Religion is based on the ego. Spirituality is based on the Soul, the Self.+

Religion is based on the ego. Spirituality is based on the Soul, the Self.  You are the ego because without the ego,  you, and the world in which you exist cease to exist.

The ego is the very basis of the world in which you exist. Without the ego, the world in which you exist ceases to exist.   

Thus, the physical body, ego, and the world appear together and disappear together.  It is impossible to get rid of the ego alone because the ego exists only when the physical body and the world are present. The people who are trying to get rid of the ego will never succeed.

The world in which you exist is the product of ignorance.    Thus, the seeker has to get rid of the ignorance not the ego. A perfect understanding and realization of ‘what is what leads helps to get rid of ignorance.

All accumulated knowledge becomes an obstacle to realizing the truth, which is beyond form, time, and space.  

Religious believers constantly quarreling with one another claiming that their religion is superior to other religions. They haven't the intelligence to understand that in reality there is nothing that exists other than the universal God, which is present in the form of the Spirit. The Spirit is the Self. 

The ultimate truth is One and universal. All people are seeking the same Truth..... Everyone is going toward the ultimate Goal. They will all realize the ultimate truth or Brahman or God in truth if they have sincerity and longing to realize it.  

Religion causes one to become crippled, Self-mortifying and Self-deprecating is not a religion, but the social system of controlling the populace through psychological deformation and retardation.

One can think only within the waking experience. Therefore, even if one stops thinking he still remains a man without the thoughts. 

The thoughts will not form without form, feeling, perception mental formation, and consciousness. If one of these things is not there, then the thoughts will not form.

The thoughts will not stop until one becomes aware of the fact that, the Self is formless. It is impossible to get rid of the form without understanding ‘What is the mind? is and ‘What is the substance of the mind? ‘What is the source of the mind?

The formless Soul, the ‘Self’, when known becomes an object. The Soul, when realized, then it becomes consciousness. This is the distinction between knowing and realizing.: ~Santthosh Kumaar

Rest in consciousness.+

Rig Veda: ~ 'Prajnanam Brahma'- Consciousness is the ultimate reality or Brahman or God in truth.

Do not accept any other truth other than the consciousness. Consciousness is the ultimate truth,  nothing is real but consciousness, nothing matters but realizes the ultimate truth. Consciousness is everywhere and in everything. Let these words be inscribed in your subconscious.

Rest in consciousness by realizing the world in which you exist is nothing but consciousness. 

The Soul is the fullness of consciousness without division of form, time, and space.  Consciousness alone is real and eternal all else is merely an illusion created out of the consciousness.

A person who bases on birth, life, death and the world is trying to find the meaning of life. There is no meaning or purpose in life because life is merely happening within the dualistic illusion (world). T

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

Consciousness alone is real and eternal all else is merely an illusion created out of consciousness.

The person who bases on birth, life, death and the world is trying to find the meaning of life. There is no meaning or purpose of life because life is merely a happening within the dualistic illusion (world).

Thus, karma based on the physical entity is based on birth, life, and death, which is part and parcel of the illusory universe or Maya

Karma based on the physical entity is based on birth, life, and death, which is part and parcel of the dualistic illusion. :~Santthosh Kumaar

The ‘Self’ is not the ‘I’.+

The ‘Self’ is not the ‘I’.  The ‘Self’ is the Soul.  The Soul, the innermost Self is without form, time, and space. 

Dualist sages could not distinguish between ‘I’ and ‘Self.’ The 'I' was the ‘Self’.  Their highest was the Jiva. 

People are so much attached to the 'I' that they do not want to think that 'I' does not exist. Again they are unable to detach the ‘I’ from the Real ‘Self’.

Dualists have written big volumes about the Soul. Yet they are quite ignorant of the fact that the ‘I’ about which they write itself comes and goes and has no permanent existence, is only an idea after all.

What is it that appears as the ‘I’ and disappears as the ‘I-less? It is the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.

Do not make the mistake of holding the ‘I’ as the Self because it is not permanent. ‘I’ disappears and becomes ‘I’-less.

‘I’ is an illusion and the ‘I-LESS-Soul’ is real and eternal. The ‘I-LESS -Soul‘ appears as ‘I’ and ‘I ’‘disappears as I-LESs-Soul.

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

The ‘I’ hides the truth of the whole.

People erroneously think the ‘I’ without the body is the Self. 

The seeker has to realize that the Self is not 'I', but the Self is the Soul, which is the cause of the ‘I’. The unborn Soul, the  Self, which is real and 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.: 

The one which is born, lives, and dies, is not the ‘Self’.   Your birth and death happen within the world. 

The world itself is the dualistic illusion created out of the Soul, the Self, which is present in the form of consciousness.  

When the Soul, the Self is not limited to an individual then what is the use of ‘Who am ‘I’? -inquiry.   

What is the use of saying ‘I AM THIS’ and ‘I AM THAT’, without realizing what the ‘Self’ is in actuality? WHO AM ‘I’? / I AM THAT’ is only helpful in elementary stages.

For Self-realization, you must first know what this ‘Self’ is in actuality.

Remember this: the ‘I’-centric and you-centric Gurus and their teaching is not Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana. 

