There is no need to give up anything in order to acquire Self-Knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana. Renouncing from the world in order to get freedom is religious fable. One has to be serious in pursuit of truth and must have humility and courage to accept the truth when untruth is traced. By mere scriptural knowledge and intellectual arguments one does not become a Gnani.
Renouncing the worldly life is not the means to Self-Realization. The three states must be investigated; without investigating the three states it is impossible understand and assimilate the non-dual truth. Weak minds cannot take a comprehensive view and so decry what they cannot understand.
There is no need to get aversion to existence, as do the ascetics and yogis; on the contrary one should go on living in the world as a householder, working and accepting the ups and downs of the life. That he should accept life as bundle of pleasure and pain. There is no need to renounce anything in order to acquire Self-Knowledge. The ultimate truth is nothing to do with the the worldly life.
Asceticism is only for a lower stage where one gives up externally in order to help one get into the internal attitude of freedom from desire. The mental renunciation is higher. When one realizes the fact that, the self is not physical, he realizes the the burden and bondage of the physical life is mere illusion. It appeared spontaneously and it disappears also the same way.
The enjoyment and sufferings are part of the illusion. Pleasure hunting keeps one in grip of illusion. Yoga is based on individuality. It is not possible to reach the ultimate goal through Yoga.
The seeker has to mentally detachment of the the formless witness from the illusion , and realize the fact that it is unaffected from the happenings within the illusion. And also realize the fact that , the illusion also is the spirit.
Love and Blessings are mere religious fable; it has no value in the realm of truth. The concept of love blessings are emotional tools in physical existence. Love and blessings are mere expressions but they are no the means to Self-Realization. A Gnani neither blesses nor curses.
Miraculous occult power and the mythological stories of their feats, are fairy tales which were meant for dullards and uneducated mass, i.e. those whose minds have not developed. Mythological stories are fables, yet they are taken seriously by the mass. When one realizes the fact that, the self is not physical but formless spirit or consciousness or soul, the physical existence becomes mere illusion. Therefore, whatever seen, known, believed and experienced within the illusion is bound to be illusion. Therefore, whatever based on the physical self has to be mentally negated, and whatever prevails without the illusion is non-dual reality. This has to be mentally grasped, therefore yoga and religion is based on the physical form thus they will not yield fruits. They are good for the mass who are incapable of inquiring.
The yogi in Samadhi fail to see non-duality, Because he believes there is bliss to come to him from Samadhi. That shows he does not know truth, but still seeks bliss as something apart from his-self. The ultimate truth alone, sets one free from experiencing the illusion as reality.
