Most of the saints and sages of the past
are mostly social reformers, thus they are more concerned to the humanism
rather than the truth. Their contribution is very valuable to live in the
practical world. Thus humanism is part and parcel of the universe, which
is mere illusion.
People think love is the means to
self-realization but they are unaware of the fact that, love and hate are made
of the same stuff. Love is not the means of self –realization. Love is very
much necessary in practical life within the practical world. Love implies
duality. Whatever is of duality is
falsehood. Thus love is reality within the falsehood. Lover and love ceases to exist in reality
because the experience of duality is not reality. The experience of practical life within
practical world is reality within the waking experience but waking experience
itself is mere illusion created out of consciousness. Thus lover and love are
one in essence. Thus path of love is religious path because religion is path of
individuality or duality.
The humanism is limited to practical
life within the practical world. The path of love is path for
humanity therefore, it is individualized path. Thus path of love is limited to
the physical structure, it cannot transport one to ultimate end. Thus
seeker has to understand the fact that the practical life and practical world
are part of the mirage from the ultimate standpoint.
The simple reason is that the average
person may have desire for knowledge but when the whole society is immersed in
belief system and feeling himself out of place because of societal
fear and surroundings circumstances and he thinks it unfits him to pursue the
path of truth.
The seeker of truth is one who is ready
verify and has courage to accept and reject the truth when he finds out what is
truth and what is untruth. The meek will stick to their inherited conditioning
remain experiencing duality as reality.
When a yogi realizes that yoga is not
the means to acquire self-knowledge than takes up deeper self-search by
dropping all the yogic discipline. Yoga
is inadequate and useless in quenching his inner thirst. By indulging in deeper
self –search he realizes the self is formless consciousness and the three
states are mere mirage created out of consciousness. Therefore he attains
Gnana.
The ignorance is the cause
of experiencing all sorrow and calamities as reality. Thus eradicating the
ignorance completely is necessary. And this is possible only through
self-knowledge or Gnana. Thus, there is
no other road to freedom other than Gnana.
There is no other entrance other than except Gnana. The ignorance will vanish only when the
nondual wisdom dawns.
That
is why Sri Sankara, indicated in
Bhaja Govindam says: - [Jnana Viheena
Sarva Mathena Bajathi na Muktim janma Shatena] - one without knowledge does not obtain liberation even in a hundred
births, no matter which religious faith he follows.
Then it is no use
going roundabout way, trace the Brahman which is the formless substance and
witness of the universe, which is in the form of mind. By tracing the source of the mind or universe
one will be able to realize the Brahman.
Thus, self-knowledge is meant only for those who have intense urge, and
courage to accept the truth with humility and reject the untruth. Since people
start comparing with their scriptural knowledge, it becomes impossible to
assimilate and realize the non-dual truth. Therefore, there is no
need to convince anyone other than our own-selves to get the firm
conviction.
So they clearly indicate rituals and theories are not meant for
those who are searching for the higher knowledge or wisdom. The path of wisdom is the only means to acquire self-knowledge.
All the orthodox Advaitins indulge and immersed themselves in
ritualistic oriented life style and follow the path of karma and upasana which
is meant for lower and middling intellect
and not for realizing the
Advaitic truth. Many chose these
orthodox scholars as their gurus. But these gurus are good to learn the
conceptual Adavaita meant for those orthodox who believe their conduct oriented
life style leads to Moksha [liberation]. But religious based Adavaita is not the means to acquire self –knowledge or nondual
wisdom. Those who are seeking truth have
to do their own homework in order to acquire self-knowledge.
