Meher Baba says:~GOD, whom we do not see, we say is real; and the world, which we do see, we say is false. In experience, what exists for us does not really exist; and what does not exist for us, really exists.+

To know Meher Baba's hidden spiritual treasure hidden underground requires the removal of ignorance.  Grasping the truth hidden by ignorance never comes out by being superficial understanding.  The transparent truth of God, the Self, which is hidden by the illusion, is to be attained through a perfect understanding of God as it is s in the midst of the illusion (world).  

Meher Baba says:~    UNLESS AND UNTIL ignorance is removed and Knowledge is gained . . . the Knowledge whereby the Divine Life is experienced and lived . . . everything pertaining to the spiritual seems paradoxical . . . GOD, whom we do not see, we say is real; and the world, which we do see, we say is false. Inexperience, what exists for us does not really exist; and what does not exist for us, really exists. 

Meher Baba:~  There is no difference in the realization of the Truth either by a Muslim, Hindu, Zoroastrian, or a Christian. The difference is only in words and terms. Truth is not the monopoly of a particular race or religion.

Meher Baba said: - To love God as he ought to be loved, we must live for God and die for God, knowing that the goal of life is to know God and find him as our own Self.

To realize God is to attain liberation from the bondage of illusion.

Live only to find and realize your true identity with your Beloved God.

The energy which is expended in mere thinking, talking or writing is like steam which escapes through the whistle of the railway engine …

That is why the sages have always insisted on practice rather than theory. This applies particularly to those who want to know and realize God.
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Meher Baba said: ~ God is your innermost Self. Do not search for God outside of you. Let these words be inscribed in your heart. Nothing is real but God. Nothing Matters but love for God. God is everywhere and does everything. God is beyond us and is everything. God alone is and all else is an illusion. 

When Meher Baba says that God is your innermost self and God alone is real all else is an illusion. It means the God, the Self alone is real and all else an illusion.  The illusion is the world in which we exist.

Meher Baba says GOD, whom we do not see, we say is real; and the world, which we do see, we say is false. In experience, what exists for us does not really exist; and what does not exist for us, really exists

Meher Baba: ~ "There is no higher or lower goal. There is only one goal, Self-Realization." 

Meher Baba: ~ “When religion has become merely a matter of external rituals and ceremonies, it has become a cage for the Soul.

Meher Baba: ~ “It is absolutely essential for the spiritual aspirant who genuinely longs for union with God, the reality to shun the false practice of yogic posture and exercise, the meditation on other than the God the beloved.

Meher Baba: ~ “It takes time for the runner to gain speed; it takes time for the sleeper to awake, and it takes ages for one who has been spiritually asleep to be spiritually awakened."

Meher Baba: ~ The scriptures are like rotten bones rotted and are as food for worms. 

Theosophy and philosophy are like good bones rotted and are as food for vultures.

The writings of inspired poets are like fresh bones and are as food for dogs. 

The writings of spiritually advanced saints are like flesh and are as food for tigers.

The writings by living Perfect Masters are like the brain and are as food for men!

Good bones when rotted have some semblance of bone, but rotten bones when rotted are like filth.

 So, you may go through the scriptures superficially — only to drive away the barking dogs when necessary; for instance, when you are called upon to answer the queries of the priests and the orthodox. [Lord Meher 15: 5267]

Meher Baba: ~ “When the reality appears this ignorance which one thinks as reality becomes unreal. 

Meher Baba: ~ “It takes time for the runner to gain speed; it takes time for the sleeper to awake,  and it takes ages for one who has been spiritually asleep to be spiritually awakened."

Meher Baba: ~ “It is absolutely essential for the spiritual aspirant who genuinely longs for union with God, the reality to shun the false practice of yogic posture and exercise, the meditation on other than the God the beloved. (Letters from Mandali of Meher Baba P-98-100)

Meher Baba: - Spirituality does not need renunciation of worldly activities. It means the internal renunciation of mundane desires. Mere asceticism does not lead to spirituality. The Infinite embraces all expressions of life.

