One who calls himself a Gnani, but whose philosophy religion and mere quoting scriptures is really by heart he thinks he is a Gnani.

People, who have not become firm in their power of reason, quote someone else as authority to support their reasoning because they have not got fullest confidence in their own powers. When one is certain, he does not need any authority to support or confirm himself. There is no need for it.  To appeal to others views, indicates his own reasoning is incomplete.

A Gnani quotes scriptural citation just to show the scriptures are also saying what he is saying.  A Gnani does not require any scriptures because he has the firm conviction of the ultimate truth or Brahman.   

The Advaita taught by Sage Sri Sankara is a rigorous, absolute one. According to Sage Sri Sankara, whatever is, is Brahman. Brahman Itself is absolutely homogeneous. All difference and plurality are illusory.

The seeker   must not tell a lie is the first requirement in pursuit of truth.” What he like for practical life it is not concerned with.  the seeker has to keep his intuitions and instincts at a distance and he has to stick to known fact.  To inquire, analyse and reason means to go to the very end of things.

Sharpness to grasp the truth is necessary in pursuit of truth.  if one is sharp than yy merely hearing the truth mentioned they will grasp it. 

The Seeker has to to analyze the three states; and he has to think consistently on it. Exercise his thinking faculty and inquire continually; discrimination is essential; this practice is the only way to understand, assimilate and realize the non-dual truth.

Most people have a complex "I know". Unless one gives up the “I know” business   he can’t get rid of the ideas "which are full of contradictions" to the Truth seeker. But those who do not want the truth do not see the contradictions and are satisfied with their accepted truth.

The modern science is based on the facts of the physical existence, whereas truth   is based on facts of the spiritual  existence. The pursuit of starts with the physical  facts, but carries its inquiry deeper. The the seeker has to go more deeply into investigating  the facts of form,time and space to unfold the mystery of the  universe in he exists.  by deeper reflection into spiritual realities ,which is free from form,time and space leads to non-dualistic self-awareness . in self-awareness the Mind rests  in  soul or consciousness  ultimately . 

Many people quote non-duality without understanding it really in its highest aspect. One who calls himself a Gnani, but whose philosophy religion and mere quoting scriptures is really by heart he thinks he is a Gnani.  He does not know that what a scripture says is true or not because he is blindly accepted scriptures without verifying them and he quotes them as proof.

There are conflicting teachings in spiritual path and one gets confused as to which are true. People are not capable of knowing, which path is true path, because they do not know the proper test of truth.