself as a swami, a Guru or yogi, is not a Gnani. A Gnani never identifies himself as swami, Guru, pundit, or yogi. Swami, Guru, pundit, or yogi belongs to the religious or the yogic path not to the path of wisdom.  

The Guru is useless so long as the ultimate truth is unknown, and Guru is equally useless when the ultimate truth or Brahman has already been known.

Remember:~

A Gnani is not opposed to God, he is not an atheist, but he wants God free from the imagination, as God is in truth, as he exists apart from human imaginations.  

Self - Realization is common to the whole of humanity. Gurus use their power of authority on the followers whereas Gnanis share the wisdom with the seekers. Gnani shows the way to the treasure hidden by ignorance.   

A  Gnani shares Advaitic wisdom so long as he lives in this illusory world. A Gnani lives in the world but he has realized the world in which he exists is merely an illusion. 

A Gnani belongs to no religion because he has accepted God, the Advaita, the truth hidden by the religion.  Religion is built on the foundation of ignorance. A Gnani has realized the ‘Self’ hidden by ignorance.

A Gnani has realized the fact that the universe hides the Soul, the Self, which is the universal truth and the ultimate truth, or Brahman or God in truth.  Brahman is God in truth.   The Soul, God is Advaita. The Advaita is nothing but God in truth.

A Gnani sees only unity in diversity, just like a goldsmith estimating the gold in various items of jewelry sees only gold. 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 reality. 

A Gnani is not a Godman or Guru or mystic. A Gnani never identifies himself as a holy person.

Yoga Vasistha: The greatest Gnani: “His state is indescribable yet he will move in the world like anybody else," ..." Though acting after every feeling such as love, hate, fear and the like, he who stands unaffected within is said to be real jivanmukta." Sankara's commentary.

Yoga Vasistha says of the Gnani: "He is a great worker." It also so says, that he keeps his body healthy, does not starve it. 

Sage Sankara himself said: ~ A Gnani "bears no outward mark of a holy man.

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

So he wore a Guru's robe only for the sake of the ignorant. So, he was identified as Guru with parampara by religious people. For the truth seekers, Sage Sankara is a Brahma Gnani.

Thus, it proves that the religious gurus and yogis are not Gnanis because they identified themselves as holy people. 

One, who has realized ultimate truth or Brahman, is freed from experiencing the dualistic illusion (universe) as a reality. He is a Gnani. A Gnani is liberated from ignorance, which is the cause of the dualistic illusion. Thus, a Gnani is freed from experiencing form, time, and space as a reality while still living in the practical world.  He continues to live in the practical world in Self-awareness.

A householder who becomes a Gnani will go on with his usual with his profession. He will try to guide those with whom he comes in contact with whatever society he is in, he tries to uplift them spiritually.

The Gnani will follow whatever occupation he wishes according to circumstances. There are no prohibitions for him. He may be a peasant or a billionaire.

A Gnani works for the upliftment of humanity from ignorance. A  Gnani is the one who enjoys the worldly life, but simultaneously suffers the suffering of the world. Outwardly, he looks like an ordinary man; but inwardly, he cannot be understood.  Gnani has to share the Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana for the betterment of humanity.

For the wise who realizes everything as the consciousness, what is there to meditate or not to meditate, what to speak or not to speak, what to do or not to do?

Whatever happens in the past and present is happening within the dualistic illusion. Whatever you must do or not do in the future is also will be happening within the dualistic illusion.

A Gnani is not concerned with what happened in the past, what is happening in the present, and what will happen in the future because he lives in the world but he is not of this world. 

When the Self is not you but the Soul then what is the use of thinking what to do after realization because it is just happening within the dualistic illusion.

Remember:~

A  Gnani who has realized the world in which he exists as the consciousness. What is there to meditate or not to meditate, what to speak or not to speak, what to do or not to do? 

Those who give up the highest and purest Brahmic consciousness live in vain and though human, are like beasts. Having turned the visible into the invisible, one should realize everything to be consciousness itself.

A  Gnani always dwells in nondual awareness in the midst of duality. The ever-existent Soul or consciousness shining within the three states can be realized only through Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.  

The Self indeed is this Soul which is present in the form of consciousness, not the phenomenal universe which is present in the form of the mind.