Jung says that Ramana's desire to escape the ego is Self-contradictory, because, without the Maharishi’s personal ego, there would be no Shri Ramana at all.+

Jung says that Ramana's desire to escape the ego is Self-contradictory, because, without Maharishi’s personal ego, there would be no Shri Ramana at all.

Most of the Indian teaching is so overwhelmingly great that it means little whether the author is called Ramakrishna or Vivekananda or Shri Aurobindo, etc. Jung seems to be saying "If you have seen one Indian holy man, you have seen them all."

Jung says that the Indian lacks the epistemological standpoint; he is still pre-Kantian, with no psychology: To the Indian, it is clear that the Self as the originating ground of the psyche is not different from God, and that, so far as a man is in the Self, he is not only contained in God but actually is God.
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Santthosh Kumaar:~ “Many Gurus in the past believed the Self is within the body and they imagine and write their own theories on it and propagated. 

The Self is not within the physical body, but the world in which the body (you) exists is within the Soul. The body-based theories are nothing to do with the Atmic path. The Soul, the Self is bodiless because it is ever formless, timeless, and spaceless existence.

The Soul which is present in the form of consciousness pervades everything and everywhere in all three states. Everything is consciousness. There is no second thing that exists other than consciousness.

The one who says he is already enlightened is ignorant. The person who says I am enlightened is unaware of the fact that the Self is not he, because of him and his experience of the world, is the product of ignorance. 

Only the ignorant say he is already enlightened. Without Advaitic wisdom, ignorance will not vanish.

The one which says ‘I am enlightened’ itself is the ego. The one which feels it is he or she is also the ego. The ego is the false Self (you or waking entity) within the false experience (waking). The ego, body, and the world appear together and disappear together. 

It is foolish to venture to try to destroy the ego because the ego is the very basis of physical existence (the universe in, which we exist).

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

It is erroneous to identify the Soul, the Self as the 'I' or 'I AM' because the Soul the  Self is not 'I' or I AM’. The Soul the  Self, is that witnesses the coming and going, of the 'I'.

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

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

To understand the false nature of the ‘I’, 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 ‘I as the Self leads to hallucination based on the imagination.

Remember:~

The ego, body, and the world are the product of ignorance. Without ignorance, the ego, body, and world cease to exist. Thus getting rid of ignorance is very much necessary. Only through Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana, the ignorance vanishes.

The people who are venturing to get rid of their egos will never succeed. How the ego can get rid of itself. The ego is the waking entity (You). The ego, body, and the world appear together and disappear together.

Human psychology is based on the false self (ego or waking entity or you) within the false experience (waking or illusion). Whatever is based on the false Self and false experience is bound to be a falsehood. 

Thus, a perfect understanding ‘what is what’ is needed to realize the ultimate truth or Brahman or God in truth.

Thus, one must realize how this world, which confronts him, is an illusion? And from what standpoint the world is an illusion. Without knowing ‘what is mind? ‘What is the substance of the mind?’ ‘What is the source of the mind? The truth will not reveal. 

Thinking the mind is within the physical body is the greatest obstacle in the pursuit of truth. Thus, a deeper investigation is very much necessary in order to unfold the mystery of the mind.

Nothing is needed for acquiring Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana other than perfect understanding, assimilation, and realization of ‘what is what”

The dualistic illusion is present only when form, time and space are present. Form, time, and space are one, in essence. The ego, body, and the world are one, in essence. Birth, life, death, and the world are one, in essence. The three states are one, in essence. That essence is consciousness. 

The thinker & thoughts and the world are one, in essence. Thus, there is no division in consciousness in reality.

The Soul, the Self is the fullness of consciousness without the illusory division of For, time, and space.

Remember:~

The dissolution of the ego alone is not the step to the realization of the truth hidden by ignorance. The ego, body, and the world appear together and they disappear together. The ego, body, and the world appear together as ‘I’. 

Without ‘I’ there is no ego, no physical body, and no world. ‘I’ is not limited to the physical entity but ‘I’ is the mind. The mind is present in the form of the universe. The universe appears as waking or dream (duality (I)) and disappears as deep sleep (non-duality).

The one which appears as waking or dream (duality) and disappears as deep sleep(nonduality) is the Soul which is in the form of consciousness.

