Sage Sankara said:~ Talk as much philosophy as you like, worship as many gods as you please, observe ceremonies, and sing devotional hymns. Still, liberation will never come, even after a hundred aeons, without realizing the Oneness.
There are three kinds of aspirants: ~
1. The ordinary ones who desire the transitory heaven and other pleasures obtained as a result of ritual sacrifices follow the religion.
2. Middling intellects who desire peace and well-being follow a yogic path or meditation.
3. The advanced seeker who seeks to know the ultimate truth follows the Atmaimc path.
The Atmic path, emphasizing the Advaitic wisdom, is meant for those who wish to go beyond form, time, and space.
Only through deeper self-search, beginners, and intermediates gradually become aware of ‘what is what’.
Only after they have realized that the ‘Self’ is not ‘I’ but the ‘Self’ is the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness, they are ready for the inner journey towards nondualistic reality, which is beyond form, time, and space.
Upanishad:~ They alone in this world are endowed with the highest wisdom who are firm in their conviction of the sameness and birthlessness of Atman. The ordinary man does not understand their way. (Chapter IV — Alatasanti Prakarana 95-P-188 in Upanishads by Nikilanada)
The non-duality has to be grasped in the midst of the duality (waking experience). When one is Soul-centric then he will realize ‘what is the truth’ and ‘what is untruth’ and ‘what is a reality’ and what is unreality’ and able to establish himself in the truth and able to view and judge, the three states, on the base of the Soul, the Self.
The Soul which is present in the form of consciousness is the ultimate truth or Brahman.
It is unfortunate people are stuck with their accumulated ideas based on the false self, and imagine nonduality and say nothing exists other than the source. But a Gnani says everything exists (illusion) but everything is created out of single stuff and that single stuff is the consciousness. Everything arises from consciousness and subsides as consciousness.
Thus, the whole diversity (three states) has no relevance, from the standpoint of the consciousness as the Self.
Everything (illusion) is nothingness (consciousness) realizing the three states are created out of nothingness (Consciousness). Nothingness is the nondual nature of consciousness because there is no second thing that exists other than itself.
Religion, mysticism, and yoga are meant for the mass mindset, which is incapable of investigating and verifying their inherited beliefs. The path of wisdom is to get the pure essence of non-duality or Advaita.
The ultimate truth is based on the formless Soul, the Self. Soul-centric reasoning leads one to non-dual Self-awareness. Therefore, there is a need to rectify the reasoning base from ego base to Soul base to understand, assimilate, and realize the Non-dualistic or Advaitic truth.
Self–inquiry is not the critical study of the scriptures but realizing the Self is not you but the Self is the Soul, which is hidden by the 'I'.
Advaitic wisdom is a cure for getting rid of ignorance. It is the highest of all the results. There is nothing greater than it. there is no necessity to study the scriptures to acquire Advaitic wisdom.
There is no necessity to study the Vedas or the Prasthanatraya (the Bhagavad Gita, Dasopanishad, and Brahma Sutras, all with commentaries)to ensure firm realization.
All that is intellectual wealth, is useful in explaining doubts and difficulties if others raise them or if you, yourself encounter them in the course of thinking. But to attain Self-realization, all that is not necessary.
You want fresh water to drink, but you do not require all the water of the lake to quench your thirst. The Atmic path of truth is an independent path with nothing to do with religion and scriptures.
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Even the Upanishads clearly indicate:~
Katha Upanishad:~ This Atman cannot be attained by the study of the Vedas, or by intelligence, nor by much hearing of sacred books. It is attained by him alone whom It chooses. To such a one Atman reveals Its own form. ( Ch-II -23-P-20)
Mundaka Upanishad:~ This Atman cannot be attained through the study of the Vedas, nor through intelligence, nor through much learning. He who chooses Atman—by him alone is Atman attained. It is Atman that reveals to the seeker Its true nature. (3 –page-70 Mundaka Upanishad (Upanishads by Nikilanada)
Fortunate are the seekers who do not lose themselves in the labyrinths of philosophy. philosophies are conceptual divisions invented by teachers of philosophy by their excessive analysis.
Fortunate is the man who does not lose himself in the labyrinths of philosophy but goes straight to the source from which the universe rises and subsides.
Self-knowledge cannot be attained by the study of the Vedas and intellectual understanding or by bookish knowledge. Therefore, there is no use of studying the Vedas and other scriptures to acquire non-dual wisdom. T
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.
Upanishads:~ They alone in this world are endowed with the highest wisdom and are firm in their conviction of the sameness and birthlessness of Ataman. The ordinary man does not understand their way. (Chapter IV — Alatasanti Prakarana 95-P-188 in Upanishads by Nikilanada)
Therefore, there is no use in taking the strain to understand, and assimilate the conceptual divisions invented by teachers of philosophy through their excessive analysis. There are more and more doubts and confusion if one tries to understand and assimilate the ultimate truth through the scriptures.
Why follow the path of doubts and confusion by losing oneself in the labyrinths of philosophy, when one can realize the ultimate truth without them.
By mentally tracing the source of the mind from where it rises and subsides one becomes aware of the fallacy of the mind, which rises as waking or dream and subsides as deep sleep.
The mind arises from consciousness and subsides as consciousness. Therefore, there is a need for perfect understanding and assimilation of non-dualistic or Advaitic truth.
There is no need to renounce the worldly life to get Self-Realization. Any householder can attain it if he has the inner urge.
Ashtavakra Samhita: ~ "The man of knowledge, though living like an ordinary man, is contrary to him, and only those like him understand his state.
Sage Sankara believed that those of superior intelligence, have no need of this idea of divine causality, and can, therefore, dispense with Sruti and arrive at the truth of Non-Dualism by pure reason. :~Santthosh Kumaar
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