Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana is nothing but Advaitic wisdom of Sage Sankara.+

Sage Sankara means Advaita and Advaita means Sage Sankara. Advaitic wisdom of Sage Sankara is not theology. Theological Advaita is not Sage  Sankara’s Advaitic wisdom. 

According to Advaita Vedanta, the Veda addresses itself to two kinds of audiences –

1, “The ordinary ones who desire the transitory heaven and other pleasures obtained as a result of ritual sacrifices”.

2, “The   advanced seekers who seek to know the ultimate truth or Brahman.”

Thus, the Purva mimam. sa, with its emphasis on the karma kanda of the Vedas, is meant for the first audience, to help lead its followers along the way. However, the Vedanta, with its emphasis on the jnana kanda, is meant for those who wish to go beyond form, time, and space.

Thus those who are seeking the truth have to discard the Theological Advaita without mercy in order to realize the Advaitic truth, which is beyond the form, time, and space.

A Gnani is a person who sees everything from the standpoint of the Soul, the innermost Self. Therefore, he is free from ignorance. He has transcended the dualistic illusion.

The truth of our true existence is not the dualistic truth based on form, time, and space.   We are searching for the truth, which is the cause of the universe in which we exist.

To unfold the truth out of individual existence we have to unfold the truth of the whole universe.  

The truth of our true existence is not some theory. All theoretical philosophies are based on egocentric imagination thus they are not the truth.

Many masters of the east and west designed their own spiritual teaching in the name of Advaita is not the Soulcentric Advaita but Advaita based on egocentric imagination.  Such teaching instead of helping seekers leads them to hallucinations.  Once the seeker accepts these teaching then it is difficult for him to come out of this hallucinating Advaitic teaching, which is not of Sage, Sankara’s line of thinking.

If the seeker is seeking truth nothing but the truth then he has to drop all the theistic Advaita and different versions of Advaita created by eastern and western masters without mercy, in order to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana. Such teaching instead of helping the seeker blocks them from realizing the truth, hidden by the ‘I’.

Without realizing what is this ‘I’, supposed to be in actuality, it is impossible to unfold the truth of our true existence.  

Theistic Advaita is for the ignorant populace is nothing to with the Advaita, which Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana. 

By mixing this and that is not Advaitic wisdom.  The seeker has to stick to the truth and drop all that is an untruth.  

By holding, the Atman as real and realizing all else is merely an illusion created out of Atman, which is present in the form of the consciousness one will be able to establish in Atman the ultimate truth or Brahman or God in truth.   

Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana is nothing but the Advaitic wisdom of Sage Sankara.

Without realizing what is this ‘I’, supposed to be in actuality, it is impossible to unfold the truth of  the  true existence.:~    Santthosh Kumaar