The great declaration of Sri ,Sanakra's - Brahma Sathya Jagan Mithya is scientific truth , rational truth and also ultimate truth.

Many seekers in this path of inquiry is still struggling even after long years and waiting for something to happen. Even after reading and inquiring deeply enough, still they are unable progress further.  Even they are unable to get any benefit in their spiritual pursuit through self – inquiry. And also they are unable to give up the self-inquiry due to the attraction of Ramana.  Many seekers end up with using “Who am ‘I’” as mantra and become stagnant without being aware of the purpose of the self-inquiry.

I was surprised to know after reading the interview of Mr. Sivapraksh Pillai who expressed that even after 50 long years he was unable to achieve his goal through inquiry, hats off to his sincere and honest statement. It is very difficult to get masters like Maharishi Ramana, Papaji or Nisrgdutta  Maharajah to get guidance in the present world.

In my honest opinion with all the due respect to every soul which was involved in recording and publishing the self inquiry, which is greatest treasure, and which opens the golden gate to  the seeker to enter into spiritual world, from religious world. Still there is lots confusion and doubts which are impossible to get answer the way the inquiry is presented in the books. But one will be able to overcome the same after lots of research. But it is impossible to do research in the present framework of the Self-inquiry. Since everyone is expecting and waiting for some mystic experience to happen and refuse to verify and accept the truth, because of there conservative outlook.

Even the intellectual- class, who have authored many books are viewed and judged Sri, Ramana on mystic point of view were unable to deliver goods due to their inherited religious background. Sri, Ramana was mystic for the mass, but he was Gnani for the class.

Religious based Advaita  is nothing to do with spiritual Advaita . Orthodox Advaita was diluted version  to suit the mass mind set by Sri, Sankara to uplift the Santana Dharma  which was in ruins in the clutches of Buddhism and Jainism. Even Sri, Sankara also says the religion, scriptures and yoga are not the means to self realization. 

Original spiritual  Advaita  of Sankara must have been  lost in time, but we find traces of it in the scriptures. Spiritual Advaita  is nothing to do with orthodox  Advaita, since the aim of spiritual Advaita a is to acquire only non-dualistic or Advaitic wisdom. the orthodox Advaita is based  on the physical self whereas the  spiritual Advaita is based on the soul,which in the form of consciousness. soul or consciousness is the innermost self.    

 It also becomes evident that different people who have interviewed Sri,  Ramana Maharishi at different time had different back ground and mind set. Therefore, it is necessary to bifurcate religious views of Sri Ramana Maharishi  from his spiritual views to get the hidden essence of Sri Ramana Maharishi ’s teaching.

S.S. COHEN, Nisrgdutta Maharajah  Poonjaji and Osho‘s books are more helpful in pursuit of truth.  But any way one has to do his own home work and research. I find not only inquiry, but reasoning is most important in unfolding the mystery.

Nisargadutta Maharajah clears many doubts and hurdles but still one cannot reach the ultimate truth since there are little confusions for which the seeker will not find reasonable reasoning. 

Many seekers have done excellent research on  Sri, Ramana Maharishi  but still there are many hidden massages which can be unfolded if the inquiry is well directed if reason is used.

The seeker cannot sit expecting some mystic experience to happen and which will unfold the mystery and helps one to experience the bliss.

All the mystic experience is based on yoga and religion. Yoga is necessary for preparatory stages and yoga is not means for self realization. Religion is used in the past as a tool condition the mind, to be, to behave, to believe, to live and create its own pedigree of mindset to  help the society to live in harmony with its own code of conduct. Religion is nothing to with spirituality. Spirituality is the tool to unfold the mystery of the mind. Therefore religion and god or guru glorification, scriptural studies are not necessary in pursuit of truth.

Soul-centric reasoning  only will help the seeker to unfold the mystery of the mind or human experience.

The conservative religious background in which every seeker is sentimentally involved is the main hurdle and obstacle in realizing the truth. Therefore it is necessary for everyone to know how they are hurdle and create fatter in truth pursuit. It is necessary for the seeker of the truth to have the courage to accept the truth and reject the untruth, when the truth is unfolded through inquiry and reasoning and analysis. Ramana‘s and Sage Sri Sankara‘s grace will pour only when the seeker accepts the truth and rejects the untruth.