A  Gnani who has realized everything as consciousness. A  Gnani always dwells in nondual awareness in the midst of duality.

The one who he realizes Brahman becomes a Gnani.  A Gnani would be there to show the way to Liberation. A Gnani does not identify himself as Guru or swami or yogi or sadhu.

A Gnani imparts Knowledge to others. A Yogi lies in Samadhi like a wooden log so he does not know yogic Samadhi is not wisdom.  Gnani is fully aware of the about all things, either permanent or perishable and he has realized both permanent and perishable to be consciousness.  Thus, the consciousness alone is real and eternal all else is merely an illusion.

The one who he realizes Brahman becomes a Gnani.  A Gnani would be there to show the way to freedom from experiencing the duality as reality. A Gnani does not identify himself as Guru or swami or yogi or sadhu.  

Ashtavakra Samhita: ~ "The man of knowledge (Gnani), though living like an ordinary man, is contrary to him and only those like him understand his state.

No one can teach anybody. The truth is hidden by the illusory 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.  :~Santthosh Kumaar 

The seeker must know the difference between the Self and 'I AM'.+

The seeker must know the difference between the Self and 'I AM'.  If the seeker is unable to realize the difference between the Self and 'I AM' he will never be able to realize the Self hidden by the 'I'. 

The 'I'  is physical awareness. physical awareness is present in the form of the 'I'. The world 'I AM' used for the physical self (you or ego). the physical self is not the real Self.  

The real self is the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. The Soul is formless, timeless, and spaceless existence whereas the 'I AM awareness is limited to form, time, and space.  

The Self is not the ‘I’.  The ‘I’ is present in the form of the mind. The origin of the mind is the Soul. The mind is present in the form of the universe. The Soul is present in the form of consciousness.  The root of the universe is consciousness. 

By saying ‘I Am God’ keeps one is in duality. The duality is not reality. Duality is the product of ignorance. The body, ego, and the world are of ignorance. When the wisdom dawns then the ignorance disappears. 

When ignorance disappears, then the duality will never be a reality even though there is duality, it is merely an illusion created out of single stuff. That single stuff is the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.  

The Soul is the Self. The Soul, the Self is the ultimate truth or Brahman or  God.  It is not “I AM GOD, but it’s correct to say ‘the SELF IS GOD because the self is not the ‘I’ or ’I AM”.  

People say Aham Brahmasmi~ I am God, I am Brahman. But when Brahman is, how can "I" remain? Only Brahman remains, not the ‘I’.  

Without knowing what is Self, holding ‘I’ or ‘I AM’ as Self is erroneous. People say ‘I’ or ‘I AM’ as the Self because they have read it or someone has told them or they think it is the ultimate truth without verification through deeper self-search. 

Accepting truth without verification is mere assumption or speculation. Such assumptions and speculation block one from realizing the nondualistic Advaitic truth. Holding ‘I’ or ‘I AM ‘as the real Self,   fuels egocentricity.   

The ‘I’ awareness is absent when the mind is absent. The mind is absent then the universe or waking or dream is absent. Thus ‘I’ awareness is merely an illusion. The Self-awareness is ‘I- LESS AWARENESS.

Self is not ‘I’. The ‘I’ is present in the form of the mind. By limiting the mind (’I’) to the waking entity (you) is the main hurdle in pursuit of truth.  Therefore, it is necessary for the seeker of truth to investigate ‘what is mind?’   in order to realize the mind ('I')  is not limited to ego or waking entity but ‘I’ is mind. The mind is present in the form of the universe. And the universe appears as waking or dream.  

When the Self is neither the waking entity (ego) nor 'I' then 'WHO AM 'I'?- inquiry will not yield the full truth because it yields only fallacy of the form, not time and space.:~Santthosh Kumaar 

You, your experience of birth, life, death, and the world are nothing to do with the ultimate truth or Brahman or God.+

Religious paths and yogic paths are nothing to do with ultimate truth or Brahman. The scriptures are nothing to do with ultimate truth or Brahman. Gurus, swamis, and yogis are nothing to do with the ultimate truth or Brahman or God.  

