The wise seek the Goal by dropping all the unnecessary baggage, which hinder the realization of ultimate truth or Brahman.

Truth is bitter pill. It becomes very difficult for the seeker to accept it at first; because of his inherited conditioning. Gradually he will be able to grasp it as he moves on.

The illusion is present only in ignorance where, 'I' and you are separate entity. In truth, there is neither 'I' nor you, nor, nor others nor the world  because whatever exist other than consciousness is mere illusion.  Therefore there is no teaching, no teacher, and no student in reality.

Truth pursuit is a very personal journey. Seeker has to verify minutely on his own, “what is truth”, and “what is not truth”, before accepting anything as truth. The illusion exists as reality, only on base of the ego, which is he false self within the false experience.

For Gnani, who is aware of the fact that,  the self is not physical but self is consciousness, there is no illusion, even though; he is in the midst of illusion, because he is fully aware of the fact that, all the three states are consciousness.  Therefore he is conscious of consciousness in the midst of illusion.  

The language of the duality, invented by the within the duality, for use in the dualistic world, when used to describe non-duality, produces these apparent contradictions, because there no apparatus in non-duality, because noting exist other than the soul, which is in the form of consciousness. 

Non duality is the state of oneness of existence and there is no scope for anything like non-existence in the realm of non-dual reality. 

 

 The goal of the seeker of truth is to realize the ultimate truth or Brahman.  Formless Soul or consciousness is both with and without universe. When it is in the form of universe it is illusion. And when it is without the universe it is reality. The mind is present in the form of universe. Universe appears as waking or dream. Waking or dream disappears as deep sleep.   The duality is present only in the waking or dream and in deep sleep there is only nonduality. The one which appears as duality and one which disappears as non-duality is the formless soul or consciousness, the innermost self. One the standpoint of the soul, the innermost self, and the three states are non-existent as reality. 

The consciousness is both with and without duality but in reality there is no duality. The duality is reality only in ignorance.  Wisdom makes one realize the fact that, there is no duality in reality.  Thus there is a need to get rid of the ignorance through wisdom. 

Thus it is necessary to tread the path of truth or wisdom in order to acquire Self-Knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

To accept both dual and non-dual aspect as reality is to miss the point: ultimate truth or   Brahman is beyond such distinctions. Ultimate truth or Brahman is absolutely ONE. In fact, ultimate truth Brahman transcends anything that can be said about It. The wise seek the Goal by dropping all the unnecessary baggage, which hinder the realization of ultimate truth or Brahman.  

We have to grow from the inside out. None can teach us, none can make us spiritual. There is no other guru but our own soul.”