A Gnani is completely free from all human attributes by realizing the fact that, the self not human has anything to gain from action or inaction, meditation or japa, or rituals and yoga.

A Gnani is completely free from all human attributes by realizing the fact that, the self not human has anything to gain from action or inaction, meditation or japa, or rituals and yoga.

A person who meditates continuously attains identity with the object of meditation, but this identity ceases if the practice of meditation is given up. But the realization of the Self, once attained through knowledge, is never lost. Every living being including the universe is in reality consciousness, but is ignorant of this fact. Self - Knowledge only reveals this truth.

Because of ignorance, which conceals their real nature, people do not realize the purpose of life.  The sages in the past  thought just as begging is better than starving, it is better to practice, love  devotion and meditation for those who are immersed in practical life within the practical world because they are    incapable of grasping and realizing the ultimate truth or Brahman  thus they prescribed karma  Bhakti and yoga love to help the  mass. 

Sages in the past might have prescribed Performance of the rituals laid down in the scriptures is superior to being engrossed in practical life within the practical world.

The serious seekers of truth have to take the path of reason and discrimination. By becoming aware of the non-dual (attributeless) consciousness, which is the true self, leads one to direct realization.