The Soul is the Self. The Soul is the witness of the three states (witnessed). The witness and the witnessed (three states) are one in essence. That essence is consciousness. 

Thus, there is no second thing that exists other than consciousness. Consciousness is the ultimate truth or Brahman. Only getting rid of ignorance through wisdom is the only way, which leads to Advaitic Self-Awareness in the midst of duality.

Till you think you are an individual separate from the world and world that existed prior to you and you are born in it afterward ignorance will prevail as a reality. Till ignorance is there the ‘I’ prevails as reality. 

If the ‘I’ prevails as reality then the world in which you exist prevails as a reality. If the world in which you exist as a reality then the dualistic illusion is experienced as a reality.

Perfect understanding of ‘what is what’ helps you to overcome ignorance (I). Until ‘I’ is there the ignorance is there. Until ignorance is there you will not be able to unfold the mystery hidden by the ‘I’.:~Santthosh Kumaar 

If you are seeking truth then you must be careful before getting entangled with some path, Guru or cult.+

If you are seeking truth then you must be careful before getting entangled with some path, Guru, or cult. All the egocentric paths are paths of ignorance. Such paths make ignorance more and more deep-rooted.

Gurus who indulge in forceful castration of their followers, promising enlightenment are nothing but frauds. No one gets enlightenment by such a heinous inhuman act.

Enlightenment through sexual intercourse is created by the old cult. The Self is neither male or nor female the ‘Self is the formless, timeless, and spaceless Soul. Realization the Self is not you but the ‘Self is the Soul alone will lead to Self-realization.

Every cult has its perception, ideology, and belief. All these egocentric perceptions, ideologies, and beliefs are based on the false self (ego) and false experience (world).

All the penances are external because they are based on individuality. Investigating the mind, alone leads to Self-realization. To know what is the mind profits much rather than searching for the truth in an external world moving from one ashram to another and one Guru to another and one mountain to another.

When one starts investigating the universe that confronts him will mentally move inwards and will reach the ultimate end and become fully aware of “What is the truth?” and “What is untruth?” in his own home or city and establish in truth by realizing what the untruth is?

The Atmic path is not for religious and yogic-minded people. Religious and yogic people must move on their chosen path. The Atmic path is for only seekers of truth who are seriously searching for the truth of their own existence.

Sages of truth restrained themselves from 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-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 to only selected a few. Thus, we find traces of the knowledge of the spirit in the religious books in the form of parables.

Katha Upanishad says: ~ This Atman is attained by him alone whom It chooses. To such a one Atman reveals Its own form. (II -23-P-20)

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

The Soul, the Self reveals ‘what is real' and ‘what is unreal” when the seeker is receptive and ready. :~Santthosh Kumaar 

When the seeker has a firm conviction of what is reality then the unreality fades on its own.+

Advaita is not the path of exchange of views or discussion. The seeker has to read think deeply and reflect on the subject constantly until the truth becomes firm. When the seeker has a firm conviction of what is reality then the unreality fades on its own. 

Everyone’s inner work is on. Until a man is ripe to receive Self-knowledge, he will not be able to understand what I am saying. 

Even if they may find it difficult at first as they go on reading and reflecting repeatedly on the post their subconscious will start dropping the dualistic egocentric knowledge and start accepting the Soul-centric Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana. 

Grasping the truth depends on the spiritual maturity of the seeker. My mission is to share knowledge by inspiring serious and sincere seekers of truth and diverting their attention toward the inward reality. 

As their urge is at the seed level and as they go on reading the words of wisdom it will start growing. 

It takes time for the seeker to gain the perfect understanding of ‘what is the truth’ and ’what is untruth’. It takes time for the Soul, and 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

Self-knowledge is not a question and answers session. As the seeker digs into old and new posts, he will gradually start understanding and assimilating the Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana. 

 It is a waste of time to spend time in discussion. all my posts & blogs help you to get rid of ignorance.

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

  
Where is the ‘I’? 

Where is the ego? 

Where is the body? 

Where is the mind?

Where is the world in which you exist?

Where are the form, time, and space? 

Where is the waking experience?

Where is the duality? 

