Every child must be made aware of God in truth. The religiously propagated beliefs of Gods are not God in truth. Religion has become the cause of concern, to the whole of humanity. Religion brood ignorance and its outdated beliefs and dogmas, superstition.
Religion is regarded as sacred and real by the common people, by the wise as false, and by the politicians as useful.
To stop the bloodbath which is going on in the name of religion, the truth of God has to be revealed to bring unity in diversity to humanity.
The truth of God sets humanity free from ignorance and brings unity in diversity. “God created the world is an absolute lie”
Yajurveda – chapter- 32:~ God S IS Supreme Spirit.
The Bible says: ~ “God is a Spirit, and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth (John 4:24)”,
Even Bhagavad Gita says: ~ Brahmano hi pratisthaham Brahman ( Spirit or God in truth) is considered the all-pervading consciousness which is the basis of all the animate and inanimate entities and material (Gita 14.27)
The Spirit is the root element of the universe. The Spirit is present in the form of the Soul, the innermost Self. The Soul is present in the form of consciousness.
From the Spirit, the universe comes into existence. In the Spirit, the universe resides. And into the Spirit, the universe is dissolved. The Spirit is the parent of all that is there is.
If God is the formless Spirit, then how does man know God created the world? There is no proof. If man had seen God creating the world, he could admit it, but how could he have seen God before he came into existence? (i.e. were created).
No one has seen God creating the world. No one can claim that he was the first Knower of the creation. How can anyone he knows God created the creation when he is the part of the creation?
People talk about God created the creation as if they were present when God was creating the creation. So people who wrote creation and creator theory existed prior to God creating the creation.
There got to be at the very beginning of the creation, someone or other who was the very first knower of the creation. There cannot be something ‘known’ in the absence of a ‘knower.’
In Brahma Sutras Sage Sankara takes for granted, assumes that a world was created: He there mixes dogmatic theology with philosophy.
That God created the world is an absolute lie; nevertheless, you will find Sage Sankara (in his commentary on Vedanta Sutras) clearly says this! He has to adapt his teachings to his audience, reserving the highest for philosophical minds.
The text of Brahma Sutras is based on religion, dogmatism, but in the commentary, Sage Sankara cleverly introduced some philosophy.
A number of Upanishads are equally dogmatic and Self-contradictory because they also begin by assuming Brahman. Few Upanishads prove Brahman at the end of a train of proof but still, they are very confusing and vague.
The causality and creation but are for religious people only. Religion is only for those who are unable to understand truth beyond form, time, and space. Religion is not final. It only gives satisfaction to the populace. The Self - knowledge is for the whole of humanity to free them from experiencing the birth, life, death, and world as reality.
Sage Sankara himself had often said that his philosophy was based on Sruti, or revealed scripture. This may be because Sage Sankara addressed the ordinary man, who finds security in the idea of causality and thus, in the idea of God—and Revelation is indispensable to prove the latter. He believed that those of superior intelligence, have no need for this idea of divine causality, and can, therefore, dispense with Sruti and arrive at the truth of Advaita by pure reason.
People of small intelligence follow religion and believe that God created the world. However, how do they know that God did so? When a pot is created, one can see both pot and its maker, but not in the case of the world.
The seeker has to begin his analysis with the world first, not with the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. The world in which you exist, consciousness is the finality. Thus, consciousness is the ultimate truth, Brahman, or God. The universe is merely an illusion created out of God. In reality, the illusion and God are one in essence. Thus, consciousness, God is one without the second. Those who are stuck with the creator, creation theory will not be able to realize the GOD in truth.
A Gnani sees the world in which he exists as the consciousness." However, to know this, they must study be examined.
Remember:~
It is very difficult to define a Gnani. There are no formal or external marks. The seeker of truth need not renounce worldly life and become a sanyasi. By becoming a sanyasi the ignorance will not vanish.
Sanyasa or monkhood is not a qualification to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.
Sage Sankara: ~ "Though I wear these robes of a Sanyasin, it is only for the sake of bread." (Select Works of Sage Sri, Sankara" also his commentary on Brihad)
Thus, the above passage proves that all those who were the sanyasin robes are wearing it for the sake of bread belongs to the religion; they are nothing to do with the 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 ignorant masses in the dualistic world.
