Manduka Upanishads shows how one opinion may be used to contradict another, so that both may be thrown away. Opinions are not for seeking the truth.+

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)

You along with all the thoughts and words and the world in which you exist are nothing but an illusion created out of a single clay. that single clay is consciousness. When you reduce yourself along with your thoughts, world, and the world in which you exist into single clay the truth hidden by ignorance is grained.

Manduka Upanishads shows how one opinion may be used to contradict another, so that both may be thrown away. Opinions are not for seeking the truth.

Ashtavakra says:~ opinions are merely thought not the truth.

Manduka Upanishad is not meant for all, as it is based entirely on reasoning. Hence, but only a few will be able to understand and assimilate it.

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).

First, know ‘what is the truth’ and ‘what is untruth’ for sure. Without realizing what untruth truth is, it is difficult to know what truth is.

Without breaking away from religion and ancient traditions it is impossible to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana. Religion and tradition will keep one locked in ignorance.

Sage Sankara: - “The world, filled with attachments and aversions, and the rest, is like a dream: it appears to be real as long as one is ignorant, but becomes unreal when one is awake

Sage Sankara:~ “As fire is the direct cause of cooking, so knowledge, and not any other form of discipline, is the direct cause of Liberation; for Liberation cannot be attained without Knowledge." (Self-Knowledge)

First Mundaka - Chapter 2 (8) - Fools, dwelling in darkness, but wise in their own conceit and puffed up with vain scholarship, wander about, being afflicted by many ills, like blind men led by the blind.

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.

Most of the intellectuals indulge in provocation and unnecessary arguments holding their egocentric knowledge as a yardstick. Such an attitude leads to perversity.

The ultimate truth or Brahman is not some custom-made stuff to please a different mindset. The serious seeker will never indulge in asking perverted questions.

The seeker must have enough patience, humility, and an intense urge to realize the truth. Arguments and provocation will not yield truth.

Perfect understanding of ‘what is what ‘leads to the realization of Nondualistic or Advaitic truth.

As the seeker's understanding of ‘what is what ‘grows, gradually the seeker gets a glimpse of truth. Whatever is based on the waking entity is falsehood and whatever is based on the  Soul, the  Self is real and eternal.

Thus, it is necessary for the seeker of truth to make sure the waking entity (ego) is not the Self but the Self is  Soul in order to acquire Self-knowledge. ~ Santthosh Kumaar