To get Self- realization no qualification is actually needed. It is possible to have the realization of the Advaitic truth here, in this very life.
The universe appears as waking, dream (duality) and disappears as deep sleep (nonduality). Gaining knowledge of the knower of the three states is the only way one can transcend the triad of states. To gain this knowledge by perfectly analyzing the very states of dream and sleep in the waking to benefit from the states rather than becoming victims of the states.
A Gnani knows that the enjoyment of desires within the waking also is as unreal as in the dream, because he is fully aware of the fact that, the self is neither the waking entity nor the dream entity but self that which witnesses the three states. Thus, the universe, which appears as waking or dream is merely an illusion created out of the consciousness, which is the substance and witness of the three states.
The pain and pleasure are part of the waking or dream. The waking or dream is an object to the true self, which is consciousness.
When awake, one should, the first picture to himself vividly what he has seen in a dream and then carefully and constantly think over the conditions of dreaming and wakefulness and analyze and realize the fact that the witness of the three states is formless and part. The witness is nothing to do with the individual happenings within the universe, which appears as waking or dream. The dream entity and dream universe is nothing to do with the waking entity. The waking entity and the waking universe is nothing to do with a dream entity.
In deep sleep, the witness remains without the waking or dream experience. In waking alone experience the waking entity is aware of the dream or deep sleep experiences but the waking entity was absent in dream or deep sleep. Thus, one which is aware of the three states is neither the waking entity, not the dream entity because the deeper inquiry reveals the fact that the self is not physical, but the Self is formless the consciousness. The one which witnesses the waking or dream is not the form, but it is the formless Spirit because the form is limited to the waking or dream. Thus, the witness is that which witness the waking or dream experience as a whole without the physical apparatus.
The seeker must observe deeply and find out the essential similarity of the dream and waking experience. He should realize the fact that the witness of the three states is formless and apart. He should then give up the notion of the reality of the waking experience, the same way he gives up the dream realities, when the waking takes place and cease to be attached to both waking or dream, by holding mentally the formless witness as real and eternal.
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If you emotionally stick to the ‘I’-centric Gurus and their teaching you will never reach anywhere.
Bhagavan Buddha said: ~ “Believe nothing just because a so-called wise person said it. Believe nothing just because a belief is generally held. Believe nothing just because it is said in ancient books. Believe nothing just because it is said to be of divine origin. Believe nothing just because someone else believes it. Believe only what you yourself test and judge to be true.
Bhagavan Buddha: - There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth: not going all the way... and not starting
If you are seriously seeking truth you must complete your journey. Your emotions and sentiments towards the physical Guru keep you permanently in the mental asylum of the prison of ignorance.
Jesus said: ~ “Those who seek should not stop seeking until they find. When they find, they will be disturbed. When they are disturbed, they will marvel and will reign over all. [And after they have reigned they will rest.]"
Meher Baba: ~ “When the reality appears this ignorance which one thinks as reality becomes unreal.
Sri Swami Vivekananda says: ~ Advaita encompasses everything. Advaita requires heavy-duty intellectualism. From 'The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda'...
‘I’, me and mine belong to you, not to the Soul, which is ever formless, timeless and spaceless existence.
‘I’, me and mine are a reality within the domain of the form, time, and space.
Remember the ‘Self’ is not ‘I’ but the ‘Self’ is the Soul, the witness of the ‘I’.
Without the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness, there is no ‘I’
There is no truth in ‘I’, me and mine because ‘I’, me, and mine belong to the dualistic illusion.
‘I’, me and mine are nothing to do with the Soul, the Self because the Soul is the fullness of the consciousness without the division of the form, time, and space.
The ‘I’ is present in the form of the mind. The mind arises from the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.
The ‘I’ rises as the mind.
The mind is in the form of the universe.
Thus, ‘I’ is the mind or universe.
The seeker has to divert his attention to the source from where the mind (universe) rises and subsides.
The universe appears as waking or dream (duality) and disappears as deep sleep (nonduality).
Ashtavakra Gita: ~ “The universe raises from the Soul, the innermost ‘Self’ like bubbles from the sea. Thus, know the Self to be one and in this way enter into the state of dissolution."
First, find out how this world, in which you exist, has come into existence. If you know the answer then all your doubts will vanish.
Taittiriya Upanishad: ~ “The Self in man and in the sun are one. Those who understand this see through the world and go beyond the various sheaths of being to realize the unity of life.
The truth is very simple. It is only to realize the world in which we exist is created out single stuff. Knowledge of single stuff is Self-knowledge. Self-knowledge frees us all from the ignorance.
Swami Vivekananda “The wicked are always looking for defects. Flies come and seek for the ulcer, and bees come only for the honey in the flower. Do not follow the way of the fly but that of the bee.
The seeker has to have to discard all accumulated knowledge accumulated from different Gurus and teachers.
Sage Sri, Sankara says: ~ VC-162- There is no liberation for a person of mere book knowledge, howsoever well-read in the philosophy of Vedanta, so long as one does not give up the false identification with the body, sense organs, etc., which are unreal.
People dwelling in ignorance, but thinking themselves wise and erudite, go round and round by various blind beliefs and tortuous paths and practices, like the blind led by the blind.
Arise! Awake!
Swami Vivekananda said: ~ “You have to grow from the inside out. None can teach you, none can make you spiritual. There is no other teacher, but your own Soul.”
The Soul is the ultimate truth or Brahman. The Soul only held in the illusory bondage of matter; perfection will be reached when this bond will burst, and the word they use for it is, therefore, Mukthi - freedom, freedom from the bonds of imperfection, freedom from ignorance."
That is why Sage Sri, Sankara says:~ “V C:~65. As a treasure hidden underground requires (for its extraction) competent instruction, excavation, the removal of stones and other such things lying above it and (finally) grasping, but never comes out by being (merely) called out by name, so the transparent Truth of the Self, which is hidden by Maya and its effects, is to be attained through the instructions of a knower of Brahman, followed by reflection, meditation and so forth, but not through perverted arguments.
In reality, three is no scope for two. Advaita means one without the second. Advaita means the Soul. The Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness, is one without the second.
The consciousness is one without the second because the world in which you exist is created out of consciousness. Thus, everything is consciousness. No second thing exists other than consciousness. Consciousness alone is real and eternal.
Advaitic truth has to be grasped mentally by realizing the form, time and space are nothing but an illusion created out of the single clay, and that single clay is the Soul, which is present in the form of the consciousness. Knowledge of the single clay is Advaita, the one without the second. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar
