All the conceptual divisions were invented by Gurus of their orthodox attitude. Where do all these concepts end? Why should confusion be created and then explained away? Fortunate is the man who does not lose himself in the garbage of superstition and dogmas but goes straight to the Source from which ‘I’ arises.
Ignorance is the cause of experiencing the duality (universe or waking) as a reality. Thus eradicating ignorance is necessary. And this is possible only through Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.
Thus, there is no other road to freedom other than Gnana. There is no other entrance other than Gnana. The ignorance will vanish only when the nondual wisdom dawns. Detachment to attachment is impossible without Advaitic wisdom. Only when one realizes the fact that the Self is not the form but the Self is formless, timeless, and spaceless existence then only it is possible to detach the ‘Self’ from the false attachment.
Sage Sankara, in Bhaja Govindam, says: One without knowledge does not obtain liberation even in a hundred births, no matter which religious faith he follows.
The Advaita does belong to any religion. Advaita belongs to the whole of humanity. The Advaitic wisdom is universal irrespective of any religion of faith one belongs to. Religion is not the means to Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana. Sage Sankara’s Advaita minus orthodoxy is true Advaita.
Sage Sankara: ~ VC~"All this universe which through ignorance appears as of diverse forms, is nothing else but Brahman which is absolutely free from all the limitations of human thought
Sage Sankara: ~ VC Neither sacred baths nor any amount of charity nor even Hundreds of pranayamas* can give us knowledge about our own Self. The firm experience of the nature of the Self is seen to proceed from inquiry along the lines of the salutary advice of the wise. (13)
The ‘Self’ is the formless, timeless, and spaceless Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. The world in which we exist is created out of formless, timeless, and spaceless stuff. That stuff is consciousness.
When the world, in which you exist, is created out of consciousness then everything is the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. The Soul is hidden within the illusory form, time, and space, but it is without the form, time, and space. The Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness, is the ever-formless, timeless, and spaceless existence.:~Santthosh Kumaar