The main hurdle one has to cross when one inquires “WHO AM ‘I ?” and proceeds further as per the instruction in the book, one finds it difficult in the latter stage and finds something is inadequate and wrong somewhere. Therefore it is necessary to find and remove the obstacles to reach the goal.

When one gets the answer I am not the body then the inquiry ends there. If ‘I’ is not the body then one cannot inquire on the physical base. Since the mind, ego senses whatever one experienced as a person of the world, god, religion, scriptures and whatever seen and known loses its meaning because ‘I’ itself cannot exist without the physical body.  Therefore, there is no meaning in carrying out inquiry on the physical identity saying I am not the senses, I am not the mind, and I am not this I am not that etc. because along with body the mind sense and ego and the physical experience of the world is rejected. When the physical body is not ‘I’ there is no entity to practice Self -inquiry  Then if you accept there is nothing further, then it becomes Buddha’s emptiness. But it cannot be empty because still something remains to say it is empty as Goudpada declares.  Therefore it becomes difficult to inquire on the physical base. 

Self -inquiry prescribed by Sri, Ramana Maharishi is a good tool  in  the beginning of the pursuit of truth. But seeker will find it inadequate to in latter stages. However, it creates lots of doubts and confusion.  The seeker has to find the answers on his own through deeper reasoning, then all his doubts and confusions will be cleared, and he will be able to move ahead in the path of inquiry, and he will be able to reach his non-dual destination.

 The doubts and confusion in Self-Inquiry

The Seeker has to overcome the doubts and confusion in later stages in self-inquiry, the seeker finds some doubts and confusion, which cannot be overcome if inquiry practiced on the present format prescribed in self-inquiry book. As per my personal research the self-inquiry in the present format will not yield any fruits.

 If mind is same as Atman (consciousness), how can it vanish--when the mind appears and disappears as Waking or dream?

How can one be certain when one leave the external world--when the person is within the world?

Why leave the external world when everything is Brahman---when everything is Brahman why crate division between the world and its perceiver?

How can the world alone cease to exist if one do not look at it—how can the person remain without the world and where he will exist without the world?

Who has the subtle mind projecting through brain and senses? How can one see his subtle mind?--when the brain also piece of the gross matter? ---then how can the brain come into existence after the world is created if the later depends on the brain.

Heart is idea created by mind, how the mind can emerge from it---when the heart disappear along with the mind and reappears along with the mind, how the mind emerge from it.

In deep sleep, swoon and trance, the mind turns inwards and enjoys its natural state--if so why should one inquire if one gets Atman in sleep. With drug one can get sleep and peace or bliss.

If sleep gives Brahman then why trouble with inquiry--better get it through pills. There are many seekers practicing inquiry for many years and waiting for something mystical to happen, why nothing happens and why their inquiry does not yield fruits.

Since Maharishi Ramana is not present physically to guide us, seeker to overcome these obstacle in the path of inquiry on his own.  

WHO AM 'I'? inquiry reveals  only the false nature of the ego. It is inadequate to reveal the truth of the whole.  

Sage Sri, Sankara is rightly  indicated :- VC- 63. Without causing the objective universe to vanish and without knowing the truth of the Self, how is one to achieve Liberation by the mere utterance of the word Brahman? — It would result merely in an effort of speech.

Sage Sri, Sankara is the only Sage Scientist  expounded the non-dual  truth 1400 years ago but it  is buried under  labyrinths of philosophy.

So much of conceptual divisions invented by pundits, thinkers and philosophers by their excessive analysis and these concepts are never ending.  So much of confusion created by mixing orthodoxy and then trying  to  explain  the  hotch potch wisdom by egocentric  pundits and scholars the real essence of  the great sage Sri, Sankara is lost.

Sage Sri, Sankara is the only Sage Scientist  expounded the non-dual  truth 1400 years ago but it  is buried under  labyrinths of philosophy.

The great declaration of  Sage Sri ,Sanakra's -  Brahma Sathya Jagan Mithya  is   scientific truth , rational truth  and also ultimate truth. 

The orthodoxy is nothing to do with the ultimate truth declared by the great sage Sri,Sankara.