When we say “Knowledge “the mind is confused and starts to think, what is core of this word? To know the sixty-four arts and many other skills, and to be a master in all the fourteen branches of knowledge, is not the real knowledge. All these appear to be knowledge, but the main knowledge is quite different and there, Maya (Prakruti) is having no scope at all for Her mischief. There are many kinds of knowledge which are beyond count, but that knowledge is quite different which man reaches the final destination. The True knowledge means Self- Knowledge . That means we have to see ourselves. That is the True Knowledge. So long as that Self-Knowledge is not simply attained, everything else is futile. The anxiety will not go without the Self-Knowledge. The Self-Knowledge is the secret of all secrets . We should first recognise the only God who is Supreme God and we should also recognise the true nature of ourselves. We should analyse what is permanent and what is not permanent. This is the Knowledge. The True Knowledge is beyond the mind,intellect and also beyond the Para Speech. Actually where the visible nature ends, the whole creation of five elements is dissolved and where the duality is totally negated,that is Knowledge. In Knowledge there is pure understanding of our own Spotless Reality. However to be aware of the Pure Reality itself is the Knowledge of the True Self. That which is not known through mythological books and also that describing which the Vedas were tired, will be now,this very moment taught by me by the Grace of my Sadguru. Without studying Vedas or taking trouble to listen to various sermons, blessing of my Sadguru is received by me without any effort. Without the Grace of Sadguru there is no Self-Knowledge and Self-Realization. Therefore you should devote yourself to the service of Sadguru. By devotion to Sadguru there is definite peace,satisfaction and Liberation. By this Knowledge,the fear of the bondage of the worldly life becomes false and you get inner Bliss. When there is continuous listening of discourses from Sadguru and meditating on Gurumantra , then only there is inner peace and when the knowledge of Brahman is fully attained there is diserelessness imbibed in you. When there is understanding that all visible things are false,the attention turns back into itself and the visible,though existing,disappears from consciousness- thus the Self-Realization automatically takes place.
—-Sadguru Shri Avadhootanand Maharaj. Nisargadattashram Mogarbav.