Where is void?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

That is why Sage Sankara says: - VC-65- As a treasure hidden underground requires (for its extraction) competent instruction, excavation, the removal of stones and other such things lying above it and (finally) grasping, but never comes out by being (merely) called out by name, so the transparent Truth of the Self, which is hidden by Maya and its effects, is to be attained through the instructions of a knower of Brahman, followed by reflection, meditation and so forth, but not through perverted arguments.

People refuse to accept anything other than their Guru's words. For them, their Guru's words are the ultimate truth. They do not accept anything else other than their accepted truth. There is no need to convince such a mindset. 

Such a mindset is not fit to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana. The seekers of truth accept only the truth nothing but the uncontradictable truth. :~Santthosh Kumaar 

God in truth is the inner Guru. God in truth is the Soul, the Self. Let these words be inscribed in your subconscious.+

Guru is important in religion and yoga, not in pursuit of truth. The Guru is useless so long as the ultimate truth is unknown, and the Guru is equally useless when the ultimate truth or Brahman has already been known.

A guru is needed in the religious and yogic path. the Atmic path is the path of wisdom. The Atmic path is nothing to do with religion and yoga.

The Soul is the inner Guru. The Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness, is the source of all that exists as the universe. To realize the universe is consciousness there is no need for Guru.

The seeker has to have the courage to accept the truth and reject the untruth because most people will not be able to subscribe to the path of truth because, they are sentimentally and emotionally involved with their inherited belief system, and even if one does he has to overcome all his doubts, confusion, and despair. These are problems for the seekers who are from a religious background because of their conditioning and they are made to accept their blind belief as truth and their interest or insight is not deep.

Thus, all my blogs are useful in analyzing these problems because they highlight what is not the truth according to their own religious scriptures and make them accept the truth and reject all the false conditioning and move ahead in the pursuit of truth.

Religious and yogic paths are not the Gnanic path or Atmic path. Never mix religious and yogic ideas in the Atmic path.

Guru, disciple concept is meant for the religious and yogic path. In the Atmic path, the Guru and disciple concept have no value.

A person who realized the ultimate truth or Brahman will throw off his religious robe and all religious identity and live like a commoner. He never identifies himself as Gnani nor does he identify himself as superior to others. He only shares his knowledge with his fellow seekers.

Remember:~

Sage Sankara: ~ "Though I wear these robes of a Sanyasin, it is only for the sake of bread." (Select Works of Sage  Sankara" also his commentary on Brihad)

Thus, the above passage proves that all those who were the sanyasin robes are wearing them for the sake of bread belong to the religion; they are nothing to do with Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana. There is no need to criticize and condemn the Gurus, yogis, and swamis because they are needed for the welfare of the ignorant masses in the dualistic world.

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

~ Then why stick to a Guru who is not a Gnani.

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

Do not search for Guru in the world in which you exist.

God in truth is the Soul, the Self.

God in truth is the inner Guru. God in truth is the Soul, the  Self.  Let these words be inscribed in your subconscious.

As the truth of the ‘Self’ is hidden by the ‘I’ it requires its extraction, competent instruction, excavation, and the removal of ignorance.

People refuse to accept anything other than their Guru's words. For them, their Guru's words are the ultimate truth. They do not accept anything else other than their accepted truth. There is no need to convince such a mindset. Such a mindset is not fit to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana. 

The seekers of truth accept only the truth nothing but the uncontradictable truth.  The transparent truth of the Self is hidden by the ‘I’, which is the dualistic illusion.

The transparent Truth of the 'Self' is to be attained through constantly reading, reasoning, and reflecting on the Advaitic words of wisdom followed by reflection, meditation, and so forth, but not through perverted discussion and arguments.

All the penances are external because they are based on individuality. Investigating the mind, alone leads to Self-realization. 

To know what is the mind profits much rather than searching for the truth in the external world moving from one ashram to another and one Guru to another and one mountain to another. 

When one starts investigating the universe that confronts him will mentally move inwards and will reach the ultimate end and become fully aware of “What is the truth?” and “What is untruth?” in his own home or city and establish in truth by realizing what is the untruth.