Unless you discard the ‘I’-centric and you-centric Gurus and their teaching it is impossible to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

What is the Self?

If something is true, is real, is constant, is a foundation of a nature that is unchanging, this can be called the Self.

The Soul, the Self is the fullness of the consciousness without the illusory division of form, time, and space. The Soul is formless, timeless, and spaceless and eternal existence.

People have not penetrated the meaning of the ‘Self’. The meaning is that the ultimate truth is the Self, which is the eternal existence.

You are impermanent because the ‘Self’ is not you but the ‘Self is the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.

 

You should not hold anything of the dualistic illusion (universe), which is impermanence. 

The world in which you exist makes you feel as though they are real but ultimately they are merely an illusion created out of the Soul, which is permanent.

You must cultivate to see the permanence (Soul) hidden by the impermanence (universe) as it is.

If you do this, you will be like one who sees a gem in the muddied water among the stones and rocks and waits for the water to settle before he skillfully plucks it out.

It is the same with cultivating the idea of the Soul, the Self hidden by the dualistic illusion (universe).: ~ Santthosh Kumaar

It is erroneous to believe the general impression is that the universe disappears to a Gnani, +

It is erroneous to believe the general impression is that the universe disappears to a Gnani, that he sees nothing in Samadhi. Only deluded persons will have such an impression?

Nothing is destroyed. Only ignorance disappears and the unreal nature of the universe is exposed. The universe which appears as the waking experience is a dualistic illusion.

A Gnani has the full and firm conviction that the world in which he exists is nothing but the consciousness in the midst of dualistic illusion.

The Soul, the Self, being aware of its true nature in the midst of dualistic illusion is called Self-awareness.

The universe or the waking experience will not disappear. It is there always, but the unreal nature of the waking experience is exposed in the midst of dualistic illusion through Advaitic wisdom.

If one thinks its mere disappearance in the Yogic Samadhi is the ultimate Truth or Brahman, then he would get it in deep sleep. Thus, the yogic Samadhi is not the Advaitic wisdom. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar

Fools dwelling in darkness, but thinking themselves wise and erudite, go round and round, by various tortuous paths, like the blind led by the blind.+

Katha Upanishad says:~ Fools dwelling in darkness, but thinking themselves wise and erudite, go round and round, by various tortuous paths, like the blind led by the blind. (Ch~ II-5 P-14)

Those who indulge in the perverted argument on their own standpoint and opinion are not seeking the truth, which is beyond form, time, and space.  They just want to exhibit their accumulated knowledge accumulated from here and there.  They think what they know is the ultimate truth.

They think whatever they propagate is the ultimate truth. The question never occurs to them, “Is what I know is really the truth?

I just write what is revealed from the inner core. My main intention is to divert the seeker's attention to the source from where the mind (universe) rises and subsides.

Reading and reflecting on my blogs and postings gradually,   the seekers will start assimilating and realizing  'what is the truth' and 'what the untruth' is. 

Repeated reading of my blogs and postings makes the seeker, Soulcentric, and the inner dialogue will start and clear all the doubts and confusion.

When there are no doubts and confusion, then they have realized the truth that form, time, and space are one in essence. And that essence is consciousness. 

There is no use in wasting time in questioning and arguing same time and effort have to be used to make the seeker more independent and without external spoon-feeding he can reach the inner core, which is the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.

The words mean different things to different people, it is what's behind the words, between the lines that matters. Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana is meant for the class not for the mass.:~Santthosh Kumaar

Till one hold the Self as 'I', it is impossible to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana. +

People who study  Vedanta are under the delusion and conclude that they declare:~   "I-Am-Brahman",   but they fail to realize the fact that Brahman is everywhere and in everything! 

The existence of Brahman is not limited to his physical identity because it is the very essence of form, time, and space.

Yoga Vasistha:~ "Teachers, interpretations of sacred texts, the force of religious merit--none of these lead to the realization of that Ultimate Truth which is revealed in the clear reflection of the heart, engendered from contact with the good."

Sage Sankara: ~ VC 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 (verses-6)

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.

The ‘I’ is the ignorance. Till one holds the Self 'I', it is impossible to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.  

Thus,   the seeker has to get rid of ignorance, which is present in the form of ‘I’, to realize the ultimate truth or Brahman. :~Santthosh Kumaar

Some Gurus propagate that by becoming laughing Buddha one get Self-realization.+

If you laugh or if you cry the wisdom will not dawn. The one who laughs or cries is the one who is born lives and dies whereas the Soul, the Self is a formless, timeless, and spaceless existence.

Some Gurus propagate that by becoming a laughing Buddha one gets Self-realization because if one keeps on laughing he forgets his physical identity but is merely a theory based on the false self within the false experience.

Suppose one keeps laughing within the dream, the dream becomes unreal when Advaitic wisdom dawns. Similarly, if one keeps laughing with the waking experience, the waking becomes unreal when Advaitic wisdom dawns. The Advaitic wisdom dawns when the Soul, wakes up from its sleep of ignorance.

Thus, ignorance will not vanish by laughing but such acts keep the Soul, the Self in the prison of the dualistic illusion.

Perfect understanding and assimilation of ‘what is what’ is needed to cross the leasehold of the dualistic illusion. :~Santthosh Kumaar