[Iamit]

Originally Posted by iamthat

Agreed. It is possible to intellectually understand the philosophy of Advaita and come out with all sorts of statements about Oneness, but without the actual realisation of Oneness such statements are worthless.

Even Ramana Maharshi had his moment of realisation, the moment where false identification fell away and he knew himself to be the Self.

So to simply say that ignorance of the Self is just Oneness not realising seems to be of little help. It may be intellectually satisfying, but ignorance of the Self remains.

So as Moondance says, the realisation of the Self requires the realisation of the Self. Something must happen, something must be released. Otherwise all we have are nice ideas.

Peace.

See reply to moondance.