You, your experience of birth, life, death, and the world are nothing to do with the ultimate truth or Brahman or God.  When the ‘Self’ is not you but the ‘Self is the Soul, which is present in the form of the consciousness then what is the use of discussing about the birth, life, death, and the world because the one which is born, lives and dies is not the ‘Self.   The Soul is birthless and deathless because it is the ever formless, timeless, and spaceless existence.

You are the birth entity. Your existence is limited to form, time, and space. Your religion, your religious Gods your beliefs, your religious rituals and prayers, your race, your nationalities are nothing to do with the Soul, the ‘Self’  because the Soul, which is present in the form of the consciousness itself is the ultimate truth or Brahman or God on truth.

It is not you have to establish in consciousness but by realizing you, and your experience of the world is nothing but an illusion created out of the consciousness the Self-awareness raise in the midst of the dualistic illusion.  

Remember:~ 

Personal  Gods are nothing to do with ultimate truth or Brahman. Karma or Action is nothing to do with the ultimate truth of Brahman. Creation and creator is nothing to do with ultimate truth or Brahman, because the Soul which is present in the form of consciousness, is formless, timeless, and spaceless existence.

There are two kinds of audiences - the ordinary ones who desire the transitory heaven and other pleasures obtained as a result of ritual sacrifices, and the more advanced seeker who seeks to know the truth beyond the form, time, and space. The Religious orthodoxy is meant for the first audience, to help lead its followers along the way. The Atmic path, with emphasis on the Advaitic wisdom, is meant for those who wish to go beyond form, time, and space.

Religious orthodox think that through their good karma and performing rituals they get moksha. Religious moksha is based on birth entity whereas spiritual moksha is based on the birthless Soul, the ‘Self’. 

What religious people are speaking of the religious propagated moksha.  Spiritual moksha is different from religious propagated moksha.

Mundaka Upanishad: ~ “These performers of karma do not know the Truth owing to their attachment, they fall from heaven, misery-stricken when the fruit of their work is exhausted.

Arguing with religious believers is fruitless. Belief in tradition and the  scripture as if they were true or factual quite clearly is a delusion, but the payoff for holding such delusions is, for those who hold them, extremely compelling ~ the avoidance of the "wrath of God," the hope of heaven or salvation, or the imagined "end of suffering."

Religious orthodox think that through their good karma and performing rituals they get moksha. Religious moksha is based on birth entity whereas spiritual moksha is based on the birthless Soul, the ‘Self’. 

First Mundaka - Chapter 2 (9) - Children, immersed in ignorance in various ways, flatter themselves, saying: We have accomplished life's purpose. Because these performers of karma do not know the Truth owing to their attachment, they fall from heaven, misery-stricken, when the fruit of their work is exhausted.

First Mundaka - Chapter 2 (10) - Ignorant fools, regarding sacrifices and humanitarian works as the highest, do not know any higher good. Having enjoyed their reward on the heights of heaven, gained by good works, they enter again this world or a lower one.

That is why Sage Sankara gave religious, rituals, and dogmatic instruction to the populace, but Advaitic wisdom only to the few who could rise to it.

If you mix Advaitic orthodoxy with Advaitic wisdom create confusion,   because they mix up the two viewpoints. Thus, they may assert that ritual is a means of realizing Brahman, which is absurd.

Sage Goudapada says:~The merciful Veda teaches karma and Upaasana to people of lower and middling intellect, while Jnana is taught to those of higher intellect.

That is why Sage Sankara:~ VC- 61. For one who has been bitten by the serpent of Ignorance, the only remedy is the knowledge of Brahman. Of what avail are the Vedas and (other) Scriptures, Mantras (sacred formulae), and medicines to such a one?

Everyone’s individual experiences are not the same.  Some are so much immersed in materiality, religion, duty-bound towards their family and society, and they will not be attracted to the path of wisdom or understand and assimilate the Advaitic truth because they accepted the world (dualistic illusion) as a reality whereas the Sage Sankara says the world is merely an illusion.

Many are good at acrobatics with words, but their knowledge is limited to the domain of form, time, and space.  When the inner work is in progress then the realization will happen as the conviction about the Soul, the innermost Self, becomes firm.: ~ Santthosh Kumaar