The seeker must be in the world as a householder and indulge in work or business or attend to service to humankind; but constantly think of the Soul, the real God, which is hidden by the ‘I’ the dualistic illusion.
The seeker should live a normal life in this world same time, not in this world. Leading a normal worldly and attend duties, responsibilities.
The following religion and its worship of religious Gods are unsafe rafts for getting rid of ignorance. Doomed to shipwreck are those who try to cross the ocean of ignorance on these poor rafts.
Ignorant of their own ignorance, yet wise in their own esteem, these deluded orthodox people proud of their vain learning go round and round like the blind led by the blind.
That is why Mundaka Upanishad: ~ “The rituals and the sacrifices described in the Vedas deal with lower knowledge. The sages ignored these rituals and went in search of higher knowledge. ... Such rituals are unsafe rafts for crossing the sea of samsara, of birth and death. Doomed to shipwreck are those who try to cross the sea of samsara on these poor rafts.
That is why Brihadaranyaka Upanishad declares: "He who worships the deities as entities entirely separate from him does not know the truth. For the Gods, he is like a pasu (beast)". (1. 4. 10)
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?
VC- v6~ 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
Sage Sri, Sankara goes on to say: ~A sickness is not cured by saying the word “medicine.” You must take the medicine. Liberation does not come by merely saying the word “Brahman (God).” Brahman must be realized. 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.
Yoga Vasistha says: ~ Self-knowledge or knowledge of truth is not had by resorting to a Guru (preceptor) nor by the study of scripture, nor by good works: it is attained only through inquiry inspired by the company of wise (Gnani). One’s inner light alone is the means, naught else. When this inner light is kept alive, it is not affected by the darkness of inertia.
Every human being is qualified to acquire the Advaitic wisdom of Sage Sankara.
Every householder irrespective of any caste or religion is qualified to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.
The caste ~ does not qualify you to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.
The religion ~ does not qualify you to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.
Yoga ~ does not qualify you to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.
Tantra~ does not qualify you to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.
Mantra~ does not qualify you to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.
Singing devotional songs ~ does not qualifies you to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.
Belief and worship of mythical Gods ~ does not qualify you to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.
Belief in superstition or dogmas ~ does not qualify you to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.
Rituals ~ do not qualify you to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.
Customs or tradition ~ does qualify you to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.
Wearing the Religious robe or symbol ~ does not qualify you to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.
Meditations~ do not qualify you to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.
Hearing of sermons ~ does not qualify you to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.
Bathing in the holy river~ does not qualify you to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.
Visiting Ashrams and retreats ~ does not qualifies you to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.
Waking in the mountain in search of truth ~ does not qualify you to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.
Worship of personal Gods and Goddesses ~does not qualify you to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.
Having a Guru ~ does qualify you to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.
By following any tradition or parampara ~ does qualify you to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.
By serving the Guru ~ does not qualify you to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.
By studying the scriptures and philosophy ~ does not qualify you to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.
Learning Sanskrit ~ does not qualify you to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.
Initiation of any sort~ does not qualify you to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.
Spending money to realize the truth ~ does not qualify you to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.
Taking vows to start the journey. ~ does not qualify you to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.
The grace of physical Guru ~ does not qualify you to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.
Drop all that is not needed for Self-realization.
Every human being qualified to acquire Self-knowledge of Braham Gnana or Atma Gnana.
That is why Sage Sankara said:~Talk as much philosophy as you like, worship as many Gods as you please, observe ceremonies and sing devotional hymns, but liberation will never come, even after a hundred aeons, without realizing the Oneness.
If you are the truth seeker then it is better to spend time discovering the facts about your own existence than waste precious time attending Satsang, meeting Gurus and yogis, by traveling one place to another by reading books after books, by staying Ashrams, and by the walking in the Himalayas.
Sage Sankara says ~ VC-162- There is no liberation for a person of mere book knowledge, howsoever well-read in the philosophy of Vedanta, so long as one does not give up the false identification with the body, sense organs, etc., which are unreal.
People dwelling in ignorance, but thinking themselves wise and erudite, go round and round by various blind beliefs and tortuous paths and practices, like the blind led by the blind. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar
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