Nothing is real but the Soul. Nothing Matters but love for the Soul. the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness is everywhere and pervades everything in the domain of form, time, and space.  

The Soul is hidden within the form, time, and space and it is beyond the form, time, and space.  the Soul alone is and the form, time and space are merely an illusion. :~Santthosh Kumaar 

Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana is the knowledge which unfolds the mystery of the universe.+

The seeker of truth must shed prejudices and get disentangled from all that is not needed to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana. You must tread the path to a formless, timeless, and spaceless existence.

Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana is the knowledge that unfolds the mystery of the universe. The universe is created out of single stuff. And that single stuff is the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.

The ‘I’ is present only when the mind is present. Without the ‘I’ the mind ceases to exist. The mind is present when the universe is present. Without a mind, the universe ceases to exist.

The universe is present only when the waking is present. Without the universe, the waking ceases to exist.

So, without the ‘I’ the mind or universe or the waking ceases to exist. From the standpoint of the Soul is the ‘Self’, the ‘I’ the mind or universe or the waking cease exists as a reality. The Soul is the Self that can remain with or without the ‘I’.

Slowly but surely you must imbibe the truth, which is beyond form, time, and space by realizing that form, time and space are one in essence.

When you enthrone the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness in your subconscious, you will realize the world in which you exist is merely an illusory play of consciousness. 

Consciousness is One, and all divisions of form, time, and space are imaginary. Be established in this Advaitic Truth, which is eternal. :~Santthosh Kumaar 

All those whose intelligence has been stolen by ignorance believe God as an individual and separate from their own existence.+

The Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness, is the ultimate truth of Brahman or God in truth.
All those whose intelligence has been stolen by ignorance believe God as an individual and separate from their own existence.

Sage Sankara declaration: ~ “Brahman (Soul) is the truth The World is Unreal everything is Truly Brahman (Soul) and nothing else has any value.

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

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)

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

Thus it refers to a formless and attributeless God, which is the Atman (Soul), the innermost ‘Self’ within the false experience. Thus, it indicates clearly all the Gods with form and attributes are mere imaginations based on the false self.  Thus Atman or Soul, the ‘Self’ is God.

Vedas speak of one God that is the supreme ‘Self’ i.e. Atman or Soul. Vedas indicate clearly that all the Gods with form and attributes are mere imaginations based on the false ‘Self’.

God is neither personal nor impersonal because God is not dualistic. God is ever free from the dualistic limitation of form, time, and space.

From God in truth perspective, form, time, and space are non-existent

If the form, time, and space are non-existent then the ‘I’ is non-existent

If the ‘I’ is non-existence then the mind is non-existent

If the mind is non-existent then the universe is non-existent

If the universe is non-existent then waking is nonexistence

If the waking is non-existent then God alone is real and eternal.

God is hidden by the ‘I’. The ‘I’ is the dualistic illusion. You are part and parcel of the dualistic illusion. The Soul is the cause of the dualistic illusion but the Soul itself is uncaused. 

The dualistic illusion is present in the form of form, time, and space. Form, time, and space are present in the form of the universe. The universe appears as a waking or dream (duality) and disappears as deep sleep (non-duality).

Your existence is limited to the illusory form, time, and space. The form, time, and space are made of the same clay. That clay is the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. Knowledge of the single clay is Self –knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana. 

Self–knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana helps the seeker to unfold the truth (Brahman) hidden by the ‘I’, which is the dualistic illusion.

You have to draw your attention back every time it turns worldliness (I) and fix it in the Soul, which is Brahman or God in truth.:~Santthosh Kumaar 

Buddhism believes strongly in rebirth, whereas on Advaitic perspective, the present experience of birth, life, death and the world itself is an illusion.+

As one goes deeper investigation into the annals of the religious history he realizes the fact that Hinduism, as we know today is of recent origin.

Hinduism did not really achieve its status as a coherent, though still baffling, religious complex until after the establishment of the British rule.

In discussing the Vedic religion it is also to be remembered that in the course of history, many non-Vedic elements entered into the Vedic religion. The Vedantis freely borrowed elements from the culture and the society around them.  Thus, the Hinduism is full of the non-Vedic elements. The Vedic religion or Santana Dharma is nothing to do with present-day Hinduism is full of diverse faith, belief, caste, and creed.

Reincarnation

In the early Vedic literature, there is no express mention of the doctrine of transmigration.

In the entire Rig Veda consisting of about 10,500 verses ― there is only one occasion where there is mention of a return to this world after death. What is implied here is that it cannot be taken as important teaching of the Rig Veda.

Reincarnation was not a Vedic belief. Belief in reincarnation which is central to Hinduism of today is not really attested to in the Vedas though they hint at life after death. The doctrine of transmigration as elaborated in Hinduism has no place in the Vedic hymns”.

It is in the Upanishads that it appears for the first time. The Rig Veda speaks of two paths for the Souls of the deceased, namely, the path of the God s (devayana) and the path of the fathers (pitriyana). Those who go by the former enjoy immortality and there is no return to physical life after that.

In fact, the Vedic man longed for this state of life. Whereas those who go by the latter path, unite with the fathers and then return to earth, after having enjoyed the fruits of his deeds.

People who are caught up with the idea of reincarnation and rebirth theories are not qualified for Self-Knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana because they accepted the duality as reality

People who believe in reincarnation and rebirth theories are unaware of the fact that their belief is based on the waking entity, which is the false self within the false experience. The waking entity itself is false Self within the false experience, it means the present experience of birth, life, death, and the world is a falsehood.

Whatever is seen, known, believed and experienced as the waking entity is bound to be a falsehood because, the Soul, the innermost Self is birthless because it is formless, timeless and spaceless existence. Therefore, the rebirth and reincarnation theory based on the false Self is bound to be a falsehood because the birth and death take place domain of the form, time and space whereas the 'Self is birthless and deathless.

The one, which is born, lives and dies within the world, is not the Self. When the world itself is an illusion created out the Soul, which is present in the form consciousness then the birth and rebirth happening within the world is bound to be an illusion.

Buddhism believes strongly in rebirth, whereas on the Advaitic perspective, the present experience of birth, life, death and the world itself is an illusion.   

Dalai Lama said:~  Buddhism need not be the best religion though it is most scientific and religion and inquisitive. But Buddhism has no answer to certain questions like the existence of Atama (Soul) and rebirth.   Dali Lama said that as an individual he believes in rebirth as he had come across a few cases of rebirth.  Modern science, Dalai Lama hoped would unearth the mystery behind the rebirth. (In DH –dec-212009-Gulbarga).

Deeper self -search reveals the fact that the waking experiences itself is an illusion. It means the present experience of the birth, life, death, and the world is an illusion. Thus, the reincarnation theory based on the false self within the false experience is bound to be a falsehood. When the waking entity is not the Self than whatever theories are based on the waking entity imagined theory.

This imagined theory based on the waking entity or ego is for the lower mindset who are incapable of grasping the ultimate truth or Brahman.

Birth implies duality, and the duality is falsehood from the ultimate standpoint.

On the standpoint of the formless Soul, the innermost Self: ~

There is no birth, No death, No world ~. This is the truth.

From the standpoint of the Soul, the  Self, there is neither birth nor death nor the world. On the nondualistic perspective, the present birth itself is an illusion because, the Soul, the Self is birthless and deathless.

The one which born, lives and dies in this world is not the Self. If the ‘Self’ is not the birth entity then whatever seen, known, believed and experience as a birth entity is bound to be an illusion. Thus, the reincarnation theory is based on the birth entity (you or ego), which is a false self within the false experience (waking).

From the standpoint of the Soul, the Self, The world in which we exist is merely an illusion. If the world in which we exist is an illusion then the birth, life, death and rebirth and reincarnation happens within the illusory world is bound to be an illusion.

Accepting in rebirth and reincarnation theory as reality is accepting false self (ego) as real Self and false experience (waking) as reality.

Self-realization is impossible if one accepts the present birth entity as the real Self because the Self is not the birth entity, but the Self is the Soul, which is birthless and deathless because it is formless, timeless and spaceless existence. : ~Santthosh Kumaar